Rock en Seine Paris 2010

Since 2003 the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, Château de Saint-Cloud’s park just outside Paris is hosting the Rock en Seine Festival, a 3-day rock’n’roll festival which gains its name from the wordplay with the word ‘scéne’ (stage) and Paris’ river, the Seine which are similarly pronounced. A rather scandalous story from last year’s edition of the festival was the fight between the Gallagher brothers right before their performance which resulted in the split-up of Oasis.

The festivals runs this year fromAugust 27th until the 29th and the line-up includes acts such as Massive Attack, the Ting Tings, Skunk Anansie, and K’naan.
After spending 5 years on the down-low Blink 182 will perform as well.

In addition to the music the festival organizes a photo exhibition about rock music and this year the photographer Richard Bellia (www.richardbellia.com) will show some of his work. “Un oeil sur la musique [An eye on music] 1982 – 2007” is the title of a collection of snapshots that document his work in music.
Under the theme “Rock’Art” 47 illustrators have been commisioned to get creative and design an original poster for the groups appearing at Rock en Seine and all of the 47 posters will be on display at Rock en Seine.
The festival also provides a Mini Rock en Seine for children where they have the opportunity to participate in various activities like guitar learning, dancing, etc.
In typical rock festival style, there will be a camp ground for people that have a ticket for the whole event. As always tickets and more information about everything regarding the festival will be available on the official website: http://www.rockenseine.com/en/ And if you’re not exactly a fan of camping, rent apartments in Paris for the perfect stay and sleep like a rockstar.