The Spirit Of Peace And Music Festival Announces Camping At The Rock Hollow Hunt Club

Bringing Together The Best Of The Nations' Up And Coming Artists While Giving Some Of The Worlds' Best Emerging Bands A National Platform And Launchpad. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) August 05, 2011 - Scully Entertainment, LLC is teaming up with the town of Freeport, IL and Mayor George Gaulrapp to bring you a brand new festival in Northern Illinois. Chevelle, Everclear, Filter, BoDeans, Los Lonely Boys,Tonic, The Apollo Effect, Joshua James and Big Head Todd and The Monsters and an additional 40+ up and coming artists are set to rock three stages! Camping is now available at $25.00 advanced ticket sales and $35.00 on arrival. Free shuttle buses to and from the camp grounds will be available.

This summer, Scully Entertainment, LLC is holding a new event titled The Spirit of Peace and Music Festival. The Spirit of Peace & Music Festival seeks to bring together the best of the nations' up and coming artists while giving some of the worlds' best emerging bands a national platform and launch pad.

The three day event kicks off Friday, August 19th, 2011 with 40+ artists showcasing some of the best, hardest working indie bands from across the world, along with internationally established groups.

Chevelle, Everclear, Filter, BoDeans, Los Lonely Boys,Tonic, Joshua James, Big Head Todd and The Monsters, and Davin McCoy, with 40+ up and coming artists are rocking the stages! With artists and vendors also showcasing their wares on festival grounds, all participants are working toward a common goal: bringing back the spirit of peace and music and putting Freeport on the musical map of the world.

A grassroots project through and through, the residents of the town of Freeport, IL are intimately involved in every aspect of The Spirit of Peace and Music Festival supported by Mayor George Gaulrapp, with citizens and local businesses investing both money and product to make the event a success not only this inaugural year, but for many years to come. More than 40,000 people are expected to attend.

The setting is in Freeport, Illinois, in the midst of America's heartland. The festival grounds are surrounded by corn fields, barns, grain silos, and grazing livestock - a pastoral setting that will temporarily be rocked by 40,000 visitors who come seeking a weekend of brotherhood and high quality music in this peaceful, rural setting. Camping for the entire weekend is being held at Rock Hollow Hunt Club. The club is located in Freeport with over 400 acres with approximately 20 fields available for camping, hunting or outings with the family. Shuttle bus service is available free of charge for those attending the Spirit of Peace and Music Festival.

About Scully Entertainment, LLC: Patrick Scully is an Entertainment Specialist with a flair for putting the "Wow" into corporate and special events. As Founder and Creative Director of Scully Entertainment, he has produced hundreds of bold and imaginative shows for companies across Northern Illinois and is initiating one of the hottest showcasing festivals in North America.

The Production Team - A collection of the country's most successful festival producers form the SOPAM production team:

David Hogan: (Hogan Entertainment) is Operations Director for mutiple festivals and venues in the US including the Spirit of the Suwannee Music park Live Oak, Florida. David is one of the industry's most well respected and successful festival operations guy and has assisted the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in becoming the Souths #1 live music venue that features well known events such as Wanee, The Suwannee River Jam & The Bearcreek Music Fest. David has more than 20 years experience in all elements of festival production. There is no detail too small, nor too complicated for David. He delivers a seamless, organized, quality production every time.

Fred Brennan: Known regionally and nationally as one of the most talented entertainment bookers of his generation, Fred is a walking encyclopaedia of music- of all genres, all decades and is a master of rock and roll trivia.

Spring boarding out of a 20-year radio career on-the-air and as a major market Program Director, Fred Brennan jumped into the deep end of directing, programming, and producing live entertainment in his hometown of Chicago. From 2001 to 2009, Fred's portfolio included programming and producing more than 25 festivals and 4 concert series annually; booking and handling over 6,000 bands in the process.

Since that time, his "soup to nuts" ethic with talent and production has been utilized by National Touring Clients, Concerts and Festivals around the country, and with Music Placement Firms for Film & Television, where he has been brought in to assist.

Purchase Tickets: Ticket Fly - http://www.ticketfly.com/
Camping: http://www.rockhollowhuntclub.com/
Press inquiries: spiritofpeaceandmusic(at)selectiveimageinc(dot)com
Selective Image Inc. spiritofpeaceandmusic(at)selectiveimage(dot)com // 416-766-7855
Website: http://www.spiritofpeaceandmusicfestival.com

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