History

In 1992 the volunteers of O.J.C JERA ’70 (the youth centre of Ysselsteyn) thought it was time to organise a regional open air festival. And so it was done… a few fences with black plastic, a trailer for a stage, tables as a bar, bottles of beer and JERA OPEN AIR was born. The volunteers got bitten by the festival bug and together with local entrepreneurs they built the festival grounds and from then the successful festival has been held every year. 
 
Over the years, the volunteers grew by experience and the organisation became more professional. After the festival literally fell into the water during the 1999 performance of Pater Moeskroen, the organisation decided to turn things around. The 2020 edition was unfortunately moved to 2022 due to the corona pandemic.

In 2001 everyone could enjoy the results of this transformation: an atmospheric festival tent with open air grounds. The festival was given a new name, JERA ON AIR. The festival has grown a lot since. The festival grounds now consist of two festival tents, the famous Punkbrockbar, a chill area, a food court, signing sessions, a festival market and a camping. The festival is now being visited by more than 30.000 people every year.

2022

June 25
Rise Against
Bullet For My Valentine
Raised Fist
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes
Neck Deep
Electric Callboy
Oceans Ate Alaska
Holding Absense
For I Am King
No Permission
Bad Religion
Comeback Kid
Terror
Knocked Loose
No Fun At All
Incendiary
Vein
Hot Milk
Our Hollow Our Home
Mark Of Chaos
Get The Shot
Counterparts
Good Riddance
Cigar
Drain
Stake
Another Now
Main line 10
The Hell
Mayleaf
Tusky
Against Time
Prize Dink Camp
5 Years Later
Smooth Lee

June 24
The Offspring
Beartooth
While She Sleeps
Stick To Your Guns
Ignite
Crossfaith
Silverstein
Deez Nuts
Fleddy Melculy
Turnstile
Bury Tomorrow
Nasty
Lionheart
Being As An Ocean
Anti Flag
Trash Boat
Higher Power
Clowns
Imminence
Belvedere
No Turning Back
Jesus Piece
InVisions
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Blood Youth
Blowfuse
Faintest Idea
Rotzak
Tim Vantol
CanIRepeed
New Pokerface
50/50
Jungle Proof

June 23
The Hives
Suicidal Tendencies
Peter Pan Speedrock
Life of Agony
Stick to your Guns
Boysetsfire
Year of the Knife
Bob Vylan
Hang Youth
Beach Dog
One Step Closer

2019

June 29
Parkway Drive
Hatebreed
Heideroosjes
The Amity Affliction
Turnstile
Comeback Kid
Out Last Night
Agnostic Front
No Fun At All
Cancer Bats
Municipal Waste
Bleeding Through
Polaris
No Turning Back
Random Hand
Brutus
Bleed From Within
Acres
This Means War!
Landmvrks
Smoke Or Fire
First Blood
Death By Stereo
Polar
Not On Tour
Ploegendienst
Chaser
Palm Reader
Darko
Searching For Relief

June 28
Enter Shikari
Sum 41
Converge
Beartooth
Ignite
Terror
The Interrupters
Madball
Whitechapel
State Champs
Fever 333
Backfire!
As It Is
Crystal Lake
Bad Omens
Billy Bio
Roam
Another Now
Drug Church
Risk It!
For I Am King
Mute
Insanity Alert
Employed To Serve
Harms Way
Regulate
Cane Hill
Candy
Counting Coins
Amsterdam Red Light District

June 27
Bury Tomorrow
Deez Nuts
Our Hollow, Our Home
Shvpes

2018

June 30
NOFX
Stick To Your Guns
Less Than Jake
Underoath
Satanic Surfers
No Fun At All
Being As An Ocean
Iron Reagan
Nasty
Dog Eat Dog
A Wilhelm Scream
Malevolence
Jaya The Cat
Adept
Born From Pain
Crystal Lake
Boston Manor
Our Hollow, Our Home
Bad Cop / Bad Cop
Adhesive
Brutality Will Prevail
Alazka
P.O. Box
Blood Youth
Jesus Piece
Slander
March
Year Of The Knife
Citizens Patrol
Arson

June 29
Billy Talent
Enter Shikari
Sick Of It All
Terror
Neck Deep
Emmure
Modern Life Is War
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Anti-Flag
Bury Tomorrow
Lionheart
Stray From The Path
Touché Amoré
Blessthefall
Knocked Loose
Paceshifters
Call It Off
Red City Radio
Any Given Day
Adrenalized
Tusky
Get The Shot
Higher Power
A Traitor Like Judas
Templeton Pek
Beat The Red Light
Prospect
I Against I
Toxic Shock
Generation 84

2017

June 24
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Of Mice & Men
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Napalm Death 
Madball 
Deez Nuts 
Undeclinable Ambuscade 
The Devil Wears Prada
Every Time I Die
Four Year Strong
The Charm The Fury
No Turning Back
Moose Blood
The Smith Street Band
Oceans Ate Alaska
Malevolence
Knuckledust
'68
The Decline
Insanity Alert
The Bennies
The JB Conspiracy
Not Scientists
Moments
Straightline
World Eater
Never Forget
Wolves Scream

June 23
Architects
Suicidal Tendencies
Comeback Kid
The Bouncing Souls
Against Me!
Northlane
The Black Dahlia Murder
While She Sleeps
Chelsea Grin
Obey The Brave
As It Is
SHVPES
The 101's
Landscapes
Apologies, I Have None
Broken Teeth
Napoleon
Antillectual
F.O.D.
Trash Boat
Coldburn
Camp High Gain
The Tips
Hawser
As Enemies Arise
Charlie Bit My Finger

2016

June 25
Pennywise
Sick Of It All
August Burns Red
While She Sleeps
H2O
John Coffey
Boysetsfire
Our Last Night
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Belvedere 
Zebrahead
Turnstile
Neck Deep
Beartooth
Being As An Ocean
Backtrack
Burning Down Alaska
Jaya The Cat
Call It Off
Tim Vantol
Monuments
Risk It!
Suasion
The Kendolls
Set Things Right
18 Miles
The Octopussys
Homer
The Overslept
Screw Houston
Pelgrim

June 24
The Amity Affliction
Municipal Waste
Bury Tomorrow
Thy Art Is Murder
Deez Nuts
Fallujah
P.O. Box
Siberian Meat Grinder
For I Am King
The JB Conspiracy
Dead Neck
The Waiting Game
The Dancing Morons
Joe McMahon
Prospect

2015

June 20
All Time Low
Enter Shikari
Lagwagon
Millencolin
Caliban
Stray From The Path
Defeater
In Hearts Wake
Strung Out
Counterparts
No Turning Back
Authority Zero
The Royal
Destine
ROAM
Nasty Toaster
Phoenix' Ashes
Hesperian
Smash The Statues
Dead Giveaway
Villainy
Collision
Nuclear Devastation
Rivershores
Irish Handcuffs
Accelerators

June 19
A Day To Remember
Terror
Chelsea Grin
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Texas In July
Polar
Expire
Better Off
Ghouls
Counting Coins
Tree House Fire
Alive Again
Holly Would Surrender
Midday Committee

2014

June 14
Dropkick Murphys
Hatebreed
Of Mice & Men
We Came As Romans
Against Me!
Emmure
Letlive. 
First Blood
Born From Pain
The Amity Affliction
The Charm The Fury
Brutality Will Prevail
Gnarwolves
Antillectual
The Filaments
Faintest Idea
Call It Off
For I Am King

June 13
Zebrahead 
Architects
The Black Dahlia Murder
All For Nothing
Napoleon
The Octopussys
The 101’s
Screw Houston Start Screaming!
The Lowest Standard
Said And Done
Note To Amy

2013

June 8
A Day To Remember
Parkway Drive
Asking Alexandria
Funeral For A Friend
The Computers
John Coffey
Apologies, I Have None
Arizona
Random Hand
The Ghost Inside
Cancer Bats
Atlas Losing Grip
No Turning Back
Palm Reader
Wasted Bullet
18 Miles

June 7
The JB Conspiracy
Backfire!
Not Available
Climates
The Royal
The 101's
As Prayers Fail

2012

May 17
Losprophets
De Heideroosjes
Young Guns
Kids in Glass Houses
Attack! Attack!
This is Hell
Authority Zero
P.O. Box
Counterpunch
All for Nothing
Larry and his Flask
Straightaway
The Charm the Fury
Feed the Rhino
El Camaro
Set Things Right

May 16
Mark Foggo
No Turning Back
Antillectual
Campus
Accelerators
This Routine is Hell
Murder by Millions

2011

Fiction Plane
Pendulum DJ Set & MC Verse
Peter Pan Speedrock
Silverstein
The Blackout
Atlas Losing Grip
Kensington
Rise and Fall
Talco
Venerea
Makebelieve
Random Hand
The Setup
The Octopussys
As Enemies Arise
Gewapend Beton

2010

Band Zonder Banaan
Kontrust
Destine
The Flatliners
Born From Pain
Neck
This Is A Standoff
Mala Vita
Jaya the Cat
No Turning Back
Star Fucking Hipsters
Tenement Kids
Striking Justice
Flowfabriek

2009

Anti-Flag
De Heideroosjes
Backfire!
New Pokerface
Blind Sight
Noyalty
Crimson Sky
Osdorp Posse
Def P. & The Beatbusters
P.O. Box
Early Adopters
Sinic
Fatsh
Wild Bill and his Alabama Speed Steamers

2008

Agnostic Front
Madball
Strike Anywhere
Pronghorn
Textures
Aux Raus
Electric Eel Shock
Sonic Boom Six
Hoods
Do Or Die
The JB Conspiracy
Balkan Beatz
Antillectual
The Jux Junction
Getaway

2007

De Heideroosjes
Mad Caddies
Dog Eat Dog
Mark Foggo
Nailpin
Pepper
The Crooks

2006

Feuerengel
Pater Moeskroen
Osdorp Posse
Laberinto
Green Lizard
Janez Detd.
Liftid
Hoover

2005

Lemonseven
Undeclinable
Beatbusters
Beef!
Peter Pan Speedrock
Murder by Millions
Fatboy & Slim

2004

In Extremo
De Heideroosjes
Janez Detd.
Gazzoleen
Intwine
Concubine
Xost Pipe

2003

Feuerengel
Osdorp Posse
Green Lizard
Dreadlock Pussy
Peter Pan Speedrock
Clover
Last Crewsaders

2002

Shandon
Terrorgruppe
16 Down
Action in DC
The Dollybirds
Facegrind
Riverflow

2001

De Heideroosjes
The Undeclinables
Loco Loco Disco Show
Trade Mark
Clover
Day After Day