All Time Low performs during the WonderStruck 2022 Music Festival at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland on Saturday July 9, 2022. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.comDavid Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
KIRTLAND, Ohio – The number of music festivals in the world has grown and grown in the 21st century. But the industry went offline in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
How the industry returns and what it looks like post-pandemic while confronting inflation was the topic of cleveland.com’s latest live episode of the CLE Rocks podcast.
Reporter Troy L. Smith attended this year’s Wonderstruck Music & Arts Festival on July 10th to take the stage for a special edition of CLE Rocks.
He was joined by a panel featuring Steve Oberman, Head of Music at See Tickets, Andrea Smith, tour manager for Vampire Weekend and LCD Soundsystem, Jackie Popovec, lead singer of Youngstown band The Vindys, and Denny Young, co-founder and president of High Fort.
Topics ranged from how the economy has impacted ticket sales, how to maintain a successful music festival, what goes into building a line-up and how both emerging and established artists can benefit from performing at such a big event.
CLE Rocks looks back on the people, places and moments that have shaped Cleveland’s music history. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Stitcher, Audible, or your favorite podcast platform. You can watch previous episodes below:
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