{"id":8743,"date":"2025-02-14T08:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?p=8743"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T01:18:28","slug":"launch-of-rockn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/launch-of-rockn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Rock\u2019n Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As of this year, Festivals Malta will be organising a series of rock concerts spread over a number of months featuring foreign and local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falling under the auspices of the Festivals directorate within Arts Council Malta, this annual series of concerts is entitled \u201cRock\u2019n Malta\u201d, which is under the artistic direction of Lou Bondi\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s confirmed line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Krokus\u00a0<\/strong>(20 May):\u00a0<em>Born to be wild; Easy rocker<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Wailers<\/strong>\u00a0(25 August):\u00a0<em>Jammin\u2019, No woman no cry, One love<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Procul Harum<\/strong>\u00a0(5 October):\u00a0<em>Whiter shade of pale, Conquistador<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations are underway to secure at least another two bands for this year. These world-class concerts will be supported by a line-up of local bands, each in their respective genres \u2013 No Snow\/No Alps, Fire, 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Ode, The Riffs, Tash Sultana, Red Electrick and Different Light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annabelle Stivala, Director Festivals stated: \u201cFollowing the success of last year\u2019s Uriah Heep\u2019s rock concert we have decided to launch this annual series which celebrates rock music in all its genres.&nbsp; We are also proud of the fact that this intiative will be promoting local rock bands and supporting the Maltese rock scene in general.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lou Bondi\u2019, Artistic Director, Rock\u2019n Malta said: \u201cFor me this is a dream come true. I have been lobbying for the organisation of such rock events for 15 years and now it\u2019s happening. I am honoured to be the first artistic director of Rock\u2018n Malta and although we are starting small, our ambitions are not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets will be available online and from outlets in the coming days. Further information will be also be available online soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rock&#8217;n Malta is organised by the Festivals Malta within the Arts Council Malta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festivals Malta has announced a new cultural initiative to add to its already busy calendar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8757,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8743\/revisions\/8757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}