ROCKONSIN State Finals Winner & Runner-up

New Normal takes top honor; No Limit is runner-up

Celebrating 20th year of Youth Garagebands Rockin’ Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (June 30, 2024) – New Normal (Necedah Queen of the Holy Rosary School & Wisconsin Dells High School) won the 2024 ROCKONSIN State Finals competition at Summerfest. No Limit (Columbus Middle & High School and Monona Grove High School) took the runner-up honors.

The ROCKONSIN State Finals featured 10 statewide 7th – 12th-grade garagebands, of any musical genre, performing 20-minute showcase sets on the Aurora Pavilion stage. Three band application judges (Andy Wallman, Harry Cherkinian, Mike Popke) with 30+ years each of experience, scored out the performances.

All ten state finalist bands received two Shure mics (one instrument & one vocal with cords). The winning band also received a Shure wireless vocal mic system.

The winning and runner-up bands each won recording time at Madison’s Blast House Studios (winner: 12 hours; runner-up: 8 hours).

The winning and runner-up bands also each won a second 45-minute showcase gig on July 6 on the Aurora Pavilion stage:

No Limit (Runner-up): 12:45pm – 1:30pm
New Normal (Winner): 2:00pm – 2:45pm

In addition, one ROCKONSIN State Finalist band, The Lightways (Germantown Kennedy Middle School, Sussex Hamilton and Brookfield East High Schools) will perform a one-hour showcase set on August 9th at 1:00 pm at the Waukesha Rotary BluesFest at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield.

ROCKONSIN, which is brought to you by the Nicholas Family Foundation, is also made possible with the generous support of these statewide sponsors that have a passion for providing opportunities to recognize and showcase the talents of these young bands: MAMA (Madison Area Music Association),Tilt Media, Shure, and Summerfest. This program is produced by Dennis Graham Associates that founded, in 2005, this statewide competition for 7th – 12th grade Wisconsin students which is still the only alternative statewide music competition of its kind in the nation.

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