SHOUTFEST: ‘WALLS FALL' IN ’07 WITH CAMP, JARS, PILLAR--MORE MAJOR NAME ARTISTS IN BIGGEST TOUR STAGING YET

TWO LIVE STAGES, MAJOR SPONSOR ALLIANCES, SEPTEMBER 1ST LAUNCH IS ANTICIPATED RECORD BREAKER

(Nashville, Tennessee) – August 23, 2007 – “Let The Walls Fall Down” is the theme that will bring the Shoutfest ’07 tour ‘live in concert’ launching September 1st with the biggest roster of name artists, major national sponsorship alliances, and the largest staging yet for Christian music’s most ambitious annual youth ministry driven concert event.

Jeremy Camp, Jars Of Clay, Pillar and Superchick lead an array of more than 20 bands and solo artists who will rotate into the market-to-market tour line-up to be presented on two live stages in the twenty plus national markets hosting Shoutfest ’07 during its September 1st thru November 18th run. Additional markets are being added at press time.

Other artists set to rotate into the tour's market-to-market stagings include Building 429, Bebo Norman, Shane & Shane,The Afters, Starfield, Seventh Day Slumber, Jump 5, Everyday Sunday, Storyside B, Group 1 Crew, Nate Huss, Stellarkart, Inhabited, After Edmund, Article One, Starlit Platoon, Cali, and Lyrycyst.

Major nationally known youth focused speakers will include Joseph Rojas, president of Revolution Generation and founder of Teen Hopeline.com, along with Crossroads Worldwide’s ministry founder Clayton King. Christian illusionist Jared Hall will perform and host the mainstream event throughout the concert run. Additionally the tour will field a full presention of extreme game air sports for concertgoers onsite.

Organizers are expecting the largest presentation of Shoutfest in the event's history to take place on the September 1st launch at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's Broadway On The Beach site, bracing for a crowd estimate that could exceed 30,000.

“Shoutfest is more than another Christian rock concert —we consider it to be a real ministry tool for the local church,” notes Van Hohe, General Manager of the concert series he partners with Nashville Christian booking executive Jeff Roberts, who founded the event. “We seek to bring major ministry not only onto the stage with the artists and bands, but in the presentation of our resource partners, and in the major alliances we forge with local youth leaders and churches. Our overall goal for the tour is to support the local churches and youth leaders and to leave each market and a lot a young lives closer to God’s Kingdom because Shoutfest came to town,” added Hohe.

Strategic ministry partnerships in place for the ’07 presentation include Book Of Hope USA who through major donor funding will produce a special magazine version of the Bible message which will have the potential of reaching 100,000 concert goers at this year’s Shoutfest as a free give-away resource. Teen Hopeline.com whose inter-active web ministry is a major national youth outreach for prayer and ministry resources will be active onsite as will Compassion International whose global work has resulted in Christian sponsorship of the world’s neediest children. Hearitfirst.com which has become a major web influencer site for Christian music, music related resources and artist/ministry news is also onboard for this year's event.

Additionally this year, Shoutfest is hosting a Battle Of The Bands competition in national partnership with INO Records and with Indie Community on a local market basis. Local Christian bands wishing to participate can resource additional information online at the official tour website. National winner will receive a recording contract as well as the opportunity of professional management and booking representation.

Overall early projections for the ’07 edition of Shoutfest is that it is positioned in the market with the capability of doubling the record breaking attendance figures from last year’s tour. Interested national media is encouraged to make immediate contact for tour credentials.

SHOUTFEST ’07 TOUR MARKETS: (Check tour website for updates and artists appearing in each market.)

9/1
Myrtle Beach, SC
Broadway At The Beach

9/2
Johnson City, TN
Winged Deer Park

9/3
Somerset, KY
Somersport Park

9/8
Evansville, IN
Warrick County 4-H Center

9/9
Lawrenceburg, IN
Perfect North Slopes

9/15
Valdosta, GA
Wild Adventure Theme Park

9/16
Columbus, MS
Lock & Damn Park

9/22
Mount Vernon, OH
Nazarene University

9/23
Shippensburg, PA
Venue: Fairgrounds

9/29
Jackson, TN
Casey Jones Village

9/30
Quincy, IL
Clat Adams Riverfront Park

10/6
Wichita, KS
Bethel Life Center

10/7
Searcy, AR
Searcy Event Center

10/20
Beaufort, SC
To Be Advised

10/21
Simpsonville, SC
To Be Advised

10/27
Sherman, TX
Grayson County Airport

10/28
Waco, TX
To be Advised

11/3
New Orleans, LA
Zephyr Field

11/4
Pineville, LA
Buhlow Lake Recreation Center

11/10
West Palm Beach, FL
Sound Advice Amphitheater

11/11
Jacksonville, FL
Reynards Park

11/17
Winter Haven, FL
To Be Advised

11/18
To Be Advised

Resource additional information on Shoutfest ’07: http://www.shoutfest.com/