KROQ Weenie Roast


KROQ Weenie Roast is a multi-artist music concert, presented annually in May by the Los Angeles, California, modern rock radio station KROQ-FM. Since its beginning in 1993, it has been traditionally held on a Saturday in May or June, and has taken place every year except 2020.

Overview

Every year, the KROQ Weenie Roast has taken place at Irvine Meadows/Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, in Irvine, California with exception in 2000 when it was held at the Angel Stadium, then-known as the Edison International Field, in Anaheim, California. In 2016 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre was demolished, and KROQ responded by announcing that the 2017 edition would take place at StubHub Center in Carson.
From 2006 to 2009, the event was re-branded as Weenie Roast y Fiesta with the distribution of complimentary sombreros for its festival attendees. In 2012 in conjunction with Cinco de Mayo it returned to the Weenie Roast y Fiesta name again.
Its East Coast "sister" concert, presented by KROQ-FM's Baltimore/Washington, DC affiliate station WHFS, is the HFStival. Its northern California "sister" concert, presented by KROQ-FM's Bay Area affiliate station KITS, is the BFD festival.
With the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre's land lease due to expire in 2017, KROQ-FM announced that the 2016 event would be the last to be held at the venue. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were forced to cancel their headlining slot at the 2016 Weenie Roast, as singer Anthony Kiedis was rushed to the hospital prior to the band appearing on stage, due to severe stomach pain. His bandmates made the official announcement on the stage as they were due to appear. Weezer replaced them as the headlining act.
2020 marked the first time since its inception in 1993 that the KROQ Weenie Roast didn't take place, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival will reportedly return in 2021.
Acts that have played at the KROQ Weenie Roast more than once or twice are AFI, The Airborne Toxic Event, Angels & Airwaves, Atreyu, Awolnation, Bad Religion, Beck, Bishop Briggs, Blink-182, Blur, The Bravery, Cage the Elephant, Capital Cities, Chevelle, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Creed, Cypress Hill, Deftones, The Dirty Heads, DJ Jeremiah Red, Everclear, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, Garbage, Godsmack, Green Day, Hole, Hoobastank, Hot Hot Heat, Imagine Dragons, Incubus, Interpol, James Bay, Jane's Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, The Living End, The Lumineers, Metallica, Moby, New Found Glory, New Politics, The Neighbourhood, No Doubt, Nothing But Thieves, Of Monsters and Men, The Offspring, Ozomatli, Panic! at the Disco, Papa Roach, Paramore, Pennywise, Queens of the Stone Age, Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Revivalists, Rise Against, Rob Zombie, Save Ferris, Silversun Pickups, Social Distortion, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes, Sum 41, Third Eye Blind, Thirty Seconds to Mars, 311, the Transplants, the Violent Femmes, Walk the Moon, The Wallflowers, Weezer, X Ambassadors and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The band that has performed the Weenie Roast the most is Silversun Pickups, who has performed at the festival on six occasions, edging out Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus and The Offspring who have all performed at the Weenie Roast five times.

Lineups

Bands listed in reverse order of night's performance.

Lack of female artist representation

Over the years, the Weenie Roast has also faced allegations that it doesn't pay enough attention to gender equity.