- Easterfest
Easterfest (previously known as AGMF) is a music event held in
Toowoomba ,Queensland at Easter each year. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/03/24/1331117.htm|title=Big crowds tipped for gospel music festival|publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|accessdate=2008-01-19|last=|first=] The festival is claimed to be Australia's largest drug and alcohol free event, and has been informally dubbed "the ChristianBig Day Out ." [cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Thousands-flock-to-Gospel-Music-Festival/2007/04/08/1175970926361.html|title=Thousands Flock To Gospel Music Festival|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-01-30|last=|first=] [cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21519248-3102,00.html|title=Joyous Festival of Faith|publisher=The Courier Mail|accessdate=2008-01-30|last=|first=]Festival History
The festival was held in Queen’s Park, The Empire Theatre, Grand Central Shopping Centre, local churches and Toowoomba's CBD.cite web |url=http://www.bmm.qut.edu.au/client.php?sid=28&rid=627 |title='Brisbane Media Map - Easterfest' |author=Photiou, Marie |date=
2007-10-19 |publisher=Queensland University of Technology |accessdate=2008-01-06 |format=html ] . The organisers state that over 40,000 people attended the three-day festival in 2005 [cite web |author=Smith, Phil |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1333022.htm |title='Australian Gospel Music Festival - ABC Queensland' |date=2005-03-29 |accessdate=2008-01-06 |format=html, Realmedia ] , with 20,000 tickets sold in 2006cite web |author=Mullan, Catherine |date=2006-04-19 |publisher=Queensland Uniting Church |url=http://www.journeyonline.com.au/showArticle.php?categoryId=1&articleId=444 |title='AGMF- it’s the vibe - Journey' |accessdate=2008-01-06 |format=html ] .References
External links
* [http://www.easterfest.com.au/ Official Easterfest website]
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