Barışarock is an annual rock festival

Rock festival

A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts.The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.Today, they are often...

 organized in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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.

The festival started in 2003 as a reaction and counter-festival to Rock'n Coke

Rock'n Coke

Rock'n Coke is a Turkish rock festival sponsored by Coca-Cola. It is traditionally held at the Hezarfen Airfield in Istanbul, Turkey.- Festival :Rock'n Coke is a member of the . The festival is organized by the Turkish concert organizer...

, another large-scale rock festival of Istanbul sponsored by Coca Cola, positioning itself as an anti-capitalist

Anti-capitalism

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 alternative. The organizers and the audience of the festival maintain that, the idea of rock music

Rock music

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 is not compatible with the sponsorship of a global company like Coca Cola and it should not become a tool of advertisement and promotion of consumption.

Entrance to the festival remains free of charge.

2007

• 17 Ohm
• Abraxas
• Aduuket
• Ahibba
• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Annwn
• Arşmahal
• Ayılar
• Bajaar
• Bertuğ Cemil
• Boikot
  Boikot
  - History :The band started in 1987 playing at bars, parties and every type of dive. After a pair of adjustments to the band's lineup they recorded two albums with the label Barrabás. They made themselves known by playing in venues across Madrid until 1995 when they split with Barrabás and decided...
  
  
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Cahit Berkay
• Çamur
• Çar Newa
• Deli
• Deli Selim
• Dembedem
• Demir Demirkan
  Demir Demirkan
  Demir Demirkan is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started his music life when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college...
  
  
• Demirhan Baylan
• Dinar Bandosu
• Dirty Black
• Doksan
• Efsun
• Gevende
• God is an Astronaut
  God Is an Astronaut
  God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental/post-rock band from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.-History:After forming in 2002, God is an Astronaut took the inspiration for its name from a famous quote in the movie Nightbreed...
  
  
• Hakan Kurşun
• Hariçten Gazelciler

• Hipnose
• Işığın Yansıması
• Kara Güneş
• Kiralık Orkestra
• Mai
• Marsis
  MARSIS
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• Melatonin
• Moğollar
  Mogollar
  Moğollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock...
  
  
• Moral
• Narkoz
• Nev
• Nitro
• Otr
• Sabih Cangıl Band
• Sek.z
• Semaver Kumpanya
• Senfonya
• Soul Sacriface
• Teneke Trampet
• Unleash
• Violet
• White Wash
• Yanlış
• Yash-ar (Yaşar Kurt
  Yaşar Kurt
  -Biography:He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Economics of Eskişehir University but did not graduate.He founded the alternative musical group Beyaz Yunus . In 1993, he had his first studio recording in Germany and in 1994, released the album Sokak Şarkıları recorded in Cologne, Germany...
  
   and Arto Tunçboyacıyan
  Arto Tunçboyaciyan
  Arto Tunçboyacıyan is an Armenian-Turkish musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist , he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular...
  
  )
• Yeni harman
• Yolgezer
• Zardanadam

2006

• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Aylin Aslım
  Aylin Aslim
  Aylin Aslım is a Turkish singer/songwriter.Aylin was born in Lich, Hessen, Germany into a Turkish family but moved back to Turkey when she was only one year old. She sang in several rock and electronica bands in several clubs in Istanbul. Her first album Gelgit -released in 2000 was more of an...
  
  
• Brayndead Freakshow (Ireland
  Ireland
  Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
  
  )
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Catafalque
• Çamur
• Çilekeş
  Çilekes
  Çilekeş is a Turkish rock band active since 2002.-Band history:Çilekeş was founded in 2002 in Ankara...
  
  
• Deli
• Demirhan Baylan
• Demir Demirkan
  Demir Demirkan
  Demir Demirkan is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started his music life when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college...
  
  
• Erdal Bayrakoğlu
• False in Truth
• Gevende
• Işığın Yansıması
• Kara Güneş

• Kara Kedi
• Kardeş Türküler
  Kardes Türküler
  Kardeş Türküler was conceived in 1993 as a series of concerts given by the music branch of the Folklore Club at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey....
  
   ve 45'lik şarkılar
• Kurtalan Ekspres
  Kurtalan Ekspres
  Kurtalan Ekspres is a Turkish Anatolian Rock band that has worked with several famous lead singers, such as Cem Karaca, Cahit Berkay, Barış Manço. The band takes its name from a train named Kurtalan Express, which travels between Kurtalan and Haydarpaşa...
  
  
• Koma Rewşen
• Moğollar
  Mogollar
  Moğollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock...
  
  
• Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...
  
  
• Nidal
• Pinhani
• Red
  Red (band)
  Red is an American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band's lineup consists of singer Michael Barnes, guitarist Anthony Armstrong, bassist Randy Armstrong and drummer Joe Rickard. They are known for their Christian rock music which incorporates other sounds such as...
  
  
• Soulitary
• The Blow Ups (United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
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  )
• Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes is a Turkish rock musician, painter, and writer. He was born in 1953 in İzmir, Turkey.He was educated at the TED Ankara College and then at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art...
  
  
• Yaşar Kurt
  Yaşar Kurt
  -Biography:He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Economics of Eskişehir University but did not graduate.He founded the alternative musical group Beyaz Yunus . In 1993, he had his first studio recording in Germany and in 1994, released the album Sokak Şarkıları recorded in Cologne, Germany...
  
  
• Yolgezer
• Zardanadam

2005

• 5. Element
• 6 Hr Sundae (Australia
  Australia
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  )
• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Barış Akarsu
  Baris Akarsu
  Barış Akarsu was a Turkish rock musician and actor who rose to fame after winning the television series Akademi Türkiye in July 2004...
  
  
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil
  Bülent Ortaçgil is a Turkish composer and singer.-Biography:He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1950. He moved to Istanbul after starting elementary school which he finished at Sultanahmet Elementary School in Istanbul. He completed his middle school and high school education at Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi...
  
  
• Catafalque
• Çamur
• Deli
• Demirhan Baylan
• Djinn Stylo
• Enola) (Germany
  Germany
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  )
• False in Truth
• Gevende
• Gökalp Baykal
• Işığın Yansıması
• İhtiyaç Molası
• Karapaks

• Kesmeşeker
  Kesmeseker
  Kesmeşeker is a Turkish rock band, founded around 1990 by Cenk Taner , Belen Ünal , Tayfun Çağlar , and Melih Rona ....
  
  
• Koma Berlim
• Metro
  Metro (band)
  Metro may refer to the following bands:* Metro * Metro...
  
  
• Moğollar
  Mogollar
  Moğollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock...
  
  
• Objektif
• Poker
• Ruşen Akar
• Siya siya bend + Kara Güneş
• Soul Sacrifice
• Take The Money and Run (Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
  )
• Tibet Ağırtan & Kırık Kalpler
• Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes is a Turkish rock musician, painter, and writer. He was born in 1953 in İzmir, Turkey.He was educated at the TED Ankara College and then at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art...
  
   & Kara Kutu
• Yalan
  Yalan
  "Yalan" is a hit song from Turkish girl group Hepsi's debut album, "Bir" . The song features vocals from Turkish pop star "Murat Boz"; Boz, however, does not appear in the video. Yalan follows "Olmaz Oğlan" as Hepsi's second single.-Music video:...
  
  
• Yaşar Kurt
  Yaşar Kurt
  -Biography:He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Economics of Eskişehir University but did not graduate.He founded the alternative musical group Beyaz Yunus . In 1993, he had his first studio recording in Germany and in 1994, released the album Sokak Şarkıları recorded in Cologne, Germany...
  
  
• Yırtık Uçurtma
• Yolgezer
• Zardanadam

2004

• Abraxas
• Akın Eldes
  Akin Eldes
  Akın Eldes is a prominent Turkish guitarist, who is best known for his work with Bulutsuzluk Özlemi between 1986–2000. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and played mandolin and flute as a child. Eldes started playing the guitar in high school...
  
  
• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Arkabahçe
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Cavit Murtezaoğlu
• Crush (Georgia
  Georgia (country)
  Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
  
  )
• False In Truth
• Gür Akad
• Gökalp Baykal
• Infected
  Infected (band)
  Infected are a five piece band hailing from southeast Melbourne.Formed in late June 2010 Infected have quickly set themselves up as a band to be remembered...
  
  
• IQ
  IQ (band)
  IQ are a British neo-progressive rock band founded by Mike Holmes and Martin Orford in 1981 following the dissolution of their original band The Lens...
  
  
• Işığın Yansıması
• Kara Güneş
• Karakedi
• Kep

• Kronik
  Kronik
  Kronik may refer to:* KroniK, an American professional wrestling tag team* Kronik , 1998 album by Voivod* Kronik, a line of Warrior ice hockey sticks...
  
  
• Metro
  Metro (band)
  Metro may refer to the following bands:* Metro * Metro...
  
  
• Moğollar
  Mogollar
  Moğollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock...
  
  
• Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...
  
  
• Objektif
• Oyuncak Araba
• Soul Sacrifice
• Stuka
• Teneke Trampet
• Tibet Ağırtan
• Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes
  Turgut Berkes is a Turkish rock musician, painter, and writer. He was born in 1953 in İzmir, Turkey.He was educated at the TED Ankara College and then at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art...
  
  
• Unplayed
• Vedat Sakman
• Version Forward
• Yol Arkadaşları
• Zardanadam

2003

• Anima
  Anima (band)
  Anima is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul formed in 2000 by Ceylan Ertem, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Çopur, and Tuncay Korkmaz. The group is particularly known for their covers on stage of artists / bands like Radiohead, Björk, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and...
  
  
• Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi
  Bulutsuzluk Özlemi is a prominent Turkish rock band that was formed by Nejat Yavaşoğulları , Sina Koloğlu , Coşkun Şirinkal , Murat Özbey...
  
  
• Grizu
• Infected
  Infected (band)
  Infected are a five piece band hailing from southeast Melbourne.Formed in late June 2010 Infected have quickly set themselves up as a band to be remembered...
  
  
• İhtiyaç Molası
• Mbm
  MBM
  MBM may be:*MBM an architectural firm based in Barcelona, Spain.*Meadowbrook Meat Company, an American foodservice companyIn computing:* MBM , mobile bitmap or multi bitmap...
  
  

• Moğollar
  Mogollar
  Moğollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock...
  
  
• Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi
  Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin , Kerem Kabadayı , Burak Güven and Kerem Özyeğen . Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer...
  
  
• Oyuncak Araba
• Pentagram
  Mezarkabul
  Mezarkabul is a Turkish metal band formed by Hakan Utangaç and Cenk Ünnü. Mezarkabul is known for integrating Anatolian elements into their music. Mezarkabul means 'accepting the grave', or literally 'grave accept' in Turkish....
  
  , also known as Mezarkabul
• Yaşar Kurt
  Yaşar Kurt
  -Biography:He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Economics of Eskişehir University but did not graduate.He founded the alternative musical group Beyaz Yunus . In 1993, he had his first studio recording in Germany and in 1994, released the album Sokak Şarkıları recorded in Cologne, Germany...
  
  
• Yırtık Uçurtma
• Ockatams

External links

• Barışarock, official web site of the festival
• Photos, album of photos from the festival since 2003
• Photos, another photo gallery