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River City RockFest With Guest Emcee Lonely.
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Insane Entertainment Presents River City RockFest
A Music Festival Featuring 12 Of Florida's Best Original Bands Along With A Guitar Shredder Contest Hosted By Voodoo Guitars.

***River City RockFest Artist Spotlight***Our Headliner Rising Up Angry RISING UP ANGRY has been playing around the U.S....
13/07/2024

***River City RockFest
Artist Spotlight***
Our Headliner Rising Up Angry

RISING UP ANGRY has been playing around the U.S. for a few decades now . Originally started in Chicago by Guitarist Chris Williams and Mick Vega , soon after relocated to central Florida and finished up the line up with Bassist Eric Frate from New York , Eddie Kastrul from Chicago on drums and Singer Razor Ray Reyes from Detroit . RUA has done multiple tours around the US over the years and has opened up for many big bands such as . Rob Zombie , Sevendust , Atreyu , Judas Priest , Drowning Pool , Nonpoint , Saliva , Shinedown , Soulfly , Trivium , Bobaflex , Saving Able , and many more , RUA also toured with David Ellefson Playing Megadeth Songs with him on his book tour . RUA is almost ready to drop their newest CD entitled ALL PREPARE TO BATTLE set to be released later this year . RUA's Live show is one not to be missed with High Energy and great stage presents always leaving the crowd wanting more . Be sure to check out RISING UP ANGRY at the RIVER CITY ROCKFEST and bring all your friends to this legendary event !!!!

River City RockFest Spotlight ArtistMonday AfternoonFrom Jacksonville Florida comes Monday Afternoon, a seven-piece powe...
12/07/2024

River City RockFest Spotlight Artist
Monday Afternoon
From Jacksonville Florida comes Monday Afternoon, a seven-piece powerhouse that's making waves with their unique blend of Emo, Pop-Punk, electronic elements, and crushing Metalcore breakdowns. Be prepared for an unforgettable sonic journey!

11/07/2024

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River City RockFest Artist Spotlight HOMEGROWN LOSERS Four titans of sonic mania, home-grown in the backswamps of Jackso...
09/07/2024

River City RockFest
Artist Spotlight
HOMEGROWN LOSERS

Four titans of sonic mania, home-grown in the backswamps of Jacksonville, Fl, masters of musical techniques known only to those in the orient. We play bone-crunching psychedelic metal mayhem sex-funk. We are losers, and we prevail.

Artist Spotlight Falling In Place Falling In Place is a blast from the past alternative rock band merging the sounds of ...
07/07/2024

Artist Spotlight
Falling In Place
Falling In Place is a blast from the past alternative rock band merging the sounds of rock, funk, grunge, and punk genres, From Jacksonville Florida and originally, formed in a Walmart parking lot for your convenience. Falling In Place will catch your ears and captivate your mind with our memorable grooves, timeless melodies, and powerfully upfront vocals. They’re a powerhouse of generational rock music that brings the audience a sound that is lost today. An original mix of strong classic vocals by Gregory Moore blended with stylistic crunchy melodies from Carson Ohlendorf and Evan Poissant. Followed with punchy heart felt basslines of Daniel Happle, accompanied to upbeat and upfront drums of Wyatt Butler. Falling In Place will ease your mind and soul with the original blend of timeless and modern rock music. You will find yourself drawn in and left wanting more. They are here to change lives and have classic music all fall back in place!

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight Deth FX DethFX is a heavy 4 piece band from central Florida.  No Gimmick's just str...
03/07/2024

River City RockFest
Artist Spotlight
Deth FX
DethFX is a heavy 4 piece band from central Florida. No Gimmick's just straight up aggressive riffs and heavy ass drums. DethFX blends intensity, and melodic breakdowns that are in your face. www.dethfx.com. Check us out on Prime Spotify and Apple music. New album dropping in the fall.

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight:Raw Dog Don’t let anyone tel you that Rock & Roll is dead. While you may not hear m...
27/06/2024

River City RockFest
Artist Spotlight:
Raw Dog
Don’t let anyone tel you that Rock & Roll is dead. While you may not hear much new rock in the mainstream media, it’s alive and well in small clubs and theaters all over the country. Case in point: Jacksonville Florida’s premiere original power trio, “Raw Dog”. Led by long-time Jacksonville gut-bucket singer/guitarist Ron Perry, Raw Dog's goal is to return to the roots of rock and punk, with a modern twist that engages and appeals to today’s listening audience.

Ron Perry grew up on the gritty streets of Detroit, Michigan soaking up the rich musical heritage of what has come to be known as “Rock City”. Iggy & The Stooges, The MC5, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, were all heavy influences on any aspiring rock musician that came up through the trenches there, and these artists and so many others left an imprint that shaped Perry’s musical outlook going forward. After graduating high school, Perry joined the seminal Detroit punk band “The Nasties”, where he wrote the song “Detroit Rocks”, which became a regional hit garnering heavy airplay on local rock stations WLLZ and WRIF. It was in a small club there in the late 80s that Perry had a chance meeting with Molly Hatchet keyboardist and Detroit resident John Galvin, and was recruited to replace that band’s departing singer Danny Joe Brown. After a move to Jacksonville Florida, and several months of rehearsing and writing with Hatchet, Brown decided to return to the fold, displacing Perry, but one of the songs Perry had written for Hatchet, “Take Miss Lucy Home” was included on Hatchet’s 1989 Capitol records release “Lightning Strikes Twice”. Perry was then asked to join another band managed by Molly Hatchet’s management company…the band that eventually became “China Sky”. China Sky was quickly signed by CBS records after a private performance for legendary record man TJ Martell, and the resulting self-titled album was produced by Karl Richardson, who was best known for producing The Bee Gees “Saturday Night Fever”, which up to that point, was the top selling album of all time. China Sky managed two minor hits in “The Glory”, which was used in the soundtrack to the 1988 olympics on NBC, and “Some Kind Of Miracle”, co-written by legendary Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn, but alas, personality conflicts and creative differences soon broke up China Sky, and once again, Perry was on his own. Tired of the corporate games and limitations, he decided that going indie was the wave of the future. His next move was to scrape together enough money to open a recording studio in Jacksonville where he could spend as much time as needed to produce top-shelf recordings for his new band, “The Ron Perry Connection”, while also using his engineering skills to produce scores of local and not-so-local acts, including a raucous two week stint producing demos for Rock & Roll pioneer Ike Turner. The Ron Perry Connection spent the next 15 years recording and touring full-time. Now, after a few years and a well deserved break from the rigors of the road, Ron Perry is once again ready to return to form, and bring his brand of wide-appeal ‘balls to the wall” rock to the masses. Raw Dog is ready to bring back the energy and excitement that has been missing from the rock genre for many years.

Pat Crawford is a talented multi-instrumentalist whose bass chops are the perfect compliment to Perry’s blitzkrieg guitar and guttural vocals. Pat played on the Jacksonville Florida scene for years as a guitarist, until he answered a local ad for a band that needed a bass player. The band in question…The Ron Perry Connection. Pat spent the next 11 years holding down the bottom for RPC. Today he is back at his post providing the low end for Raw Dog.

Keith O’gara began his drum career at the age of 11, learning the basics from his drummer father, who had been in and out of local bands in Jacksonville for years. One of his first projects of note was the band “Split 26”, which featured future Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. He later moved to LA with Jacksonville’s “Allele”, in their quest for a major label record deal. When Allelle didn’t get the recognition they were after, Keith went on to play with several other groups in California, but after many music-business disappointments, worn out and disheartened from his time in LA, Keith returned to Jacksonville to build a life and a family. Eventually though, as it always does, the rock and roll bug bit again. Word on the street was that a new original heavy rock band was looking for a drummer, and Keith just happened to be a perfect fit for… Raw Dog.

Raw Dog delivers high-energy rock with blistering vocals and driving beats, and harks back to the greatest acts of the 1960s & 70s by actually putting on a stage show. An art lost in rock and roll until now. Don’t let anyone tell you that Rock & Roll is on life support. Go see Raw Dog and learn the truth…”Rock and Roll ain’t pretty, but it sure as hell ain’t dead”.

Sunday July 14th
21/06/2024

Sunday July 14th

19/06/2024

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River City RockFest Artist Spotlight Blind Ferrets Blind Ferrets are a band that defies time, harnessing the energy and ...
14/06/2024

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight
Blind Ferrets

Blind Ferrets are a band that defies time, harnessing the energy and experience of four musicians who were all born in the radical 1980s. Despite their vintage, Dan, Matt, George, and Robert are still rocking with the fervor and vitality of their youth.
The inception of Blind Ferrets was as spontaneous as it was fateful. George and Robert, already familiar faces in the music scene through their cover band Classic Distraction, initially intended only to capture some original ideas together. However, a fortuitous encounter with Jeff Nolan of Insane Entertainment sparked a new trajectory. When Jeff mentioned the opportunity to perform at River City Rockfest, George saw the chance to transform their casual recording sessions into something more substantial.
With Robert on vocals and George on guitar, the duo decided to expand their project into a full-fledged band. Drawing from their pool of acquaintances, George reached out to Dan, a skilled drummer he knew from Stay Tuned Studios, where George works and where Dan had been rehearsing with Matt for their cover band MATTY+DAN. Dan eagerly joined the endeavor, and it was he who proposed Matt as the bassist.
The name "Blind Ferrets" emerged from a list of discarded band monikers from their previous collaboration, Classic Distraction. With all pieces now in place, Blind Ferrets set out to carve their niche in the musical landscape, offering an original blend of post-grunge and nu-metal sounds that resonate with their shared love for raw, authentic music.

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight Burn the silence Burn the Silence was established in St Augustine of 2023. The thre...
09/06/2024

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight Burn the silence

Burn the Silence was established in St Augustine of 2023. The three members Daniel Grey ii, Evan Bryant and Jackson Cox formed the band after separating from a 5 piece Neo-Classical Metal group. With a fresh name, all new songs and determination Burn the Silence is ready to turn heads!

Evan, or as some call him “Sticky Nave” holds down the rhythm on drums with the support of Jackson Cox on bass. Completing the group In the front is Dan on vocals and guitar.

When asked, how would you describe your band to someone who’s never seen you live? Evans had stated, “A lot of people call us the “Chevelle” effect being a three piece band and having a raw sound were reigning”

Talking more about their genre, Jackson had this to say, “Most of the time when asked this we all state we are an Original Metal band, which raises more questions than answers. Each of us have our own preferences in music taste, with entirely different influential backgrounds with our crafts. Giving us a unique sound that is difficult when trying to place us with a specific genre. I always thought we reflected with Geddy Lee’s outlook on originality.”

“Well, originality is when you have so many influences that you can’t tell which—you can’t tell them anymore; you can’t see them anymore—they’ve all melded. And as your confidence rises in your craft, yourpersonality steps in front of those influences and that’s—that forms your voice.” -Geddy Lee

“If I had to choose, I believe with the songs written for our E.P. we belong to the Alternative Metal scene.”

Being a new band, the guys are halfway done with recording and releasing their first E.P. Fall of 2024, which they are recording themselves at their practice space. For now, as Evan puts it, “We're gonna keep pushing for bigger and better and hope to one day get signed as it's our dream to travel, doing what we are passionate about. But for now we’re gonna keep buring it down, one show at a time!

Meet Our Emcee For River City RockFest Josh Lachut AKA Lonely From Planet Radio.
05/06/2024

Meet Our Emcee For River City RockFest
Josh Lachut AKA Lonely From Planet Radio.

Make Plans To Be Part Of This Event. Presale Tix Available Through The Bands Or Insane Entertainment
05/06/2024

Make Plans To Be Part Of This Event. Presale Tix Available Through The Bands Or Insane Entertainment

River City RockFest Artist Spotlight Out Of Darkness Out of Darkness was formed in 2020 by Brent E. Smedley (Iced Earth)...
05/06/2024

River City RockFest
Artist Spotlight
Out Of Darkness

Out of Darkness was formed in 2020 by Brent E. Smedley (Iced Earth), Drums and Percussion, and Eric Barrios,
Vocals and Guitar.
They released the debut EP "Seize the Day" that same year to much critical acclaim and began to grow their
following. Playing live shows first in their home state of Florida, then followed up by doing 3 tours up the East
Coast as far as New Jersey and even reaching over as far as Las Vegas.
The band released 2 MTV style videos and 1 live video for the songs "Think Again", "I Surrender", and "Seize
the Day" respectively.
The song "Think Again" reached #23 on The Billboard Rock Indicator chart and received substantial airplay on
many FM radio stations throughout the United States.
The band received over 100,000 views for the "I Surrender" video and has over 16,000 followers on Facebook.
Brent and Eric are now joined by guitar virtuoso Bill Staley for their follow up full length album "Out of
Darkness", which they present to you now. This Epic Metal Masterpiece seeks to redefine their sound and
broaden the spectrum of True Heavy Metal.
This album features powerfully crafted songs with crushing riffs, catchy vocal melodies, thought provoking
lyrics, and powerful rhythms that take the listener on an audio journey through dynamic and colorful musical
soundscapes.
Out of Darkness believes that with the right record label behind them that they can carve out their own spot in
the music industry with a unique sound all their own and a live show that is second to none. The band is willing
to do whatever it takes to achieve success, including playing live, promoting themselves with videos, social
media, and any other avenues to grow their following.
It is Out of Darkness's intention to become a legendary Metal band like no other.

Meet Somebody's Hero SOMEBODY'S HEROSomebody’s Hero: Melbourne, Florida based Rock/Metal band. Label: Curtain Call Recor...
28/05/2024

Meet Somebody's Hero

SOMEBODY'S HERO

Somebody’s Hero: Melbourne, Florida based Rock/Metal band.
Label: Curtain Call Records
Members: Darin Foxx-Lead Vocals, Steve Harvey-Guitars/Vocals, Rod Bobo-Bass/Vocals, Marshall Ostovich-Drums

Formed in 2020, Somebody's Hero has continued to energize the stage with their powerful and melodic brand of rock/metal music. Signed to Curtain Call Records in 2023, the band has released three tracks commercially. (No Regrets - 2022, Walk Away - 2023, Broken Doll - 2024)

Appreciated accolades and respect shared from four of our rock heroes:

Bobby Hamble (Biohazard)

“You guys are a big band on a small stage.”

Kenny “Rhino” Earl (Manowar, Angels of Babylon)

“They have these very thought-provoking lyrics with
creative and moving melodies and at the same time they can pound your skull in with their crushing true metal sound.”

Tim “Ratchet” Starace (YYNOT)

“They are the Honey badgers of the metal scene. They do what they were born to do and that makes it real.”

Dave Pastorius (Pat Travers Band, Tech N9ne)

“They are one of the best acts I have seen internationally or nationally and I wish them nothing but the best.”

In Order To Familiarize Fans With The Bands On Our July 14th Event, We Will Be Doing Spotlights On Each Band Playing Riv...
28/05/2024

In Order To Familiarize Fans With The Bands On Our July 14th Event, We Will Be Doing Spotlights On Each Band Playing River City RockFest.
Check Back Tomorrow And See Who The First Artist Will Be.

Get Ready For River City RockFest Sunday July 14th Thanks Christopher Williams
18/05/2024

Get Ready For River City RockFest Sunday July 14th
Thanks Christopher Williams

Updated Flyer. Welcome Out Of Darkness
03/05/2024

Updated Flyer.
Welcome Out Of Darkness

Another Flyer Thanks Turbo Christopher Williams
29/04/2024

Another Flyer
Thanks Turbo Christopher Williams

River City RockFest Sunday July 14th
27/04/2024

River City RockFest
Sunday July 14th

Official Announcement Tomorrow
27/04/2024

Official Announcement Tomorrow

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