Krockathon

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = K-Rockathon


location = Central New York
years_active = 1996 - present
founders = K-Rock Syracuse 100.9 FM - 106.5 FM K-Rock Utica 94.9 FM
dates = K-Rockathon 1: July 28, 1996 K-Rockathon 2: July 13, 1997 K-Rockathon 3: July 12, 1998 K-Rockathon 4: July 11, 1999 K-Rockathon 5: July 9, 2000 K-Rockathon 6: July 14, 2001 K-Rockathon 7: July 14, 2002 K-Rockathon 8: August 16, 2003 K-Rockathon 9: July 30, 2004 K-Rockathon 10: July 16, 2005 K-Rockathon 11: July 22, 2006 1st Annual DFB: K-Rockathon 12: July 21, 2007 2nd Annual DFB: May 24, 2008 K-Rockathon 13: July 19, 2008
genre = Alternative rock Alternative metal Rock
website = [http://www.krockathon.com www.krockathon.com] [http://www.krock.com www.krock.com]

K-Rockathon is a rock concert that is held annually in Central New York.

Modern rock radio station, K-Rock 100.9 FM - 106.5 FM in Syracuse and K-Rock 94.9 FM in Utica, had been on the air for just a few years and decided that they needed to throw a party for all of their listeners. A party where fans of Central New York could rock out to some of their favorite bands. Their own show, developed around the tastes of the people where they weren't just a stop on a mega tour. A place where fans could go and interact with the bands via K-Rock and hang with them on their own grounds. The K-Rockathon has since grown to be one of the most anticipated events each year. Not just a show, but a huge rock festival with food, drinks, shops, activities, and music from the bands at the top of the music charts.

Not only is there the major K-Rockathon event, but since 2007, a new series of mini shows has emerged. Every year before K-Rockathon, there will be a K-Rock Dysfunctional Family BBQ event. They are quite a bit smaller, but still have great music and a lot of food.

In its first several years, K-Rockathon tickets sold for $10.00 or $12.00 dollars. Ticket prices were marketed as "10 Bands for 10 Bucks" or "12 Bands for 12 Bucks" depending on the number of artists scheduled to perform at the concert in a given year. This marketing has been abandoned in recent years as the number of scheduled bands has decreased and ticket prices have increased to $38.00.

K-Rockathon

K-Rockathon 1

K-Rockathon 1 was held on July 28, 1996 in Vernon, NY. It was the first concert of many more to come.

Bands:
*Reverend Horton Heat
*Gus
*Verve Pipe
*Poe
*Howlin' Maggie
*Seven Mary Three
*Refreshments
*Toadies
*Solution AD
*Butthole Surfers

K-Rockathon 2

K-Rockathon 2 was held at Vernon Downs in Vernon, NY on July 13, 1997. This year, it became an even bigger event in Central New York. A huge party with more food, drinks, shops, activities, and a bunch of music.

Bands:
*Vibrolush
*Drain STH
*Fountains of Wayne
*Cool for August
*Cowboy Mouth
*Naked
*Better Than Ezra
*Our Lady Peace
*Cracker
*Goo Goo Dolls

K-Rockathon 3

K-Rockathon 3 was on July 12, 1998. Future punk rock legends Blink-182 were scheduled to perform, but cancelled the day of the show due to a band member's illness.

Bands:
*Possum Dixon
*God Lives Underwater
*Big Wreck
*Eve 6
*Stabbing Westward
*Spacehog
*Our Lady Peace
*Third Eye Blind
*Smashmouth

K-Rockathon 4

K-Rockathon 4 was on July 11, 1999.

Bands:
*Julia Darling
*Splendor
*Train
*Sponge
*Marvelous 3
*Econoline Crush
*Shades Apart
*Dovetail Joint
*Videodrone
*The Uninvited
*Violent Femmes
*Orgy

K-Rockathon 5

K-Rockathon 5 was set on 2 stages at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York on July 9, 2000.

Lit was actually a late replacement for the Foo Fighters whom K-Rock had promoted non-stop for several weeks. The reason given by K-Rock for the cancellation was that there was a conflict with a personal engagement for Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Bands:
*Ultimate Fakebook
*Wheatus
*Moist
*Corporate Avenger
*the Urge
*12 Rods
*SR-71
*Finger Eleven
*Cowboy Mouth
*Pimpadelic
*Kottonmouth Kings
*Earth Crisis
*Jimmie's Chicken Shack
*Lit

K-Rockathon 6

K-Rockathon 6 ventured back to Vernon Downs in Vernon, NY on July 14, 2001.

Bands:
*Pressure 4-5
*Drowning Pool
*CrashPalace
*Nonpoint
*Taproot
*Econoline Crush
*Adema
*Cold
*Boy Hits Car
*Crazy Town
*Papa Roach
*Staind

K-Rockathon 7

K-Rockathon 7 moved to Oswego, NY just outside the Oswego Speedway on July 14, 2002. Everyone who went got their tickets at a reduced price before they even knew who was playing because they just knew that the biggest rock show of the summer would not fail to amaze them, and they were right. Unfortunately organizers failed to secure a permit to serve beer at the event, frustrating attendees, many of whom had no idea it would be a "dry" concert prior to arriving.

Bands:
*Dogs on Mars
*Dragpipe
*Damn Glad
*Mad at Gravity
*3rd Strike
*Dry Cell
*Trik Turner
*Audiovent
*Abandoned Pools
*Mushroomhead
*Earshot
*Nonpoint
*Sevendust
*Filter
*Puddle of Mudd
*P.O.D

K-Rockathon 8

K-Rockathon 8 was held on August 16, 2003 at Vernon Downs in Vernon, NY.

Bands:
*Plan 607
*Cauterize
*The Exies
*Revis
*Saliva
*MxPx
*Cold
*Evanescence
*Local H

K-Rockathon 9

K-Rockathon 9 made its way out west on July 30, 2004 and for the first time in its history, a K-Rockathon event sold out. There were poor, unfortunate people standing outside of K-Rockathon's new venue, the Weedsport Speedway at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport, New York hoping to be able to get in.

Bands:
*Caustic
*Travisty Theory
*Wetwerks
*Nonpoint
*Skindred
*Sevendust
*Fuel
*Cypress Hill
*Hoobastank

K-Rockathon 10

K-Rockathon 10 was held on July 16th, 2005. Finally, K-Rockathon had hit its 10th event milestone. Over the decade, more than 100,000 fans have attended at least one K-Rockathon. Everyone at K-Rock decided to raise the bar a little, so for K-Rockathon 10 they brought back some special bands from K-Rockathon's past, as well as a few newcomers.

During the Boy Hits Car performance, front man Cregg Rondell climbed up on top of the speakers and drove into the crowd below.A video of this can be seen [http://www.krock.com/syracuse/upload/mp3/Boy_Hits_Audience_4.6_MB.wmv here] .

Bands:
*Seven Mary Three
* Lit
*Cake
*Shinedown
*Trapt
*Tsar
*Ra
*Boy Hits Car
*Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers
*Black Label Society

K-Rockathon 11

K-Rockathon 11 was on July 22nd, 2006 at the Weedsport Speedway at the Cayuga Country Fairgrounds in Weedsport, New York. It was the very first time in the history of K-Rockathon that an event had sold out before it took place. TV News reports had tickets listed on eBay for up to $400.

Unfortunatately, the band Evans Blue never got a chance to play because they were stuck in the 17 mile traffic jam on the Thruway outside of the Weedsport Speedway.

Bands:
*Seether
*Shinedown
*Buckcherry
*Candlebox
*Blue October
*Breaking Benjamin
*Hurt
*Evans Blue
*People In Planes
*Brace

K-Rockathon 12

K-Rockathon 12 was on Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport, New York. People were lined up to get in hours before the show.

Evans Blue was allowed back to perform since they didn't even get a chance to set up their equipment.

The Deftones performance was reportedly recorded for their forthcoming live DVD that may be released in 2008, but no further information has been released on the production of the DVD.

Bands:
*Strata
*Sick Puppies
*Brand New Sin
*Black Light Burns
*Drowning Pool
*Evans Blue
*Social Distortion
*Deftones
*Chris Cornell

K-Rockathon 13

K-Rockathon 13 was held on Saturday July 19, 2008 at the Cayuga Country Fairgrounds in Weedsport, New York. The show was very successful and it only the second year that K-Rockathon has sold out before the day of the show.

Sick Puppies, Seether, and Shinedown were all reoccuring K-Rockathon artists.

Bands:
*Safetysuit
*Black Stone Cherry
*Luna Halo
*12 Stones
*Sick Puppies
*Shinedown
*Seether
*Three Days Grace

Dysfunctional Family BBQ

First Annual Dysfunctional Family BBQ

the first annual Dysfunctional Family BBQ took place at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort, New York.

Bands:
*Wetwerks
*Smile Empty Soul
*The Exies
*Eve to Adam

econd Annual Dysfunctional Family BBQ

The second annual Dysfunctional Family BBQ was held on May 24, 2008 at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds in Frankfort, New York.

Both Hurt and Caustic have played at a K-Rockathon show.

Bands:
*Hurt
*Ashes Divide
*Armor for Sleep
*Course of Nature
*Caustic
*Dead Rose

External links

* [http://www.krockathon.com/ Official Krockathon website]