Years active 2004 – present Dates 12 Jul – 15 Jul 2017 | Location Harris Park, London | |
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Similar Sunfest, Home County Folk Festi, Boots and Hearts Music Fe, Festival of Friends, Burlington's Sound of Music Fe Profiles | ||
Partner with rock the park 2016
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 2010, the three-day concert was sponsored by three radio stations: 98.1 FREE FM, FM96 and country music station BX93.
Contents
- Partner with rock the park 2016
- Rock the Park I
- Hawk Rocks the Park Again
- Rock the Park III
- Hawk Rocks the Park Back 4 More
- Hawk Rocks the Park 5
- Rock the Park 2009
- Rock the Park 2010
- Rock the Park 2011
- Rock the Park 2012
- Rock the Park 2013 10th Anniversary
- Rock the Park 2014
- Rock the Park 2015
- Rock the Park 2016
- Rock the Park 2017
- References
For the first 12 years, the purpose of the event was to raise money for "Bethany's Hope Foundation" for MLD Research, which raised over $2.2 million.
Since 2016, Rock the Park has teamed up with the following charities: Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area, Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario and Children's Health Foundation, while also supporting Western Mustangs Football.
Rock the Park I
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
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
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
Sunday, July 24
Rock the Park III
Held July 20–22, 2006, the groups that took part were:
Thursday, July 20
Friday, July 21
Saturday, July 22
Rock the Park III managed to raise $180,021 for the Bethany's Hope Foundation.
Hawk Rocks the Park: Back 4 More
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.
Hawk Rocks the Park 5
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
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
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
Rock the Park 2011
The 2011 edition of Rock the Park took place over three days in July 2011. That year's sponsors included FM 96, 103.1 Fresh FM, 103.9 Greatest Hits FM and AM980, among others.
Thursday, July 21
Friday, July 22
Saturday, July 23
Rock the Park 2012
Thursday July 26, 2012 (Modern Rock Night)
Friday July 27, 2012 (Classic Rock Night 1)
Saturday July 28, 2012 (Classic Rock Night 2)
Rock the Park 2013, 10th Anniversary
Thursday July 25, 2013 (Modern Rock Night)
Friday July 26, 2013 (Classic Rock Night 1)
Saturday July 27, 2013 (Classic Rock Night 2)
Rock the Park 2014
Rock the Park XI took place July 24–26, 2014. A new event, the Gone Country Music Festival, sponsored by radio station BX93, was held at Harris Park on Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
Wednesday July 23, 2014 – Gone Country Music Festival
Thursday July 24, 2014
Friday July 25, 2014
Saturday July 26, 2014
Rock the Park 2015
Rock the Park XII took place July 14–18, 2015.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 – Gone Country
Thursday, July 16, 2015 – Gone Country
Friday, July 17, 2015
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Rock the Park 2016
Rock the Park 2016 took place July 13–16, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 – Gone Country
Thursday, July 14, 2016 – Gone Country
Friday, July 15, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Rock the Park 2017
Rock the Park 2017 takes place July 12–15, 2017.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 – BX93’s Gone Country
Thursday, July 13, 2017 – Virgin Radio Presents:
Friday, July 14, 2017 – Virgin Radio Presents: I Love the '90s Tour
Saturday, July 15, 2017 – FM96 Presents: