Once and for all, what is Powerfest???

[Chris Lotesto]

Here is what we, CRJ Productions, feel Chicago Powerfest is:

An annual weekend festival of unrelenting METAL...featuring
internationally-known and up-and-coming bands spanning various
styles/sub-genres of metal with one common goal - to give fans a
show they won't soon forget!!

Chicago Powerfest was, from the very beginning, when it originated
in 2000, a festival started to showcase POWERFUL metal bands, not
"power metal" bands, per se, as some have come to view it as over
the past few years. If you look at the history page on the website,
you'll see, from the very first fest graphic, that the tag line was
"An Evening of Powerful Metal" and then "A Weekend of Powerful Metal."

The intent of the fest from the very beginning was to showcase all
different types of metal bands, not just one particular style! It is a bit
frustrating to constantly hear people pigeon-holing the fest as a
"power metal" only fest and questioning why a certain band would be
added to the bill or why certain bands would be left off of the bill because
we never set any limitations on the festival from the very beginning.

The bottom line is to provide the best possible package of metal bands that
we feel will provide the best possible show at that particular time!

Hopefully, this clears up any further confusion.

[metalprof]

OK, so that clears up the "Power" part, but what about "Fest"? Usually "Fest" denotes festival, and that brings to mind tents, carousels, and cotton candy. And there is a noted shortage of these things at CPF. I don't want to be a whiner, but I only like festivals that sell elephant ears, bratwursts and cotton candy, like our annual Popcorn Fest in Valparaiso. Explain?

Ken

[GateXII]

Originally Posted by metalprof

OK, so that clears up the "Power" part, but what about "Fest"? Usually "Fest" denotes festival, and that brings to mind tents, carousels, and cotton candy. And there is a noted shortage of these things at CPF. I don't want to be a whiner, but I only like festivals that sell elephant ears, bratwursts and cotton candy, like our annual Popcorn Fest in Valparaiso. Explain?

Ken

LOL!! Smartass!!

[KaptainKrude]

Originally Posted by metalprof

OK, so that clears up the "Power" part, but what about "Fest"? Usually "Fest" denotes festival, and that brings to mind tents, carousels, and cotton candy. And there is a noted shortage of these things at CPF. I don't want to be a whiner, but I only like festivals that sell elephant ears, bratwursts and cotton candy, like our annual Popcorn Fest in Valparaiso. Explain?

Ken

Well shit, I never thought of that...

Now I will be expecting funnel cakes, dammit!

[BalanceofPower]

There better be a fucking Tilt-A-Whirl out in the parking lot, or else I'm not going!

[Chris Lotesto]

maybe we'll just change the name to "Power Carnival"

in any case, don't be surprised if we have hot babes pelting
you fucks with elephant ears and funnel cakes when you
walk in the door!

[Diabolik]

in that part of town at least we will already have the "White trash" covered.

[Chris Lotesto]

Originally Posted by Diabolik

in that part of town at least we will already have the "White trash" covered.

actually, Mokena isn't quite that far south and is a pretty
affluent area....

[Diabolik]

Originally Posted by Chris Lotesto

actually, Mokena isn't quite that far south and is a pretty
affluent area....

anything on that side of I-55 is white trash

[J-Dubya 777]

You want white trash, come on up to Pell Lake....
We got PLENTY of that......

J-Dubya

[Mustang]

I personally have never gotten to attend Powerfest.
However by the sounds of this I get a feeling it's pretty dang cool!
I'm gonna have to get around to going sometime.