On The Way To Rockit

ByMatthias Kirsch

We’re currently on our way to the 6th edition of the Rockit Festival in beautiful Groningen. There have been a few changes and adds in the last weeks and we’re really looking forward to this year’s edition, our second visit to this great festival. Expect our report this Sunday. A day prior to the festival, Fred Hersch will play a solo concert at the same venue. We will also review this one.

Rockit Festival

Featured on Saturday at De Oosterpoort: John Ghost, Roseye, Samora Pinderhughes feat. North Sea String Quartet, Teis Semey Quintet, Enji, Meshell Ndegeocello, aja monet, Camilla George, Shabaka, Catpack, Shuteen Erdenebaatar, Kokoroko, Alessandro Fongaro’s Pietre, Niji, Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From A Winter Stone, Jake & Abe, ganavya, Ibrahim Maalouf and The Trumpets of Michel-Ange, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, MonoNeon, and Ben van Gelder & Reinier Baas.

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