Festivals

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*When*	Festival	Where	*What*
February 9 - 16	Rock Around the Rock	NORFOLK ISLAND SOUTH PACIFIC	Norfolk Island Rock ‘n ‘Roll Festival
February 9 - 17	*Summersun*	Perth Western Australia
February 14 - 17	Boyup Brook Country Music Festival	Boyup Brook, W.Australia Enquiries: phone/fax (08) 9765 1657 email countrymusicwa@westnet.com.au	The line up of artists for the weekend is HUGE; with well over 150 artists. International guest artists include the Topp Twins, National Artists include Adam Brand, The McClymonts, Tom Curtain, Laura Downing, Amber Lawrence, plus top West Australian artists like Ronni Rae Rivers, Debbie Beckett, Country Horizon, Chelsea Basham and many, many more.
February 24 - March 2	ROCKONZ Rock and Roll Festival	Christchurch City NZ	ROCKONZ 2008 (run by the Canterbury Education & Community Trust), brings a week long feast of Rock and Roll. Dress up, join in and enjoy the Rock and Roll music, dancing, classic cars, motor bikes and nostalgia.
March 14 - 16	Ararat Jailhouse Rock Festival	Ararat, Victoria Australia
March 15 - 16	West Coast Blues'n'Roots Festival	The Esplanade, Fremantle Western Australia
April 10 - 13	Viva Las Vegas	The Gold Coast Hotel & Casino 4000 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89103	Rockabilly Weekend
May 2 - 4	Riverland Rock'n'Roll Festival	McCoy Street Waikerie South Australia 5330	The Riverland Rock 'N' Roll Festival is a weekend of rock 'n' roll dancing, live bands, entertainment, markets, street parade, fun and entertainment for the family to enjoy together. The festival commences on the evening of Friday 2 May 2008 with a free dance at the Waikerie Club featuring a live band. Saturday morning 3 May 2008 will feature dancing, demonstrations and a street parade, with afternoon highlights including dancing, markets and entertainment. Saturday evening concludes with a rock n roll extravaganza in the Waikerie High School. Sunday 4 May 2008 starts with a recovery late breakfast barbecue at the Waikerie Club. More dancing, markets and entertainment.
16 - 19 May	Hemsby Rock'n'Roll Weekender	Hemsby England	Rockabilly Weekend
May 30 - June 9	Wintersun	Queensland Australia	The festival is held in the border coastal towns of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads on the New South Wales & Queensland border. Many events are free, some are in the streets while others are in the local clubs and shopping centres.
June 3 - 10	Calella Rock&Roll Holidays	Calella, Barcelona Spain	"One week of Rock &Roll in the sun..!! One complete week with daily action !! Live bands, DJs,swimming pool parties, beach parties, tattoo artist, 50’s fleamarket, record stalls, etc! For more details (booking information; how to arrive; etc) please check out: www.calellarocks.de.tl Classic Rock&Roll, Rockabilly,Teddyboy Rock&Roll, Doo Wop, Rhythm & Blues and Surf!!! myspace
June 26 - 28	Rockabilly Rebel Weekend	"Radio Radio" in Fountain Square Indianapolis, INDIANA	Among others: Saturday June 28: WANDA JACKSON THE LUSTRE KINGS SEAN MENCHER THE DIXONS COWTOWN PLAYBOYS and many more ... more details on myspace - here
July 20 - 26	WC Handy Music Festival	The Shoals - Florence Alabama USA	W.C. Handy, known as the “Father of the Blues”, was born in a simple log cabin in Florence, AL on Nov. 16, 1873 and lived there until he was nineteen years old. Handy composed the famous tunes “St. Louis Blues,” “Memphis Blues,” “Yellow Dog Blues,” and “Beale Street Blues”. Click here to read a biography of W.C. Handy written by Terry Pace, educator and Muscle Shoals music historian.
July 31 to August 3	Satchmo Summerfest	New Orleans, Louisiana USA	Festival to honour New Orlean's son Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong.
August 7 - 9	International Rockabilly Music Festival	Jackson, Tennessee, USA hometown of Carl Perkins	The World’s Largest Gathering of Rockabilly History makers In the city where it all began!
August 29 - September 1	Coney Island Rockabilly Festival	Coney Island New York City USA	Four Days of Rockabilly, Burlesque, Sideshow, Roller Derby, Pin Up Art, Hot Rods and Tattoos !!
October 3,4, & 5	Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival '08	Narooma NSW Australia	Narooma is by no means the biggest Blues Festival in Australia, but we have always delivered a stellar line up of International and national artists. Part of our success over the years is the fact that we don't try to compete with other major Festivals throughout the country. Our intimate, 3 stage site in the middle of beautiful Narooma on the NSW South Coast within easy walking distance of most accommodation is in itself something special. We build our Festival each year by taking notice of what our patrons want.
November	Adelaide Rock 'N' Roll Festival	Adelaide South Australia	Each year the Adelaide Rock 'n' Roll Club arranges a week-long festival of Rock 'n' Roll and Swing Dancing with daily events featuring bands and dancers from around Australia. The festival culminates in a day-long outdoor event at a public reserve in Glenelg, a popular beachside suburb, which is free to attend. The dancing is flashy, fast and furious as thousands of members of the public get to see just exactly what Rock 'n' Roll is all about.
8, 9 and 10 November	Blues at Bridgetown	Bridgetown Western Australia	The Blues at Bridgetown Festival is an annual blues music event held over three days in the spectacular settings of the Bridgetown townsite, 272kms south-east of Perth. The Blues at Bridgetown Festival has been held annually on the second weekend in November since 1993. The program showcases an all-embracing and diverse range of blues music for in excess of 170 hours of music at various venues around the town.