WHAT IS GLOBAL ROCK CHALLENGE?
1980: Global Rock Challenge started as 'Rock' n' Roll Eisteddfrod' in New South Wales,Australia,with a small number of local high school. In 2006 over 400 schools and 40,000 students competed in 50 shows across Australia.
1993: The event openend in New Zealand,with 20 schools and 2000 participants. New Zealand now has 171 scholls and over 16,000 participants.
1995: An English policeman visited Australia,and saw the Australia Eisteddfod Challeange. He liked it and decided to introduce it to the UK in 1996. It started in England with an event in Portsmouth. It is now a national 2-day event that takes place every year at the Hackney Empire Thearte in London.
2006: The African continent became a part of the GRC family! Over 2,000 south African students performed on starge in Jahannesburg.
Today: The Global Rock Challenge takes place in 50 locations worldwide, including New Zealand , Germany, the UK, the Republic of Irland, the United Arab Emirates and south Africa.