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Garorock in Marmande
Garorock has run in Marmande on the Garonne river since 1997, its name blending the river and rock music. Organized by SAS Margo each late June, the festival spans rock, pop, hip-hop, electronic and reggae genres across multiple stages, establishing Marmande, a town better known for tomato growing, as a consistent stop on France's summer festival circuit despite its modest size and rural southwestern location.
Garorock has run in Marmande, a town on the Garonne river in southwestern France, since 1997, taking its name from a blend of the Garonne itself and rock music, and growing over nearly three decades into one of the larger summer music festivals in the southwest of the country.