The Echo Project Announces 3-Day Green Music & Arts Festival to Debut in Atlanta, Georgia October 12-14, 2007

The Echo Project Announces 3-Day Green Music & Arts Festival to Debut in Atlanta, Georgia October 12-14, 2007

First Round of 60+ Performers Confirmed and Include The Killers, Phil and Friends, moe., Stephen Marley, The Roots, Cypress Hill, Polyphonic Spree, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Umphrey's McGee, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Disco Biscuits, Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues Band, Brazilian Girls, The Avett Brothers, Lyrics Born, RJD2, Toubab Krewe, Spam Allstars, ALO, Greenskeepers, and Afromotive

More Artists To Be Announced In Coming Weeks

Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now

ATLANTA, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Echo Project announced today that it will kick off its annual eco-responsible music and arts festival in Atlanta, Georgia this October 12-14, 2007. The three-day, multi-stage camping festival will be held on 350-acres of scenic Chattahoochee river front property on a privately owned 1250-acre farm just south of metropolitan Atlanta. The Echo Project is set to revolutionize how music and arts events affect our environment through eco-friendly event production by ways of carbon emissions, power consumption and creation, alternative energy sources, and waste management and recycling initiatives. For its inaugural event, The Echo Festival along with Sustainable Waves and Rivers Alive is also launching a major Chattahoochee river clean up prior to the festival.

Featuring a diverse range of talent, from rock to hip-hop, The Echo Project's first round of artists slated to perform include: The Killers, Phil and Friends, moe., Stephen Marley, The Roots, Cypress Hill, Polyphonic Spree, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Umphrey's McGee, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Disco Biscuits, Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues Band, Brazilian Girls, The Avett Brothers, Lyrics Born, RJD2, Toubab Krewe, Spam Allstars, ALO, Greenskeepers, and Afromotive. More artists and festival details will be announced in the coming weeks. Visit www.the-echoproject.com for the most up to date information.

The Echo Project is promoted by Nicholas Bouckaert of Rivertown Entertainment, LLC. in conjunction with Meatcamp Productions, Inc. Greening partners include Sustainable Waves, a national provider of mobile solar powered sound and staging; Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation's leading provider of cleaner electricity and carbon offset products; and the Environmental Media Association (EMA), which mobilizes the entertainment industry in a global effort to educate people about the environmental issues and inspire them into action.

Early bird tickets for The Echo Project are on sale now for a limited time only. Three-day tickets begin at $120 and are available online at www.the-echoproject.com and 1-800-594-TIXX.

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CONTACT: Caren West, caren@carenwestpr.com, or Chad Shearer,
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Web site: http://www.the-echoproject.com/

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