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Director
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Carl Gustafson
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Michael Cloeren
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Art Menius
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Tom Mazzolini
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Barry Dolins
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Jerry Pillow
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Paul Benjamin
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Ted Boomer
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Lori Dean
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Huston Powell
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Festival
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Pinedale Blues Festival
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Pocono Blues Festival
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MerleFest
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San Francisco Blues Festival
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Chicago Blues Festival
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Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival
(Helena, AR)
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North Atlantic Blues Festival
(Rockland, ME)
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Bluesfest International
(Windsor & London, ONT)
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Camp Jam
in the Pines (Hammonton, NJ)
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Austin City Limits, (TX)
Lollapalooza
(Chicago)
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Motivation
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Redeem Pinedale's honor
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Use the ski resort site
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Got sucked in
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Present authentic Blues
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Mayor Washington
wanted a legacy
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Present authentic blues
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Extension of his club
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Boredom
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Get fans and musicians together
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Better than Wall Street
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First year
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2002
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1992
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1988
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1973
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1984
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1986
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1990
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1994
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1999
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2002 (ACL)
2005 (Lollapalooza)
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First
attendance
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400-500
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1600
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4,000
|
600 (legal)
2,000
(actual)
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160,000
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2,000
|
1500
|
6,800
|
300
|
35,000 ACL
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Largest One-Day Attendance
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5,000
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7,200
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27,000
|
12,000
|
265,000
|
50,000
|
8,500
|
14,500
Windsor
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1,000
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75,000 ACL
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Number of acts
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15
|
20
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91
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18-20
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90-100
|
40
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12 national
|
25
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12-15
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130 (each)
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Ticket prices day/full fest (#days)
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$35/60 (2)
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$29/75 (incl. Friday
dinner)(3)
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$40-50/135 (4)
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$35/55 (2)
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Free
|
Free
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$25-30/45 (2)
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$20/50 (4)
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$25/75 (2)
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$50/100 (ACL)
$60/130
(Lollapalooza)
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Highest price for Talent
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$50,000
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"Fairly, first to last"
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$40,000
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$50,0000
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Sponsor paid
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$25,000
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$50-60,000
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$75,000
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$3,000
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Declined
|
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On site
Workers & (volunteers)
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25 (100)
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80-100
(none)
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200 (6550)
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80-100 (few)
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75-80 (none)
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30-35(125)
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10-12(45)
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38(45)
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0 (30)
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100 stagehands
(300)
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3-4
biggest expenses, in order
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Talent
Stage
Hospitality
Marketing & advertising
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Talent
Labor
Advertising
& PR
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Talent
Cost of Merchandis-ing & Recordings
(recoupable)
Hospitality
Sound & Light
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Talent (40%)
Logistics (security,
toilets, etc.) (40%)
Advertising
& PR (20%)
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Production
Talent
Amenities
Advertising & PR
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Talent
Production Security
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Talent
Sound & backline
Hospitality
|
Talent
(45-50%)
Advertising & PR
Site &
logistics 20%
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Talent
Site
Sound
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Production
Talent
Marketing
|
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Biggest Calamity
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Blizzard in June
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None
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Flooding
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None
festival
9 days after 9/11
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Z.Z. Hill passed away
before headlining
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Losing original
name
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Hurricane Cindy
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Tornado wiped out stage
Crew guy hit by lightning
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Stuck in CA on 9/11,
3 days
before
festival
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Hurricane Rita
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Biggest Thrill
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Seeing the crowd pour in for Buddy Guy
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Interacting with great talent
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Introducing
artists to one another-synergy
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BB King playing unannounced
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Bringing in the true creators
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Maintaining a superb, long-term festival
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Exposing new talent
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Surviving, and no heart attacks
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Dancing onstage with Commander
Cody
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Seeing a year's work come to
fruition
|
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Biggest Concern
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Weather
Raising enough money to pull it off
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Artists passing away
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Any year might not top the last
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For the future of the music
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Weather
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Weather
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Power
outage
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Weather
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Weather
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Weather
Locking in the headliner
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