The organizers have qualified 30 bands to perform on the Forum stage. According to staff at the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre, audiences can expect many hours of great music, ranging from rock opera through metal and crash metal to hip-hop with rock elements.
A large group of young volunteers has offered to help organize this major two-day event. The event will also feature a photography exhibition. Leszek Żukrowski and Grzegorz Matoryn will present interesting photographs from 1996–2003. Boleslawiec.org is the event’s media patron. The event will be hosted by Arek Włodarski, a journalist with Muzyczne Radio.
A professional jury will award cash prizes to the winner and to outstanding instrumentalists in the following categories: lead guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer and vocalists. This year’s jury for the 9th Review consists of Tomasz Budzyński, Tomasz Łosowski, Wojtek Pilichowski and Anja Ortodox.
Bands qualified for the auditions:
- RH+ (Wrocław)
- ENOLA (Wrocław)
- NO PROFIT (Smolec)
- DONKEY (Legnica)
- THE COTTONS (Legionowo)
- RYBY Z LASU (Warszawa)
- NO SMOKI (Warszawa)
- BRON CUBE (Gliwice)
- ORGANIZM (Warszawa)
- RAŻENI PIORUNEM (Częstochowa)
- ANTARES (Wrocław)
- ORANGE JUSTICE (Stalowa Wola)
- BELTANINE (Warszawa)
- COCKROACH (Mieroszów)
- FAKE (Wrocław)
- RETROMANIA (Legionowo)
- ERROR (Radzionków)
- YUTRO (Busko Zdrój)
- LEGWAN (Jelenia Góra)
- NIEBO (Wałbrzych)
- VIXEN (Pruszków)
- DeLaCORE (Mińsk Mazowiecki)
- THE SHAME (Mińsk Mazowiecki)
- SNOW (Środa Śląska)
- LE ON OF (Warszawa)
- HER (Chorzów)
- GRIMOND (Wrocław)
- BARRYKENT (Warszawa)
- SOND SABOTAGE (Rybnik)
- ALTER (Legnica)
All bands will receive commemorative statuettes and review certificates. The Bolesławiec Cultural Centre has already started selling tickets for the band auditions (25 September) and the finalists’ concert (26 September), headlined by the band Closterkeller.
For all information about the Review, contact the event coordinator, Ryszarda Wołowicka, tel. (0-75) 644 2145.