WEEDSPORT - Thousands of rock-and-roll fans poured into Cayuga County Saturday as the annual rock festival K-Rockathon hit Weedsport.

This year marks the festival's 13th consecutive year, and the fifth straight time that it has been held at the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport.

K-Rockathon, sponsored by the radio station K-Rock is known for bringing big names in modern rock and metal to central New York. This year was no different, as Seether and Shinedown were joined by bands such as 12 Stones and Luna Halo.

Safetysuit kicked off the 10 hours of music, and headliner Three Days Grace was scheduled to close out the show late Saturday night.

Promoters said the show was sold out, and that more than 12,000 people were expected to attend, some coming from as far as the West Coast. Others showed up without tickets, payed to park and planned to listen to the music from their cars.

Despite temperatures nearing 90 and periodic bouts of rain, thousands of people clustered around the stage to get as close to the bands as possible. Giant beach balls being tossed through the crowd joined crowd surfers as water was sprayed from time to time to cool down the festival goers.

There were some fistfights amid the throngs of revelers, but the people involved were quickly ejected from the venue by security personnel.

According to a staff member, the few injuries that were reported were mostly minor, and received the prompt attention of the paramedics on staff.

These few incidents did little to dampen the overall enthusiasm of the crowd, as people screamed and cheered as bands took the stage, dancing and singing along with their favorite music.