• How We Run Christcore Fest With No Team

    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…

  • How to Survive a Music Festival: Heavy Metal Edition

    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…

  • Finding the Venue for Christcore Fest: What Actually Happened

    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.…