Hawk Rocks the Park
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| Location(s) | Harris Park, London, Ontario |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
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| Date(s) | 2008: July 24-26 |
| Genre(s) | Classic Rock |
| Website | http://www.Rockthepark.ca |
Hawk Rocks the Park or Rock the Park is an annual classic rock music festival held at Harris Park in London, Ontario, Canada, that is currently in its fourth year. Its primary sponsor is classic rock radio station "103.9 The Hawk".
The purpose of the event is to raise money for "Bethanys Hope Foundation" for MLD Research and to date, $425,000.00[1] has been raised.
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[edit] Rock the Park I
The first Rock the Park was held July 22-24 in 2004. Its main function was to raise money for Bethanys Hope Foundation and it raised more than $110,000. It featured several musical groups:
Thursday, July 22
Friday, July 23
Saturday, July 24
[edit] Hawk Rocks the Park... Again
The second edition of Rock the Park was held over four days during July 21-24, 2005. Due to the success of the first concert, this second one was expanded to four days, during which over 40,000 Rock fans attended. It featured:
Thursday, July 21
- ZZ Top
- Randy Bachman
- Brian Howe
- Trooper
- Jimmy Bowskillz Band
Friday, July 22
- Lou Gramm (Former singer of Foreigner)
- April Wine
- Sass Jordan
- Chilliwack
Saturday, July 23
Sunday, July 24
- George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- David Wilcox
- Thundermug (Playing in their last concert for a long time)
[edit] Rock the Park III
Held July 20-22, 2006, the groups that took part were:[2]
Thursday, July 20
- Peter Frampton
- Eddie Money
- Loverboy
- Ray Lyell & The Storm
Friday, July 21
Saturday, July 22
Rock the Park III managed to raise $180,021 for the Bethany's Hope Foundation.
[edit] Hawk Rocks the Park: Back 4 More
Rock the Park IV was run July 26-28, 2007.[3]
Thursday, July 26
Friday, July 27
Saturday, July 28
One of the announced bands was supposed to be Boston. The announcement was postponed after the death of Brad Delp. Subsequently, all of Boston's plans for touring, including Hawk Rocks the Park, were cancelled.[4]
[edit] Hawk Rocks the Park 5
Rock the Park 5 has officially been announced for July 23 - July 26, 2008.
As of April 17, 2008 the schedule is as follows.
Wednesday, July 23rd
- 9:30pm Ted Nugent
- 7:30pm Great White
- 6:00pm Diamond Dust (Winner of Rockstar Fantasy)
Thursday, July 24
- 9:30pm Sammy Hagar
- 7:30pm Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- 6:00pm Skid Row
- 4:30pm Lee Aaron
Friday July 25th
- 9:30pm Steve Winwood
- 7:30pm Tom Cochrane
- 6:00pm The Sweet
- 4:30pm Pat Travers
Saturday July 26th
- 9:30pm Bachman/Cummings
- 7:30pm Mark Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad)
- 6:00pm April Wine
- 4:30pm Streetheart
There above has been confirmed by 103.9 FM The Hawk, as well as *Official website
[edit] References
- ^ Official Website
- ^ London Free Press article about Rock the Park III
- ^ HAWK ROCKS THE PARK (cfm). Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
- ^ McArthur, Jeff. "McArthur remembers Brad Delp" CKDK-FM studio, Woodstock, Ontario (2007-03-12). Retrieved on 2007-03-18
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