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Rock March – was a rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...

, organized in various cities of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. It was held in 1987, 1988, 1989, updated in 1996 and 1997. Early festivals shared the Sąjūdis
Sajudis
Sąjūdis initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania, is the political organization which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on June 3, 1988 and was led by Vytautas Landsbergis...

' ideology, and openly supported the Lithuanian independence movement. Late festivals encouraged participation in public life.

Festivals

\years Participants Concerts Notes
1987
  • Ad Libitum
    Ad libitum
    Ad libitum is Latin for "at one's pleasure"; it is often shortened to "ad lib" or "ad-lib"...

  • Už Tėvynę
  • Katedra
    Katedra
    Katedra can refer to:* The Cathedral, a 2002 short animated movie by Tomasz Bagiński, nominated for an Academy Award in 2003* Chair , a type of a university department in Poland...

  • Bix
    Bix
    This article is about the Lithuanian rock group. For other meanings, see Bix .BIX is one of the oldest and most famous rock bands in Lithuania. They got together in 1987 in Šiauliai and in a few months became a cult band. After a period of intensive touring throughout Europe and the US they were...

  • Foje
    Foje
    FOJE was one of the most successful and best known Lithuanian rock bands. It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of "Sunki Muzika", few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the...

  • Antis
    Antis
    Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithuanian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.-Establishment:In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania...

1988
randomly:
  • Antis
    Antis
    Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithuanian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.-Establishment:In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania...

  • Bix
    Bix
    This article is about the Lithuanian rock group. For other meanings, see Bix .BIX is one of the oldest and most famous rock bands in Lithuania. They got together in 1987 in Šiauliai and in a few months became a cult band. After a period of intensive touring throughout Europe and the US they were...

  • JMK folklore band NAMO
    Namo
    Namo can refer to:*Namo, a Sanskrit term used mostly in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism to express honor to God or a Great person; literally means "Homage".*Namo WebEditor, a famous WYSIWYG Webpage editor manufactured in Korea...

  • Už Tėvynę
  • Krasts (Latvia
    Latvia
    Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

    )
  • Krimbel (Estonia
    Estonia
    Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

    )
Began the end of July. Held in: Biržai
Biržai
Biržai is a city in northern Lithuania. Biržai is famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle manor, and the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries.-Names:...

, Šiauliai
Šiauliai
Šiauliai , is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 133,900. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania.-Names:...

, Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai is a city in the north-western Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 45,300, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of Mažeikiai district municipality in Telšiai County. It is the largest city that does not have its...

, Tauragė
Taurage
Tauragė is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County. In 2011, its population was 26,444. Tauragė is situated on the Jūra River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast, and not far from the Baltic Sea coast....

, Kėdainiai
Kedainiai
Kėdainiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located on the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population as of 2008 was 30,214. Its old town dates to the 17th century....

, Klaipėda
Klaipeda
Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

, Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

 and Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

.
1989
  • Antis
    Antis
    Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithuanian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.-Establishment:In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania...

  • Foje
    Foje
    FOJE was one of the most successful and best known Lithuanian rock bands. It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of "Sunki Muzika", few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the...

  • Naujas kraujas (USA)
  • Darius Polikaitis Band] [Povilas Strolia (USA)
  • Eddie punkrey band (Canada)
  • (others ?)
July 28-August 7 d. 8 across Lithuania.
Only in this rock march have been distributed the first Foje
Foje
FOJE was one of the most successful and best known Lithuanian rock bands. It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of "Sunki Muzika", few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the...

 album, "Geltoni krantai"(Yellow shores)
Released the disc "Roko maršas per Lietuvą '89"(Rock march through Lithuania'89)
1996
  • Antis
    Antis
    Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithuanian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.-Establishment:In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania...

  • Bix
    Bix
    This article is about the Lithuanian rock group. For other meanings, see Bix .BIX is one of the oldest and most famous rock bands in Lithuania. They got together in 1987 in Šiauliai and in a few months became a cult band. After a period of intensive touring throughout Europe and the US they were...


...
  • Lemon Joy

...
  • Dogbones
    Dogbones
    Dogbones was a Lithuanian rock band, which existed from 1995 to 1998.-History:Dogbones was formed in Vilnius in 1995 by Sidas, Marksas, and drummer Teo. The trio soon built up an underground following, and became noticed by the local independent label Zona for their energetic and lively punk/grunge...

     (in Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

    )
  • Biplan
  • Mountainside
    Mountainside
    - Ontario :*Mountainside is a community in the city of Burlington, Ontario....

     (in Kaunas
    Kaunas
    Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

    )
  • August ?? d. – Klaipėda
    Klaipeda
    Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

    , summer stage
  • August 29 d. – Kaunas
    Kaunas
    Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...

    , Dariaus and Girėnas Stadium
  • August 31 d. – Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

    , field by Žalgiris Stadium
    Žalgiris Stadium
    Žalgiris Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Žirmūnai elderate of Vilnius, Lithuania. The stadium holds 15,029 and was being used by the first division 1 Lyga - REO Vilnius...

  • Ideology - civic participation, involvement in the social problems of the promotion, the slogan - "Mums ne vis vien" (not all the same for us).
    1997
  • Spitfire
  • Blues makers
  • Gin'Gas
  • Ruination
    Ruination
    Ruination is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Robots in Disguise:Ruination is the combined form of the Decepticon Commandos.-Animated series:...

  • Dr. Green
  • (others)
  • The final concert - Vingis Park, Vilnius. Others - the areas between them - Ukmergė
    Ukmerge
    -Early history:Ukmergė was first mentioned as a settlement in 1333. It was essentially a wooden fortress that stood on a hill, near the confluence of the Vilkmergė River and the Šventoji River. Ukmergė was attacked by the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order in 1333, 1365, 1378, 1386, and even...

     (Culture household) and Pravieniškės prison (Spitfire and Dr. Green).
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