Dysfunctional Family Picnic was a multi-artist

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concert, presented annually by the

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, US radio station K-Rock, beginning in 1997. Its West Coast "sister" concert is the

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History

There have been various venues that hosted the Dysfunctional Family Picnic including

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, PNC Bank Arts Center in

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, Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Jones Beach Amphitheatre in

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. In 2003, the Dysfunctional Family Picnic was called "DFP 7-Tarium". Instead of booking an original show, it was just another stop on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour. After K-Rock returned to the air in 2007, "Return of Rock" was their first concert.

Lineups

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