Rockaway Beach Festival

Rockaway Beach is an annual music festival in England, held at the Butlin's holiday resort in Bognor Regis. It was founded by Ian Crowther in 2015, devised as a live mixtape that would differ from other festivals by having as few stage time clashes as possible, compared to other festivals. The festival has previously seen appearances from some of the world's biggest touring live acts including Gary Numan, Echo and the Bunnymen, Killing Joke, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

The festival is uniquely held in an English seaside town in the middle of winter, being the first weekend of each January. It is noted as the only major music festival that was able to take place in 2020 due to following events being cancelled during the covid pandemic, and also for being the first music festival headlined by both Fontaines DC and Porridge Radio.

The event has also showcased two winners and a further 21 nominees of the Mercury Prize including Suede (band), Jarvis Cocker, Self Esteem, Fontaines DC, Tricky, Barry Adamson, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jah Wobble, Saint Etienne (band), Leftfield, Maximo Park, Young Knives, The Horrors, Wild Beasts, Ghostpoet, Young Fathers, Soak (singer), Anna Meredith, Georgia (musician), Porridge Radio, Black Country, New Road, Nova Twins, and Yard Act.

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