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2019 ROCKONSIN winning band, Quick & Painless
The 2019 ROCKONSIN State Finals were held Thursday and Friday at Summerfest, with 12 Wisconsin 7th-12th grade garage bands performing 15-minute sets at the Summerfest Johnson Controls World Sound Stage.
Quick & Painless (Lake Mills, Waunakee and Verona Area High Schools) took home the top honors, winning the ROCKONSIN Award, and doing so for the second year in a row. The Lodge (Brookfield Central High School) was the runner-up.
Both bands will play a 45-minute set on the Summerfest Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard Stage on Sunday, July 7. The Lodge will perform at 12:15 p.m., and Quick & Painless will perform at 1:15 p.m.
Urban Rhode (Schofield DC Everest High School) was chosen to represent ROCKONSIN at the Waukesha Rotary BluesFest on Friday, Aug. 9, at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield. This is the 15th year of the statewide competition.
Read more of our Summerfest coverage, including editor picks, concert previews, daily promotions and opinions here.
