EPIC Rock Fest Armenia in Tsakhkadzor gathered over a thousand fans  of Russian rock music

ArmInfo.Over a thousand fans of Russian rock music gathered in Tsaghkadzor for the EPIC Rock Fest festival, which was held August 12-13 in the open air. The most  popular rock musicians of Armenia participated in the festival,  including Gore Sujyan, EMPIRAY, Vostan Hayots, Dogma, Mad Paradox,  Nemra, Fairwind, The Windrose.

Initially, the fest was only for EPIC Summer School students, and  after a meeting with the president of the Armenian Rock Music  Association Vardan Grigoryan, we decided not to limit ourselves to  the participants of our summer school, but to organize the Open-Air  festival, gathering a wider range of rock music lovers.  Moreover,  the idea to hold an event in Armenia related to high-quality music  has been in the head for a long time, "Gevorg Avetisyan, the  organizer of the festival, the coordinator of the EPIC project, told  ArmInfo.

The festival, he said, will be held annually with the participation  of foreign guests, both as spectators and as musicians. The fact that  the organizers limited themselves to inviting only domestic  musicians, G.  Avetisyan explained with high fees, requested by  international musicians. However, in the opinion of the co-organizer,  next year the festival will expand the geography of rock bands and  guests in view of the number of participants in the "epic" rock  festival.

"It is no secret that mainly tourists over 60 years old are from  developed countries. And we want to attract foreign youth to Armenia  through such initiatives," G. Avetisyan stressed. Spent funds, he  said, are a unique contribution to the future, as the festival will  be of a lasting nature. Meanwhile, one of the organizers told ArmInfo  correspondent that on the first day of the rock festival, beer worth  over 1 million AMD was drunk.

EpicRockFest festival was implemented at the initiative of the travel  company Armenia Travel and LLC EPIC. The general sponsor was the  telecommunication company Rostelecom Armenia. Information support was  provided by Radio and Radio , live broadcast was provided  by HD Studio. The festival was held with the assistance of the Rock  Association of Armenia and the State Committee for the Development of  Tourism of Armenia.