Williamsburg, Virginia - November 5, 2010 - Operators of the nation's largest multi-day Christian music festivals met in Orlando recently for the Christian Festival Association's annual meeting. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Christian Music Broadcasters MOMENTUM 2010 event. The mission of the four-year-old CFA Association is to help the independent festival organizations grow both spiritually and fiscally, so that more lives can be changed for glory of God.
Throughout the course of the meeting, the group met with a variety of Christian music industry leaders, including record label executives, booking agents and artist managers. "We had a very productive meeting," said Kathy Cook, festival director for Hills Alive Festival (Rapid City, SD) and CFA Board Member. "There was open and honest dialogue among the festival operators and with the industry representatives present. We sincerely believe that we can all benefit by working together to advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our events."
According to Bob Thompson, the Association's president, "The CFA's vision is to provide and facilitate an open communications environment that links Christian festival organizers together for encouragement, shared information and resources, and addressing common business circumstances and goals."
"The Christian music festivals put on by CFA members are attended by over 1.5 million people," said Thompson. "Collectively, these festivals send out over 2.5 million direct mail pieces, send E-mail blasts to over 4.5 million potential attendees and place posters in nearly a million churches, schools and retail locations. Collectively, the CFA member websites attract over 150 million annual hits. These marketing efforts are augmented by significant electronic media coverage on Christian radio and TV stations nationwide."
The twenty-six members of the CFA include events from coast-to-coast and border-to-border. The member festivals include:
Agapefest - Greenville, Illinois Alive Festival - Mineral City, Ohio Atlanta Fest - Stone Mountain, Georgia Big Ticket Festival - Ionia, Michigan Cornerstone Festival - Bushnell, Illinois Creation Festival Northeast - Mt. Union, Pennsylvania Creation Festival Northwest - Enumclaw, Washington Crossover Festival - Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Hills Alive - Rapid City, South Dakota Ichthus - Wilmore, Kentucky Kingdom Bound - Darien Center, New York King's Fest - Doswell, Virginia LifeLight Festival - Worthing, South Dakota Lifest - Oshkosh, Wisconsin Purple Door Festival - Lewisberry, Pennsylvania Revelation Generation - Frenchtown, New Jersey Rock The Coast - Muskegon, Michigan Rock The Desert - Midland, Texas Rock The Light - LyCygne, KS Sonshine Festival - Wilmar, Minnesota SoulFest - Gilford, New Hampshire Spirit Song Festival - King's Island, Ohio Sprit West Coast - Monterey and Del Mar, California Unity Christian Music Festival - Muskegon, Michigan Winterfest - Lynchburg, Virginia
Thompson further stated: "The primary purpose of the CFA is to increase the success and professionalism of participating festivals so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be advanced and glory brought to Jesus Christ, our Lord."
The group meets face-to face annually each year, with the next meeting scheduled for September 2011 in Orlando. The group also conducts monthly teleconferences.
Details and a map of U.S. festival locations are at the website: http://www.christianfestivals.org
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