oral presentation: summer music festivals
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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
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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
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MUSIC FESTIVAL CRITERIA
Some of the criteria in evaluating each music festival: Date/Time Location Type of Music Format History Recent Acts Success
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Manchester, Tennessee
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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
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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)
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Indio, California
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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
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Coachella – Valley in Southern California
Desert setting Doors at 11am,
ends at midnight Main acts for
2009: Paul McCartney The Killers The Cure
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Jersey City, New Jersey
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Location: Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Date: 3-Day Festival in July/August July 31-August 2
Much like Coachella
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“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
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Chicago, Illinois
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Location: Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 3-Day Festival in early/mid August
Type of Music: alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands
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Lollapalooza “Remarkable or wonderful person or thing“ Large lollipop (or "all-day sucker")
Created as farewell tour by Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction
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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
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Austin, Texas
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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
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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
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East Rutherford, NJ
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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
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Venue has nine stages
Main acts for 2009: Fall Out Boy No Doubt
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Touring in USA
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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
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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
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Touring in USA
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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
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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
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Austin, Texas
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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
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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
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ANY QUESTIONS?