Rock the Bowl Festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

10–11 Nov 2026 (2 days)

Location

Austin City Limits, Austin, United States

Sound

Punk · Rock

Tickets

€44 · 1 tier tracked

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

New Plymouth · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

5 artists so far

The story

Rock the Bowl Festival is held at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth, New Zealand. This festival features a diverse lineup of rock and punk music. It is scheduled for December 29, 2026, and is intended for attendees aged 16 and above. The location boasts a beautiful park setting for a summer concert experience.

Rock the Bowl Festival is a 2-day punk, rock festival at Austin City Limits in Austin, United States. The November 2026 edition runs 10–11 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Carl Cox, Fat Freddy’s Drop⁠, Ocean Alley, Coast Arcade⁠ and No Cigar⁠. Expect stages split between Punk and Rock. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Austin City Limits, in Austin. New Plymouth · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Rock the Bowl Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday and closing on a Wednesday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Austin are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Held at Bowl of Brooklands
• Age minimum: 16+
• One-day festival
• Not offering camping

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

New Plymouth · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Venue is accessible via public transport and taxis.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Rock the Bowl Festival works out at roughly €1,118 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 14h 53m each way, at €1,006 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Rock the Bowl Festival are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Rock the Bowl Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Tuesday 10 November

  Carl Cox, Ocean Alley, No Cigar⁠

• Day 2 — Wednesday 11 November

  Fat Freddy’s Drop⁠, Coast Arcade⁠

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  10–11 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Carl Cox, Fat Freddy’s Drop⁠, Ocean Alley

• 2024

  10–11 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Fat Freddy’s Drop⁠, Ocean Alley, Coast Arcade⁠

• 2023

  10–11 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Ocean Alley, Coast Arcade⁠, No Cigar⁠

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Austin City Limits, in Austin.
• Venue is accessible via public transport and taxis.
• Book a bed in New Plymouth early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air14h 53m · €1,006