Posts Tagged ‘Jacksonville’

My Monstrous Kind Of Rockville

Monster Energy Drink’s Welcome to Rockville is more of an experience than a show. Though they passed out schedules at the door, you’d be lucky to see even half of what the event had to offer due to its enormity. Walking through the gate felt like being transported to a new world – a place […]

Sunday Festival Sunday at Fort Rock

Sunday’s Fort Rock roster transitioned from Saturday’s lineup of old school metal  to more of a modern sound on the hard rock scene with Shinedown and Disturbed headlining day 2. First up was a new player on the rock scene in Red Sun Rising, who took the stage at 1:00 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  […]

Fort Rock’s Metal Monster Rises

The 2016 Monster Energy’s Fort Rock Festival at Jet Blue Park in Ft. Myers, FL made its two-day debut on April 30 and May 1, 2016.  And let’s just say, it couldn’t have been any better, as AEG did a great job organizing this year’s festival.   This year’s sponsors included: Monster Energy, Jack Daniels, Bud […]

Fort Rock Awaits-A Preview

The 2016 Monster Energy’s Fort Rock Festival at Jet Blue Park in Ft. Myers, FL makes its two day debut on April 30th and May 1st. This year’s event, along with Welcome to Rockville in Jacksonville, kicks off The Worlds Loudest Month Festival season which includes 8 stops and over 300 rock bands. In the […]

Make Way for Rockville’s Monster

  Spring is here, which means it’s close to a major holiday for Floridian rockers. Moster Energy’s Welcome to Rockville has become a staple over the last five years. It brings together all the elements of rock and roll culture for two days in Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville. This year’s event will once again be […]

Nothing More Breaks Out

  Nothing More played in front of a packed house at the State Theatre in Saint Petersburg during its Monster Energy Outbreak Tour stop on Wednesday night. Rocket Sports and Entertainment, specifically this author, has been following Nothing More since their sparsely attended appearance at Rockville in Jacksonville in 2013. That first show was unforgettable […]

Rockville Recovers on Day 2

On Day 2 of the 2015 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville festival fans would be given a gift from Mother Nature. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky throughout the day and promoters, along with the city of Jacksonville, did a great job to get Metropolitan Park ready for the second day of festivities. They […]

A Manic Kind of Monster-Welcome to Rockville Day 1

  The 2015 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Festival was truly an unforgettable experience. You can probably say this about a lot of music festivals that you have attended due to the bands’ performances, but this year’s Rockville at Metropolitan Park was an extreme case of Ying and Yang. Highlights from the day include a […]

A Rockville Monster Awaits

  Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville will once again host Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville on April 25th and 26th. 43 bands will be gracing the stages over the two day event, with something for everyone who enjoys the hard rock/metal genre with a few anomalies mixed in. Welcome to Rockville alumni, Korn, will be headlining […]