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MusicfestNW Attendance Climbs

By AAN Staff
september 17, 2002  04:36 pm
MusicfestNW Attendance Climbs
Portland's "club-crawl" music festival rebounded this year from 2001, when terrorism dampened national spirits, The Oregonian reports. Richard Meeker, publisher of Willamette Week, MusicfestNW's main sponsor, estimates that attendance and revenue rose 20 percent to 25 percent. "I think it's a great thing that we've been able to grow this event this much, even in this economy," Meeker tells the daily. The bulk of the proceeds go to First Octave, a non-profit music education program.
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