As Saving Country Music has reported in the past, the C3 Presents/LiveNation-promoted event and their aggressive radius clauses have caused chaos among the region’s more established and independently-owned festivals.
For the nonprofit and mostly volunteer-driven SFF Presents, the encroachment and dominance of musical juggernaut Live Nation is not just a hypothetical. The organization is on the front lines of supporting music on a local level.
The rise of independent country has been so massive, there are now megafestivals built around independent acts. This has attracted Live Nation, putting more established festivals in peril.