Creation Fest is actually a series of two Christian music festivals : Creation Northwest and Creation Northeast. These two annual events have become the Nation's Largest Christian Music Festivals. The Creation experience includes four jam-packed days of music, teaching, baptism, camping and fellowship -
It's like a conference and summer camp all rolled up into one four day event for about $28 a day. Just pick one and plan to camp or commute back and forth during the four day festival. Tickets are not sold for each day but for the entire event. Prices on average run about $110 a ticket for age 12 to adults, $65 for children 6 to 11 years old and children 5 years of age and under are free.
Featured Artists
Creation Festival 2011 Northeast comes to the Agape Farm in Mount Union, PA, June 29th - July 2nd, 2011 and Creation Festival 2011 Northwest at the Enumclaw Expo Center in Enumclaw, WA, July 20th - 23rd, 2011. The awesome lineup of Christian music artists include: tobyMac, Switchfoot, Chris Tomlin, Skillet, Newsboys, Red, Tenth Avenue North, David Crowder Band,KJ-52, Shawn McDonald, Chris August, Francesca Battistelli, Aaron Gillespie, Brandon Heath, Hawk Nelson, and The Museum.
Many of these Christian artists and bands are in the top 10 on the Billboard Chart right now and have been featured guest in other large Christian music festivals earlier in the year like Winter Jam 2011 and the Rock & Worship Roadshow 2011. These are some of the best of the best.
What's The Goal Behind Christian Music Festivals?
Why have them? What's the purpose of hosting annual events like Creation Festivals and Winter Jams? For the Creation Festival, it's all about changing lives and glorifying the creator. Basically, they all hold that same purpose. Each festival shares the message of the love of God to all creation through music and the sharing of the Gospel. Every lyric,song, sung and every personal testimony given during a concert gives the Christian artists an opportunity to introduce spectators to love of Jesus Christ.
These festivals have become a way of evangelism. These concerts may reach people for Christ in ways other resources have not been able to. That is why there is so much excitement when these festivals roll around each year. It's fun. It's a time to worship. It's a great, usually inexpensive way to see some awesome Christian musicians and more importantly, what might God do with all of it? Don't miss out on these opportunities. For more information on the 2011 Creation Festivals, check out the Creation Fest website.
Amy Wingfield - Amy, a freelance writer since 1999, has combined her passion for writing and for Christian music.There's always a story behind the ...
