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   What is a rock festival?

   • A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular events, while others recur annually in the same location.

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   What was the first rock festival?

   • The first ever opening act was the English progressive rock group Stackridge . A week-long rock festival sponsored by the Portland counterculture community with help from the U.S. state of Oregon. The music at the festival was primarily performed by local acts. It is the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history.

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   Who started rock festivals in the 1960s?

   • Production and financing Several of the early rock festival organizers of the 1960s such as Chet Helms, Tom Rounds, Alex Cooley and Michael Lang helped create the blueprint for large-scale rock festivals in the United States, as well promoters such as Wally Hope in the United Kingdom.

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   When is Rock Fest in Wisconsin?

   • Rock Fest is an annual four-day rock festival held near the town of Cadott, Wisconsin. Rock Fest is usually held on the third weekend (Wednesday–Saturday) of July. The venue hosts more than 7,000 campsites for campers. Additionally, the amphitheater concert grounds for the four days of shows that feature national rock music acts each year.

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   A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular events, while others recur annually in the same location.

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   Article History. Rock festivals had their origin in the jazz festivals held in Newport, Rhode Island, and in Monterey, California, in the 1950s. As the folk music revival spread in the early 1960s, the Newport Festival added a folk component, which gave birth to other folk festivals across the country. When the 1965 Newport Folk Festival ...

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   Rock festival, a series of musical performances by a variety of artists, which generally take place over a number of days. Some festivals are singular events, while others recur annually in the same location. Occasionally, a festival will focus on a particular genre (e.g., folk, heavy metal, world.