rockfest

English

Etymology

rock +‎ -fest

Noun

rockfest (plural rockfests)

1. (informal) A rock music festival.
   • 1971, Stephen Spender, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Irving Kristol, Encounter: Volume 36

     […] special permission for them to use Meridian Hill Park for a rockfest and rally, where they were entertained by The Lumpen — the Panther rock band.

   • 1997, SPIN (volume 13, number 6, September 1997, page 67)

     Still, rockfests persist as a decent way to raise a buck, if you're not incompetent or scheisty, and Yauch's nonprofit group, the Milarepa Fund, is neither.