Music Festival Promoters Forced to Fight City Hall[views:5081][posts:13]___________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 2:44pm - Othniel77 ""] Music Festival Promoters Forced to Fight City Hall The first annual New England Punk, Goth, and Metal Festival is now in danger of being relocated from its originally-contracted site, Lowell’s LeLecheur Park, due to opposition from the City Manager’s office. In what was a sudden turn of events, the Festival’s promoters received a call on August 15th with information that the NEPGM Music Festival, slated for October 1 & 2 and probably one of the most talked about regional all-ages events in recent years, was suddenly at the risk of being displaced from its chosen venue. This will in effect inconvenience the 5,000 fans and the 70+ bands under contract with the promoters of the event. It has also impacted the local shops and vendors who were looking forward with anticipation to this Festival because of the major financial impact this will have on the regional economy. The city of Lowell is apparently refusing to allow the fest to occur at The Ballpark, citing the possibility that it might attract “a different sort of demographic”. Promoters Mar and Marchesi, who have contracted with 70+ local bands and 4 national headlining acts, have vowed to continue to forge ahead with the plans concocted for this event that were formulated over 8 months ago. For More information on the breaking story please contact Anderson@nepgmfest.com Our official website: http://www.nepgmfest.com HOW CAN YOU HELP? First off, we have a petition going: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/pgmf2005/petition.html Also, we need media coverage on what's going on. Media sways public opinion, so we need this story leaked to newspapers, TV, radio all over New England. To make thing easier, I've written up a simple press release which can be copy-and-pasted into an email and quickly sent to media outlets all over the Northeast. I want them to contact us, and we'll give them the hottest story of their careers! http://www.nepgmfest.com Email: Anderson@nepgmfest.com |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 2:45pm - SacreligionNLI ""] bownt |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 10:08pm - anonymous ""] Censorship at its finest |
| ___________________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 10:11pm - VOMITING KERMIT ""] they just don't want a concert that gay in there hometown |
| _______________________________ [Aug 26,2005 10:15pm - blue ""] they should change the name of the fest to just 'goth fest,' cus i dont see a single punk or metal band on there. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 10:18pm - anonymous ""] Actually, over 50% of the bands on there are metal bands. Dominatus? 48 Rooms? Wretched Asylum? The Henchmen? |
| _______________________________ [Aug 26,2005 10:20pm - blue ""] yeah, those are definetly not metal bands. have you ever even visited this site before? wretched asylum? you must not listen to metal. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 11:08pm - Kevord ""] Who are these 5000 fans. Just because the baseball field holds 5000 doesn't mean that many were going to show up. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 11:30pm - Dissector ""] Othniel77 said:probably one of the most talked about regional all-ages events in recent years, was suddenly at the risk of being displaced from its chosen venue. That had me cracking up. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 26,2005 11:35pm - Dissector ""] And stop these fucking online petitions, they don't mean shit. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 27,2005 5:26am - SacreligionNLI ""] poor othniel must have seen this coming...it's far too cynical around these parts for anything like that to be taken seriously |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 27,2005 5:39am - BestialOnslaught ""] There are 5000 fans under contract with the promoters?!?! |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 27,2005 7:54am - JayTUS nli ""] citing the possibility that it might attract “a different sort of demographic”. Apparently they just want to stick with their demographic of sex offenders... |
| __________________________________ [Aug 27,2005 8:59am - Sinistas ""] Anders, RTTP is definitely NOT the site for this - lol |