We met a ton of cool people, got muddy, listened to some INSANELY good music… and I even got to eat that funnel cake I wanted!

We want to thank each of you that came out for supporting our festival. A lot of you have been coming for years and for some of you it may have been your first experience at AgapeFest. We want you to know that we appreciate the time you take and money you spend to come out and support us and the artists that God blesses with.

If you were blessed by God at af09, PLEASE tell us your story — post it in the comments or on our Facebook page. If you got some awesome pics this year, PLEASE share them with everyone — you can add them to the facebook fan page and/or post them to our Flickr photo group.

But most of all, stay in touch with us. The relationships that we are able to build with you guys is what keeps us doing this each year. Follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, add us on MySpace… just keep in touch.

We really do love you, and the staff here at AgapeFest HQ prays for you all the time. Thank you again. You certainly blessed all of us this year.

Representing the staff of AgapeFest 2009,

Joel
AgapeFest HQ

You should check out our Flickr group too! There are a few photos over on the left side of the homepage. Click the green button to see all of the other photos that have been submitted. Then add your own! We’d love to see them.

We are also on Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. Follow us on Twitter to get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes action. Our latest tweet will show up on the front page of AgapeFest.com!

Friend us on Facebook and MySpace so we can communicate with you there. Links are on the right.

We’ve got tons of stuff planned to keep you tuned into the festival this year. We’re working on bands, getting the staff organized, and praying like mad. AgapeFest 2009 is gonna be awesome!

Have you looked through your photos from the festival yet? Why not head over to our flickr group and add them? They might even show up here on AgapeFest.com, and you’ll be sharing them with the rest of the group! Just click this link and sign up, it’s easy and fun.

Here’s one bisforbritneyxx shared with us:

John Reuben at AgapeFest

Pretty cool. Anyway! New stuff! Soon! Come back and see it! We love you and miss you and can’t wait to see you again at AgapeFest 2009!

Camping:  You don’t need to reserve a site. It’s first come, first served. So get here early and get a good spot. Bring a tent, sleeping bag, camper – but NO FIRES OR STOVES. It’s not us; we’d love to have a barbecue with you. But state and county laws won’t let us have any kind of fire on the grounds. That means we can’t allow campfires, open flames, camping stoves, etc. Sorry guys. Don’t bring them and we won’t have to stop you from using them. Easy enough right?

Parking: It’s free. If you bought a ticket, you get parking.

Music: We start kickin’ out the jams at 5:00pm on Stage 2 with the Battle of the Bands. Main Stage music will be done around 11:00pm (that’s David Crowder*Band) and then Coffee House takes over in the Stage 2 building. Jo’s Java (our local bean juice shop) will be servin’ up caffeine.

Saturday morning the music will start around 11:00. So sleep in! Or get up and have some group worship with your friends and neighbors. Guitars are welcomed and encouraged! The festivities will wrap up around 11:00pm.

Showers: Nope, sorry guys.

Food: We’ve got loads of food vendors coming out. Pizza, corn dogs, funnel cakes, orange shakeups (the director’s favorite) and almost anything else you can think of. So pack some spare change.

Swag: We’ve got a limited run of special AgapeFest 2008 t-shirts, hoodies and blankets that’ll be available in the Vendors Pavilion along with merch from all of the great bands playing the festival. Plan accordingly!

Got questions? Ask in the comments and I’ll put together another one of these FAQ posts.

Only 3.5 days until AgapeFest 2008!

You’ve seen we’ve been adding bands to Main Stage. We’ve got exciting Second Stage news coming, but we want to make sure it’s as finalized as possible before letting it loose. So keep checking back.

If you’re wandering around the site and see some changes, it’s because we’ve been working on some upgrades here at AgapeFest.com HQ. We’ve got the commenting working better (so leave some comments!) and there’s something new built-in called gravatars. If you sign up with gravatar.com and register your email, you can upload a small image that will show up on any sites that support gravatars whenever you leave a comment. Check out my comment below to see what I mean.

News is coming, so hang on! AgapeFest 2008 is only 30 days away!