All excerpts taken below are from an exclusive interview with Boston Calling Founders Brian Appel of Crash Line Productions & Josh Bhatti of The Bowery.
By Max K.
The year was 2012 and music was booming across the USA. Major music festivals were popping up in every major metropolis including Miami, New York, LA, and Chicago. The infusion of Wall Street money, coupled with the unprecedented demand for more festivals provided a powerful combination to drive this new market. Insomniac events, Live Nation, ID&T, Made Events, and the new SFX Entertainment conglomerate were amongst the powerhouses fueling the frenzy of mega production and promotion companies. However, despite the rapid emergence of music festivals sweeping across the United States, nowhere in Boston, the most American of all US cities, could a multi-stage, multi-day festival be found.
Fast-forward to 2013. New York plays host to EDC-NY, Sensation, Electric Zoo, Governor's Ball, Mad Decent Block Party, and all the massive events at Governor's Island. Still, no announcement of a major festival in Boston until...
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By Max K.
The year was 2012 and music was booming across the USA. Major music festivals were popping up in every major metropolis including Miami, New York, LA, and Chicago. The infusion of Wall Street money, coupled with the unprecedented demand for more festivals provided a powerful combination to drive this new market. Insomniac events, Live Nation, ID&T, Made Events, and the new SFX Entertainment conglomerate were amongst the powerhouses fueling the frenzy of mega production and promotion companies. However, despite the rapid emergence of music festivals sweeping across the United States, nowhere in Boston, the most American of all US cities, could a multi-stage, multi-day festival be found.
Fast-forward to 2013. New York plays host to EDC-NY, Sensation, Electric Zoo, Governor's Ball, Mad Decent Block Party, and all the massive events at Governor's Island. Still, no announcement of a major festival in Boston until...
Read More after the break
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