Aerial view of the Creation Northeast festival

Creation Festival is a series of popular Christian music festivals held in the United States. The original festival began in 1979 at Muddy Run Park in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and has been held every year since (except for 1995 and 2006). Starting in 1998, the festival expanded to the west with the addition of "Creation Northwest" (formally Creation West) which is held at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Because of the addition of the new festival, the original festival has become known as "Creation Northeast". Starting in 2007, the number of Creation festivals held will increase by one, with the addition of "Creation Southwest", which will be held in July 2007 at Willowood Ranch outside Sherman, Texas. Image File history File links Creation_fest4365. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Lancaster County is a county located in the south-central portion of the state of Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley. ... George is a city located in Grant County, Washington. ... Sherman is a city located in Grayson County, Texas. ...

The festivals feature popular Christian rock, contemporary, and worship music, a fringe stage (mostly for newer and harder Rock bands), guest speakers, public baptisms, communion, fireworks, extreme sports, and a candlelight service. Baptism in early Christian art. ... Communion has several meanings within Christianity. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. ...

Creation history

Rev. Dr. Harry Thomas, Jr, and Timothy Landis founded Creation East in 1979 in Muddy Run Park in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the popularity led to the event moving to a rural area known as Agape Farm in Mount Union. Harry Thomas is the director, and Timothy Landis is the producer. Thomas preaches a message at Creation every year, and Landis books the artists. Lancaster County is a county located in the south-central portion of the state of Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley. ...

The festival was cancelled in 1995 and 2006 because of rain, and in 1996 and 2003, held in Hershey, PA. When the festival was located in Hershey, the concerts took place in the arenas which are part of the Hersheypark complex. Concert fans were offered a reduced price ticket to Hersheypark and camped alongside a large hill. Hershey is an unincorporated community within Derry Township in Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Hersheypark was opened in 1907 as a leisure park for the employees of Hersheys, an American confectionery company. ...

Acts

Some of the acts who consistently play at Creation include popular Christian artists such as:

• Thousand Foot Krutch
• Chris Tomlin
• David Crowder Band
• Hawk Nelson
• Hillsong United
• Jeremy Camp
• Kutless
• Newsboys
• Relient K
• Skillet
• Third Day
• tobyMac
• Point of Grace

Also, acts making appearances in the past have included: Thousand Foot Krutch or TFK is a Canadian Christian rock band. ... Chris Tomlin is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. ... David Crowder*Band is a 6-piece electronic rock / worship band from Waco, Texas. ... Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario. ... Hillsong United is an Australian Christian rock and worship band. ... Jeremy Camp Jeremy Camp is a Christian vocalist and guitarist. ... Kutless is a Christian rock band from Portland, Oregon. ... Newsboys are a Christian pop/rock band. ... Relient K is a Christian rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio and named after guitarist Matt Hoopess Plymouth Reliant K car. ... Skillet is a Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-90s. ... Third Day is a Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. ... Toby McKeehan, professionally known as tobyMac, is best known for his role as frontman for Christian music group dc Talk. ... Point of Grace (1998) Point of Grace is a group of Christian pop music singers and authors. ...

• Switchfoot
• dc Talk
• Steven Curtis Chapman
• Audio Adrenaline
• Michael W. Smith

Switchfoot is an alternative rock band from San Diego, California, United States, known for its spiritually evocative and socially aware lyricism. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary Christian musician who has won five Grammy awards and more Gospel Music Association awards than any other artist in history. ... Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band formed in the early 1990s at Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Kentucky, USA. Along with dc Talk, Newsboys and Jars of Clay, they quickly became one of the most successful Christian pop-rock bands of the 90s. ... Michael W. Smith // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ...

External links

• Creation Festival's Official Website

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