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Event Information:
Rock
al Parque, is a rock music festival
taking place in Bogotá, Colombia,
since 1995. The festival's entry is
free of charge. In 2004, 400,000
people reached the event. It is
considered the most important rock
festival in Latin America. It has
ska, punk, hardcore, metal, and
other genres on its programation.
The first edition of this festival
happened in 1995. It started as
continuity of the 'Youth Music
meetings' held at the city's
Planetarium in 1992. The people
behind the organization were Mario
Duarte and Julio Correal. The
initial purpose was to gain the
support of Bogota's Institute of
Culture and Tourism, to establish
it. The first edition of this
festival happened during May 26th
and 29th, 1995, within several
venues. To mention them, the most
representative one known as 'La
Media Torta', The Simón Bolívar
Park, the 'Olaya Herrera's Stadium,
and 'the Santa María Bullfighting'
Ring. This last one was the only
venue requesting admission fees for
participants. Therefore, after 1996,
the festival organisers decided to
exclude this last venue, "the Santa
María Bullfighting Ring", in order
to feature the festival "free of
charge for admission" since.
The
festival, which originally only
included rock music, gradually
opened up its doors to promote other
genres, such as punk, reggae, ska
and blues musicians. Due to the
increase in diversity, the
festival's organizers started
scheduling bands so that different
types of musicians could participate
alongside one another, as opposed to
grouping acts by genre. Nowadays the
festival takes place over three days
at Bogotá's Simon Bolivar Park. The
festival is broadcast live over 2
radios: 'Canal Capital', and 'Radiónica'.
The
Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park best
known as the Simón Bolívar Park is a
greenspace and entertainment and
sports complex located in the middle
of the city of Bogotá, Colombia. The
park is named after the Latin
American Liberator Simón Bolívar.
The park is located in the locality
of Teusaquillo and is managed by the
District Institute of Recreation and
Sport (Instituto Distrital de
Recreacion y Deporte - IDRD) . The
park is one of the most popular
urban parks in the city of Bogotá.
The park features a lake in which
people can rent paddle boats and a
large space for concerts and events
capable of holding 140.000 people.
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