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[|Kivenlahti Rock] [|festival] took place on Friday, 6th and Saturday 7th June, 2006 in the ball court and lawn at Kivenlahti harbour and beach areas. There were about 3000 people present at the happenings, including an event for children on Saturday, six times the number who attended in 2005. This year, for the first time, there was an entrance fee, as some well-known Finnish bands were invited. Many volunteers helped to organise the event, and the event started on time, in spite of last-minute fire inspections and technical glitches.

The bands that many came to listen to at the Friday concert were [|Poets of the Fall] and [|Technicolour]. Listen to the [|Technicolour podcast here.] Friday evening was grey and chilly, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd, though large numbers wandered around in the areas outside the fences, rather than pay the 20 EUR entrance fee. The weather was beautiful on Saturday, and many people lay on the sand or had picnics in groups by the beach outside the official area, enjoying the music of [|Uniklub]i and others. Later in the evening, smoke rose in the enclosed backstage area while naked musicians and invited guests made the most of the sunshine and the tent sauna. The sun did not set till about 11p.m.

More information about the Kivenlahti Rock bands, including press photos and some bios in English, can be found at these links: [|Poets Of The Fall], [|Mokoma],[|Technicolour], [|Zook], [|Bitch Alert]__,__ [|Uniklubi], [|51koodia], [|Lapko], [|Bloodpit], [|King Star]