DowntownRocks 2009 (20 images)

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Photos of the DowntownRocks festival from 2009, including images of Joan Jett.
  • July 11, 2009. Downtown Live..The drummer of The Bleeding Hearts performs at the back of the stage while a large fan attempts to keep him cool during the 90 degree weather.

  • The lead singer of the Bleeding Hearts croons for an audience attending the free Downtown Rocks concert.

  • The lead singer of the Bleeding Hearts croons for an audience attending the free Downtown Rocks concert.

  • Participants in Rock 96.9's Jeopardy booth enjoy themselves as they stumble through questions asking everything from porn star names to the lead member of bands for talk shows.

  • Participants in Rock 96.9's Jeopardy booth enjoy themselves as they stumble through questions asking everything from porn star names to the lead member of bands for talk shows.

  • Schooner entertains the early attendees of the day-long concert series along with other bands such as The Beast and Panyelo.


  • Children enjoy the inflatable slide provided by the concert and overlooked by event staff members.

  • A staff member overlooking the slide brings a child down that was too scared to go down by himself.

  • Children lineup to partake in the face painting offered all day during the Downtown Rocks celebration.

  • I Was Totally Destroying It finishes out the line of local bands during the Downtown Rocks concert with their pop infused rock sound.

  • I Was Totally Destroying It finishes out the line of local bands during the Downtown Rocks concert with their pop infused rock sound.

  • Hundreds gather during I Was Totally Destroying It's set before Joan Jett finished the night of performances.

  • Members of I Was Totally Destroying It pack up their instruments after their set and before Joan Jett takes the stage to end the all day concert.

  • Joan Jett entertains the audience with cover performances, her classics and material off her new CD.

  • Jett loses herself during her performance as the headlining act of the Downtown Rocks series held in Raleigh.

  • Joan Jett encourages the crowd to join her in singing.

  • Jett opens her arms to the audience during her performance of "Androgynous" a song from her 2006 album named Sinner.

  • Joan Jett plugs in her electric guitar after her staff member fixed a string that broke earlier during the performance.

  • Jett rocks out the evening with fan favorites and two encore songs.