Wild Goose Festival

Wild Goose Festival

Mainstage at Wild Goose Festival 2011.
Location(s) Shakori Hills farm
Years active 2011 – present
Date(s) June 23–26, 2011
Genre Mixed
Website wildgoosefestival.org

Wild Goose Festival[1] is a U.S. festival "rooted in the Christian tradition" and focused on "justice, spirituality, music and the arts." The name Wild Goose comes from a Celtic metaphor for the Holy Spirit.[2]

Wild Goose Festival is inspired by and modeled after the Greenbelt festival in the UK.[3] It is the only Christian music festival in the U.S. that caters to "theological liberals."[4]

History

The board of directors[5] for Wild Goose Festival was formed in 2009,[6] and festival director Gareth Higgins was hired in March 2010. Wild Goose Festival is chartered in Kansas City.[6]

The first festival was held June 23–26, 2011, at Shakori Hills farm (home of the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival) in Silk Hope, North Carolina. It was attended by an estimated 1,500 people.[4] Music at the 2011 festival included Michelle Shocked, David Wilcox, Over The Rhine, Jennifer Knapp, Derek Webb, David Bazan, David Lamotte, Tom Prasada-Rao, Ashley Cleveland, Agents of Future, Sarah Masen, Psalters, Denison Witmer, and The Redding Brothers, among others.

Speakers at the 2011 festival included Jim Wallis, Brian McLaren, T-Bone Burnett, Father Richard Rohr, Phyllis Tickle, Vincent Harding, John Dear, Shane Claiborne, Lynne Hybels, Tony Campolo, Diana Butler Bass, Paul Knitter, Soong-Chan Rah, Frank Schaeffer, Jay Bakker, Peter Rollins, Doug Pagitt, Richard Twiss, Carl McColman, Tony Jones, Margot Starbuck, Ian Cron, David Dark, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Mark Scandrette, Ed Dobson, Paul Fromberg, Melvin Bray, Cynthia La Grou, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Anthony Smith, Samir Selmanovic, Chad Holtz, Becky Knight, Kester Brewin, Pamela Wilhelms, and others.

References

  1. ^ Wild Goose Festival official site
  2. ^ Wild Goose Festival - About Us
  3. ^ Wild Goose Festival - History
  4. ^ a b The Economist - A broader church
  5. ^ Wild Goose Festival - Board of Directors
  6. ^ a b ABP - Progressive Christians flock to Wild Goose festival

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