Estonian Punk Song Festival was an event, that took place on 7 July 2008 in Rakvere

Rakvere

Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the county seat of Lääne-Viru County, 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland.-History:The earliest signs of human settlement dating back to the 3rd-5th centuries AD have been found on the present theatre hill. Probably to protect that settlement, a wooden...

, where popular Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

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Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

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Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

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The author of the concept and the producer was Üllar Saaremäe

Üllar Saaremäe

Üllar Saaremäe is an Estonian actor, director and punk band singer. He was married to Tiina Mälberg and they have son Karl Robert and daughter Marii Ingriin....

, host Peeter Volkonski

Peeter Volkonski

Prince Peeter Volkonski is an Estonian actor, rock-musician, composer. He is a descendant of a princely Rurikid family, and an influential art figure in Estonia....

, art director Hardi Volmer

Hardi Volmer

Hardi Volmer is an Estonian film director, puppet theatre set decorator and musician. Volmer is the singer in the Estonian punkrockband Singer Vinger.- Animated cartoons :*"Imeline nääriöö"...

 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

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the fourth and current President of Estonia. He is a former diplomat and journalist, was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s and later a member of the European Parliament...

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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

Streptococcus pyogenes

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, Singer Vinger

Singer Vinger

Singer Vinger is an Estonian punk rock band. It was founded in 1986, before that being named Pära Trust , Turist and Aken among others; the name Singer Vinger was picked by authorities, because "Turist" was deemed inappropriate by the Soviet Estonian ministry of culture...

 and The Flowers of Romance

The Flowers of Romance

The Flowers of Romance may refer to:* "The Flowers of Romance" , a song by Sex Pistols* The Flowers of Romance , an early British punk rock band* The Flowers of Romance , an album by Public Image Ltd...

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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