Churchill Downs Entertainment Group Announces HullabaLOU Music Festival at Churchill Downs
The HullabaLOU Music Festival will definately be a hot topic for Southern Gaming Magazine. This festival will feature live performers including: Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews Band. Headlining July 23-25, 2010, this event will showcase more than 65 bands. Churchill Downs Incorporated, (“CDI”), (NASDAQ: CHDN) and its new wholly owned subsidiary, Churchill Downs Entertainment Group, (“CDE”), today unveiled a significant three-day summer music festival that will showcase more than 65 bands, including the Grammy Award-winning Bon Jovi, country music phenomenon Kenny Chesney, and Grammy Award-winning Dave Matthews Band, at the world-famous home of the Kentucky Derby on July 23-25, 2010.
Designed to be an annual event, the “HullabaLOU Music Festival” will feature a wide range of artists that blend the sounds of classic rock, country, adult contemporary and bluegrass on five stages throughout the sprawling 147-acre facility.
“CDE plans to introduce a variety of live entertainment concepts that provide exciting and innovative entertainment options for our customers and that fit with our management team’s core competencies, including the operation and monetization of large-scale, live events,” CDE President Steve Sexton said. “Our first major project is the HullabaLOU Music Festival, which will be a great springboard for CDE-branded entertainment. With Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, and Dave Matthews Band as headliners, we have an extraordinary lineup of musical artists who will be performing against the backdrop of the iconic Twin Spires at Churchill Downs. We believe that fantastic combination will offer a one-of-a-kind experience for music fans, and we anticipate that the HullabaLOU Music Festival will become the premier music festival in this region, and an important summer destination for music lovers for years to come.”
Other musical acts scheduled to appear include , Steve Miller Band, Gladys Knight, Jason Aldean, The Doobie Brothers, Al Green, Dwight Yoakam, Michael McDonald, Loretta Lynn, Colbie Caillat, Steppenwolf, The Black Crowes, Kansas, B52s, Gloriana, 38 Special, The O’Jays, War, Richard Marx, Gov’t Mule, Joan Osborne, Musiq Soulchild, Taj Mahal, Sam Bush, Chrisette Michele and many more. A complete list of confirmed performers is available online at the event Website, http://www.hullabaloufest.com.
“The performers scheduled to appear at HullabaLOU will instantly put the event on the map of major music festivals in the country, and be one of the top festival entertainment options in 2010,” said Quint Davis, Producer/Director of the world-famous Jazz Fest in New Orleans and consulting producer of HullabaLOU.
Ticket packages, which range from $60 for a one-day general admission pass to $975 for a three-day VIP package, will go on sale Friday, Dec. 4, at noon and can be purchased online at www.hullabaloufest.com and www.ticketmaster.com and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including select Kroger locations, or by calling (800) 745-3000.
HullabaLOU, which could have an estimated economic impact of $38 million to the Greater Louisville, Ky. area, is positioned almost three months after the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 1, and some three weeks after the conclusion of Churchill Downs’ 42-day Spring Meet on Sunday, July 4.
Out of town HullabaLOU guests can secure hotel accommodations by visiting www.hullabaloufest.com and clicking the “Travel Information” icon.
High profile concerts are nothing new to Churchill Downs. In 2006, the Rolling Stones played under the Twin Spires followed by The Police in 2007.
