Newsboys Create Ground-Breaking Christian Music Festival Series - Festival Con Dios Planned for 30+ Cities; An Unprecedented Joint Production by Four Top Music Companies.Entertainment Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001 Plans for the first-ever multi-city traveling Christian Music Christian music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding the Christian life, as well as (in terms of contemporary music) to give a Christian alternative to main stream secular music. Festival series, Festival Con Dios Festival Con Dios was a Christian rock traveling music festival that began in fall 2001. The first festival was started by The Newsboys and also featured Audio Adrenaline and The O.C. Supertones. This was one of the largest CCM traveling festivals to date. (Festival of God) was announced Friday at a press conference held at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. The Festivals will feature headliners and creators of Festival Con Dios, Newsboys Newsboys is a Christian pop band. The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best selling Christian music artists of the past two decades. , along with Audio Adrenaline Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the early 1990s at Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Kentucky, U.S.. Along with dc Talk, Newsboys and Jars of Clay, they quickly became one of the most successful Christian pop-rock bands of the 90s. and The O.C. Supertones as well as a total of ten artists per event. Marking the first traveling rock Festival of this magnitude, Festival Con Dios will bring established performers, nationally renowned speakers and its own portable stage and venue for a full-blown Festival "experience" in both stadium and major shopping mall parking lots nationwide. First Company Management of Nashville, management for the gold-selling group Newsboys, JAM Productions of Chicago, IL, the largest producer of Christian music events, Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. (CAA Caa See CCC. ), the leading entertainment agency in America and Brickhouse Entertainment, a management and event promotions company, have joined forces to produce this latest festival entity, which is the first of its kind in the entire music industry. "The unique aspect of this venture is the fact that we have so many large entities in the music industry coming together to create Festival Con Dios," said Mike Scanland, Director of Christian Music Division, JAM Productions. "Our hope is that Festival Con Dios will be a long-term, ongoing venture that is good for developing new artists and further developing established artists." "Our goal with Festival Con Dios is to bring the ultimate festival experience to each city," said Wes Campbell, President, First Company Management. "The synergy created with touring, the record company's promotion and national marketing efforts coupled with the quality of the artists and speakers involved will make this a one-of-a-kind set up for an unbelievable experience for everyone who attends." The first date of Festival Con Dios is May 17th in Ft. Myers, Florida, and along with the headliners Newsboys (Sparrow), Audio Adrenaline (ForeFront) and The O.C. Supertones (BEC), the dates in May and June will feature The Normals (ForeFront), Earthsuit (Sparrow), The Elms (Sparrow), Benjamin Gate (ForeFront), Cadet (BEC), Superchic(k) (Inpop) and Pillar (Flicker). September festival dates will have the same headliners, with additional artists Switchfoot (Sparrow), PAX217 (ForeFront), TREE 63 (Inpop), Earthsuit (Sparrow), Luna Halo Luna Halo is an Alternative rock band formed in 1999 by Nathan Barlowe and Jonny MacIntosh. Musical career History In 2000 Luna Halo, fronted by former Reality Check front man Nathan Barlowe, released their debut CD Shimmer (Sparrow), Benjamin Gate (ForeFront), Superchic(k) (Inpop), and Fat Chance (Flicker). In addition to the musical performances and speakers on the main stage, concert-goers will have opportunities to participate in a variety of activities including extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). - motorcycle jumping with X-Games style jumps, skateboarding skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean on a full size half pipe ramp, wall climbing and trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. bungee jumping bungee jumping Sport in which the jumper falls from a high place with a rubber (“bungee”) cord attached both to his or her feet and to the jump site, and, after a period of headfirst free fall, is bounced partway back when the cord rebounds from its maximum . "The Village" will be an area featuring food, interactive games and various attractions and youth leaders can access the use of "break-out" tents for group meetings. The completely portable venue holds 6,000 people and features a 300-foot stage with 100,000 watts of sound and lights. The festival compound includes 35 brightly colored tents, an inflatable in·flat·a·ble adj. Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress. n. An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially: a. archway entrance and all of the attractions. "For years, people throughout the industry have talked about putting together a traveling Christian music festival," said Scott Huie, President, H20 Artists Agency, booking agent Noun 1. booking agent - someone who engages a person or company for performances booker agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations impresario, promoter, showman - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments for Newsboys and Festival Con Dios. "First Company Management has paved the way and is actually making it happen - and in a mobile amphitheater with all of the bells and whistles A slang English term for exceptional features in some product. In the computer field, it typically refers to functions in software that may be greatly appreciated by some users, even though they may not be necessary most of the time. ! Promoters are excited, fans will love it and I'm thrilled to be part of such an innovative endeavor that promises to make great spiritual impact on so many." "We want to help people recognize the grace, the mercy and the sanctification sanc·ti·fy tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies 1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate. 2. To make holy; purify. 3. that they've been given through salvation and to live with that at the forefront of their minds," said Peter Furler Peter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician. He is best known for his involvement in the band the Newsboys as the lead singer, guitarist, and occasional drummer. Biography , Newsboys. As one of the festival's sponsors, Sparrow Label Group and ForeFront Records will execute an extensive joint marketing campaign. It will target both the Festivals themselves as well as cross-promotion with the current album releases of the featured artists. The aggressive campaign will include retail positioning, national radio advertising buys and promotion, Internet marketing See Internet advertising. , youth pastor initiatives and publicity coverage on the national and local levels. "We want kids to go away with a sense of belonging to something bigger than they are themselves," said Campbell. "It is our hope that they will be challenged to go deeper with their faith, to reach out to the world around them and that the event will help bring together the Christian community in that city." The Press conference at Gaylord Entertainment Center preceded Newsboys concert that night at that venue which also featured Audio Adrenaline. The concert was also downlinked via satellite for a live broadcast to more than 200 churches where youth groups gathered as part of World Vision's 30-Hour Famine. In addition, the event was taped for a live in-concert television special carried by Music Choice, to air in more than 250 markets nationwide during the month of April. Newsboys' first greatest hits project, Shine...The Hits, released October 2000, is the group's fastest-selling project to date. Now with a total of nine recordings, three RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, www.riaa.com) A membership association of music recording companies. Its goal is to promote the record label industry and protect the rights of copyright owners. It was a major contributor to the SDMI digital distribution system. certified gold, combined sales approaching three million units, three Grammy nominations, four Dove Awards, 14 number one radio hits, ground-breaking concert tours and other numerous awards and nominations, Newsboys' have become one of Christian music's premiere artists.
FESTIVAL CON DIOS
ARTIST LINE UP & TOUR DATES
May/June Line up:
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Newsboys (Sparrow)
Audio Adrenaline (ForeFront)
The O.C. Supertones (BEC)
The Normals (ForeFront)
Earthsuit (Sparrow)
The Elms (Sparrow)
Benjamin Gate (ForeFront)
Cadet (BEC)
Superchic(k) (Inpop)
Pillar (Flicker)
Dates:
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5/17 Pensecola, FL
5/18 Fort Myers, FL
5/19 West Palm Beach, FL
5/20 Lakeland, FL
5/25 Amarillo, TX
5/26 Oklahoma City, OK
5/27 Joplin, MO
5/28 Wichita, KS, NJ
5/31 Mount Vernon, NJ
6/1 Long Island, NY
6/2 Salisbury, MD/Fairfax, VA
6/3 Raleigh, NC
6/7 Albuquerque, NM
6/8 Grand Junction, CO
6/9 Colorado Springs, CO
6/10 Scottsbluff, NE/Omaha, NE
6/14 South Bend, IN
6/15 Des Moines, IA
6/16 Sioux Falls, SD
6/17 Minot, ND
September Line-up:
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Newsboys (Sparrow)
Audio Adrenaline (ForeFront)
The O.C. Supertones (BEC)
Switchfoot (Sparrow)
PAX217 (ForeFront)
TREE 63 (Inpop)
Earthsuit (Sparrow)
Luna Halo (Sparrow)
The Benjamin Gate (ForeFront)
Superchic(k) (Inpop)
Fat Chance (Flicker)
Dates:
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9/13 Cleveland, OH/Akron, OH/Youngstown, OH
9/14 Detroit, MI
9/15 Grand Rapids, MI
9/16 Chicago, IL
9/19 Boise, ID
9/20 Portland, OR
9/21 Medford, OR/Sacramento, CA
9/22 Sacramento, CA/Visalia, CA
9/23 Riverside, CA/Lompoc, CA/Visalia, CA
9/27 Midland, TX
9/28 Dallas, TX
9/29 Houston, TX
9/30 San Antonio, TX
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