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…a three-day music, media, and ministry experience that includes seven stages (that run simultaneously), more than 120 artists, more than 20 speakers, a skate park, a kid’s zone, featured ministry organizations, camping…
Wilmore, a town of 6,000 in Jessamine County, is having a big bash on Saturday, June 18
—one that features singers Matthew West, Chris Tomlin, and The Almost band, in a first-ever Community Day that will be a highlight to the Christian counterpoint to Woodstock. And all of Kentucky is invited.
The 42nd Annual Ichthus Music Festival gears up for its most ambitious show to date with 100-plus bands, beginning with a pre-festival concert Wednesday evening, June 15 (when people arrive to lay claim to their campground spots), followed by three full days of music and ministry, June 16-18.
The Ichthus Music Festival has been around for more than 40 years, but has kept its innovative edge, attracting approximately 25,000 in years past. It’s a three-day music, media, and ministry experience that includes seven stages (that run simultaneously), more than 120 artists, more than 20 speakers, a skate park, a kid’s zone, a youth-leader tent, a parent tent, featured ministry organizations, food and merchandise vendors, camping, and a lot more, explains Mark Vermilion, CEO of Ichthus Ministries.
Ichthus, the Greek word for fish or an emblematic fish in early Christian and ecclesiastical art, is a Christian ministry founded in 1970 with a mission to “provide students with life-changing experiences of truth through life-changing encounters with Jesus Christ”—not to mention lots of great music.
That ministry hits the stage this year offering 20 percent reduced ticket prices for the second year in a row.
Venues include a thrust stage, added last year, that extends into the audience putting festival-goers up-close and personal with performers. Also back after its successful 2010 debut is The Galleria stage, a coffee house-style venue in a more intimate setting, featuring mostly singer/songwriters.
This year’s impressive roster of talent includes Grammy Award and GMA (Gospel Music Association) Dove Award winners and/or nominees (the latter award being Christian music’s most prestigious honor): Matthew West, Chris Tomlin, Skillet, Family Force 5, Red, LeCrae, and Anberlin.
ICHTHUS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011: JUNE 15-18
The first-ever Community Day, Saturday, June 18, features Chris Tomlin and Matthew West. Community Day provides a low-price, full-day ticket for people who cannot attend the entire three-day festival lineup.
There will be a limited number of Community Day tickets to avoid over-crowding, sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets: $25 per person in advance through June 10; $40 at the gate. (The Community Day concert ticket is included in the price of a full festival ticket.)
Festival tickets range from $25/one day-adult to $99/full event-adult and from $15/one day-child to $56/full event-child. Ticket prices are discounted through June 10 when purchased in advance. Children age 6 and under admitted free.
Ichthus Farm is located at 9520 Harrodsburg Road, Wilmore. Go online to www.ichthusfestival.org for all ticket prices, the up-to-date band lineup, and other information.
KEYWORD EXCLUSIVE: TENT CITY COMMUNITY
Learn more about free camping on the 111-acre Ichthus Farm and the enriching community it creates during the Ichthus Music Festival. Go to Tent city community.
