Hawk Rocks the Park

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Hawk Rocks the Park


location = Harris Park, London, Ontario
years_active= 2004 - present
dates = 2008: July 24-26
genre = Classic rock
website = http://www.Rockthepark.ca

Hawk Rocks the Park or Rock the Park is an annual classic rock music festival held at Harris Park in London, Ontario, Canada, that is currently in its fourth year. Its primary sponsor is classic rock radio station "103.9 The Hawk".

The purpose of the event is to raise money for "Bethanys Hope Foundation" for MLD Research and to date, $425,000.00 [ [http://www.rockthepark.ca/index.cgi Official Website] ] has been raised.

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 several musical groups:

Thursday, July 22

* Blood, Sweat & Tears
* Randy Bachman
* Lighthouse
* Voodoo Lounge

Friday, July 23

* Alice Cooper
* Foghat
* Edgar Winter
* Helix

Saturday, July 24

* Steppenwolf
* April Wine
* Honeymoon Suite
* Goddo

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
* ZZ Top
* Randy Bachman
* Brian Howe
* Trooper
*Jimmy Bowskillz Band

Friday, July 22
*Lou Gramm (Former singer of Foreigner)
*April Wine
*Sass Jordan
*Chilliwack

Saturday, July 23
*REO Speedwagon
*Glass Tiger
*The Box
*Superfreak

Sunday, July 24
*George Thorogood & The Destroyers
*David Wilcox
*Thundermug (Playing in their last concert for a long time)

Rock the Park III

Held July 20-22, 2006, the groups that took part were: [ [http://lfpress.ca/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=130173&x=articles&s=arts London Free Press article about Rock the Park III] ]

Thursday, July 20
*Peter Frampton
*Eddie Money
*Loverboy
*Ray Lyell & The Storm

Friday, July 21
*Styx
*Kim Mitchell
*April Wine
*Saga

Saturday, July 22
*Alice Cooper
*Vince Neil (of Mötley Crüe)
*Quiet Riot
*Helix

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. [cite web |url=http://www.thehawk.ca/station/rocks_the_park.cfm |title=HAWK ROCKS THE PARK |accessdate=2007-03-18 |format=cfm |work= ]

Thursday, July 26
* Deep Purple
* Ted Nugent
* Nazareth
* Honeymoon Suite

Friday, July 27
* Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
* Cheap Trick
* Rik Emmett (of Triumph)
* Trooper

Saturday, July 28
* George Thorogood & The Destroyers
* Creedence Clearwater Revisited
* David Wilcox
* Rick Derringer

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. [cite speech| title = McArthur remembers Brad Delp| author = McArthur, Jeff| first = Jeff| last = McArthur| authorlink = | date = 2007-03-12| location = CKDK-FM studio, Woodstock, Ontario| url = http://www.thehawk.ca/station/morning_show.cfm?rem=67272&jor=67272&StartRowVid=1&vid=1#audio| accessdate = 2007-03-18]

Hawk Rocks the Park 5

Rock the Park 5 ran from July 23 to July 26, 2008.

Wednesday, July 23rd
*9:30pm Ted Nugent
*7:30pm Great White
*6:00pm Diamond Dust (Winner of Rockstar Fantasy)

Thursday, July 24
*9:30pm Sammy Hagar
*7:30pm Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
*6:00pm Skid Row
*4:30pm Lee Aaron

Friday July 25th
*"'9:30pm Steve Winwood
*"'7:30pm Tom Cochrane
*"'6:00pm The Sweet
*"'4:30pm Pat Travers

Saturday July 26th
*9:30pm Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings
*7:30pm Mark Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad)
*6:00pm April Wine
*4:30pm Streetheart

References

External links

* [http://www.rockthepark.ca Official website]
* [http://www.thehawk.ca The Hawk's Official website]
* [http://www.bethanyshope.org Betthanys Hope Foundation website]