Soulfest
SoulFest is an annual Christian music festival held in New England, United States. It currently takes place at the Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford, New Hampshire and features six stages and over 125 bands. This year's festival dates are August 1-4, 2012.
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[edit] Christian music performances
The event is billed by the producers as the largest Christian outdoor music festival event in New England. With 5 different stages, SoulFest has featured top national Contemporary Christian music acts such as Switchfoot, Skillet, Toby Mac, The Almost, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Chris Tomlin, BarlowGirl, Jeremy Camp, Kutless, Casting Crowns, Joel and Janna, Audience of One, Superchick, Bethany Dillon, Newsboys, and many more. The event is also a showcase for the best of the Northeast's Christian bands, too, including Maeve, Jim Trick, Big Kettle Drum, and The Wrecking. Soulfest also gives tribute to the hardcore scene bringing in acts such as Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, MxPx, August Burns Red, Disciple, Flyleaf, Exiting The Fall, Pillar, RED, As I Lay Dying, Relient K, Haste the Day, Thousand Foot Krutch, Everyday Sunday, and many other popular rock acts.
This year's lineup includes: Switchfoot, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, TobyMac, Five Iron Frenzy, OC Supertones, Kutless, Jars of Clay, Peter Furler & Phil Joel, Aaron Shust, LeCrae, Manic Drive, Plumb, Project 86, Phil Wickham, Family Force 5, Brian "Head" Welch, Fireflight, Matt Maher, Audrey Assad, Becoming the Archetype, Write this Down, To Speak of Wolves, The City Harmonic, Run Kid Run, Jason Upton, Ascend the Hill, Jamie Grace, Rocky Loves Emily, Trevor Morgan, Sent By Ravens, Paul Colman, Hyland, Jimmy Needham, Nine Lashes, Children 18:3, Kiros, Big Kettle Drum, and more. See the full lineup.
[edit] Stages
Soulfest has two major stages in the actual festival area. The biggest stage, the Revival Stage, hosts major name artists, such as Skillet, Chris Tomlin, Third Day and Switchfoot, and houses well over ten thousand people on the surrounding grounds. The next biggest stage is Inside Out Stage, which houses the more rock-oriented acts, such as MxPx, The Chariot and Flyleaf along with a number of bands geared towards worship including Jason Upton, and Gateway Worship.
There are also several side stages, entitled Mercy Street, Deeper Well, and Mountain Top Stage. The Mercy Street stage is inside of a large ski lodge near the main entrance of Soulfest. Although it hosts mostly smaller acts that are lesser known, big name acts sometimes play shows at this venue, usually late at night, at events called "Late Night Performances".
The Mountain Top stage hosts mainly acoustic acts, and can be compared to a local coffee shop. At this stage, you can find artists like Maeve and Matt Maher, normally with just an acoustic guitar, but occasionally a piano or a small drum set will be played. The music is mostly soft acoustic praise music.
The Deeper Well stage is a stage in a small tent in the festival grounds. Very lesser known artists tend to play here, but generally, this stage hosts motivational speeches and testimonies from groups.
[edit] Accommodations and parking
SoulFest will draw over 13,000 from all over the Northeast to spend 4-5 days in the Lakes Region, with some extending their stay for a vacation. There is on-site camping, off-site camping, local hotels, and condos. There are also plenty of rental properties available.
Gunstock Mountain Resort, host of the SoulFest, offers free parking for over 3000 cars while reserved parking is available for those who wish to have the closest 500 parking spots to the main entrance. Handicap and large vehicle parking are available as well.
[edit] History
SoulFest began in 1998 and took place as a 3 day festival at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, New Hampshire. In 2006, SoulFest changed locations to Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford, NH and currently resides there annually.
2006
Bands Performing
- Wednesday August 2nd, 2006
- Revival Stage: Audio Adrenaline, Jeremy Camp, The Fold, Barlow Girl, Paul Colman, Grits, Truce, Sanctus Real
- Inside Out: Stryper, Kingpin Wrecking Crew, Transfer, Edison Glass
- Thursday August 3rd, 2006
- Revival Stage: Newsboys, Superchick, Tammy Trent, Kevin Max, KJ52, Baird Lashley & Who Stands
- Inside Out Stage: Dead Poetic, Disciple, Seventh Day Slumber, Fighting Instinct, Flatfoot56, Spoken
- Friday August 4th, 2006
- Revival Stage: MercyMe, Jars of Clay, Leeland, Matt Maher
- Inside Out: Skillet, Apologetix, August Burns Red
- Saturday August 5th, 2006
- Revival Stage: Third Day, Chris Tomlin, Kutless, John Reuben
- Inside Out: Pillar, Hawk Nelson, Falling Up
2007
- Wednesday August 1st, 2007
- Revival Stage: Jeremy Camp, Jars of Clay, Building 429, Leeland, Group 1 Crew
- Inside Out: Emery, The Chariot, Disciple, Kiros
- Thursday August 2nd, 2007
- Revival Stage: Toby Mac, Rebecca St. James, The Afters, Stellar Kart
- Inside Out Stage: He Is Legend, Seventh Day Slumber, Inhale Exhale, Maylene @ the Sons of Disaster, Flatfoot 56, Life In Your Way,
- War of Ages
- Friday August 3rd, 2007
- Revival Stage: Casting Crowns, Superchick, Tree 63, Matt Maher, Bethany Dillon
- Inside Out: Skillet, Alove For Enemies, Storyside B
- Saturday August 4th, 2007
- Revival Stage: Newboys, Chris Tomlin, Natalie Grant, John Reuben, Charlie Hall
- Inside Out: MXPX, Pillar, Project 86, Red, The Wrecking Up
2008
Bands Performing
- Wednesday July 30, 2008
- Revival Stage: TobyMac, Jars of Clay, Kevin Max
- Thursday July 31, 2008
- Revival Stage: Kutless, Superchick, Phil Joel, John Reuben, Tenth Avenue North, Phil Wickham
- Inside Out Stage: Pillar, August Burns Red, Run Kid Run, The Wrecking, Flatfoot 56
- Friday August 1, 2008
- Revival Stage: Newsboys, Barlow Girl, Matt Maher, KJ-52
- Inside Out: Flyleaf, The Chariot
- Saturday August 2, 2008
- Revival Stage: Third Day, Rebecca St. James, Stellar Kart, Bethany Dillon
- Inside Out: Skillet, Disciple, Inhale/Exhale
2009
Bands Performing
- Wednesday July 29, 2009
- Revival Stage: Skillet, Family Force 5, Phil Joel, Paul Coleman
- Thursday July 30, 2009
- Revival Stage: Newsboys, The Afters, Charlie Peacock, Sara Groves, Derek Webb, Phil Wickham, Glendridge
- Inside Out Stage: Day of Fire, To Speak of Wolves, We As Human, Children 18:3
- Friday July 31, 2009
- Revival Stage: Casting Crowns, Natalie Grant, Jason Upton, Manic Drive, Thousand Foot Krutch
- Inside Out: As I Lay Dying, Norma Jean, And Then There Were None, Wolves Among Sleep
- Saturday August 1, 2009
- Revival Stage: Third Day, Sanctus Real, Charlie Hall, Bluetree, Fireflight, Brant Christopher
- Inside Out: Haste the Day, The Chariot, Sleeping Giant, Project 86, Oh Sleeper
2010
Bands Performing
- Wednesday August 4, 2010
- Revival Stage: Switchfoot, Hawk Nelson, Paul Colman, Phil Joel
- Inside Out Stage: Showbread, I am Alpha and Omega
- Thursday August 5, 2010
- Revival Stage: TobyMac, Sanctus Real, Paul Colman, Eric Timm, Jason Upton
- Inside Out Stage: Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, For Today, Blessed By a Broken Heart
- Friday August 6, 2010
- Revival Stage: MercyMe, The OC Supertones, Barlow Girl, Paul Colman, Fireflight, Superchick
- Inside Out: The Chariot, MyChildren, MyBride, Project86, Ivoryline, Paper Route, Able, Dream Tigers
- Saturday August 7, 2010
- Revival Stage: Kutless, Jars of Clay, Isreal Houghton & New Breed, Matthew West, Matt Maher
- Inside Out: August Burns Red, Living Sacrifice, Flatfoot56, Queens Club
2011
- Wednesday August 3, 2011
- Revival Stage:Skillet, Sanctus Real
- Inside Out Stage:
- Thursday August 4, 2011
- Revival Stage: Chris Tomlin, Classic Petra, Leeland,
- Inside Out Stage: Red
- Friday August 5, 2011
- Revival Stage: Third Day, Jars of Clay, Tenth Avenue North, Britt Nicole
- Inside Out: Flatfoot56
- Saturday August 6, 2011
- Revival Stage: Switchfoot, Adam Joel, The Almost, Aaron Gillespie
- Inside Out: Gateway Worship
2012
This year's lineup includes: Switchfoot, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, TobyMac, Five Iron Frenzy, OC Supertones, Kutless, Jars of Clay, Peter Furler & Phil Joel, Aaron Shust, LeCrae, Manic Drive, Plumb, Project 86, Phil Wickham, Family Force 5, Brian "Head" Welch, Fireflight, Matt Maher, Audrey Assad, Becoming the Archetype, Write this Down, To Speak of Wolves, The City Harmonic, Run Kid Run, Jason Upton, Ascend the Hill, Jamie Grace, Rocky Loves Emily, Trevor Morgan, Sent By Ravens, Paul Colman, Hyland, Jimmy Needham, Nine Lashes, Children 18:3, Kiros, Big Kettle Drum, and more. See the full lineup.
