Punk Rock Holiday

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Punk Rock Holiday


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Punk Rock Holiday, first held in 2011, is exactly what the name promises, bringing forward 4 days of various punk rock performances. It is going on at the Sotočje peninsula in Tolmin, a place that a number of other successful festivals (Metalcamp and Sajeta Creative Camp for instance) have proved as a fitting summer festival context. By having the punk rock legends NOFX and Bad Religion as head-liners, this festival's first edition immediately got recognition from the local as well as international public.


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 considering the

External links

Punk Rock Holday official Website

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Punk Rock Holiday, first held in 2011, is exactly what the name promises, bringing forward 4 days of various punk rock performances. +
Punk Rock Holiday, first held in 2011, is exactly what the name promises, bringing forward 4 days of various punk rock performances. +