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Honky Tonk® Music festival meets GC (Games Convention)

31 bands and DJs celebrate their Honky Tonk® Premiere in Leipzig on 26 August

GC (Games Convention)

(24 - 27 August 2006)

Press & Trade Visitor Day: 23 August 2006

Summer break? Not in Leipzig! Two events in August prove the opposite: Honky Tonk® music festival meets GC (Games Convention). "Play it's your nature" is the slogan of the GC, Europe's sole trade fair for entertainment, infotainment, edutainment, from 24 to 27 August. At the Leipzig exhibition centre there will be numerous world and European premieres from the world of computer and video games, accompanied by a giant support programme. For evening action, from 26 August the world of live music takes over - at the Honky Tonk® music festival 55 bands and DJs in 34 locations and six open air sessions will ensure that the party goes on and on. Angela Schierholz (GC Project Director) and Edgar Lahrius-Bergmann (organiser of the music festival) are looking forward to the double header of fair and festival: "Both events are unique in their field, together they're unbeatable. At the GC the fair visitors can experience the latest in the games sector before heading off in the evening for the anniversary Honky Tonk® music festival, which is being staged in Leipzig for the 20th time in 2006."

At the Honky Tonk® there are a lot of new acts to discover, with 31 bands and DJs appearing at the Honky Tonk® for the first time. You would have to take a very deep breath to name all of them here - so here are just a few examples.

One new act is the Magic Boogie Show in Gasthaus Barthels Hof, with boogie-woogie, rhythm `n` blues and rock `n` roll. It should also be mentioned here that Boogieman Vito is also celebrating his birthday on 26 August. No better reason for turning up to celebrate his birthday AND Honky Tonk®

The bands Aeroplane and Brass Machine, appearing on the Marktplatz in the Sony SingStar® Rocks Arena, are also making their debut at the festival. Another Honky Tonk® debutante can be seen at Café Paul, where Wrick will be putting on an inimitable party rock show. Another brand new act is DJ Rog in the Coco Bar, who will be playing modern Caribbean sounds to keep the temperature up. The Buddy Holly Show, playing the best of rock `n` roll on Burgplatz, is another new must-see musical experience at Honky Tonk®. And don't forget the Party Tram, where DJ Houseprime will be pumping up the party atmosphere, and which will be rolling around the Innenstadtring from 8.00 PM to 2.00 am.

What do the entrance bracelets cost, and where can you get them?

Once again, the slogan at the Honky Tonk® music festival is: pay once, then use the entrance bracelet to visit all events. Entrance bracelets can be purchased at the ticket office for 12 euro on the evening or 9.50 euro in advance.

They are available from the following outlets. In Leipzig: Buchhandlung am Adler, Campus Travel, Center-Info at Paunsdorf Center, Culton-Ticket, FIB Kü's Buchhandlung, Leipziger Wochenkurier (Brühl Arkade), Moritzbastei, Musikalienhandlung M. Oelsner, Leipzig Tourist Service, Komm-Haus Grünau, Konzertkasse Hugendubel, LVZ office, MDR-Ticketgalerie, Reisebüro at Globus, Reisebüro at Hit-Markt, Saturn at main station, Saturn at Allee Center Grünau, Showtime (Werk II) and from the Ticketservice in Franz-Mehring-Haus.In Halle/Saale: Ticket-Galerie in the city center.

Questions?

Answers can be found on the internet at www.honky-tonk.de or on the festival hotline on +49 (0) 341/391 33 30.

Information on the GC can be found at www.gc-germany.de. The web site is updated constantly and provides a good overview of the content of Europe's largest trade fair for interactive digital entertainment.

And now, one last thing: this will be a great evening, one not to be missed at any cost!

Contact for press:

GC (Games Convention)

Susanne Heusler

Press Officer

Tel.: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8184

Fax: +49 (0) 341 - 678 8182

E-Mail: s.heusler@leipziger-messe.de

Contact

Honky Tonk Press service

Antje Sauerland

Kochstr. 130

04277 Leipzig

Tel.: +49 (0) 341/30 37 224

E-mail: Sauerland@honky-tonk.de

internet:

http://www.gc-germany.com

http://www.honkytonk.de

August 2006

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