Create your own Riverfest Lineup!
Earlier this week I wrote a piece discussing my thoughts on Riverfest. The cost for the five bands that played this year – The Grass Roots, Survivor, The Guess Who, Trapt, and The Beach Boys – was $141,500. This seemed like a lot, so I did a Google search to find out how much it cost to book a band.
I came across this website, listing the cost for over 800 bands. While it might not be the most current or accurate, it did prove that good bands do not come cheap.
Still, I was up to the challenge of building my own Riverfest lineup at a fraction of the cost. I adhered to my own standards and tried to represent the major generas. Where a price range was used, I used the higher rate, and still came in at under half the cost of the festival this year. My 5-day schedule is:
- Wednesday – Daryle Singletary $7.5K
- Thursday – Arrested Development $15K
- Friday – Theory of a Deadman $10K
- Saturday – Eric Church $15K
- Sunday – Neko Case $15K
- Grand Total. $62,500
If the lower totals are used, it is easy to add the Eels ($10k) and GZA ($7.5k) to the lineup at less than half the cost of the current lineup.
What lineup would you build with $141,000. What could you come up with for less? Again, the website with the prices is here. Post your lineup in the comments.
