Main Stage Announcement (more to come)
These bands have been added to our Main Stage line up. Check back for the schedule and more artist announcements!
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11.02.10
Brother Leather Live in Greenville!
It’s been a long time since the fall of 2000. It was in that semester that Brian Lee, Andy Smith, Ryan Young, and other friends came together to create arguably one of the best bands to come out of Greenville, For All The Drifters. After a few years, the band collectively disbanded and decided to go in different paths.
Fast forward to 2010. Paper Route, which consists of most of the former For All The Drifters members, including Andy Smith, has toured nationally with such acts as Paramore, Owl City, Jack’s Mannequin, and Lights. Brian Lee & His Orchestra, which includes Ryan Young, has had 3 successful releases and enjoys touring occasionally around the Nashville area.
On November 12th, Brian Lee, Andy Smith, and company will be joining forces once again to play a show in Greenville, Illinois. They will be partaking on a small tour across the Midwest under their new moniker, Brother Leather. The group is said to be working on recording a short EP of songs they have written in anticipation of the upcoming tour.
The Brother Leather concert is proud to be sponsored by Blackroom Records as well as AgapeFest, both of whom have played a great role in the launch of these successful musicians’ careers.
Doors open at 7 pm with a $5 charge at the door. Concert will start at 8 pm and will be held in the Blackroom on the campus of Greenville College.
Matthew Moore |Permalink |2 Comments
02.09.10
AgapeFest Kickoff Concert
Everybody likes a FREE concert right? If you like concerts and you like FREE, you should come and hang with Main Stage Artist Random Hero on March 28th! Our good friends in Random Hero have agreed to come down and get the AgapeFest season off to a good start!
We also have Second Stage artist Burning Yesterday from Nashville coming and Augustine Theory from Greenville College.
So tell your youth leader to put it on the calendar or get some friends together and come kickoff the AgapeFest season right. We are currently working on getting another band or two to come play as well. Read More »
Chris Emanuel |Permalink |3 Comments
01.16.10
Random Hero Says Nice Stuff About Us
One of the amazing bands we’ve got on main stage this year put out a press release a couple of weeks ago that said a bunch of really nice stuff! We are super excited to have Random Hero back on our stage. Last year’s performance was awesome and we can’t wait to rock out with the guys again this year.
Make sure you head over to their MySpace and take a listen. Leave them a note about how excited you are to see them at AgapeFest 2010!
joel |Permalink |3 Comments
11.04.09
Quick Update: Crowder
Hey guys and gals. A quick note to let you know we’ve confirmed David Crowder Band for Friday night! We’re mega-excited to have the Crowder Band back at AgapeFest. They were here two years ago and led us in some amazing worship. Always a pleasure to see the gents back on our stage.
Make sure you tweet @crowderband and let them know how excited you are to see them this spring. What, not on Twitter yet? Go signup and get tweetin’! Follow @agapefest and be one of the first to hear (or see) AgapeFest announcements.
joel |Permalink |9 Comments
11.01.09
Who Wants To See Skillet?
Skillet has just been confirmed to headline Saturday Night at Agapefest 2010. Skillet is no stranger to AgapeFest, but this will be the first time for the band to close the festival.
Skillet has had recent success with their new album “Awake,” which rose to #2 on the Billboard charts on it’s debut. “Awake” was #1 on both the Billboard Top Christian Albums, and Billboard Top Alternative Albums. “Awake” also reached #2 on the Billboard 200, and Billboard Top Rock Albums.
We’re excited to have Skillet back at the festival!
kristina |Permalink |17 Comments
10.15.09
Thanks For Coming Out To The HOPE Tour
We just wanted to thank all of you for coming out and supporting The HOPE Tour this last week. The HOPE Tour really is a phenomenal tour with great bands, and a great message. Agapefest was very happy to be a part of this leg of the tour, and to be able to provide staffing for the show. Even though we were “working” we still had a blast working with Fireflight, Remedy Drive, and Abandon. The bands and tour crew are a great group, and they were a lot of fun to work with. You know you’re working with good folks when you can have fun loading a trailer at 11:30 p.m. on a school night. Read More »
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04.14.09
BandSpeak – Matt, Wavorly
After her success tracking down David from Remedy Drive, REV got in touch with Matt Lott, bassist for the awesome, amazing (and appearing on Main Stage at af09) Wavorly and demanded a few comments. Matt, being the nice guy that he is, kindly obliged.
Take a gander for answers to those pressing questions. Read More »
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04.02.09
Battle Round 2 on Saturday
Yep. The first round auditions are done and we’ve got a killer lineup of unsigned/independent/totally sweet bands coming to the Greenville College Blackroom to rock our faces off and battle to the death (okay, not really) to claim that awesome grand prize – do you remember what it is?
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03.31.09
VideoBlog 03: Battle of the Bands
REV and Ashley Jo debut their new band for the 2009 AgapeFest Battle of the Bands. Watch out.
Check it out on YouTube»
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