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  • noun informal A rock music festival.

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rock +‎ -fest

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Examples

  • Sporting a mohawk and piercings, tattoos and black leather that defines the revered punk idea of individualism and being "different," this fast-paced, high energy rockfest set the stage for what proved to be a great weekend of music.

    Melissa Webster: The KerPUNK Festival and the Power of the Internet Melissa Webster 2012

  • Perry Farrell, founder of the seven-year-old alternative rockfest, walks around in flowing white robes, looking blandly beatific.

    Children Of The Korn 2008

  • The Welsh rockfest celebrating all things Wake-sport, a showcase for talented adrenaline seekers who make their name by flying through the air at speeds of 25mph attached to the back of a boat.

    Virtual Festivals 2010

  • News for rockfest 2010 kansas city « America Most Wanted News for rockfest 2010 kansas city.

    Read what Young Americans Read 2010

  • 'Lubbock's Only Alternative' crew regroups with webcast, rockfest

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • A down and dirty bluesy, James Brown / Ottis Redding / Howling Wolf-influenced, put your sunglasses on, bob your head and shake your first funkadelic rockfest, "

    Perfect Porridge Perfect Porridge 2009

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