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Report on the Rockin' 50's Fest I in Green Bay, WI.
July 7th through the 13th, 2002.
And be sure to check out my reports on the Rockin' 50's Fest II & Rockin' 50's Fest III.
For questions, comments, or additions you'd like posted to this site e-mail me at sfrederic@qwest.net

Other great Rockin' 50's Fest photo sites
Alan Clark's Photos
Anneke & Michel's Photos
Barry Klein's Review & Photos
Boppin' Tonight Photos (Japanese site)
Dave Hermsen's Photos
Dawn's Photos (use the drop down menu under the "Album List" to access other albums)
Jerry & Alice Weigand's Photos
Lydia Ash's Photos
PlanetRockabilly.com's Photos
Sheree Homer's Photos
Steven R. Wolf's Photos
Wanda Feather's Photos #1 and #2

Games you can play while looking at the photos: 
#1 Count the number of bands with Bobby Trimble on the drums. 
#2 Count the number of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in the photos. Pabst, the beer that makes rockabillies rock (And then fall over).

If you're ever in Green Bay I highly recommend the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Green Bay as a great place to stay. (It's right across the street from the airport) Also check out the Oneida Bingo & Casino who put on the Rockin' 50's Fest to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Oneida Casino. The Radisson Hotel is attached to the casino so it's not a long trip. If you want to let them know how much you appreciated the event, their e-mail address is casino@oneidanation.org.

What can I say about the Oneida Casino's Rockin' 50's Fest that can convey even a small part of the experience of being there.
There's not much that I can say without repeating myself over and over. How many ways can you say, "This band/performer was red hot, house rockin' rockabilly music and a great voice.". So I'll pretty much let the pictures speak for themselves other than to say it was a fantastic week. Music all afternoon and late into the night and the people I met were there for the music and not just for the scene. 
I've organized it with the bands on the 3 Clans stage on the first page of each day and a link at the top of the page to the Iroquois Ballroom bands and the Purcell's Lounge bands for that day. There's also a link to the pictures of the people for that day and from that page you can go to a new day. The "Up" button under the banner will take you back to this page from the 3 Clans page and back to 3 Clans page from the Iroquois and Purcell's pages. 
The bands that I wasn't able to get to see I've put a "(Missed)" next to their name. They weren't bad bands, just bands that I didn't have time to get to see. That was the only problem I found at the Fest, so much to see, so little time. 
If anyone else has pictures of the bands that I missed that they'd like posted e-mail me about it. 
On the "People" pictures pages you'll notice that most of them are beautiful women. That's because I'm male and so I notice women more than men when I'm looking for subjects. (Although I got in a few myself, especially Friday. I'm the guy with the red, white, and blue hair.) Even so I was able to photograph only a small percentage of the beautiful women that were there. (Maybe I need a female assistant to check out the boys.) 
The staff at the Radisson deserves special commendation for their unfailing friendly service, anything I needed was done with no fuss. From a change of rooms (So I could have Ethernet access) to getting a refrigerator in the room.
The Oneida Bingo & Casino deserves every accolade they can be given for putting on this show. If the casino wasn't so far away I'd probably be playing there as a regular. As is is I'll continue supporting our Western Nations in their casinos. (Unless they do it again next year!) The Oneida security staff was one of the best I've ever run into. They were always courteous and friendly and not fazed at all by the parade of strange people wandering around at all hours.
And special thanks to Phil Doran, Mark Mencher, Bob Timmers and the others who helped turn this into the best rockabilly party of the year.