Roc The Lake to be new summer event

by Marianne Gasaway

A new event has been added to all of the summer fun Clear Lake provides.

Roc The Lake will take place at PM Park and its Tiki Bar Saturday, July 25, 2020.  The event features 11 hours of music played by four of the top cover bands in the country.

“We are incredibly excited to be bringing this entertainment to Clear Lake and think this one-day event will be a hit,” said Cris Brager, who operates PM Park.  She has teamed with promoter Mike O’Brien to book the number one classic rock cover band in America, The Trip, from Orange County, Calif.; the internationally renowned AC/DC tribute band direct from Dallas, Texas, Back in Black;  Free Fallin, considered the ultimate tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, hailing from Minneapolis, Minn.; and crowd favorite Joe Santana’s Kingfish, from Jacksonville, Fla.

This will be the first time Back in Black and Free Fallin have appeared in Clear Lake.  The Trip has performed as part of the Take-Me-Back celebration and at last year’s Fourth of July celebration in City Park.  Joe Santana has been a mainstay for PM Park’s Fourth of July festivities.

“These bands are the best of the bands they pay

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tribute to.  This will really be a quality event,” said O”Brien.

Roc The Lake will replace the Take-Me-Back festival which has been held in early June for 22 years.  In its early years Take-Me-Back was held at City Park.  It later evolved to also include the Surf Ballroom on one of two days, and most recently has been staged entirely at PM Park.

Earlier this year it was announced that the Tree Town country music festival held in Forest City since 2013 was under new management and planned to change its date from Memorial Day weekend to June 12-14.

“That kind of sealed the deal that we needed to move the date of our music event,” explained Brager.  “We often battle the weather in early June — we didn’t need to battle the Tree Town event, too.”

Brager said she is looking forward to transforming the PM Park grounds into a concert venue on July 25.  A substantial “big, national stage” and sound equipment will be moved onto the south side of the PM Park buildings.  All of PM Park and its Tiki Bar will be closed to the general public from 1-11:30 p.m. on the concert day.

Tickets are on sale now for $30, which include the entire day of entertainment.  Only 3,000 tickets will be sold.   Brager explained that those purchasing tickets will receive a wristband, which is transferable. The only stipulation is that the event is only open to those 21-years and older.

“County Supervisors are graciously allowing us to have music until 11:30 that night.  It’s going to be a full day of music,” added Brager.

Tickets (limit of eight) are on sale now online.  Go to rocthelake.eventbrite.com. The passcode is rocpmpark.

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