“Alright butt, strap in — the timetable’s landed and it’s a spicy one!” 🏴🤟

Planet Rockstock 2025 has finally dropped the full, glorious, beautifully chaotic stage times, and mun… it’s looking tidy indeed. Whether you’re the kind of festival warrior who colour-codes their schedule or the sort who wings it with a pint in hand shouting “WE’LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER!”, The Riff Report has you covered.

Grab your highlighters, your hangover tablets, and your strongest ‘please don’t clash’ prayers — here’s your full weekend breakdown.

🎸🔥 FRIDAY – OPENING NIGHT MAYHEM

The gates fling open, the amps growl to life, and someone’s definitely dropping their tent poles in the car park already. Classic Rockstock.

🟦 BERNIE MARSDEN STAGE

The big one. The home of riffs. The place where dreams come true and pints get spilled.

• 18:00 – 18:40 – Opening Act (TBA)
  Who’s it gonna be? Place your bets, butt!
• 19:00 – 19:45 — Scarlet Rebels
  Welsh rock royalty warming up the place proper. 🔥
• 20:15 – 21:00 — The Damn Truth
  Vintage swagger. Big choruses. Big vibes.
• 21:30 – 23:00 — Kris Barras Band
  A headliner ready to punch you right in the feels AND the face (musically speaking). ⚡

🎸 LAWLESS STAGE

The home of late-night chaos and the perfect place to lose your voice early.

• 17:00 – 17:30 – Local Hero Opener
• 18:00 – 18:45 – Austin Gold
• 19:15 – 20:00 – Matt Mitchell & The Coldhearts
• 20:45 – 21:30 – The Karma Effect
• 22:00 – 23:30 — Florence Black
  WALES, WALES, WALES! Expect carnage, moshing, and someone shouting “C’MON BUTT!” every 30 seconds.

🤟🔥 SATURDAY – THE BIG ONE

This is the day where sensible pacing goes out the window and your feet turn into mashed potatoes.

🟩 BERNIE MARSDEN STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:40 — Ashen Reach
• 13:00 – 13:40 — The Hot One Two
• 14:00 – 14:45 — Collateral
• 15:15 – 16:00 — Mason Hill
• 16:30 – 17:15 — H.E.A.T
  One word: SWEAT. 🥵
• 17:45 – 18:45 — Massive Wagons
  Big riffs, big laughs, big moustache energy.
• 19:15 – 20:15 — Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
  Cardiff’s favourite riff-slinging family. Tidy.
• 20:45 – 22:15 — Terrorvision
  The Saturday night boys! Expect singalongs loud enough to register on the Richter scale.

🎸 LAWLESS STAGE

Rockstock’s chaotic younger sibling.

• 11:00 – 11:30 — Dead Shed Jokers
• 12:00 – 12:40 — Black Spiders
• 13:10 – 13:50 — The Treatment
• 14:20 – 15:00 — South of Salem 🦇
• 15:30 – 16:10 — Wolf Jaw
• 16:45 – 17:25 — King Kraken 🐙
  WALES REPRESENTING. Heavy enough to wake the coastline.
• 18:00 – 18:45 — Shape of Water
• 19:15 – 20:00 — Skam
• 20:30 – 22:00 — Myke Gray – Shades of Gray
  A masterclass in pure melodic class.

🎤🔥 SUNDAY – THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

Time for the grand finale — and the collective hangover from hell. But will that stop you? Will it heck.

🟥 BERNIE MARSDEN STAGE

• 12:00 – 12:40 — Ryders Creed
• 13:00 – 13:40 — Loz Campbell
• 14:00 – 14:45 — She Burns Red
  Expect riffs that’ll straighten your spine.
• 15:15 – 16:00 — Bad Touch
• 16:30 – 17:15 — Elles Bailey
  Bluesy lushness, perfect Sunday vibes.
• 17:45 – 18:45 — The Answer
• 19:15 – 20:15 — The Virginmarys
• 20:45 – 22:15 — Reef
  Close it out with bangers, singalongs, and maybe a few tears. No judgement.

🎸 LAWLESS STAGE

If you’ve got anything left in the tank… use it here.

• 11:00 – 11:30 — Sons of Liberty
• 12:00 – 12:40 — Revival Black
• 13:10 – 13:50 — Piston
• 14:20 – 15:00 — These Wicked Rivers
• 15:30 – 16:10 — Häxan 🏴
  Flying the Welsh flag proper tidy.
• 16:45 – 17:25 — White Raven Down
• 18:00 – 18:40 — The Fallen State
• 19:10 – 20:00 — The Dust Coda
• 20:30 – 22:00 — Mason Hill (Encore Slot!)

🍻🔥 LATE-NIGHT AFTERPARTIES

Where legends are made… and dignity is lost.

FRIDAY

23:30 – 01:30 — DJ Wyatt Wendels
Classic rock chaos. Expect AC/DC, Saxon, and every bloke in the room thinking he can headbang like it’s 1985.

SATURDAY

22:30 – 01:30 — Resident DJs
A blur of beer, bangers, and questionable dancing.

SUNDAY

22:30 – LATE — The Last Pint Party
Good luck leaving. No-one ever does.

🤘 So, what’s the plan, butt?

You hitting Scarlet Rebels from the front rail? Catching Terrorvision centre-pit? Closing out with Reef while holding your mate upright?

Tell us over on the Riff Report socials, mun