Alive Festival, located in Mineral City, Ohio, is an annual Christian music festival. It features many Christian musicians and popular Christian bands, as well as several Christian speakers and worship leaders. The festival began in 1988 and celebrated its 20th anniversary June 20–23, 2007.
Alive is usually held in mid-summer over four days. Attendants can stay overnight at Atwood Lake Park in Mineral City, Ohio. Atwood lake Park features camping, swimming, a lake, boating, electric hook-ups, hiking trails, volleyball, basketball, Alive Festival is a member of the Christian Festival Association, created in 2006. According to Bill and Kathy Graening, former heads of the Alive Festival Staff, the festival's mission includes: "the opportunity to experience great music and teaching", as well as "the opportunity to be challenged to seek a deeper walk with Christ." It is named after the Christian belief that Jesus Christ is risen and alive.
This festival went on hiatus in 2020.
Past and upcoming Alive artists The following artists have appeared in the past or are scheduled to appear at upcoming Alive Festivals:
Performers
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A As We Ascend A Minor Bird Aaron Shust According 2 John Ace Troubleshooter Across the Sky All Star United All Together Separate Anberlin Andrew Peterson (musician) Andy Mineo Anthem Lights ApologetiX As I Lay Dying Ashley Cleveland Audio Adrenaline Austrian Death Machine
B BarlowGirl Beanbag Bebo Norman Benjamin Payne Bethany Dillon Betsy Walker Beyond The Rage Big Daddy Weave Big Tent Revival Blame Lucy Blindside Bleach Bluetree Bradley Hathaway Brandon Heath Brian Littrell Britt Nicole Brooke Barrettsmith Brother's Keeper Byron "Talkbox" Chambers Building 429 Burlap to Cashmere
C Capital Kings Casting Crowns Chris Rice Chris Tomlin Chris Williams Christafari Christine Glass Circadian rhythm Clear Code of Ethics Colton Dixon Common Children Copeland Curious Fools
D David Crowder Band Dana Key Day of Fire Day Method dc Talk Decyfer Down Delirious? Denver and the Mile High Orchestra DJ Maj The Devil Wears Prada Disciple Disciples of Christ Divine Soldiers Dogwood Downhere
E Earthsuit Eleventyseven Emery Erin O'Donnell Esterlyn Everfound Everyday Sunday
F Family Force 5 Falling Up FFH Fighting Instinct Fireflight Five Iron Frenzy Flight 180 Flyleaf FM Static For King & Country (band) For Today Francesca Battistelli
G Ginny Owens Grits Group 1 Crew Guardian
H Haste the Day Hawk Nelson High Flight Society Hillsong United Hillsong Young & Free Honeytree House of Heroes Hyper Static Union
I Imperials Icon for Hire Inhabited Inhale Exhale
J Jaci Velasquez Jackson Waters Jake Jared Anderson Jason Bonham Jeff Anderson Jennifer Knapp Jeremy Camp Jerome Olds & The Brothers aka Family Force 5 Jesse's Vineyard Jimmy Needham John Mark McMillan John Reuben Jonah33 Jonny Diaz Jon McLaughlin Josh Wilson Joy Williams Joy Whitlock Justifide Justin McRoberts
K Kari Jobe KB Kendall Payne Kerrie Roberts Kevin Max Kids in the Way Kirk Franklin KJ-52 Kutless Kris Allen Krystal Meyers
L LA Symphony Lacey Sturm LaRue Last Tuesday Lecrae Leeland Lincoln Brewster Lindsey Kane Lloyd Lost and Found
M M.O.C. Mainstay Manafest Manic Drive Mark Schultz Mars Ill Mat Kearney Mat Redman Matthew West Memphis May Fire MercyMe Michael Sweet Mile 7 Miss Angie Mixtape Metro Monk & Neagle Mutemath My Friend Stephanie
N Nate Sallie Needtobreathe Newsboys NF (rapper) Nikki Leonti Nitengale Norma Jean Our Heart's Hero Out of Eden
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P Palisade Parachute Band Paul Clark Paul Colman Trio Paul Baloche Paul Wright PAX217 Petra PFR Phil Keaggy Phil Wickham Pillar Plankeye Playdough Plus One (band) Pocket Full of Rocks Point of Grace Polarboy Praise-apella Project 86
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R Rachel Lampa Randy Stonehill Reality Check Remedy Drive Rebecca St. James Red Reilly Relient K Rich Mullins Riley Armstrong Roper Ruth Ryan Wilkins
S Salvador Sanctus Real Sarah Kelley Satellite Soul Satellites & Sirens Scarecrow & Tinman Seabird Seven Places Seventh Day Slumber Shaded Red Shane & Shane Shine Bright Baby Shonlock Shuree Silers Bald Sixpence None the Richer Skillet Sleeping Giant (band) Smalltown Poets Social Club Speck Spoken Starfield Stavesacre Stellar Kart Steven Curtis Chapman Steve Camp Stacie Orrico Staple Subseven Sunny With A High (formerly Mixtape Metro) Superchick Switchfoot
T Tait Telecast Temple Yard Ten Shekel Shirt Tenth Avenue North Thalon Third Day The Afters The Benjamin Gate The Channelsurfers The Classic Crime The Devil Wears Prada The Elms The Fold The Insyderz The Katinas The Normals The O.C. Supertones The Swift The W's The Wedding Thousand Foot Krutch This Beautiful Republic TobyMac Tree 63 Trevor Morgan Twila Paris
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V Verbs Vicky Beeching
W War of Ages Warren Barfield Wavorly We Are Messengers We As Human Willet Worth Dying For Wolves at the Gate White Heart
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Z ZOEgirl
Past and upcoming speakers
Kirk Cameron Reggie Dabbs Louie Giglio Ben Homan, President of Food for the Hungry Tim Hughes, UK-based worship leader Phil Keaggy Crystal Miller, survivor of Columbine massacre and popular speaker on the meaning of life David Nasser, minister and director of D. Nasser Outreach Tony Nolan, TNT Ministries Mark Price, Point Guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers Brady Quinn, quarterback of the Cleveland Browns Joe Savage, pastor and organizer of Winners Influence Phil Savage, General Manager of Cleveland Browns Hunter Smith, Indianapolis Colts punter Scott Spencer, founder of Character Corporation Brad Stine, comedian Jason Wright, American businessman and football executive
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