Finally! A major music festival dawns on the land known as Connecticut. On September 24-25th, Founders Entertainment, Live Nation and Howard Saffan brought the Sound On Sound Music Festival to Seaside Park in Bridgeport. Founders Entertainment is co-founded by Tom Russell and Ct. raised Jordan Wolowitz. Founders is also responsible for the NYC music festival, Governors Ball. Okay! Lets start on the line-up which was quite impressive. Whenever you have acts like Stevie Nicks, Dave […]
This past weekend Farm Aid returned to the Xfinity Theater in Hartford. It was just three years ago that the venue hosted the audacious event. Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land. Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001. Farm Aid has […]
This past weekend AMP was privileged to attend Farm Aid 2018 at the XFINITY Theatre in Hartford. Thanks to the courtesies of media liaison Faith James and her crew AMP covered both the press conference and musical event. This is Farm Aid’s first visit to Connecticut in its 33 year history. Tickets sold out in just 4 hours. Even though billed as a benefit concert Farm Aid is so much more. Its main mission is to […]
