IKARUS ROCK FESTIVALCRETE, GREECE'S BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL ROCK FESTIVAL
IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 has the most exciting line-up of bands that Crete has ever experienced, with eight bands from the USA and Greece hitting the stage Friday, August 6th in Avdou. And to help out during the "financial crisis", the entrance to this year's fest is only 10 Euros! FREE camping at the festival site this year. For those about to rock, IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL salutes you!!
IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 Line-Up:
Barb Wire Dolls (USA/GR),
Angwish (USA),
lack Ocean (USA/GR),
Bad Motherf*cker (USA),
Puta Volcano (USA/GR),
Mighty Shakers (GR),
Xipoliti Stratia (GR),
Pulse. (GR),
New Kourites All-Star Jam Band (USA/GR),
Host MC: Queen Isis (Barb Wire Dolls), + Very Special Surprise Guests (see more info on bands below)
IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL is Crete, Greece’s Biggest International Rock Festival held in the festival grounds of the Traditional village of Avdou.
With only a 10 Euro entrance fee, starting at 6pm on Friday, August 6th, 2010, over eight bands from the USA and Greece will be performing in Avdou. FREE camping will be allowed for the night on the festival grounds. Until sunset there will be a Pro Skate Demo on the mini-ramp in the parking lot next to the stage.
he festival attracts and brings together thousands of local Greeks and vacationing European youths, who annually travel to Crete during the hot summer months to party and experience a new kind of freedom not usually found at home. The festival's intention, along with exposing Upcoming Bands from around the World, is to melt Modern Rock Music and the festival audiences with Traditonal Cretan hospitality and culture; creating an experience unique unto itself.
The festival's main organizer Tas (of band Black Ocean), was a promoter in Los Angeles before coming to Greece and he has booked some of the biggest bands in the world, including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ramones, and Nine Inch Nails. Tas working now hand in hand with the Cultural Affairs Council of Avdou, is working diligently to make IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL in Crete one of the most vital rock festivals in Greece. To be an experience that is extraordinary.
The Cretan festival brings together the youth of Europe together in one place, at one time, in a setting that is totally Cretan and purely magical. In the mountains of Avdou, where legend has it that Minoan Palace architect Daedalos and his son Ikarus took flight from the cave above the village, tourists will not just see the glitz and disco-hip hop clubbing scene in the heavily populated beaches of Chersonissos and Malia, but will actually take a drive through the mountainside and experience another side and perspective of Crete and its world famous culture while on their short-visited vacation.
The festival site Avdou, is centrally located and easily accessible from many city and touristic hubs like Heraklion, Chersonissos, Malia, and Aghios Nikoloas. The festival site is surrounded by mountains and rolling hills full of olive groves, and a Byzantine Church on the grounds adds to its natural charm. IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL is part of the summer concert series of Avdou, which is nationally recognized, always bringing the local Cretan positive vibe to its neighboring citizens.
IKARUS ROCK FESTIVAL was created by the founders of THE IKARUS, an Artist Commune nestled quietly within the village borders. Artists from all over the world have been living and creating Art in Avdou for many years, from painters to world famous musicians, including many of the bands/acts that play the festival. THE IKARUS also has an Art Gallery, Recording Studio, and Holistic Healing Center in the village center that is open during the summer months.
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http://www.myspace.com/theikarusintlrockfestival
