Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival was held each autumn from 2003 to 2006 in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. The event was created by Nimal Jayawardena (AKA NJ Fujii) and Didier Li of Matrix Entertainment Group.
2003 The first Rockit festival, 25–26 October 2003, was headlined by Japanese Metal Band Electric Eel Shock and Australia's Regurgitator.
Electric Eel Shock Regurgitator The Feelers Finley Quaye Mark Gardener Gold Rush Six by Seven DJ Marky & XRS Stamina MC A Guy Called Gerald
DJ Suv Live Showcase Leslie Loh Spanish Harlem Orchestra DJ Bodhi Simon Pang Uncle Joe Audiotraffic White Label Whence He Came P.N.S.
Boombox Soundsystem SemIQ Buddhiston
2004 In 2004 the event coincided with a three-day weekend (22–24 October) so the organisers extended the event to the Friday afternoon. The headliners were The Cooper Temple Clause on the Saturday and Regurgitator on the Sunday.
The Cooper Temple Clause Regurgitator Aqualung Dive Dive 5,6,7,8′s DJ Krust DJ Die Dynamite MC MC Tali Amil Khan
Joris Voorn DJ Godfather Josie Ho The Pancakes Audiotraffic DJ Kien Lieu Invincible Waxed Apple King Ly Chee My Little Airport
DJ Tommy 22 Cats Kai Hii Kitora Zoundz Over A Dogma Alok′s 31G Malfunction Robot Garoupa Nude
Nothing None Fantastic Day Flowers of Babylon Climax UNiXX
2005 Rockit 2005 was held 12–13 November.
Feeder DJ Marky & Stamina MC Princess Superstar Joris Voorn Thierry Nkeli Faha Soler The Academy Uptown Rockers Robot Shotgun She-ras
Frankie Lam Qiu Hong Dirt Star Nude Hardpack SiQ Helter Skelter The Darlings Ghost Style Little Fat Pig
Natural City Audiotraffic We Shot Kennedy
Brian Jonestown Massacre were scheduled to headline the Saturday but cancelled 24 hours before the show.
2006 Rockit 2006 was held 14–15 October.
Ian Brown Goldie Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming Adam F Electric Eel Shock Tookoo Bryan G Frankie Lam Uptown Rockers Qiu Hong
Little Fat Pig Robot The Yours Hardpack The Academy Shotgun She-Ras Garoupa Noughts and Exes Empire Atomic Bubbles
dr.eggs The Sinister Left The Dragon Army Spencer Douglas
The Rockit Website has a video feature highlighting the local bands trying out to Play At Rockit. Interesting look at the Hong Kong Indie Music scene.
Legacy Rockit ceased in 2006, largely because of difficulties in securing necessary permissions from Hong Kong government. In 2009, the organisers announced a multi-stage music and arts event in Macau, called Mima Revolution.Mima Revolution, hkclubbling.com Music directors Jay Forster and Justin Sweeting together with Mike Hill went on to found the Clockenflap festival from 2008.
See also Clockenflap
References
External links Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival – Official website. Rockit 2005 photos and info