| Location(s) | Harris Park, London, Ontario |
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| Years active | 2004 – present |
| Date(s) | 2009: July 23–25 |
| Genre | 2004 to 2008: Classic rock 2009: Classic rock, rock, country |
| Website | http://www.Rockthepark.ca |
Rock the Park, formerly known as Hawk Rocks the Park, is an annual music concert held at Harris Park in London, Ontario, Canada. From 2004 to 2008 it was primarily a classic rock concert sponsored by radio station "103.9 The Hawk". In 2009, the three-day concert was sponsored by three radio stations: The Hawk, rock station FM96 and country music station BX93.
The purpose of the event is to raise money for "Bethany's Hope Foundation" for MLD Research and over $850,000 has been raised.[1]
The festival has attracted criticism for being too loud and violating city noise bylaws.[2] The 2008 and 2009 editions both breached the noise limits, so per city law, the 2010 festival should have been prevented from happening. City council recommended that the festival be allowed to occur if organizers paid a $5,000 penalty.[2] However, the organizers were later exempted from having to pay the fine.[3]
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The first Rock the Park was held July 22–24 in 2004. Its main function was to raise money for Bethany's Hope Foundation and it raised more than $110,000. It featured several musical groups:
Thursday, July 22
Friday, July 23
Saturday, July 24
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
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
Sunday, July 24
Held July 20–22, 2006, the groups that took part were:[4]
Thursday, July 20
Friday, July 21
Saturday, July 22
Rock the Park III managed to raise $180,021 for the Bethany's Hope Foundation.
Rock the Park IV was run July 26–28, 2007.
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.
Rock the Park 5 ran from July 23 to July 26, 2008.
Wednesday, July 23
Thursday, July 24
Friday July 25
Saturday July 26
Rock The Park 2009 was held July 23–25, 2009. This marked the first time Rock the Park was not fully put on by The Hawk. Instead it was put on by two other major London radio stations as well. July 23 was presented by FM96, July 24 by BX93, and July 25 by The Hawk.
Thursday, July 23
Friday, July 24
Saturday, July 25
Rock The Park 2010 was held from July 22–24, 2010. It was presented by Bob FM. Approximately $1 million was raised for the Bethany's Hope Foundation.
Thursday, July 22
Friday, July 23
Saturday, July 24
The 2011 edition of Rock the Park is scheduled to take place over 3 days in July 2011. This year's sponsors include FM 96, 103.1 Fresh FM, 103.9 Greatest Hits FM and AM980 among others.
Thursday, July 21
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
( Rumour has it George Thorogood and Steve Miller Band will be there !!)
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