Estonian Punk Song Festival
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Estonian Punk Song Festival was an event, that took place on 7 July 2008 in Rakvere, where popular Estonian punk songs were performed by professional choirs.
The author of the concept and the producer was Üllar Saaremäe, host Peeter Volkonski, art director Hardi Volmer and head conductor Hirvo Surva. Before the song festival, there was a procession from Rakvere to Rakvere Vallimäe. The festival was opened by Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
Total 71 choirs with 1700 singers took part of the event. Attendance was 5000. After the song festival, there was a punk concert, where participated Estonian punk bands like Süütu Vanaema, ZLO, Streptococcus Pyogenes, Singer Vinger and The Flowers of Romance.
The festival continued to be held on June 11th 2011 in Rakvere; this time featuring punk anthems not only in Estonian but also Finnish, Russian and English, notably The Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK, The Damned's New Rose, The Clash's London Calling, The Exploited's I Believe in Anarchy, The Stranglers' No More Heroes and many more
