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The Wild Goose Festival〔(Wild Goose Festival official site )〕 is a festival held annually in the United States focused on justice, spirituality, music and the arts. The festival is "rooted in the Christian tradition" and is popular among progressive Christians and many involved with the emerging church movement.〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/19/progressive-christians-to_n_879530.html〕 The name Wild Goose comes from a Celtic metaphor for the Holy Spirit.〔(Wild Goose Festival - About Us )〕 The Wild Goose Festival is inspired by and modeled after the popular Greenbelt festival in the United Kingdom.〔(Wild Goose Festival - History )〕 It is the only Christian music festival in the U.S. that caters to "theological liberals".〔(The Economist - A broader church )〕 == History == The board of directors〔(Wild Goose Festival - Board of Directors )〕 for the Wild Goose Festival was formed in 2009,〔(ABP - Progressive Christians flock to Wild Goose festival )〕 and festival director Gareth Higgins was hired in March 2010. The Wild Goose Festival is chartered in Kansas City.〔 The first festival was held June 23–26, 2011, at Shakori Hills farm (home of the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival) in Silk Hope, North Carolina. It was attended by an estimated 1,500 people.〔 Music at the 2011 festival included Michelle Shocked, David Wilcox, Over The Rhine, Jennifer Knapp, Derek Webb, David Bazan, David Lamotte, Tom Prasada-Rao, Ashley Cleveland, Agents of Future, Sarah Masen, Psalters, Denison Witmer, and The Redding Brothers. Speakers at the 2011 festival included Jim Wallis, Brian McLaren, T-Bone Burnett, Father Richard Rohr, Phyllis Tickle, Vincent Harding, John Dear, Shane Claiborne, Lynne Hybels, Tony Campolo, Diana Butler Bass, Paul Knitter, Soong-Chan Rah, Frank Schaeffer, Jay Bakker, Peter Rollins, Doug Pagitt, Richard Twiss, Carl McColman, Tony Jones, Margot Starbuck, Ian Cron, David Dark, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Mark Scandrette, Ed Dobson, Paul Fromberg, Melvin Bray, Cynthia La Grou, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Anthony Smith, Samir Selmanovic, Chad Holtz, Becky Knight, Kester Brewin, and Pamela Wilhelms. The 2012 festival was held June 21–24 at Shakori Hills farm. In 2012, festival organizers also added a second site outside of Portland where a festival was held on Labor Day weekend for those living in the western American states.〔http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildgoosefestival/2012/05/wildgoosewestannounced/〕 The 2013 festival was held in Hot Springs, NC. The 2014 festival is being held again in Hot Springs, NC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wild Goose Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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