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!

Hit the jump to see the lineup so far.

Friday:

Mark David & Surface Deep

Me In Motion

Downhere

Above the Golden State

Addison Road

Sanctus Real

David Crowder

Saturday:

The Great Romance

Thi’Sl

Random Hero

Philmont

Stephanie Smith

Remedy Drive

Paper Route

Run Kid Run

Family Force 5

Skillet

Coffee House:

Brian Lee and His Orchestra

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.

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!

If you did not get a chance to check out the show, we really hope you can take a minute to  listen to the bands on The HOPE Tour;  Fireflight, Remedy Drive, and Abandon- check them out.

Definitely go over to their MySpace and listen a bunch to bump their song plays. THEN, come out to AgapeFest in May and rock out to their sweet, sweet tunes. Oh, it might be nice to let High Flight Society know just how excited you are to see them at af09, leave some comments on their MySpace too. (They’ve got a new EP coming out soon too!)

Check out High Flight Society’s ‘Space»

Coffeehouse is one of our absolute favorite sets at AgapeFest and this year we’ve got two great up-and-coming artists ready to grace your ears with their late-night, perfectly-paired-with-coffee-from-Jo’s Java, musical offerings.

Susan Shepherd is a Greenville College student and one of our very own AgapeFest Cabinet members. She’ll be opening the late-night set with her fantastic sounds. Hop over to Susan’s MySpace and give her a listen. And leave some love in the comments for her!

Then, Clemency will be closing the night out. If you haven’t heard Clemency, then you’re in for a treat. Their melodic indie rock will bring a great close to a full afternoon of music and prepare you for Saturday’s incredible lineup. You can check out Clemency on their MySpace too.

Coffee is provided by Jo’s Java, a local coffeeshop located on the Greenville College campus. Make sure to grab a mocha or a latté at this year’s Coffeehouse. Then sit back, relax, and sip your drink while hearing more great music.

The Friday late-night AgapeFest Coffeehouse is located on Stage 2 after Main Stage shuts down for the night. That’s about 11:15 pm. We gear coffeehouse a bit more chilled. Not only can we book awesome musicians who have a slower feel to their music, but hopefully we can offer some respite to those of you who are youth leaders or volunteers and need something a bit more calm after all the rockin’ is done.

Have you been to Coffeehouse in the past? What are your favorite memories/bands? Leave your stories in the comments!

Hey friends. We’ve got some sad news, but then some exciting news.

The sad news is that Brooke Barrettsmith has had to cancel and will not be rockin’ the festival this year. We’re sad to lose such a great musician this year.

The exciting news is that VOTA is going to fill her slot. Have you heard VOTA? The band is fantastic. We’re all a-twitter here at AgapeFest HQ to have VOTA playing on Main Stage.

That’s right! Our good friends in Fireflight will be back to AgapeFest 2009! If you weren’t at AF last year, you totally missed out because Fireflight was INCREDIBLE. We are super excited to have them back at the festival in 2009.

We are nailing down the last two slots in our lineup and will hopefully be announcing those sometime before Christmas. Thank you all for your comments about the lineup, it’s helped us out a ton and we are loving the lineup we’ve been able to secure.

Stuff On the Way
Thanksgiving will be here in just two days (and I’m hungry!), and we hope you have a fantastic time with your family and friends thanking God for all the great stuff he’s done this past year.

When you’re back from eating all of that lovely turkey and it’s finally time to start listening to Christmas music (you haven’t started already, have you?), we’ll have a bit of an early Christmas gift for you. More details will be coming on that soon, so make sure you check back here.

We’re also working on some super cool things to see here on the site. Our staff and cabinet at AgapeFest HQ love you all and want to show you a bit of what we do.

So! All the more reason to check back here soon! Have a great Thanksgiving!