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SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALSAn Analysis and Comparison of Major Music Festivals All Over the USA
Joseph Kardos
April 14, 2009
ENG 352
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Definition: an entertainment event featuring a number of
musical performers or bands of a certain genre or centered on a theme (Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Focus of PresentationTo understand and review various music
festivals in the United States in anticipation of attending one over the summer
MUSIC FESTIVAL CRITERIA
Some of the criteria in evaluating each music festival: Date/Time Location Type of Music Format History Recent Acts Success
Manchester, Tennessee
Location: Great Stage Park on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee
Date: 4-Day Festival in Mid-June
Type of Music: indie folk, world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music
Bonaroo – "a really good time“
24-hour festival Venue has:
Centeroo What Stage Which Stage This Tent, That Tent,
and The Other Tent Comedy Tent
Main acts for 2009: Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band Phish (2 shows)
Indio, California
Location: Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California
Date: 3-Day Festival in April
Type of Music: alternative rock, hip hop, and Electronic music as well as large sculptural art
Coachella – Valley in Southern California
Desert setting Doors at 11am,
ends at midnight Main acts for
2009: Paul McCartney The Killers The Cure
Jersey City, New Jersey
Location: Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Date: 3-Day Festival in July/August July 31-August 2
Much like Coachella
“Coachella East” Run by
Goldenvoice/AEG Live events Same host
Second-year; corrected many issues
Noon-11:30pm Main acts for 2009:
Beastie Boys Tool Coldplay
Chicago, Illinois
Location: Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 3-Day Festival in early/mid August
Type of Music: alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands
Lollapalooza “Remarkable or wonderful person or thing“ Large lollipop (or "all-day sucker")
Created as farewell tour by Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction
Originally toured around country More people saw
and participated in Lollapalooza than any previous music festival
Ended 1997; revived 2003; Obtained Chicago location in 2005
Acts will be announced April 23, 2009
Austin, Texas
Location: Zilker Park, Austin Texas
Date: Annual 3-Day Festival in Sept/Oct
Type of Music: rock, indie, blues, world/ethnic contemporary and traditional, reggae, eclectic, fusion, electronic, soul, folk/Americana
Named after PBS Series
Started in 2003 Attracts a crowd
of about 65,000 visitors each day
Produced by C3 Presents, who co-produces the Lollapalooza
Line-up announcement coming April 28
East Rutherford, NJ
Location: Held in the Giants Stadium Parking Lots, East Rutherford, NJ
Date: 2-Day Festival in early May
May 2-3, 2009 Type of Music: punk,
pop-punk, rock
Venue has nine stages
Main acts for 2009: Fall Out Boy No Doubt
Touring in USA
Touring music and extreme sports festival
Date: One Day in the Summer July 17 – Susquehanna
Bank Center, Camden, NJ July 19 – Monmouth
Racetrack Type of Music: Originally
punk rock music, but now features electronica, alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore, metalcore and Christian rock bands
Bands play for up to 30 minutes over approximately 10 stages, although the biggest bands generally play the two main stages 24-hour festival
Tour brings a half pipe for skaters and bikers
Developed by Kevin Lyman in 1994, who got the idea while working on skateboarding shows
Touring in USA
Location: Great Stage Park on a 700 acre (2.8 km²) farm in Manchester, Tennessee
Date: 1-Day Festival
Cancelled for this year due to Ozzy recording
Type of Music: heavy metal and hard rock
Founded by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne who organize festival with son Jack
Originally created as a 2-day festival in Phoenix, Arizona and Devore, California in October
Organized after Lollapalooza refused to let Ozzy join the tour
Reduced to one-day event in 2008 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX
Known in New Jersey for arrest of 83 attendees, most of them underage and arrested prior to 8:00 and death of 2 men due to overdose of alcohol and energy drinks
Austin, Texas
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: Each of three parts runs relatively independently, with different start and end dates
Music festival as well as a film and interactive conference
First began in 1987
1,400 performers playing dozens of venues around Austin over four days
Highest revenue-producing special event for the Austin economy, with an estimated economic impact of at least $110 million in 2008
ANY QUESTIONS?