# EarthFest
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{{Short description|Music festival in the United States}}
{{distinguish|EarthFest Singapore}}
[Radio 92.9](/source/WBOS) '''EarthFest''' was a free music festival that began in 1996 and featured both national and local acts. The concert averaged 125,000 people yearly, hosted 14 bands on 3 stages, and was the largest radio station "Earth" or "Green" related event in [New England](/source/New_England). The yearly festival stopped after 2016. There are no plans for continuation for the event.[{{cite web|url=https://newenglandsounds.com/2017/04/21/bostons-earthfest-comes-to-an-end/|title=Boston’s EarthFest Comes to an End|access-date=2023-08-11}}]
==Background==
The Radio 92.9 EarthFest concert was a free music festival that began in 1996 and was hosted yearly on the Esplanade in downtown [Boston, MA](/source/Boston%2C_MA). The concert was created to demonstrate how everyday individuals can reduce their environmental impact. The concert was supported by a variety of sponsors such as [Whole Foods Market](/source/Whole_Foods_Market), [Subaru](/source/Subaru), [MetroPCS](/source/MetroPCS), and [Boston Globe](/source/Boston_Globe). These sponsors, along with the 51 other sponsors,[{{Cite web|url=http://www.myradio929.com/EarthFest/Sponsorship.aspx|title = ROCK 92.9 Rocks - the Next Generation of Classic Rock}}] set up booths and offered free items to promote their products and demonstrated to concert attendees how their products could aid both the individual, and the environment as a whole. The Radio 92.9 EarthFest concert celebrated its 23rd and final[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest.htm|title = Radio 929 EarthFest Boston 2016}}]
Along with the main outdoor stage on the [Hatch Shell](/source/Hatch_Shell), EarthFest offered a smaller stage in an area known as ''Kid's Planet'', which was set up for families and a younger audience. Notable performers in years past have been [KT Tunstall](/source/KT_Tunstall), [The Fray](/source/The_Fray), [Los Lonely Boys](/source/Los_Lonely_Boys), and [Shawn Mullins](/source/Shawn_Mullins). Each year the concert was hosting 14 bands that range from locally to nationally known. In 2012, the Earthfest Audience was estimated to be over 200,000 people by state police.
==Previous performers==
2016:[{{Cite web|url=https://rock929rocks.com/|title=Boston's ROCK 92.9 – Next Generation of Classic Rock|website=Rock929rocks.com|access-date=19 March 2023}}]
- [Fitz and the Tantrums](/source/Fitz_and_the_Tantrums)
- [Joywave](/source/Joywave)
- [The Strumbellas](/source/The_Strumbellas)
- Flight of Fire
2015:[{{Cite web|url=http://myradio929.com/tag/earthfest-2015/|title = ROCK 92.9 Rocks - the Next Generation of Classic Rock}}]
- [Guster](/source/Guster)
- [New Politics](/source/New_Politics_(band))
- [Atlas Genius](/source/Atlas_Genius)
- [Hunter](/source/Hunter_(band))
2014:[{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2014/04/18/radio-929-earthfest-2014-lineup/|title=Radio 92.9 Announces EarthFest 2014 Lineup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420071859/https://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2014/04/18/radio-929-earthfest-2014-lineup/|archive-date=2014-04-20|access-date=2023-08-11}}]
- [Neon Trees](/source/Neon_Trees)
- [The Wailers](/source/The_Wailers)
- [Smallpools](/source/Smallpools)
- [Morning Parade](/source/Morning_Parade)
- [Venetia Fair](/source/The_Venetia_Fair)
2013:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest/earthfest-2013.htm|title = Radio 929 EarthFest Boston 2013, 20th Anniversary!}}]
- [Vertical Horizon](/source/Vertical_Horizon)
- [Cracker](/source/Cracker_(band))
- [Gentlemen Hall](/source/Gentlemen_Hall)
- [Fastball](/source/Fastball_(band))
- [Camper Van Beethoven](/source/Camper_Van_Beethoven)
- Todd Biggins Band
2012:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest/earthfest-2012.htm|title = Radio 929 EarthFest Boston 2012, A Record Crowd!}}]
- [Third Eye Blind](/source/Third_Eye_Blind)
- [Spin Doctors](/source/Spin_Doctors)
- [Switchfoot](/source/Switchfoot)
- [Eve6](/source/Eve6)
- Twin Berlin
2011:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest/earthfest-2011.htm|title = EarthFest Boston 2011 Family Fun!}}]
- [Ed Kowalczyk](/source/Ed_Kowalczyk)
- [OK Go](/source/OK_Go)
- [Sponge](/source/Sponge_(band))
- [Atomic Tom](/source/Atomic_Tom)
- The Ground Up
2010:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest/earthfest-2010.htm|title = EarthFest 2010 Boston a Big Hit!}}]
- [Collective Soul](/source/Collective_Soul)
- [Gin Blossoms](/source/Gin_Blossoms)
- [Crash Kings](/source/Crash_Kings)
- [Marcy Playground](/source/Marcy_Playground)
- Jackson Wetherbee Band
2009:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/earthfest/earthfest-2009.htm|title = EarthFest 2009 Boston a Huge Success}}]
- [Soul Asylum](/source/Soul_Asylum)
- [The Lemonheads](/source/The_Lemonheads)
- [Shawn Mullins](/source/Shawn_Mullins)
- [Seven Mary Three](/source/Seven_Mary_Three)
- Red Summer Sun
2008
- [The Help](/source/The_Help_(band))
- [BoDeans](/source/BoDeans)
- [The English Beat](/source/The_English_Beat)
- [Cracker](/source/Cracker_(band))
- [Cake](/source/Cake_(band))
2007
- [KT Tunstall](/source/KT_Tunstall)
- [Guster](/source/Guster)
- [Mat Kearney](/source/Mat_Kearney)
- Jon Butler Trio
- [Vega4](/source/Vega4)
2006
- [The Alternate Routes](/source/The_Alternate_Routes)
- [The Fray](/source/The_Fray)
- James Blunt
- [Los Lonely Boys](/source/Los_Lonely_Boys)
2005
- [Ari Hest](/source/Ari_Hest)
- [Anna Nalick](/source/Anna_Nalick)
- [Low Millions](/source/Low_Millions)
- [Five for Fighting](/source/Five_for_Fighting)
- [Carbon leaf](/source/Carbon_leaf)
- [The Wallflowers](/source/The_Wallflowers)
2004:[{{Cite web|url=http://www.myradio929.com/EarthFestArchive.aspx|title = ROCK 92.9 Rocks - the Next Generation of Classic Rock}}]
- Peter Wolf
- Third Eye Blind
- Edie Brickell
- Los Lonely Boys
- Bodeans
2003: