Gettysburg Rocks: More than 100 acts will play Hanover and Gettysburg
More than 100 bands and musicians will rock the region for the fourth time this weekend during the Gettysburg Rocks music festival.
The event, which kicks off 3 p.m. Friday at Reid's Winery and Cider House (400 Baltimore St., Gettysburg), features dozens of bands of different genres performing at venues throughout the Gettysburg and Hanover areas. Admission is free for most venues, but all will offer opportunities to donate to the Four Diamonds Fund.
Venues throughout the weekend are Appalachian Brewing Co., Battlefield Brew Works, Blue and Gray Bar and Grill, Bourbon Bar and Grill, Hauser Estate Winery, Mamma Ventura's, Reid's Winery and Cider House, Taverna 5450, The Freckled Radish Irish Pub, Gettysburg Moose Lodge 1526, The Mill and Zipper's Bar and Grill.
Gettysburg Rocks will also have a first-time venue at the Bourbon Bar and Grill in Hanover. Organizer of the event and radio personality Rob Simon needed more space for larger bands and discovered the Bourbon Bar had what he needed. With the location's three stages, it gave Simon the opportunity to station bands in multiple places in one building, he said.
Gettysburg Rocks has raised roughly $45,000 for Four Diamonds since Simon organized the first event in 2014, according to the festival's website. The event takes place biannually in February and August.
The Four Diamonds Fund assists children treated at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
"Our goals are to expose people to live music and raise money for the kids," Simon said. "As long as we reach both of those, we're happy."
For more information about Gettysburg Rocks, or a full schedule of performances, visit gburgrocks.com.
Bands performing
5j Barrow
6 Cents
621 a.D.
Acoustic Juice
Across the Pond
Agents of Lewton
Alex Brown
Backroad Burners
Behead the Betrayer
Ben & Joe
Ben Wenk
Bob Russell
Bobby E. Lee & the Sypathizers
Brian Mackey
Broken Fayth
Buzzard Luck
Canyon
Carl Thayer
Chris Kauffman
Christian Harper
Coal
Cody French
Condition Oakland
Corina Aucker
Cosmic Cowboy Sowing Circle
Crystal Groves
Daniel James & the Blue Collar Special
David Mayfield Parade
Daydreams
Deaf Rhino
Devix
Devon Cayro
Dirty Little Secret
Doom on the Horizon
Eliza Doering and the Penny Black
Emma Cullen
Erin Margaret
Ethan Larsh
Fast Lane
Fell from Zero
Felt Side Out
Foggy May
From Dawn till Death
Gorilla Pack
Hate to Say It
Hauska & Mckay
Herb & Hanson
Heroes 4 Ransom
Hotrod Henry
Ian Mellencamp
Ilyaimy
Indi Bolger
Infinity
Itsy & Im
Jalopy Deluxe
Jeremiah Tall
Jocelyn Faro
John Bardi
John Hufford
John Tabor
Josh Krevsky
Juan Catorce Band
Jug Funk Boys
Jug Funk Boys
Kamikaze Kupcakes
Kerin Maguire
Laney Jones and the Spirits
Macy K and the Oven Fresh Hot Delicious
Mark Derose
Marshall Stone
Matthew Ruth
Maura Gownley
Megan Knight
Midnite Run
Off the Wagon
Olde Town Auxiliary
Pale Barn Ghosts
Parks & Fields
Peyote Junction
Philadelphia Avenue
Phipps and Phriends
Poppa Rick
Prison Earth
Rabid Assassin
Red Eye Kings
Red Line Tragedy
Red Shift Experiment
Rhyne Mccormick
Rich Fehle
Rich Lipski
Rivers
Run the Willow
Sabrina Schreader
Sailing Sweater
Saint Elouise
Samuel Powers
Schizophonic
Seraphine
Shawan and the Wonton
Shawan and the Wonton
Shine Delphi
Shortbus Fight Club
Silvertung
Six Bar Break
Skribe
Sofia Nicole
Sons of Man
Spherehead
Steal Your Face
Steve Mazur
Strait & Miller
Strive
Sundog Ritual
Tenasie
The Acoustick Thing
The Brahman Noodles
The Coteries
The Hidden Agendas
The Jayplayers
The Plums
The Positronic Cats
The Process
The Quarterbones
The Quixote Project
The Resistance
The Revere
The Stonewall Vessels
The Vanity Circuit
The Wild Hymns
The Willys
The Woodchips
Timy Mengle
Todd Burd
Tom Senseney
Trendkill
Twelve
Twenty Dollar Profit
Virginia Rose Band
Watching Savannah Burn
We the Assembly
Whiskey Burn
Will Halko
Worthy Adversary
Wrath of Typhon
Xstrophy
Yoshi Gish