Source: The Rock River Times, May 30 – June 5, 2012; Vol. 29, No. 32
Music and Musicians
Music on the Rock at Burpee Natural History Museum – 2018, Bun E. Carlos
Source: Market Street Press, June 18
June 13: Bun E. Carlos
June 20: Howlin’ Brothers
June 27: Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers
July 11: Nashville-based string band American blues and blue-grass, Kevin Gordon
July 18: Sam Llanas, American singer and acoustic guitarist
VIP reserved chair seating $15 ; lawn seating free to the public
Woodstock Folk Festival – July 15, 2018
Source: Market Street Press, June 2018
On The Waterfront, 2006 – festival growth, Then and Now comparisons
Source: Rockford Register Star August 30, 2006
On the Waterfront, 2006 – Headliners
“Some 150 total performers.
Headliners:
SHeDAISY – Aug. 31, 2006
Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo – Sept. 1, 2996
Cheap trick, Buddy Guy – Sept. 2, 2006
Ted Nugent – Sept. 3, 2006
Full article in Rockford Register Star 8/30/2006
On the Waterfront, 2012 – Schedules – performers and attractions
Source: The Rock River Times, August 29 – Sept. 4, 2012 (both attachments)
Haddorff Music House – 1930, 220 N. Main St.
Source: 1930 Rockford City Directory
MetroCentre, 1987 – Bon Jovi sold out
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/10/1987
Performance: 3/14/1987 Sold out
On The Waterfront, 2011 – RRStar 8/31/2011
Source: Rockford Register Star 8/31/2018
On The Waterfront, 2008 – ad, music headliners & bands
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Summer 2008, ad, page 44, Vol. 5, No. 2
Bettye LaVette, Blue Oyster Cult, Boiled in Lead, Chicago Afrobeat Project
Deedle Deedle Dees, Eddie Blazoncyk’s Versatones, Edgar Winter, Finger Eleven, Los Lonely Boys, Shocker Band, Marshall Tucker Band, Puddle of Mudd, Styx, Tommy Castro Band,
Vanessa Hudgins