Planetfest

Planetfest is a music festival staged yearly by WPLA Planet Radio 107.3 in Jacksonville, Florida at Metropolitan Park. It was started in 1999 and, with the exception of 2001, has continued every year since then. The show is known for its relatively low ticket prices for the large number of national and local bands. The event features some of the biggest names in modern rock and attendance has grown each year.

In addition to the music, WPLA radio personalities Lex and Terry, a syndicated morning radio show, make appearances at the annual event along with their staff. Lex and Terry created their program when they were in Jacksonville, but are now based in Dallas, Texas.

For WPLA's 10th anniversary in 2005, the station held a "Mutha Shuckin Birthday" in the Spring at the Expo Center of the Jacksonville Fairgrounds instead of Metropolitan Park.

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Planetfest is a music festival with two stages for the performing musicians. The Main Stage is where the "featured performers" play 45-60+ minute sets with 30 minute breaks between acts for stage preparation and breakdown.

A smaller stage, called the JackRabbits Stage, is named after the local venue where a Battle of the Bands competition is held to select the local bands that will play at the festival. In 2008, that contest is scheduled to occur between September 21st and October 12th. The top nine acts perform 30-45 minute sets at Planetfest.

In addition to the two stages, local fund-raising groups and restaurants sell food and drinks, while other event sponsors advertise their wares. In addition, the Marines have had a recruiting station at the festival.

Planetfest 9

*Concert date: November 8, 2008.
*Attendance:
*Ticket price: $15 deadbeat presale / $25 in advance / $35 at the gate
*Main Acts: Hinder, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Rehab
*Local Acts: Blistur + TBA
*Originally scheduled to appear:

Previous festivals

Planetfest 8

*Concert date: November 17, 2007.
*Attendance: almost 12,000 [ [http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/index.asp?viewall=&view=yes&groupingid=10563&event=&thisPage=2 Jacksonville.com Concert Photos] ]
*Ticket price: $25 prior to the show / $35 at the gate
*Main Acts: Breaking Benjamin, Drowning Pool, Finger 11, Seether, Trapt, Amaru
*Local Acts: Harloe, Penny for Your Thoughts, Amidine, Secret State, JoEveritt, Hollowpoint Militia, Pliny the Younger, Five Star Failure, Devereux
*Originally scheduled to appear: Sum 41. Due to an injury, they canceled their remaining tour appearances, including Planetfest 8. [cite news | url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/13060.html | title=Back injury sidelines Sum 41 | accessdate=2007-11-15 | date=2007-10-26 ]

Planetfest 7

*Concert date: November 18, 2006
*Attendance: 10,000+ [cite news | url=http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=199166 | title=Jacksonville.com: Photos | accessdate=2007-11-15 | date=2006-11-20]
*Ticket price: $20 in advance, $30 at the gate
*Main Acts: Buckcherry, Crossfade, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Hinder, 18 Visions, Hoobastank, Candlebox, Bound
*Local Acts: Dummo, Decidedly, Feedback, Amidine, Fidelity Crisis, Harloe, Down Theory, Dang and Embraced.
*Originally scheduled to appear: Blue October -- Not there due to Injury
*Notes: Lex and Terry presented Red Jumpsuit with a "Best of Jax" award for best local band. The city put a limit of 10,000 tickets for the event, resulting in a sell-out crowd. It was the first sell-out since 2003 when Staind headlined the festival. [ cite news |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/111706/lif_6128986.shtml | title=Got a ticket for PlanetFest 7? Good | accessdate=2007-11-15 | date=November 17, 2006 | author=Roger Bull | publisher=Florida Times-Union]

Planetfest 6

*Concert date: November 20, 2005
*Attendance:
*Ticket price: $20 in advance; $30 day of show.
*Main Acts: Allele, Shinedown, Cold, P.O.D., Silvertide
*Local Acts: NonPoint, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Mutha Shuckin' Birthday

*Concert date: May 8, 2005
*Attendance:
*Ticket price: $25 in advance/$35 day of show
*Main Acts: 3 Doors Down, Sum 41, Breaking Benjamin, Unwritten Law, Alterbridge, Skindred, No Address, The Exies, 30 Seconds to Mars
*Notes: Mutha Shuckin' Birthday celebrated the ten year anniversary of WPLA in Jacksonville. While Planetfest takes place in the fall at Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park, Mutha Shuckin' Birthday took place in the spring at the Jacksonville Expo Center Fairgrounds.

Planetfest 5

*Concert date: October 24, 2004
*Attendance: 8,000+ [cite news | url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/102504/met_17004333.shtml | title=Music just a part of PlanetFest fun | accessdate=2007-11-15 | date=2005-10-25 | author=Eyder Peralta | publisher=Florida Times-Union]
*Ticket price: $18
*Main Acts: Papa Roach, Chevelle, Saliva, Authority Zero, Skindred

Planetfest 4

*Concert date: October 19, 2003
*Attendance:
*Ticket price:
*Main Acts: Staind, Sevendust, Shinedown, Unloco, Authority Zero
*Local Acts: Allele, Burn Season, Yellowcard

Planetfest 3

*Concert date: September 22, 2002
*Attendance:
*Ticket price: $13 in advance, $20 day at the gate
*Main Acts: Sevendust, Shinedown, Earshot, Audiovent, The Used, The Kidney Thieves, Off By One
*Local Acts: Weekend, Unwritten Law

Planetfest 2

*Concert date: September, 2000
*Attendance:
*Ticket price:
*Main Acts: Battery, Fuel, Nickelback, Lifehouse

Planetfest

*Concert date: October 24, 1999
*Attendance:
*Ticket price:
*Main Acts: Days of the New, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, JoyDrop, Eve 6, Stroke 9, Shades Apart, Splender, Lifehouse
*Local Acts: Tether's End, Big Sky
*Notes: Lifehouse (recorded video for their 2001 hit single "Hanging By A Moment", though the footage from the concert was never used for the music video)

References

External links

* [http://www.planetfest8.com/ PlanetFest8 website]
* [http://www.planetradio1073.com/ Planet 107.3 Radio]