Taking place from Thursday, Sept. 11 through Saturday, Sept. 13, the Soundwave Music Festival, produced by Airlift Entertainment, was hosted at Airlift Acres, a 50-acre field north of Berlin and featured a lineup of tribute and original rock bands from across the country.
A week after the event, Ocean City Today ran a scathing article titled “Music Fest Hits Sour Note With Fans, Musicians.” Citing one fan interviewed in person, an anonymous online comment and performing guitarist Tim Barbour of the New York band Blameshift, the article criticized every aspect of the event from attendance to food to organization.
Tim Keane, owner and promoter of Airlift Entertainment, responded this week to the article, which he claims was a blatant smear job by a biased reporter.
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"Roughly 3,000 tickets were sold or given away through promotions, according to Keane.
ReplyDeleteA physical count of attendees was made each day by Airlift with Thursday at 125, Friday at 161 and Saturday at 362."
So, 1,438 people pain hard earned money to attend, but didn't? Really? You are actually saying this out loud?
Why is it, as a Salisbury MD resident, had no idea this event was going to happen, or even where?
Maybe you need to check your promotional ideas.
Not that this is my type event I would buy a ticket for, but for me, the offer was never made.
the cost of the tickets were outrageous, which is why it was a flop, they are trying to mimic firefly with lesser known bands.
ReplyDeleteLeave the music festival business to Red Frog, they put on Firefly in Dover. I drove by there Saturday and I saw maybe 75 people.
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