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2009


Lineup Announced For This Year's Crossroads Music Fest
By Nick Spacek - July 23, 2009
On Saturday, September 12 the 5th Annual Crossroads Music Fest showcases the best in local music, art, and dance, all centered in the Crossroads Art District in downtown Kansas City. (Full Article)



Crossroads Music Fest Announces Line-up
July 23, 2009


2008


Concert Review: The Crossroads Music Festival, 9/6/08, Better Than Any Previous CMF
By Jason Harper - September 8, 2008
Pound for pound, I had more fun at this past Saturday night’s Crossroads Music Festival than I’ve had on any given night of the past three South by Southwests I’ve been to. (Full Article)



Crossroads Music Festival, Part 3
Photography by Phil Peterson - Sepetember 15, 2008
Photographer Phil Peterson captures bands and performers in action during PresentMagazine.com's 3rd Anniversary party and the 2008 Crossroads Music Festival. (Full Article)



Crossroads Music Festival, Part 2
Photography by Todd Zimmer- Sepetember 15, 2008
Photographer Todd Zimmer captures bands and performers in action during the 2008 Crossroads Music Festival. (Full Article)



Crossroads Music Festival, Part 1
Photography by Rachel Frederickson - Sepetember 14, 2008
Photographer Rachel Frederickson captures bands and performers in action at Crosstown Station and The Brick during the 2008 Crossroads Music Festival. (Full Article)



Video: Quixotic, Voler and more
Video by John Kreicbergs - Sepetember 14, 2008
On assignment for PresentMagazine.com, John Kreicbergs from Patchchord.com shot these video during the Crossroads Music Festival. (Full Article)



Video Highlights: 2008 Crossroads Music Festival
September 12, 2008



Crossroads Music Festival
People don't always believe me when I say Kansas City has a diverse and thriving live music scene. Yes, KC is the birthplace of Jazz--but the differences in genres that you see here are somewhat of a phenon. You have to see it to believe it. (Full Article)



Crossroads Music Fest Announces Line-up


2007


September 5, 2007
If you go down to the Crossroads Festival, be sure to meet up with these performers. The lineup for the Third Annual Crossroads Music Festival includes a lot of familiar names: the Architects, the Malachy Papers, the Roman Numerals, Pendergast, the Gaslights, Blackpool Lights, Federation of Horsepower, American Catastrophe and veteran jazz virtuosos the Scamps. Among the more than 54 acts performing during the two-day festival are some names that may not be so familiar to even loyal local music fans. Here are some recommendations: ... (Full article no longer available)

Weekend Music: Eleni Mandell is playing the Crossroads Music Fest on Saturday.
•The Crossroads Music Fest is Saturday and Sunday at Crossroads KC at Grinders with tons of local acts as well as Lucero and Eleni Mandell on Saturday.
KC Star previews CMF3 Schedule. - (Full article no longer available)

Down to the Crossroads
By Crystal K. Wiebe - September 6, 2007
Lord, please send the masses to Roach's third annual Crossroads Music Fest
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Kansas City's premier music festival takes place this weekend in the Crossroads District with more than 30 local bands and national headliners Eleni Mandell and Lucero (both of which perform Saturday night). Local acts of note on Saturday include Blackpool Lights, Truckstop Honeymoon, The Afterparty, Ghosty and American Catastrophe. Songwriter Jon Yeager will perform a one-off set with a 20-piece orchestra, and Zeegrass (members of the Red Elvises) will bring their berserker bluegrass to the table. Sunday highlights include Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle, The Scamps, The Only Children, Architects, Roman Numerals, In the Pines, Malachy Papers, Olympic Size and Lights & Siren.
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September 6, 2007
Crossroads Music Fest 2007 Previews: in this ongoing preview, PresentMagazine.com introduces some of the 50+ bands and acts that will perform at Crossroads KC at Grinders on Sept 8-9 with pre-party shows on Sept. 7. Read previews and hear featured tracks!

Crossroads Music Festival founder Bill Sundahl is faced with an enviable problem: the growing pains of success -
By Timothy Finn - August 25, 2007

Local band It’s Over! joins about 50 other national and local acts performing over two days at the Crossroads Music Festival 3, starting Sept. 8. If expansion is a symptom of success, then the Crossroads Music Festival is flourishing like the district it is named after. For its founder, Bill Sundahl, owner of Spice of Life Productions, success is a blessing that comes with many more responsibilities and a few more concerns. (Full article no longer available)

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MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE
May 31, 2007
Just beyond our summer edition date range but still worth noting: The third annual Crossroads Music Festival will be Sept. 8 and 9 at Crossroads KC, 417 E. 18th St., the venue behind Grinders.

This year's festival will feature over three dozen bands and performers, including a few well-known national acts, like Eleni Mandell, Chico Banks (with the Candy Lickers); and Zeegrass. The rest of the lineup is loaded with local talent: Roman Numerals, It's Over!, Pendergast, the Gaslights, Super Black Market, Be/Non, Federation of Horsepower, the Last of the V8s, the Grand Marquis, Kasey Rausch and Friends. More more visit spiceoflifeproductions.com or crossroadskc.com

CMF2 video coverage. Watch the complete preview video on TV!
KC On Demand ~ Ch. 113

By Jason Harper - April 27, 2007
CMF3 Announced! It was a dream of mine for the CMF to pull one or two national headliners this year...

High Hopes:
By Jason Harper - January 3, 2007
The Wayward Son and friends make a few wishes for 2007.


2006


Spice of Life Productions Showcases Local Music
By Pete Dulin - November 1, 2006
CMF2 Live Coverage...

MUSIC FOR THE AGES.
"Last year's inaugural Crossroads Music Festival taught its founder, Bill Sundahl, at least one hard lesson: You need more than a little help from your friends. "It was a huge learning experience," Sundahl said. "Last year, about three months ahead we said, ‘Hey, let's put on a festival.' The shows were great, but it wasn't a financial success." He's prepared this time. For the second Crossroads festival, Sundahl has lined up more than a dozen sponsors to help spread out the task of promoting the festival and defray some of the costs. The mission of this year's festival, however, is the same: "Put together a diverse lineup of music that has something for everyone. It's a festival people can bring their kids to..."
Tim Finn, The Kansas City Star.

Crossing Over...
By Jason Harper - September 7, 2006
"Family-friendly doesn't have to be synonymous with lame, and that's why we hope this second year isn't the last for the Crossroads Music Festival. It's the kind of spice we need more of in KC."

Crossroads Music Fest: The Gaslights
By John Kreicbergs - October 3, 2006
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Weekend Preview
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FALL ARTS Pick: Zhenya Rock
By Tim Finn