Studers host Marshall Tucker Band concert for Springfest supporters

Press Release: Thank you to music festival supporters! As a thank you to all that supported the effort to bring back Springfest, a downtown music…

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Springfest pulls plug

There will not be a SpringFest in 2016, according a press release from the festival’s organizers. The group fell short of its September sales goal…

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Springfest Pop Up for Gallery Night

A Springfest Pop up event will take place this Friday night at the TT Wentworth Museum. Kurt Stevens will perform from 8-10 p.m. Candy from…

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Springfest seeks to sell 3,000 tickets in 30 days

Press release: The community spoke, believers listened and have been working behind the scenes to bring back a music festival centered around Spring Street in…

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Quint Studer wants Springfest to focus on locals, not tourists (podcast)

On Pensacola Speaks yesterday, Quint Studer talked about his hopes for the revival of Springfest. He said the steering committee needs to make a decision…

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Tale of two film festivals

Sarasota and Pensacola are about the same size. Pensacola has a dinky film festival that has a quiet cult following. It lasts two or three…

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No Springfest this year

Press Release from Bobby Marcus: — For the last nine months the Springfest Board has aggressively pursued public and private sector sponsorships needed to produce…

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Official Springfest press release

The SpringFest Board of Directors is proud of the public and private support it has generated during the fall. We are encouraged by the way…

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Springfest wants help again

The Pensacola News Journal reports that the Springfest board wants more time to “land a national management company to produce the festival.” This will be…

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IN Your Head Radio

On today’s show, I will interview Bobby Marcus on Springfest and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino. NewsRadio 1620 AM 1 p.m to 2 p.m.

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Some Springfest board members still sore

There’s a camarilla inside the Springfest board that is doing its best to undermine our efforts to bring back music to the downtown streets of…

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Hawkshaw heat

Keep getting reports from around town that the SF committee gang and their friends are still upset about Hawkshaw Music Fest. Places like the bar…

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Festival formerly known as Springfest update

City permits are moving along fine, even Councilman Sam Hall called offering help. Got some volunteers to help with designing the web side of the…

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Festival formerly known as SpringFest update

We have received committments on nearly $25000 in sponsorships. Bands require down payments so we’ve got to have funds in the bank to get this…

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Vote on New SpringFest Name

Go to INweekly.net  and let us know what name you like.

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SpringFest won’t give up name. Need new name

The SpringFest non-profit won’t surrender the name….”They reserve the right to some day bring it back.” They don’t want to put it on, but they…

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Springfest still in critical condition

This week, Jeff Deweese and I have a ton of meetings to see if we just might be able to pull this off. Many of…

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Springfest in intensive care

Yesterday, Jeff DeWeese & I began making phone calls and visits about a new smaller scale Springfest. Received favorable comments. Still too early to completely…

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Springfest still has pulse

The Independent News is working with some selfless individuals to bring back Springfest in 12 weeks. Our budget is small. We’re not out to attract…

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Springfest R.I.P.

Troy Moon reported the death of Springfest in the daily newspaper today. This comes as no surprise considering the 2006 event was cancelled and no…

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