Rockpalast
Encyclopedia
Rockpalast is a German
music
television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk
(WDR). Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock
and jazz
bands have performed on Rockpalast. Some acts were recorded for broadcast throughout Europe and are available at retail outlets such as Amazon.com
, others are featured on YouTube
. From 1977 into the 21st century, once or twice a year the program would schedule all-night marathon shows called "rocknights", which at least up to around 1990 were telecast live across much of Western Europe by the Eurovision and which would go on until 4 a.m. or later. Rockpalast once sponsored the Bizarre Festival and is involved in several other German rock/underground music festivals.
Germany
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music
Music
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television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
(WDR). Rockpalast started in 1974 and continues to this day. Hundreds of rock
Rock music
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and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bands have performed on Rockpalast. Some acts were recorded for broadcast throughout Europe and are available at retail outlets such as Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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, others are featured on YouTube
YouTube
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. From 1977 into the 21st century, once or twice a year the program would schedule all-night marathon shows called "rocknights", which at least up to around 1990 were telecast live across much of Western Europe by the Eurovision and which would go on until 4 a.m. or later. Rockpalast once sponsored the Bizarre Festival and is involved in several other German rock/underground music festivals.
Selected list of performers
Not all of these acts were recorded and broadcast.External links
- Official website
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk
- Rockpalast-Archiv Unofficial archive website
- Rockpalast-Fans Unofficial fansite
- Rockpalast on Last.fm user group with free radio station