Baku's Hard Rock Café to Host Christmas, New Year Festivities

Christmas and New Year festivities are planned at a newly opened Hard Rock Café (HRC) in Baku, the Azerbaijani branch of the legendary network of theme restaurants. The Hard Rock Café Baku reports that the Christmas celebration is planned for Sunday, Dec.25, while the New Year after party will be held on Jan. 1.

The Christmas celebration will feature live music by Eddy Allen from the UK, and Orient Express Band, a professional party band based in New York. In addition, the guests of the event will enjoy a special menu, including smoked Scottish salmon, traditional roast turkey, as well as sticky toffee pudding. The New Year after party, will feature live music by Radio & Video Band, DJ Gow from Zoo Project (Ibiza) and enjoying Pulsar Dance show.

The grand opening of the Baku Hard Rock Café took place on December 16th and brought together scores of people, who witnessed an amazing show featuring Marky Ramone, the drummer of the world-famous punk rock band The Ramones. Moreover, the guests of the event enjoyed a Harley Davidson motorbike show, as well as the concert, which was held outside the café.

The first Hard Rock Café was established in London by two U.S. entrepreneurs – Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in 1971. A decade later the network expanded worldwide with locations in Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris and Berlin. As of today, Hard Rock Café operates in nearly 60 countries. HRC is best known for a rich collection of about 77,000 rock and roll memorabilia. The collection began in 1979 with an un-signed Red Fender Lead II guitar from Eric Clapton, who was a regular guest at the first restaurant in London.