Masters of Rock (festival)

Masters of Rock
Masters of Rock 2010 main stage
Genre	Heavy metal
Dates	July and November
Location(s)	Summer - Rudolf Jelínek distillery area in Vizovice, Czech Republic Winter - Sportovní hala Euronics in Zlín, Czech Republic
Years active	2003 – present
Website
http://www.mastersofrock.cz

Masters of Rock is a large heavy metal festival in the Czech Republic. The main styles represented on this festival are power, speed and heavy metal, though the production tries to make the fest more open for other rock and metal styles as progressive rock/metal, hardcore, death metal or even ska. It takes place in Vizovice, Czech Republic and in the past has featured bands such as Tarja Turunen, Manowar, Sweet, HammerFall, Stratovarius, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Nightwish, Rhapsody of Fire, Kreator, Edguy, Rage, Apocalyptica, Within Temptation, Children of Bodom, Avantasia, Accept, Dream Theater, Sebastian Bach, Behemoth, Amon Amarth and many more. The 2005 attendance was over 20,000, the 2006 one over 25,000 and finally the 2007 was over 30,000. The festival is held every summer and the Winter morphosis takes place in November in the town of Zlín. Since 2010 the main stage of summer festival is named after Ronnie James Dio, who died earlier that year.