Interview: Nathan Grooms and the Promised Land Festival
A host interviews Nathan Grooms of the Promised Land Festival via Skype. Grooms describes being laid off with no resources, starting to listen to Christian music about seven to eight months prior, and having the festival placed before him despite no festival background. Details: July 27-29 (Friday-Sunday) at Promise Land Campground, a 34-acre campground on Highway 63 six miles north of Bloomfield, Iowa; 18 bands on two stages (Nine Lashes, Project 86, Manic Drive, Syndrome of Fire); camping $25/night full hookup or $10/night tent; testimony-based speakers; promotion aimed at non-Christian people; food vendors Bailey's Barbecue and Intimidated Barbecue; a firehouse kids ministry with a water-spraying truck. More info at promisedlandfest.com.
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