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Live music in the US

Rockford

On record 1963 to 2026 · busiest in the 2010s, 1,100 concerts

Where the music happens

The rooms of Rockford

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Still to come

Coming up in Rockford

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What members scored highest

Highest rated nights here

  • Flaw 100% 3 people · Tue, 05 May 2015 · Take 20
  • The Black Lillies 90% 2 people · Sun, 23 Aug 2015 · Severson Dells Nature Center

Only nights with 2 scores or more are ranked here.

In their own words

What people wrote about nights in Rockford

  • A guest 100% for Aaron Lewis · Thu, 19 Dec 2024

    Great show! Top notch performer with a close connection to us as fans and a great message for the future of our country.

    1

  • A guest 100% for The Black Lillies · Sun, 23 Aug 2015

    What a great day in The Grove! Crowd was in the right place at the right time.see you down the road,or come back for another experience outside.

    0

  • A guest 80% for The Black Lillies · Sun, 23 Aug 2015

    The setting at Severson Dells Nature Center was fantastic. It sure helped that the rain stayed away, and it wasn't hot. The Black Lillies always sound great. I would definitely attend another music show there.

    0

  • A guest 100% for Flaw · Tue, 05 May 2015

    The show was absolute perfection!

    1

  • A guest 100% for Flaw · Tue, 05 May 2015

    One of the best shows I have seen in a long time and what a great line up.

    1

  • A guest 100% for The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus · Fri, 11 Jul 2014

    I loved the show, first time seeing RJA live and i very much enjoyed it. Awesome!

    0

  • A guest 100% for Metallica · Sun, 05 Jul 1998

    This was not the best performance from Metallica, but there were a couple of very interesting things about this one that made it special. It was at the height of Metallica's popularity. There were a couple hundred thousand people there, basically general admission with 21+ on one side and -21 on the other. The party out in the parking lot was just as much fun as the concert. Metallica played an acoustic set starting around the half way point of the show. Maybe not the best idea for a crowd that large, but it was still fun. The lines were brutal, and it took several hours to get out of the parking lot, but everyone you knew was there.

    1

Acts that keep coming back

Who plays Rockford most

1963 to 2026

How Rockford has played out

Concerts on record in Rockford, by decade
DecadeConcertsVenues
1960s 2 2
1970s 20 9
1980s 67 7
1990s 87 11
2000s 284 40
2010s 1,100 135
2020s 465 41