Purple Door
The Purple Door Christian music festival is held annually each August. The festival was first held in 1996 at The Lancaster Mennonite High School in Lancaster, PA. As it grew, it moved to the fairgrounds in Lebanon, PA, then to a ski resort in Lewisberry, PA, where it draws AbOUT 10,000 people each year. Previous bands have included Blindside, Ghoti Hook, Fold Zandura, Relient K, Danielson Family, Supertones, Aaron Sprinkle, Five Iron Frenzy, Sixpence None the Richer and P.O.D .
The festival is a member of the Christian Festival Association.
2006 Acts: Colour Revolt, Lovedrug, Copeland, Emery, Joy Electric, Transition, Last Tuesday, August Burns Red, Showbread, Bernard, Inhale Exhale, The Mint, Madison Greene, Hawk Nelson, mewithoutYou, Relient K, He Is Legend, Dead Poetic, Norma Jean, Wiitalla Brothers, Bradley Hathaway, The Lonley Hearts, Anathallo, Page France, The Psalters, Saxon Shore, Cool Hand Luke, The Choir, Gasoline Heart, The Showdown, House of Heroes, Falling Up, The Myriad and Thousand Foot Krutch
2007 Acts: Disciple, Leeland, Relient K, Anberlin, Cool Hand Luke, August Burns Red, Derek Webb, The Myriad, The Wedding, Norma Jean, John Reuben, The Glorious Unseen, Farewell Flight, House of Heroes, The Showdown, As Cities Burn, Chasing Victory, The Devil Wears Prada, mewithoutYou, Red (band), Haste The Day, The Chariot, Bradley Hathaway, Colour Revolt, Spoken, Inhale Exhale, and Family Force 5
Trivia
During the 1997 EDition, the Supertones set was almost rained out, but the band came out after a severe thunderstorm and played an acoustic set for those that were staying overnight at the festival.
External links
- Official Site
- Interview with the organizers circa 2000
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