Lifest

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Lifest

Main stage in 2012
Location(s) Sunnyview Expo Center
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Years active 1999 to present
Founded by Bob Lenz
Date(s) second weekend of July
Genre Christian music
Website lifest.com

Lifest is an annual Christian music festival that takes place in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the Sunnyview Expo Center. Lifest started in 1999, and became five days long for the first time in 2006. Starting in 2013, it was shortened to 4 days. It is held on or around the second weekend of July. In 2005, Lifest had approximately 74,000 attendees.[1] Lifest currently features around 150 artists [2] on 7 stages. The festival is a member of the Christian Festival Association.

Building 429 performing in 2012

Musically, Lifest has featured a wide range of groups such as Cycledown, Stellar Kart, Remedy Drive, Casting Crown, Skillet, Family Force 5, Hawk Nelson, Newsboys, Kutless, Downhere, Jonny Diaz, Seventh Day Slumber, Todd Agnew, Tenth Avenue North, Fireflight, Abandon, FM Static, Sanctus Real, Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK), Superchick, Chasen, Matt Redman, Willet, Reilly, A City Alive, Esterlyn, The Letter Black, Manic Drive, The Wedding, Vota, Needtobreathe, John Reuben, and Jimmy Needham.

Entrance, 2012

Lifest also has speakers and seminars as an integral part of the festival. Speakers have included Bob Lenz, Tiffany Thompson, Tony Campolo, Bob Smiley, Scott Spencer, Ken Davis, and many more.

Lifest has camping available, as well as many vendors. Lifest is run by Life! Promotions,[3] and requires over 1,600 volunteers.[4]

On July 14, 2007, a 16 year old girl, Elizabeth Mohl, fell to her death on a swing type ride at the festival.[3]

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Girl's death casts somber tone over last day of Lifest; Bethany K. Warner; July 15, 2007 Green Bay Press-Gazette, Retrieved July 15, 2007
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