Pentaport Rock Festival

South Korean annual music festival held in Incheon

The Pentaport Rock Festival (Hangul: 펜타포트 락 페스티벌) is a rock festival in South Korea. It is held each year in Incheon for three days in the last week of July.[1] Bands from many genres of music perform.

The name of this festival comes from five philosophical themes of the festival: music, passion, the environment, DIY (Do it yourself), and friendship. The festival started in 2006.[2] and has many well-known musicians perform. The 2006 festival had Jason Mraz and The Black Eyed Peas. In 2007, L'Arc-en-Ciel and Muse performed at the festival. Ellegarden and Travis played in 2008. In 2012 the headliners were Manic Street Preachers, Snow Patrol and Baekdoosan.

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  1. "Official Site of Korea Tourism Org.: Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival". english.visitkorea.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  2. "The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2009-06-12.