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Creation Festival

Creation East and West are two popular Christian music festivals. "Creation East" is the biggest Christian music festival in the world. "Creation East" is located in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, and "Creation West" at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. The festivals feature music, guest speakers, public baptizing, fireworks, extreme sports, and a candlelight service.

Creation Festival - Creation History

Rev. Dr. Harry Thomas, Jr, and Timothy Landis founded Creation East in 1979 in a rural area known as Agape Farm. Harry Thomas is the director, and Timothy Landis is the producer. Thomas preaches a message at Creation every year, and Landis books the artists.

Creation East has been held at Agape Farm every year except 2003, when it was moved to Hershey, PA due to rain. When the festival was located in Hershey, the concerts took place in the arenas which are part of the Hershey Park complex, such as Giant Stadium. Concert fans were offered a reduced price ticket to Hershey Park and camped alongside a large hill. Some fans were made to be sick by this camping area due to a widespread allergic reaction to chemicals used to spray the field.

Creation Festival - Artists at Creation East 2005

• Kutless
• Jeremy Camp
• Disciple (band)
• Toby Mac
• Newsboys
• Audio Adrenaline
• Switchfoot
• Relient K
• Pillar
• BarlowGirl
• Casting Crowns
• Hawk Nelson
• KJ-52
• The Cross Movement
• Superchick
• Starfield
• Thousand Foot Krutch
• FM Static
• John Rueben
• Family Force 5
• The Mint
• Falling Up
• Forever Changed
• Mutemath
• Number One Gun

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