Simmons Joins Chuck Varabioff in Joint Venture to Produce
a Series of Rock Music Festivals
Vancouver, BC (JANUARY 15, 2020) – Rock Icon Gene Simmons, cofounder of KISS, America’s #1 Gold Record Award Winning Group of All
Time (RIAA), announced today that he has joined forces with Chuck Varabioff, a Canadian-based producer, to launch Titans of Rock, a classic
rock festival series. The first festival in the series is set to take place in Grand Forks, British Columbia August 6-8, 2020.
The preliminary line up will be announced on or before January 20 at www.titansofrock.com and will include legendary rock artists from the
United States and Canada.
Tickets are $150 (Canadian) per day or $300 (Canadian) for the weekend and there are several VIP packages available.
“I have been working on the Titans of Rock festival concept for many years,” said Simmons. “Our goal is to provide classic rock fans with a oneof-a-kind, immersive, three-day experience featuring legendary names in a venue where they can celebrate their love of rock with other fans.”
Simmons met Varabioff when his Gene Simmons Band performed at Cannafest in 2018. Varabioff produced the event and Simmons saw potential to revamp, rebrand and expand the concept into a series of events that would make it more accessible to fans throughout Canada
and the United States.
“While our past events have been extremely successful, with Gene’s active involvement, creative influence and business savvy, combined
with the event’s evolution to Titans of Rock, we will offer fans something they can’t find anywhere else,” said Varabioff.
Simmons is set to personally host Titans of Rock in Grand Forks in August.
KISS performs at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. Photo: Renée Doiron
Varabioff’s previous events included appearances by dozens of notable artists and bands including The Gene Simmons Band, Bret Michaels, Cheap Trick, The Beach Boys, Whitesnake, Loverboy, Vince Neil, Tom Cochrane, Lita Ford and Randy Bachman.
RV parking, camping and other accommodations are available to festival goers, and a broad range of vendors will provide food, drinks and retail products. Sponsorship and vendor opportunities are available.
A percentage of proceeds from the event will benefit local charities, and Habitat for Humanity Kamploops will auction off a show-quality, collectible car to raise funds to build affordable housing for lower income families in the Thompson and Cariboo Chilcotin regions of British
Columbia.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.titansofrock.com.
