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How We Run Christcore Fest With No Team
We have 383 confirmed tasks on our ClickUp board right now. Add in the ones we still need to enter, and we’re closing in on 400. That’s what it actually takes to build a festival in an arena. We’re John and Karleigh, and we founded Christcore Fest. Today we’re pulling back the curtain on the…
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How to Survive a Music Festival: Heavy Metal Edition
Muddy fields. Portaloos that hit you in the face the second you open the door. We’ve been to those festivals. Christcore Fest will not be one of them. We’re holding this one indoors, with air conditioning and clean bathrooms. That alone puts us ahead of most festivals we’ve survived. But a two-day heavy music festival…
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Finding the Venue for Christcore Fest: What Actually Happened
Finding a venue for Christcore Fest was nothing like we thought it was going to be. Here’s what the search actually looked like, and how we landed on Wilson Logistics Arena in Springfield, Missouri. Our Non-Negotiables Before we started reaching out to venues, we knew a few things had to be true no matter what.…
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Introducing Christcore Fest: Why We’re Building an Artist First Music Festival
There’s a gap in Christian heavy music, and we’ve both seen it from opposite sides of the stage. We’re John and Karleigh, and we’re building Christcore Fest, an artist first heavy music festival landing April 24-25, 2027 at Wilson Logistics Arena in Springfield, Missouri. Metal, metalcore, hardcore, deathcore, even a crabcore band on the lineup.…