The Eurockéennes de Belfort (; ) are one of France's largest rock music festivals. The Eurockéennes, a play on words involving rock (rock music) and européennes (Europeans), is a festival based in a nature reserve beside Lac de Malsaucy Belfort. About History 1989 marked the first time round for the festival, when it went under the name Le Ballon - Territoire de musiques, named after the nearby Ballon d'Alsace. The festival was organised to take place on the Ballon d'Alsace, but the peninsula on the Malsaucy lake was chosen in the end, because it was easier to link by car, bus and even train. It was the brainchild of the Conseil général of the Territoire de Belfort, who wanted to dynamise their département with a big cultural event for its youths. In 1990 the festival was renamed les Eurockéennes de Belfort. Attendance: 10,000 in 1989 70,000 in 1993 80,000 in 2002 95,000 in 2004 100,000 in 2006 100,000 in 2008 127,000 in 2013 (on 4 days) 102,000 in 2015 130,000 in 2017 135,000 in 2018 Les Eurockéennes takes place on the peninsula of Lake Malsaucy, 10 kilometres from Belfort. A number of different stages are present – la Grande Scène, le Chapiteau, la Loggia and la Plage. Most of the time there are simultaneous concerts on different stages; altogether in 2005 there were about 70. A campsite, 3 km from the main site, is the free temporary home to 15000 festival-goers, with a free shuttle bus running between the campsite and the entrance to the main area. 2020 and 2021 editions and COVID-19 pandemic It was announced on 13 April 2020 that the 2020 edition would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Eurockeennes 2021 was cancelled as well. Les tremplins Tremplins (stepping stones) are organised to allow youth groups to get to know one another. These are organised in Alsace, Bourgogne, Franche-Comté (Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort), Lorraine, Germany and Switzerland. Billing 2012 1995 Alabama Shakes Amadou et Mariam featuring Bertrand Cantat Art District Busy P C2C Carbon Airways Cerebrall Ballzy Charlie Winston Chinese Man Christine Cie Transe Express Cypress Hill Die Antwoord Dionysos Django Django Dope D.O.D Dropkick Murphys Electric Guest Factory Floor Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains Gentleman Hank Williams III Hanni El Khatib Hathors Hollie Cook Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine Jack White Jesus Christ Fashion Barbe Justice Kavinsky Kindness Lana Del Rey Le Comte de