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Rock'n Solex

France

The Rock'n Solex festival is a French student festival, combining Solex racing and music, first held in 1967. It combines Solex races during the day and music concerts every night.

Solex race during Rock'n Solex festival in Rennes .
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The Rock'n Solex festival is a French student festival, combining Solex racing and music, first held in 1967.

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
France

Placed on record in France.

03 · How it is doing
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What is Rock'n Solex in plain words?

The Rock'n Solex festival is a French student festival, combining Solex racing and music, first held in 1967.

Where is Rock'n Solex practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Rock'n Solex in France.

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The Rock'n Solex festival is a French student festival, combining Solex racing and music, first held in 1967. It combines Solex races during the day and music concerts every night.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rock'n Solex”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Rock'n Solex is French festival, in Rennes, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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