Media

Dear Journalists

Every year, approximately 200 representatives of the Finnish and the international media converge on Joensuu to take part to Ilosaarirock Festival. In 2009, the festival will be held from 17th to 19th July.

For more information on everything about Ilosaarirock Festival, mail to mediailosaarirock.fi.

Ilosaari Summit 2009

Ilosaari Summit is on the lookout for answers for the fundamental questions of rock festivals and of the live music business as a whole. Ilosaari Summit's schedule is packed with different views and different professionals. For the artists, concerts and gigs have replaced selling records as the primary means to scrape a living out of making music. The media is increasingly interested in the ever-widening variety of festivals. And festival organisers face tougher and tougher competition in their pursuit for audiences, artists and media coverage. Everything is interrelated, and Ilosaarirock Summit is set out to find these relations.

The Ilosaari Summit 2009 will be held in Joensuu Science Park 17th July 2009, starting at 10 a.m. For more information, please visit www.ilosaarirock.fi/summit.

Media accreditation

Please find underneath the link to a digital accreditation request form for Ilosaarirock 2009.

Accreditation form for media »

Accreditation of representatives of foreign medias is continuous, so you will be contacted in due time. Note: there is a limited number of accreditations available.

You can direct all your questions to Ms. Susanna Helander at mediailosaarirock.fi.

Check in

You can collect your press passes, including a photo lisence, from the check in -point, which is situated at the lobby of the near-by ice hall. Please see the map link below.

Map of the festival site & check in -point >

Check in opening hours:
Friday 17th July from 3pm to 10pm
Saturday 18th July from 9am to 8pm
Sunday 19th July from 11am to 6pm

Media Centre – location and services

The Media Centre is located in the backstage area of the main stage. The Media Centre will be open on Friday from 6pm to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 10pm. It is also possible to arrange special opening hours, preferably well in advance. Your visits to Media Centre can be work-related but you can also go there just to rest from the seething crowds. When you are coming to the Media Centre please use the gate which is on the right side of the main stage when you are facing it. This way the traffic will be more flexible.

At Media Centre there are some computers and laptop spots with Internet connections. The computers are meant mainly for writing articles. If necessary, photographers can use the computers to transfer photos. In case you need some extra devices, please contact Ms. Susanna Helander at mediailosaarirock.fi.

Interview requests and the artist area

Interview requests for both Finnish and foreign artists must be made directly to the artist's record company. If necessary, the staff at Media Centre will forward requests to artists.

The media representatives do not have direct access to the backstage artist areas. The main stage VIP tent and the Media Centre, for example, are good places to arrange interviews in. The Media Centre staff will help in all possible ways with arranging times and places for interviews.

Guidelines for photographers

A right to take photos is included in the Ilosaarirock media pass. The basic rule on all stages is that with a media pass you can take photos with a flash ONLY from in front of the stage, i.e. between the stage and the security fence, during THREE first songs.

The stage security personnel may have different guidelines from the ones stated above, because of artists' wishes or security reasons. In order to get guidelines concerning each band you have to arrive at the stage five minutes before each gig starts at the latest. Photographers cannot go on the stage or the stage constructions. Remember also that the security personnel are responsible for safety on stage and they need space to do their jobs.

Guidelines for video shooting

Ilosaarirock does not grant permissions for video shooting; that is why all video shooting permissions have to be asked directly from each artist's representative. You can shoot video in the festival area if those you are shooting agree on this. When shooting video, the unfortunate basic rule is that everything that is not permitted is forbidden.

The stage security personnel may have different guidelines from the ones stated above, because of artists' wishes or security reasons. In order to get guidelines concerning each band you have to arrive at the stage five minutes before the gig starts at the latest. Photographers cannot go on the stage or the stage constructions. Remember also that the security personnel are responsible for safety on stage and they need space to do their jobs.

Festival press conference and other information

Ilosaarirock press conference wll be held on Saturday and Sunday at 6pm (in English). Information regarding Ilosaarirock is updated on the Media Centre notice board and the Media section of the Ilosaarirock web page.

General information on Ilosaarirock, Joensuun Popmuusikot ry, as well as the city of Joensuu you can find in Media Centre.

For international media, the contact person is Ms. Susanna Helander at mediailosaarirock.fi.

Press photos

The Dillinger Escape Plan
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Dizzee Rascal
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Femi Kuti
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ISIS
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Killing Joke
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Röyksopp
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Anna Järvinen
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Obituary
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Children of Bodom
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Stratovarius
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Ilosaarirock 2009 poster
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About Ilosaarirock Festival

Ilosaarirock Festival – an energetic and community-minded festival, always first and foremost about great music.

Started back in 1971, Ilosaarirock Festival is one of the oldest rock festivals in Europe. It is also one of the major music events in Finland: each year well over 20 000 festival-goers from all over Finland and Northern Europe head to Ilosaarirock Festival. The festival site is situated in the city of Joensuu, about 60 km from the Finnish-Russian border. Ilosaarirock Festival has established a unique reputation among the music enthusiasts for its combination of relaxed ambience, musical insight and professional dedication. Each year, some 100 bands play at the Festival's five stages and clubs. Ilosaarirock Festival presents an original music programme which combines the brand new with the old and time-honoured as well as big names with more marginal ones. Year after year the tickets have sold out in advance, as the music enthusiasts from all over Europe have learned to rely on Ilosaarirock Festival's unbeatable combination of great atmosphere and the best and most fascinating artists from Finland and abroad.

Ilosaarirock is a member of YOUROPE – the European Festival Association.

Music through the years

Just a few of the names that Ilosaarirock Festival has presented over the years, many of them for the first time in Finland:

Agnostic Front · Anthrax · Auf der Maur · Blackalicious · Buju Banton · Calexico · Capleton · The Cinematic Orchestra · Common · Converge · Cradle of Filth · DKT / MC5 · Danko Jones · The Darkness · Dark Tranquillity · Dj Krush · Dropkick Murphys · The Herbaliser · HIM · The Hives · In Flames · Kid Koala · Machine Head · Mogwai · Moonspell · Mudhoney · Muse · Napalm Death · Nasum · Nightwish · Ozric Tentacles · Mike Patton – Mondo Cane · Phoenix · Porcupine Tree · RJD2 · Raised Fist · Sick of It All · The Skatalites · The Slackers · Sonic Youth · Suede · Amon Tobin · Venetian Snares · Saul Williams

Facts about Ilosaarirock Festival 2009

2009 is the 39th consecutive year of Ilosaarirock Festival.
22,000 two-day tickets will be on sale from early May onwards. The tickets have been sold out in advance for the entire past decade.
More than 90 bands are expected to play on Ilosaarirock Festival's 5 stages and clubs.
Ilosaarirock is a festival for all tastes: the musical genres covered include metal, pop, rock, hiphop and reggae, but also prog rock, jazz, opera metal, post rock, punk, electro, hardcore, folk metal...
Every year Ilosaarirock Festival attracts more and more international visitors, many of whom come from the near-by Russian cities such as St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk.
Ilosaarirock Festival is organised by Joensuun Popmuusikot, also known as Joensuu Pop Musicians' Association (est. 1971) – a non-profit association whose purpose is to rise the standard of rock and pop music in the region and to promote local bands nationally and internationally.
Ilosaarirock Festival is a non-profit event, created almost uniquely by volunteers – the hallmark for unbeatable Ilosaarirock Festival quality and atmosphere!
Ilosaarirock Festival 2009 takes place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2009. Camping sites open on Thursday 16th July.

Press Releases:
24th April 2009
13th February 2009

Press Photos 2008
(The name of the photographer must be mentioned when using the Ilosaarirock photos. The name is included in the file name of each photograph.)