European Rock Music Festival ‘ROCK BY NIGHT 2009’

Well known Rock Music Festival – „Rock by Night“ in Poland has expanded to UK this year. First semi finals will happen on the 27th Feb in the GRV in Edinburgh. There will bands performing from all over UK. The audience will hear lots of very good bands just for as cheap as £3 in a really good athmosphere of the GRV Club.
The First Prize in this competition is a 5000 PLN + performance at the famous international rock music festival – Woodstock for over 300 thousand people in Poland.
In the UK, the contest component of the festival, organised by Polish Art Scotland will feature a series of rock concerts from February 2009 to May 2009.
The Rock Festival ‘Rock by Night’ has typically been a Polish event held in Zielona Gora, Poland. This year it has merged into the Transborder Rock Festival. The competition part of the festival will take place not only in Poland, but also in Germany, UK and in the Czech Republic.
From the very beginning the event has been aimed at promoting rock music in the media and supporting newcomers and young rock bands by creating a network for exchanging experiences. In recent years, almost 230 bands have played at the festival, among them: Closterkeller, Acid Drinkers, Moonlight, Alkatraz, Homo Twist, Sweet Noise, Quo Vadis and many more.
The contest will select the best UK entrant, who will then compete for the prizes.
The Grand Final will take place in Zielona Gora, Poland in June 2009.
The UK winner has their expenses (flights, food and accommodation) covered for the trip to the finals in Poland.
All the performances will be judged by a panel comprising of music journalists and professional musicians.

For more information visit: www.rockbynight.com

Programme:

Kacpersky (Northampton)
alternative rock and blues
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Faithful Narrator (Edinburgh)
six-piece indie band specialising in dynamic tunes laden with jangly guitars, moody synth, plush harmonies and lusty choruses
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The Runk Collective (Glasgow)
original music deeply rooted in lively funk rhythms with the spice of metal and jazz which makes it unique in Glasgow 's art underground.
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Foxgang (Edinburgh, Glasgow)
mixture of British rock, indie, ska, punk and reggae
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Photo: Jaromir Gąsiorek www.edinburgh.com.pl

When:
Friday the 27th February, from 7pm to 10pm

Where:
The GRV
37 Guthrie Street
EH1 1JG
Edinburgh
Map

Tickets:
£3.00 on the door