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Cornerstone Festival was a Christian music festival put on by Jesus People USA and held annually around July 4 near Bushnell, Illinois, drawing some 20,000 attendees each year. [1] In a given year, many artists that played at Cornerstone also played at other events such as Creation Festival and mainstream festivals and tours such as the Warped ...
Jesus People USA (JPUSA) pronounced: ǰ-pu-sa is a Christian intentional community [1] in Uptown, on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.. JPUSA emerged from Jesus People Milwaukee in 1972, and maintains one of the largest continuing communities (100–450 members) produced by the Jesus movement. [2]
The last Cornerstone Festival was held in 2012, citing the difficult economy. [ 30 ] The Alive Festival was founded in 1988 in Ohio and is one of the longest running three-day festivals with over 45 artists on three stages.
During this time, Whitecross went on hiatus before re-emerging at Cornerstone Festival in 2000 when Carroll and Wenzel re-formed the band with Carroll, Wenzel, Michael Feighan, and newcomer Benny Ramos providing bass, keyboards, and vocals. Finally having achieved a long-sought lineup stability, the band started performing regularly.
After the conclusion of the final Cornerstone Festival in 2012, Michel played a significant role in initiating the AudioFeed Festival in Urbana, IL. Within this context, Michel became a featured performer starting from 2013 onwards, performing at a restructured Arkansas Stage, which has since become one of the primary stages of this festival. [9]
Despite the praise the band received for Lament, Resurrection Band called it quits at the end of the tour; however, it would play an annual live set at the Cornerstone Festival, which had become one of the Christian music industry's pre-eminent events. Then, in 1997, the band returned to the studio for one last recording.
The 77s - Sticks And Stones + This Is The Way Love Was 2 CD expanded re-release (2012) The 77s - Seeds And Stems limited edition bonus CD (2012) The 77s - Echos O' Faith + Played Naked 2 CD expanded re-release (2012) The 77s - Cornerstone Is Dead...Long Live Cornerstone 2 CD live release to commemorate the 77s playing at Cornerstone Festival (2012)
[citation needed] Bogotá, Colombia hosts the summer festival Gospel al Parque. [citation needed] The most "underground" expression of Christian rock was the annual Cornerstone Festival sponsored by the Jesus People USA, a community which formed during the Jesus Movement of the 1970s. The festival ceased operations in 2012. [51]