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| + | [[Punk Rock Holiday]], first held in [[established::2011]], is exactly what the name promises, bringing forward 4 days of various punk rock performances. It is going on at the beautiful Sotočje peninsula in Tolmin, a place that a number of other successful festivals ([[Metalcamp]] and [[Sajeta Creative Camp]] for instance) have proved as a perfect summer festival context. By having the punk rock legends as NOFX and Bad Religion as head-liners, this festival's first edition was immediately successful and gained international public recognition. | ||
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| + | == Background == | ||
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| + | In recent years, there were two other festivals going on in Slovenia that primarily focused on punk rock music, namely the ''Šklab Fest'' and ''Njoki Summer Festival''. The later has been going on for 5 years and has brought to it's stage in Ajdovščina a diverse set of punk, hip hop, ska and reggea musicians like Marky Ramone, The Toasters, New Riot, The BellRays, Dubioza Kolektiv, [[Elvis Jackson]], Edo Maajka etc. Šklab Fest is younger of the two, but has in it's two years of existence hosted names such as The Exploted, Millencolin, The Toy Dolls, The Skatelites, Jello Biafra, Down by Law and many other musicians, some of them already playing on the Njoki festival in the past years. | ||
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| + | Punk Rock Holiday came into being upon the realization of the organizers that merging the two festivals could prove to be very beneficial, especially as both festivals had difficultu | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | [http://www.punkrockholiday.com Punk Rock Holday official Website] | ||
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Revision as of 00:29, 17 November 2011
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Background
In recent years, there were two other festivals going on in Slovenia that primarily focused on punk rock music, namely the Šklab Fest and Njoki Summer Festival. The later has been going on for 5 years and has brought to it's stage in Ajdovščina a diverse set of punk, hip hop, ska and reggea musicians like Marky Ramone, The Toasters, New Riot, The BellRays, Dubioza Kolektiv, Elvis Jackson, Edo Maajka etc. Šklab Fest is younger of the two, but has in it's two years of existence hosted names such as The Exploted, Millencolin, The Toy Dolls, The Skatelites, Jello Biafra, Down by Law and many other musicians, some of them already playing on the Njoki festival in the past years.
Punk Rock Holiday came into being upon the realization of the organizers that merging the two festivals could prove to be very beneficial, especially as both festivals had difficultu
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