Rock de Schleek hits Machtum for 5th time
There's a little music festival named Rock de Schleek, or “snail rock” that takes place on August 16, and it hasn't earned its title because the event takes place on a snail farm, you can’t eat snails there, and it is not all about slow music!
(ADW) There's a little music festival named Rock de Schleek, or “snail rock” that takes place on August 16, and it hasn't earned its title because the event takes place on a snail farm, you can’t eat snails there, and it is not all about slow music!
So just why is the event called Rock de Schleek? The festival organisers explained that it is because the event takes place in Machtum, part of the area where wine producers used to be accused of being the slowest producers in the region, hence they were given the name “Schleek”. Now production has caught up with other regions but the name has stuck.
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