Rock the Park

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ZZ Top plays at Hawk Rocks The Park Again

Rock the Park is an annual Classic Rock music festival held at Harris Park in London, Ontario, Canada, that is currently in its third year.

It is also known as "Hawk Rocks the Park" because of one of its primary sponsors, a Classic Rock Radio station known as 103.9 The Hawk. Usually the festival is headlined by a very well-known group. At the first Rock the Park in 2004 it was Steppenwolf, at the second Rock the Park in 2005 it was ZZ Top and in 2006 it was Alice Cooper.

1 Rock the Park I
2 Rock the Park... Again
3 Rock the Park III
4 Rock the Park IV
5 External links

[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 many legendary musical groups, including:

Note: This is not a complete list.

[edit] Rock 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 many different groups, including:

Thursday, July 21

Jimmy Bowskillz Band
Trooper
Brian Howe
Randy Bachman
ZZ Top

Friday, July 22

Saturday, July 23

Sunday, July 24

Thundermug (Playing in their last concert for a long time)
David Wilcox
George Thorogood

[edit] Rock the Park III

Held July 20-22, 2006, the groups that took part were:

Thursday, July 20

Peter Frampton
Eddie Money
Loverboy
Ray Lyell & The Storm

Friday, July 21

Saturday, July 22

There were rumors that the concert will be expanded out to four days (similar to Rock the Park II) but it stayed at three, like the first one. The 22nd was a very stormy day, but the concert still went on. Rock the Park III managed to raise $180,021 for the Bethany's Hope Foundation. For pictures from Rock the Park III, visit the official site gallery here,

[edit] Rock the Park IV

Rock the Park IV has officially been announced for the weekend of July 19-21, 2007. Performers for the event will likely be announced in February of 2007. It has been rumored that the concert will also be spread out to other local cities, such as Woodstock (which would make sense because The Hawk is stationed there) or Kitchener.