Mountain Rock Music Festivals, held on a farm near Woodville and later moved to a site near Palmerston North, were widely celebrated Kiwi music events in New Zealand during the 1990s. The event was created and promoted by Paul Geange and Paul Campbell, a Palmerston North Musician and founder of the infamous El Clubbo and the Palmerston North Musician's Society. New Zealand's online encyclopedia,

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, notes that "There are regular jazz, folk, ethnic and country music awards and festivals, some of which have been in existence for decades. Large music festivals, for example Sweetwaters, Nambassa and The Big Day Out, have been staged periodically since the 1970s."

Event years

* 1992 Mountain Rock Music Festival I * 1993 Mountain Rock Music Festival II * 1994 Mountain Rock Music Festival III * 1995 Mountain Rock Music Festival IV * 1996 Mountain Rock Music Festival V BlueMountainRock MusicFest

Musicians

Mountain Rock Music Festival III: *

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* Hello Sailor *

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* Supergroove *

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* Shona Laing * Dave Dobbyn * Straitjacket Fits * The Exponents *

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* Shihad * The Mutton Birds *

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* Desert Road, the promoter's band. *

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* Bill Direen * Wildfire * Head Like a Hole * Silent Scream *

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* Mana *

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Film and television

The Maori Radio network broadcast Mountain Rock III live on air. On site, video and sound was recorded in the barn. Also, an independent film-maker from Auckland shot many hours on video and amateur video footage was also shot.

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External links

Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Musicians

Film and television

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