Relevant Magazine has called this year's Purple Festival, "One of the top 5 Festivals of 2009, worth planning a vacation around."

Think of Purple Door as the little cousin of the Creation Festival featuring a day and a half of the Fringe Stage. With attendance anywhere from 5000-8000 per day, this is a music festival that's fast becoming known as a premier venue.

In its thirteenth year, Purple Door has hosted in the past bands like MuteMath and Paramore (why didn't we go in 2006?!?). This year saw Family Force 5 and Anberlin as the headliners closing out Friday and Saturday respectively. In between we were treated to Fireflight, Pillar, Children 18:3, Disciple, Project 86, Shawn McDonald, Spoken, House of Heroes, Nevertheless, B. Reith, Mewithoutyou and many more.



With 3 stages, there's something for everyone whether your tastes lean toward the hard rock spectrum (the HM Stage), the more mainstream (The Main Stage), or the homey acoustic (The Gallery Stage).

New this year was the Youth Leader Lounge and the Forum, which featured speakers like Lecrae, Kevin Young (from Disciple) and Andrew Schwab (from Project 86) sharing their hearts.

But Purple Door is not only a music festival, it also showcases other arts as well with a gallery and interactive artistic projects.

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative to some of the larger summer festivals but don't want to sacrifice quality, Purple Door is for you. Many of the same folks who help out at Creation help out here, and you can know the lineup will be stellar!

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Tracy Darlington is a freelance writer, and her work has appeared in Brio, Breakaway, YS, CCM Magazine, Insight, Susie Magazine, and other publications. She has interviewed countless Christian musicians including Rebecca St. James, Delirious, Newsboys, Leigh Nash, Barlowgirl, Krystal Meyers, Joy Williams, Pillar, Michelle Tumes, and many others. In her spare time she can be found riding horses or listening to music and sipping a Venti 3-shot sugar-free vanilla latte. Visit her online at her blog where she talks about Music, God, dogs and coffee. You can also look her up at Twitter and Facebook.

C.J. Darlington's first novel, Thicker Than Blood, was the winner of the 2008 Christian Writers Guild's Operation First Novel contest. Her second novel, Bound by Guilt, has recently released from Tyndale, and you can watch that trailer today! When she's not writing, she's reading. Her hobbies include horseback riding, oil painting, and book collecting. She is also a contributing editor at Family Fiction Magazine. Visit her online at her author website and at her blog where she talks about books, writing, and publishing. You can also look her up at Twitter and Facebook.