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Encyclopedia > Australian Gospel Music Festival

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The Australian Gospel Music Festival (AGMF) is held in Toowoomba, Queensland at Easter each year. It is considered Australia's most popular Christian pop music event, akin to the International Creation Festival or Cornerstone Festival. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, is 90 minutes drive west of Queenslands capital city, Brisbane, and two hours from the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast beaches. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  4,070,400 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Aerial view of the Creation Northeast festival Creation Festival is a series of popular Christian music festivals held in the United States. ... The Main Stage of Cornerstone has hosted such acts as Five Iron Frenzy, Pedro the Lion, P.O.D., MxPx, Blindside and Switchfoot. ...


Over 30,000 people have attended the 3-day music festival. It has been named Australia’s largest drug and alcohol free event.


The festival was first run in 1999, held in multiple venues, as opposed to 2001, where most events were held at Queen’s Park, Toowoomba. Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, is 90 minutes drive west of Queenslands capital city, Brisbane, and two hours from the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast beaches. ...

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2007

Headline artists for 2007 include: Barlow Girl, Blindside, Day of Fire, James Morrison, Jimmy Needham, Michelle Tumes, PlanetShakers, Superchic[k], and Soulframe. Stacie Orrico was originally scheduled to perform, but has since canceled her entire Australian Tour. New Zealand act The Lads were also originally scheduled to perform, but have since canceled their shows due to immigration problems. Soulframe have taken their place.


2006

AGMF 2006 has partnered with God's Little Rocker to provide a girls' only party featuring Rebecca St. James, Naarah (singer) from Alabaster Box, Roma Waterman, and the girls from Maverick. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alabaster Box is 6-piece, female led rock/pop band from Australias Gold Coast. ... Roma Waterman Roma Waterman is an Australian female Christian pop singer, signed to First Company Publishing. ...


Performances from major artists at the 2006 AGMF included the Newsboys, Pillar (band) and Rebecca St. James along with many others. Newsboys is a Christian pop/rock band. ... Current Pillar logo Pillar is a Christian rock band. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


2005

In 2005, there were acts including Soulframe, Alabaster Box, Brooke Fraser, Delirious?, Nathan Tasker, Simeon, and SONICFLOOd. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alabaster Box is 6-piece, female led rock/pop band from Australias Gold Coast. ... Brooke Gabrielle Fraser (born December 15, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand singer-songwriter. ... Delirious? are an English Christian rock and worship band, featuring Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stuart Garrard (also known as Stu G) on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Stew Smith on drums and percussion. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Simeon, Symeon, or Shimon is a Hebrew name (שִׁמְעוֹן) meaning hearkening; listening, pronounced in Biblical Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn. ... SONICFLOOd is a Nashville based CCM group and made their debut in 1999 with their self-titled album, SONICFLOOd. ...


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Upon This Rock, Larry Norman (1969) Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), or Christian pop/rock music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ... Christian pop culture (or Christian popular culture), is the vernacular Christian culture that prevails in any given society. ... Sonfest is an annual 3-4 day Christian music festival held in Boonah, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. ... Parachute is an annual music festival of contemporary Christian music in New Zealand. ...

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Australian Gospel Music Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (161 words)
The Australian Gospel Music Festival (AGMF) is held in Toowoomba, Queensland at Easter each year.
The festival was first run in 1999, held in multiple venues, as supposed to 2001, where most events were held at Queen’s Park, Toowoomba.
AGMF 2006 has partnered with God's Little Rocker to provide a girls' only party featuring Rebecca St. James, Naarah (singer) from Alabaster Box, Roma Waterman, and the girls from Maverick.
gospel music: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (1695 words)
Gospel music's principal composers and practitioners included Thomas A. Dorsey, who coined the term; the Rev. C.A. Tindley (1851–1933); the blind wandering preacher Rev. Gary Davis (1896–1972); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–73), whose performances took gospel into nightclubs and theatres in the 1930s; and Mahalia Jackson.
Gospel music was a significant influence on rhythm and blues and soul music, which have in turn strongly influenced contemporary gospel music.
Gospel music may refer to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the first quarter of the twentieth century or, more loosely, to both fl gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists.
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