The Echo Project

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The Echo Project
Location(s) Fairburn, Georgia, US
Years active 2007
Founded by Nicolas Bouckaert
Date(s) October
Genre(s) Jam bands, Alternative rock, Hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country, folk, gospel, reggae, electronic
Website Official website

The Echo Project is a three day annual music festival founded by Nicolas Bouckaert, first held in 2007. The festival is held in Fairburn, GA on 350+ acres of Bouckaert Farm along the Chattahoochee River. The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music, many artist venues, community building, and environmental awareness. The main stages were the Echo Stage, Lunar Stage, Eclipse Stage, Solar Stage, and the 99x Pontiac Green Garage. [1]

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The 2007 festival ran from October 12 - October 14. The festival included many environment-friendly practices including recycling containers throughout the festival, the use of corn-based plastic drink cups, the use of solar energy, the purchase of renewable energy to offset emissions generated from the use of electricity at the festival and other activities including work exchange programs and donating a portion of proceeds to Trees For The Future. Visitors to the festival were also given the option to purchase a green ticket which carried with it 500 kWh of renewable energy to offset the environmental impact of approximately 682 pounds of CO2.[2]

About 15,000 tickets were purchased for the 2007 festival.[3]

[edit] Lineup

Notable appearances at the festival in 2007 included:[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Echo Project: Creating a sound Echo system. Creative Loafing Media.
  2. ^ Echo Project: Daytime Schedules. JamBase.
  3. ^ The Echo Project, The South's Newest Music Festival. Chattanoogan.
  4. ^ Official Site.

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