Necessity may be the mother of invention, but with Shoe Fest it also built a long-lasting bond.
Last year, Chicago folk rock band Old Shoe needed a place to hold its second-ever three-day music festival. Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see near Manteno needed extra funds to balance its books and keep youth camp prices down.
So, during the second weekend of September 2012, Shoe Fest was held at Camp Shaw instead of its previous location near DeKalb. More than 1,000 fans and 30 bands descended on the 100-acre property for music and camping.
The fest was so successful that Shoe Fest will not only come back to Camp Shaw this year from Sept. 6-8, but for the next two years after that. Camp Shaw Director Greg LaPlante said the fest and the camp agreed to a three-year contract.
"A lot of good publicity came out of last year's event," LaPlante said.
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