Rock en Seine
Description
The Rock en Seine festival is a three-day rock music festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the Château de Saint-Cloud's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by André Le Nôtre.NameThe name is a pun, based on exactly the same pronunciation in French of the words "scène" meaning stage and Seine (the river separating Saint-Cloud from Central Paris after which the Hauts-de-Seine département is called).Previous years 2003 : 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators 2004 : 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators 2005 : 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators 2006 : 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators 2007 : 5th year, extended to Three days,45 artists, 68,000 spectators 2008 : Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators 2009 : Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators 2010 : Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators 2011 : Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators 2012 : Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators 2013 : Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators 2014 : Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators 2015 : Five stages, 66 artistsThe venueThe festival takes place in the down of the Park of "Domaine national de Saint-Cloud", a historical place at the gates of Paris, and 5 minutes from the nearest subway station métro Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud.