Earlier in May we told you about a new music festival happening in Champaign/Urbana this summer that would in ways replace another large Central Illinois music festival of the past called Cornerstone. The festival is in fact happening this weekend on Friday and Saturday July 5th and 6th at the Champaign County Fairgrounds. For ticket info, as well as a full lineup of bands and much more you can check out the AudioFeed website. There will be multiple stages at the festival, including one “Black Sheep stage” ran by Springfield’s very own Kevin Bradford. Bands playing this stage include Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, The Scurvies, The Skies Revolt, and many more. The festival is being put together by those who were involved with putting together Cornerstone Music Festival in previous summers. Here is a list of other things going on from the website:

We will have music.  Good music.  Maybe some big names yet to come, maybe all the kinds of bands that made Cornerstone great – the underground and unknowns that are, frankly too creative, too intensely passionate to receive broad market appeal,

Camping – RV and tent sites.

Speakers – you’ll know that we are doing what we’re doing because we are passionate about following the example and teaching of Jesus.

Community.  We were created for community. The combination of everything above, experienced with friends old and new.  That feeling… if you’re one of “us”, I don’t need to explain it.  If you’re not, we welcome you to experience it with us.