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Main articles: List of Christian music festivals and Christian music

A Christian music festival (also known as a Jesus music festival or simply a Jesus festival) is a music festival held by the Christian community, in support of performers of Christian music. The festivals are characterized by more than just music; many feature motivational speakers and evangelists, and include seminars[1] on Christian spiritual and missions topics, service, and evangelism. They are often viewed as evangelical tools, and small festivals can draw 10 times the crowd of traditional revival meetings.[2] While the central theme of a Christian festival is Jesus Christ, the core appeal of a Christian music festival remains the artists and their music.[3][4][5] Critics point out that the dichotomy of business and religious interests can be problematic for Christian festivals. In similar ways as the Christian music industry in general, festivals can be drawn away from their central theme and gravitate toward commercialization and mainstream acts in an attempt to draw crowds.[1][6][7][8]

Though Christian music festivals had been held prior to it, 1972 is seen as a pivotal year for Christian music due to the Explo '72 event, which was concluded by a massive music festival. Today Christian music festivals are held regularly throughout the United States and around the world. Christian music festivals were often supported by evangelical organizations; this is still true today, however, there are a number of free-standing festivals as well. Christian festivals are sometimes attached as secondary events to youth conferences, revival meetings, or billed as a part of a weekend package at theme parks. In 1999 the Gospel Music Association estimated the commercial revenue of Christian music festivals in the United States at approximately $22 million, with a combined attendance of over one-half million people.[9] Christian music festivals continued to grow significantly into the 2000s, with the number of large festivals rising,[10] and the formation of a representative organization for the festivals themselves.

While counter-culture is generally accepted many attendees dress conservatively, and unlike their mainstream counterparts Christian music festivals are relatively free of alcohol and drug use.[3][9][11][12][13][14] Even at the Explo '72 festival, which was attended by 150,000 or more people, police reported a trouble free event.[15]

In the United States

In the early days of the Jesus People movement Christian events were sometimes held as part of secular music festivals.[14][16] As the genre of Jesus music gained artists, its followers began to sponsor festivals, mimicking secular events such as Woodstock and Monterey Pop Festival.[5][14][17] One of the first events, the Youth for Christ sponsored Faith Festival, was first held in 1970 in Evansville, Indiana.[14][18] The event drew enough attention that the following year it garnered coverage by CBS and attracted about 15,000.[14] Artists at the Faith Festival included Pat Boone, Gene Cotton, Danny Taylor, Crimson Bridge, and "e", a band which included Greg X. Volz.[19] The attention that the Faith Festivals drew made them prototypes for future Christian music festivals.[20]

Also in 1970, Asbury Theological Seminary professor Robert Lyon founded the Ichthus Music Festival, which is presently the longest running Christian music festival.[5][21] The Hollywood Free Paper, a publication about the Jesus people movement, sponsored festivals in California and other areas of the United States.[18][22] In 1971 the "Love Song Festival", sponsored by Maranatha! Music, was held at Knott's Berry Farm.[14] Attendance was reported to be 20,000, a park record at the time, and artists included Love Song, The Way, Blessed Hope, and the Children of the Day.[19] In late 1971 Christianity Today summarized four festivals that had taken place during the summer season.[22] The same article described the artists who appeared at a Santa Barbara, California event, including Gentle Faith, Tom Howard, Ron Salsbury, The Bridge, and Randy Stonehill, as being "veterans of Jesus rock festivals".[22]

1972 is seen as a pivotal year for Christian music festivals due to a crusade and evangelism training event called Explo '72, held in Dallas, Texas. Explo was sponsored by the World Conference on Missions and Campus Crusade for Christ.[6] The week-long event was attended by 80,000 registered attendees and concluded with a day-long music festival. The attendance of the final event was reported by Life magazine at 150,000[23] and was characteristic by Billy Graham as a "religious Woodstock."[15][24] The Explo '72 roster contained artists in a variety of genres including performers Larry Norman, Love Song, Andrae Crouch, and Johnny Cash. Explo '72 was a watershed event for the fledgling Jesus Music genre, and was the most visible event of the Jesus People movement.[25] It is also the largest Christian music festival ever recorded;[14] some critics even credit Explo with jump-starting the Christian music industry.[6][17]

Early Christian music festivals were noted for their conservatism, often limiting their artistic expression to "safe, middle-of-the-road acts."[8] The Jesus Festival, which was founded in 1973, offers a few illustrative incidents. In their inaugural year they hired a promoter, Tim Landis, who brought in acts such as 2nd Chapter of Acts, Pat Terry, and Phil Keaggy. The conservative owners, who wanted a family oriented music festival, found the music "a little too racy" and fired him.[1] The following year at the same festival, Randy Matthews was chased off stage by a crowd which pronounced him to be demon or drug possessed due to his musical style and his announcement of an impending tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top.[26] Matthews was later dropped from the tour roster.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Christian music festivals in 1975.

The number and size of Christian music festivals continued to grow alongside the Christian music industry. By the mid 1970s festivals had appeared in all parts of the country.[14] Tim Landis went on to found the Creation Festival in 1979, which was designed to appeal the youth,[21] and has become one of the largest Christian festivals in the United States. For several years Creation was held at the same venue as the Jesus Festival, the Agape Farm, only a few weeks apart.[1] More specialized festivals appeared to fill niche markets within the industry. The first completely rock music oriented festival was held in 1981.[27][28] Called Illinois Jam, it featured artists including Barnabas, Servant, Randall Waller, and Randy Stonehill. Christian metal festivals also emerged, particularly in the late 1980s. One such festival was held in Carson, California in September 1987.[29] The lineup was entirely Christian metal bands and included Guardian, Barren Cross, Vengeance Rising, and many smaller bands.[29]

 
Cornerstone main stage, 2007

While the members of Jesus People USA had long been involved in Christian festivals around the country,[7][8] the Chicago organization founded the Cornerstone Festival in 1984, influenced by the Greenbelt festival of the UK with which Jesus People USA shared a common heritage. Seeing the trend toward conservatism, Cornerstone was designed to set itself apart by being artistically unrestrictive.[4] Its design came from the counter-culture of JPUSA itself, with an intent to appeal to an audience that may not have been attracted to more conservative forms of music.[7] As Cornerstone magazine editor Jon Trott later characterized it: "Cornerstone would be to Jesus festivals what Seven Up was to cola: the unfestival."[8] Their slogan in 1984 was "More Rock And Roll Than Anyone Has Dared";[8] Artists included Kerry Livgren, Resurrection Band, The Choir, Joe English, and the Sweet Comfort Band.[8] Cornerstone was one of the premier Christian music festivals,[4][6] and was most influential promoting groups on the fringe of Christian music.[17] The last Cornerstone Festival was held in 2012, citing the difficult economy.[30]

The Alive Festival was founded in 1988 in Ohio and is one of the longest running three-day festivals with over 45 artists on three stages. In the 1990s the contemporary Christian music industry experienced explosive growth and saw the establishment of new festivals as well.[17] The most significant of these are Purple Door and Tomfest, the latter of which regularly holds mini-festivals in diverse parts of the country.[17] Since the turn of the century traveling tours such as Festival Con Dios and Shout Fest have appeared. They are often similar in structure to their secular counterparts such as Vans Warped Tour or Lollapalooza, offering extreme sports and a carnival-like atmosphere.[2][31] Throughout the 2000s, the attendance at United States festivals grew significantly. According to one source, the number of Christian music festivals attended by more than 5000 youths grew from five in the year 2000 to 35 in 2006.[10] As a result of this growth, many US festivals have formed a collective organization, the Christian Festival Association, to represent their interests.

LifeLight Communications started an annual LifeLight Music Festival in 1998 which now occurs over Labor Day weekend on farmland near Worthing, South Dakota.[32]

Worldwide

 
EO Youth Day in the Netherlands

Christian music festivals now exist throughout the world. The Jesus Music Greenbelt festival, founded in 1974 by Americans and Brits in the United Kingdom, was at one time the largest recurring Christian music festival in the world, and has always been focused on the arts as well as music.[33] Germany is host to several festivals; four of the most notable are Christmas Rock Night, Freakstock, Himmelfahrt-Festival and Rock Without Limits.[citation needed] In greater Europe notable festivals include Flevo and EO-Youth Day in the Netherlands,[citation needed] Seaside Festival in Norway,[citation needed] the Big Boss' Festival in Switzerland,[citation needed] the Song of Songs Festival in Poland,[citation needed] Festival Lumen in Slovakia and Frizon Festival in Sweden.[citation needed] In 2014 the first Christian music festival is being held in Hungary (named Cross Sound).[34][better source needed]

A sanctioned Christian festival was held in 1989 in Tallinn, Soviet Estonia.[35] The festival featured performances by American artists such as Sheila Walsh, Bruce Carroll, Paul Smith, and Scott Wesley Brown, and had an attendance of 15,000.[35] This was reported to be the first such festival. In 1992, after the Fall of the Iron Curtain, a Christian music festival was held in St. Petersburg, Russia.[36] Dubbed as a "Christian arts festival", the event included acts to appeal to all ages from a variety of styles, largely representing greater Europe and North America. The event also included orchestras from the UK and Russia, and Russian headliner Boris Grebenshchikov. The shows, which were organized by Youth With A Mission, sold out 10,000 tickets well in advance.[36]

From 1992–2014, New Zealand hosted the Southern Hemisphere's largest Christian festival, the annual Parachute Music Festival. It attracted a large number of non-Christians.

In Brazil, in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará annually happens Halleluya Festival, which brings together music from the various attractions theatrical performances and dance. Is among the largest Catholic music festivals in the world, and in its latest edition the record crowd of 300,000 people in one day, and more than 1 million people over the five days of the Festival. The event is held by Catholic Community Shalom. The Halleluya Festival has editions in several Brazilian cities such as Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and also outside the country as in Rome.

See also

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christian music festivals.

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d Nentwig, Wendy Lee (June 2002). "GODapalooza". CCM Magazine. 24 (12): 42–46. ISSN 1524-7848.
  2. ^ a b Fry, Martha J. (2002-10-26). "Rock 'N' Roll Revival". The Tampa Tribune. p. 4.
  3. ^ a b Stafford, Tim (November 1993). "Has Christian rock lost its soul?". Christianity Today. 37 (14): 14–19. ISSN 0009-5753. [At Jesus Northwest music festival in Vancouver, Washington, 1993] All day I have seen no drugs or alcohol, just one cigarette, and not a single halter top. Not one couple has stood before me, kissing passionately in public. This is certainly different from the music festivals of my youth. Otherwise, the atmosphere is remarkably similar. It's Woodstock for families; it's county fair and rock concert rolled together. Though the festival offers a number of well-known Christian speakers, and though some of the music groups appeal for a commitment to Jesus (there's a counseling area roped off on the hillside), the atmosphere is not intensely religious. Music is the core attraction, and that old line from The Rolling Stones would apply: 'I know it's only rock 'n' roll, but I like it.'
  4. ^ a b c Beaujon, Andrew (2006). Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. pp. 13–17. ISBN 0-306-81457-9.
  5. ^ a b c Howard, Jay R; Streck, John M. (1999). Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music. Lexington, Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press. pp. 56–59, 151–159. ISBN 0-8131-9086-X.
  6. ^ a b c d Thompson, John J. (2001). "By the Time We Got to Woodstock... Christians, Rock and Roll, and Summer Music Festivals". Prism. Evangelicals for Social Action. 8 (3): 30–31. ISSN 1079-6479.
  7. ^ a b c Hertz, Todd; Eric Pulliam (July 2003). "Jesus' Woodstock: after 20 summers of love, the Cornerstone Festival still opens doors for unknown musicians and unlocks truth for hungry minds". Christianity Today. 47 (7): 46–54. ISSN 0009-5753.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Trott, Jon (1996). . Cornerstone. Jesus People USA. 25 (108): 47–48. ISSN 0275-2743. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  9. ^ a b Hogan-Albach, Susan (1999-06-09). "Festival crowd mixes up mud, rock music and faith". Star Tribune. p. 01B. 'I can bring my kids here, and I don't have to worry,' said Mark Hill, 38 of Ham Lake, who took his three children to the festival for a family vacation. 'There's no alcohol or swearing. It's clean and wholesome.'
  10. ^ a b Sandler, Lauren (2006). "You Will Know Them By Their Numbers". Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement. New York: Penguin Group. ISBN 0-670-03791-5.
  11. ^ Townsend, Tim (2005-07-03). "Band subtly shows Christian roots Switchfoot toes a blurry line between religious and secular rock". St Louis Post-Dispatch. p. E1. This is the 22nd year of the Cornerstone Festival, which is run by a Chicago evangelical community called Jesus People USA. About 25,000 fans are paying $125 to go to a tent in the middle of an Illinois cornfield and listen to three days of Christian rock 'n' roll -- an oxymoron even 20 years ago. They don't bring drugs or booze, and if they bring a swimsuit, officials ask that it be modest. Christian music fans now come in all shapes and sizes: teenage boys in kilts with dark eye-makeup and nail polish and sorority girls in midriff-baring T-shirts that read "Pornography rapes the mind."
  12. ^ (unsigned) (2008-08-23). "Christian Woodstock festival grows". Albany Times Union. p. B3. There's no drugs, no alcohol - you just get high on Jesus
  13. ^ Kennedy, John W. (August 1993). "Mudstock '93". Christianity Today. 37 (9): 51. ISSN 0009-5753. 'It's all good, clean fun,' says Aleena Thornton of Lake Zurich, Illinois. 'There are no fights, no alcohol. Everyone respects the zipper on your tent. It's the only place where you can see such a variety of Christians all gathered for the same reason--Jesus. You can dress differently and have different-colored hair and still be accepted.'
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h Baker, Paul (December 1980) [1971]. "12. All Day Diner". Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music? (2nd printing ed.). pp. 27, 145–153. ISBN 0-8499-2858-3.
  15. ^ a b "Rallying For Jesus; 80,000 jam Dallas for a crusade called Explo '72". Life. 72 (25): 40–45. 1972-06-30. ISSN 0024-3019.
  16. ^ Taft, Adon (1969-12-19). "Preacher in the Mud: Rapping for Christ". Christianity Today. 14 (6): 34 [282]. ISSN 0009-5753.
  17. ^ a b c d e Thompson, John J. (2000). Raised by Wolves. ECW Press. pp. 79, 147–151, 234. ISBN 978-1-55022-421-4.
  18. ^ a b Plowman, Edward E. (February 1971). "Taking Stock of Jesus Rock". Christianity Today. 15 (11): 32–33. ISSN 0009-5753.
  19. ^ a b Baker, Paul (June 1988). "It's A Festival". CCM Magazine. 10 (12): 24. ISSN 1524-7848.
  20. ^ Burns, Carolyn A. (April 1982). "The Past Meets The Present At 1982 Jesus Festivals". CCM Magazine. 4 (10): 71–74. ISSN 1524-7848.
  21. ^ a b Logsdon, Kay (February 1983). "Is There A Festival In Town?". CCM Magazine. 5 (8): 23–27. ISSN 1524-7848.
  22. ^ a b c Eggebroten, Anne (1971-08-06). "Jesus Festivals". Christianity Today. 15 (22): 38–40. ISSN 0009-5753.
  23. ^ For more reported attendance figures, see talk page.
  24. ^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
  25. ^ Sabatino, David Di (1999). "The Spiritual Sixties and the Jesus People Movement". The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource. Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies. Vol. 49. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 16–17. ISBN 0-313-30268-5.
  26. ^ Powell (2002). "Randy Matthews". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. pp. 566–569.
  27. ^ Donaldson, Devlin (July 1981). "Illinois Jam: An Oasis in The Midwest". CCM Magazine. 4 (1): 51. ISSN 1524-7848.
  28. ^ Donaldson, Devlin (October 1981). "How Illinois' First Rock Fest Got Into A Jam". CCM Magazine. 4 (4): 52–53. ISSN 1524-7848.
  29. ^ a b Van Pelt, Doug (November 1988). "Metal to Test Your Mettle". CCM Magazine. 10 (15): 38. ISSN 1524-7848.
  30. ^ A Special Announcement From Cornerstone Festival Cornerstonefestival.com. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2013-09-21
  31. ^ Mulson, Jen (2001-06-08). "Godapalooza; Festival fuses Christian music with extreme sports". The Gazette. p. GO 14.
  32. ^ Reinecke, Sarah. Lifelight attendance probably a record, financial goal close. Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Sep 8, 2010.
  33. ^ Nelles, Wendy Elaine (November 1983). "Greenbelt Breaks Record". CCM Magazine. 6 (5): 54–57. ISSN 1524-7848.
  34. ^ "CrossSound Összművészeti Fesztivál". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  35. ^ a b Geisler, Dave (June 1990). "Musicianaries For Christ". CCM Magazine. 12 (11): 22–23, 26, 28. ISSN 1524-7848.
  36. ^ a b Van Pelt, Doug (March 1992). "Artists Ignite Sacred Fire In Hearts of Russians". CCM Magazine. 14 (9): 13. ISSN 1524-7848.

External links

  • Christian Festival Association
  • Gospel Music Association

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Main articles List of Christian music festivals and Christian music A Christian music festival also known as a Jesus music festival or simply a Jesus festival is a music festival held by the Christian community in support of performers of Christian music The festivals are characterized by more than just music many feature motivational speakers and evangelists and include seminars 1 on Christian spiritual and missions topics service and evangelism They are often viewed as evangelical tools and small festivals can draw 10 times the crowd of traditional revival meetings 2 While the central theme of a Christian festival is Jesus Christ the core appeal of a Christian music festival remains the artists and their music 3 4 5 Critics point out that the dichotomy of business and religious interests can be problematic for Christian festivals In similar ways as the Christian music industry in general festivals can be drawn away from their central theme and gravitate toward commercialization and mainstream acts in an attempt to draw crowds 1 6 7 8 Creation Festival 2007 Though Christian music festivals had been held prior to it 1972 is seen as a pivotal year for Christian music due to the Explo 72 event which was concluded by a massive music festival Today Christian music festivals are held regularly throughout the United States and around the world Christian music festivals were often supported by evangelical organizations this is still true today however there are a number of free standing festivals as well Christian festivals are sometimes attached as secondary events to youth conferences revival meetings or billed as a part of a weekend package at theme parks In 1999 the Gospel Music Association estimated the commercial revenue of Christian music festivals in the United States at approximately 22 million with a combined attendance of over one half million people 9 Christian music festivals continued to grow significantly into the 2000s with the number of large festivals rising 10 and the formation of a representative organization for the festivals themselves While counter culture is generally accepted many attendees dress conservatively and unlike their mainstream counterparts Christian music festivals are relatively free of alcohol and drug use 3 9 11 12 13 14 Even at the Explo 72 festival which was attended by 150 000 or more people police reported a trouble free event 15 Contents 1 In the United States 2 Worldwide 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External linksIn the United States EditIn the early days of the Jesus People movement Christian events were sometimes held as part of secular music festivals 14 16 As the genre of Jesus music gained artists its followers began to sponsor festivals mimicking secular events such as Woodstock and Monterey Pop Festival 5 14 17 One of the first events the Youth for Christ sponsored Faith Festival was first held in 1970 in Evansville Indiana 14 18 The event drew enough attention that the following year it garnered coverage by CBS and attracted about 15 000 14 Artists at the Faith Festival included Pat Boone Gene Cotton Danny Taylor Crimson Bridge and e a band which included Greg X Volz 19 The attention that the Faith Festivals drew made them prototypes for future Christian music festivals 20 Also in 1970 Asbury Theological Seminary professor Robert Lyon founded the Ichthus Music Festival which is presently the longest running Christian music festival 5 21 The Hollywood Free Paper a publication about the Jesus people movement sponsored festivals in California and other areas of the United States 18 22 In 1971 the Love Song Festival sponsored by Maranatha Music was held at Knott s Berry Farm 14 Attendance was reported to be 20 000 a park record at the time and artists included Love Song The Way Blessed Hope and the Children of the Day 19 In late 1971 Christianity Today summarized four festivals that had taken place during the summer season 22 The same article described the artists who appeared at a Santa Barbara California event including Gentle Faith Tom Howard Ron Salsbury The Bridge and Randy Stonehill as being veterans of Jesus rock festivals 22 1972 is seen as a pivotal year for Christian music festivals due to a crusade and evangelism training event called Explo 72 held in Dallas Texas Explo was sponsored by the World Conference on Missions and Campus Crusade for Christ 6 The week long event was attended by 80 000 registered attendees and concluded with a day long music festival The attendance of the final event was reported by Life magazine at 150 000 23 and was characteristic by Billy Graham as a religious Woodstock 15 24 The Explo 72 roster contained artists in a variety of genres including performers Larry Norman Love Song Andrae Crouch and Johnny Cash Explo 72 was a watershed event for the fledgling Jesus Music genre and was the most visible event of the Jesus People movement 25 It is also the largest Christian music festival ever recorded 14 some critics even credit Explo with jump starting the Christian music industry 6 17 Early Christian music festivals were noted for their conservatism often limiting their artistic expression to safe middle of the road acts 8 The Jesus Festival which was founded in 1973 offers a few illustrative incidents In their inaugural year they hired a promoter Tim Landis who brought in acts such as 2nd Chapter of Acts Pat Terry and Phil Keaggy The conservative owners who wanted a family oriented music festival found the music a little too racy and fired him 1 The following year at the same festival Randy Matthews was chased off stage by a crowd which pronounced him to be demon or drug possessed due to his musical style and his announcement of an impending tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top 26 Matthews was later dropped from the tour roster class notpageimage Christian music festivals in 1975 View The number and size of Christian music festivals continued to grow alongside the Christian music industry By the mid 1970s festivals had appeared in all parts of the country 14 Tim Landis went on to found the Creation Festival in 1979 which was designed to appeal the youth 21 and has become one of the largest Christian festivals in the United States For several years Creation was held at the same venue as the Jesus Festival the Agape Farm only a few weeks apart 1 More specialized festivals appeared to fill niche markets within the industry The first completely rock music oriented festival was held in 1981 27 28 Called Illinois Jam it featured artists including Barnabas Servant Randall Waller and Randy Stonehill Christian metal festivals also emerged particularly in the late 1980s One such festival was held in Carson California in September 1987 29 The lineup was entirely Christian metal bands and included Guardian Barren Cross Vengeance Rising and many smaller bands 29 Cornerstone main stage 2007 While the members of Jesus People USA had long been involved in Christian festivals around the country 7 8 the Chicago organization founded the Cornerstone Festival in 1984 influenced by the Greenbelt festival of the UK with which Jesus People USA shared a common heritage Seeing the trend toward conservatism Cornerstone was designed to set itself apart by being artistically unrestrictive 4 Its design came from the counter culture of JPUSA itself with an intent to appeal to an audience that may not have been attracted to more conservative forms of music 7 As Cornerstone magazine editor Jon Trott later characterized it Cornerstone would be to Jesus festivals what Seven Up was to cola the unfestival 8 Their slogan in 1984 was More Rock And Roll Than Anyone Has Dared 8 Artists included Kerry Livgren Resurrection Band The Choir Joe English and the Sweet Comfort Band 8 Cornerstone was one of the premier Christian music festivals 4 6 and was most influential promoting groups on the fringe of Christian music 17 The last Cornerstone Festival was held in 2012 citing the difficult economy 30 The Alive Festival was founded in 1988 in Ohio and is one of the longest running three day festivals with over 45 artists on three stages In the 1990s the contemporary Christian music industry experienced explosive growth and saw the establishment of new festivals as well 17 The most significant of these are Purple Door and Tomfest the latter of which regularly holds mini festivals in diverse parts of the country 17 Since the turn of the century traveling tours such as Festival Con Dios and Shout Fest have appeared They are often similar in structure to their secular counterparts such as Vans Warped Tour or Lollapalooza offering extreme sports and a carnival like atmosphere 2 31 Throughout the 2000s the attendance at United States festivals grew significantly According to one source the number of Christian music festivals attended by more than 5000 youths grew from five in the year 2000 to 35 in 2006 10 As a result of this growth many US festivals have formed a collective organization the Christian Festival Association to represent their interests LifeLight Communications started an annual LifeLight Music Festival in 1998 which now occurs over Labor Day weekend on farmland near Worthing South Dakota 32 Worldwide Edit EO Youth Day in the Netherlands Christian music festivals now exist throughout the world The Jesus Music Greenbelt festival founded in 1974 by Americans and Brits in the United Kingdom was at one time the largest recurring Christian music festival in the world and has always been focused on the arts as well as music 33 Germany is host to several festivals four of the most notable are Christmas Rock Night Freakstock Himmelfahrt Festival and Rock Without Limits citation needed In greater Europe notable festivals include Flevo and EO Youth Day in the Netherlands citation needed Seaside Festival in Norway citation needed the Big Boss Festival in Switzerland citation needed the Song of Songs Festival in Poland citation needed Festival Lumen in Slovakia and Frizon Festival in Sweden citation needed In 2014 the first Christian music festival is being held in Hungary named Cross Sound 34 better source needed A sanctioned Christian festival was held in 1989 in Tallinn Soviet Estonia 35 The festival featured performances by American artists such as Sheila Walsh Bruce Carroll Paul Smith and Scott Wesley Brown and had an attendance of 15 000 35 This was reported to be the first such festival In 1992 after the Fall of the Iron Curtain a Christian music festival was held in St Petersburg Russia 36 Dubbed as a Christian arts festival the event included acts to appeal to all ages from a variety of styles largely representing greater Europe and North America The event also included orchestras from the UK and Russia and Russian headliner Boris Grebenshchikov The shows which were organized by Youth With A Mission sold out 10 000 tickets well in advance 36 From 1992 2014 New Zealand hosted the Southern Hemisphere s largest Christian festival the annual Parachute Music Festival It attracted a large number of non Christians In Brazil in the city of Fortaleza Ceara annually happens Halleluya Festival which brings together music from the various attractions theatrical performances and dance Is among the largest Catholic music festivals in the world and in its latest edition the record crowd of 300 000 people in one day and more than 1 million people over the five days of the Festival The event is held by Catholic Community Shalom The Halleluya Festival has editions in several Brazilian cities such as Brasilia Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and also outside the country as in Rome This section needs expansion with examples and additional citations You can help by adding to it December 2008 See also Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christian music festivals Music festival Christian musicNotes and references Edit a b c d Nentwig Wendy Lee June 2002 GODapalooza CCM Magazine 24 12 42 46 ISSN 1524 7848 a b Fry Martha J 2002 10 26 Rock N Roll Revival The Tampa Tribune p 4 a b Stafford Tim November 1993 Has Christian rock lost its soul Christianity Today 37 14 14 19 ISSN 0009 5753 At Jesus Northwest music festival in Vancouver Washington 1993 All day I have seen no drugs or alcohol just one cigarette and not a single halter top Not one couple has stood before me kissing passionately in public This is certainly different from the music festivals of my youth Otherwise the atmosphere is remarkably similar It s Woodstock for families it s county fair and rock concert rolled together Though the festival offers a number of well known Christian speakers and though some of the music groups appeal for a commitment to Jesus there s a counseling area roped off on the hillside the atmosphere is not intensely religious Music is the core attraction and that old line from The Rolling Stones would apply I know it s only rock n roll but I like it a b c Beaujon Andrew 2006 Body Piercing Saved My Life Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock Cambridge Massachusetts Da Capo Press pp 13 17 ISBN 0 306 81457 9 a b c Howard Jay R Streck John M 1999 Apostles of Rock The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music Lexington Kentucky The University of Kentucky Press pp 56 59 151 159 ISBN 0 8131 9086 X a b c d Thompson John J 2001 By the Time We Got to Woodstock Christians Rock and Roll and Summer Music Festivals Prism Evangelicals for Social Action 8 3 30 31 ISSN 1079 6479 a b c Hertz Todd Eric Pulliam July 2003 Jesus Woodstock after 20 summers of love the Cornerstone Festival still opens doors for unknown musicians and unlocks truth for hungry minds Christianity Today 47 7 46 54 ISSN 0009 5753 a b c d e f Trott Jon 1996 Life s Lessons The History of Jesus People USA Part Six Cornerstone Jesus People USA 25 108 47 48 ISSN 0275 2743 Archived from the original on 2009 02 25 Retrieved 2009 09 17 a b Hogan Albach Susan 1999 06 09 Festival crowd mixes up mud rock music and faith Star Tribune p 01B I can bring my kids here and I don t have to worry said Mark Hill 38 of Ham Lake who took his three children to the festival for a family vacation There s no alcohol or swearing It s clean and wholesome a b Sandler Lauren 2006 You Will Know Them By Their Numbers Righteous Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement New York Penguin Group ISBN 0 670 03791 5 Townsend Tim 2005 07 03 Band subtly shows Christian roots Switchfoot toes a blurry line between religious and secular rock St Louis Post Dispatch p E1 This is the 22nd year of the Cornerstone Festival which is run by a Chicago evangelical community called Jesus People USA About 25 000 fans are paying 125 to go to a tent in the middle of an Illinois cornfield and listen to three days of Christian rock n roll an oxymoron even 20 years ago They don t bring drugs or booze and if they bring a swimsuit officials ask that it be modest Christian music fans now come in all shapes and sizes teenage boys in kilts with dark eye makeup and nail polish and sorority girls in midriff baring T shirts that read Pornography rapes the mind unsigned 2008 08 23 Christian Woodstock festival grows Albany Times Union p B3 There s no drugs no alcohol you just get high on Jesus Kennedy John W August 1993 Mudstock 93 Christianity Today 37 9 51 ISSN 0009 5753 It s all good clean fun says Aleena Thornton of Lake Zurich Illinois There are no fights no alcohol Everyone respects the zipper on your tent It s the only place where you can see such a variety of Christians all gathered for the same reason Jesus You can dress differently and have different colored hair and still be accepted a b c d e f g h Baker Paul December 1980 1971 12 All Day Diner Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music 2nd printing ed pp 27 145 153 ISBN 0 8499 2858 3 a b Rallying For Jesus 80 000 jam Dallas for a crusade called Explo 72 Life 72 25 40 45 1972 06 30 ISSN 0024 3019 Taft Adon 1969 12 19 Preacher in the Mud Rapping for Christ Christianity Today 14 6 34 282 ISSN 0009 5753 a b c d e Thompson John J 2000 Raised by Wolves ECW Press pp 79 147 151 234 ISBN 978 1 55022 421 4 a b Plowman Edward E February 1971 Taking Stock of Jesus Rock Christianity Today 15 11 32 33 ISSN 0009 5753 a b Baker Paul June 1988 It s A Festival CCM Magazine 10 12 24 ISSN 1524 7848 Burns Carolyn A April 1982 The Past Meets The Present At 1982 Jesus Festivals CCM Magazine 4 10 71 74 ISSN 1524 7848 a b Logsdon Kay February 1983 Is There A Festival In Town CCM Magazine 5 8 23 27 ISSN 1524 7848 a b c Eggebroten Anne 1971 08 06 Jesus Festivals Christianity Today 15 22 38 40 ISSN 0009 5753 For more reported attendance figures see talk page Powell Mark Allan 2002 Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music First printing ed Peabody Massachusetts Hendrickson Publishers ISBN 1 56563 679 1 Sabatino David Di 1999 The Spiritual Sixties and the Jesus People Movement The Jesus People Movement An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies Vol 49 Westport CT Greenwood Press pp 16 17 ISBN 0 313 30268 5 Powell 2002 Randy Matthews Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music pp 566 569 Donaldson Devlin July 1981 Illinois Jam An Oasis in The Midwest CCM Magazine 4 1 51 ISSN 1524 7848 Donaldson Devlin October 1981 How Illinois First Rock Fest Got Into A Jam CCM Magazine 4 4 52 53 ISSN 1524 7848 a b Van Pelt Doug November 1988 Metal to Test Your Mettle CCM Magazine 10 15 38 ISSN 1524 7848 A Special Announcement From Cornerstone Festival Cornerstonefestival com 2011 07 02 Retrieved 2013 09 21 Mulson Jen 2001 06 08 Godapalooza Festival fuses Christian music with extreme sports The Gazette p GO 14 Reinecke Sarah Lifelight attendance probably a record financial goal close Argus Leader Sioux Falls S D Sep 8 2010 Nelles Wendy Elaine November 1983 Greenbelt Breaks Record CCM Magazine 6 5 54 57 ISSN 1524 7848 CrossSound Osszmuveszeti Fesztival Retrieved 9 July 2017 a b Geisler Dave June 1990 Musicianaries For Christ CCM Magazine 12 11 22 23 26 28 ISSN 1524 7848 a b Van Pelt Doug March 1992 Artists Ignite Sacred Fire In Hearts of Russians CCM Magazine 14 9 13 ISSN 1524 7848 External links EditChristian Festival Association Gospel Music Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christian music festival amp oldid 1067178781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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