Rock the Locks Music Festival 2025

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The third year of our Rock the Locks (RTL) Music Festival is scheduled for September 26th-28th, 2025, at the Big River Golf Course in Umatilla, Oregon.  

We continue providing updates for the 2025 Rock the Locks Music Festival, building on the momentum from 2024. This page will be regularly updated to inform the Umatilla community about upcoming meetings, traffic plans, and other essential festival details. For information on bands, volunteer opportunities, tickets, and camping, be sure to visit RocktheLocks.org.

2025 Community Member Sound Mitigation Information:

To sign up for the RTL Community Update email list, click here.

To view the latest 2024 update or any previous updates, please click here.

 

February 19th, 2025 Update: 

City staff presented a Rock the Locks (RTL) 2024 Post-Event Report to City Council on December 3, 2024.  The festival was successful in many areas, including increased attendance, revenue growth, and a positive economic impact in the region.  Further work to improve the festival’s fiscal sustainability and sound mitigation has been identified as a priority for 2025.  Please find more information in a recent email update to festival neighbors here Rock the Locks Music Festival 2025.

We welcome feedback on noise management and any suggestions you may have for RTL 2025.  Please feel free to share your thoughts by emailing us by March 14, 2025 at recreation@umatilla.gov.

Plans are also in the works for a neighbor meeting in April to discuss sound mitigation plans for RTL 2025 and how the community can share input on future RTL plans. Please stay tuned for more information from email or web update about that meeting.