Readers Not Optimistic About ICM/Summer Rocks Concert Series
Readers on Sunday were cynical about the future of the ICM/Summer Rocks concert series that was to start this year:
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Q: ICM/Summer Rocks has notified St. Louis they won’t hold a concern Memorial Day weekend, Labor Day weekend is uncertain. Thoughts?
- This is why I opposed contracting with an out of state talent agency 7 [22.58%]
- Tie 5 [16.13%]
- Meh, was going to be a country concert
- The Slay Administration screwed up…again
- Predicted last year this would happen 4 [12.9%]
- ICM’s first music festival, their inexperience shows 4 [12.9%]
- Other: 3 [9.68%]
- If gamble on ICM is why we lost Bluesweek and Taste = Poor decision STL Leadrshp Add as a poll answer
- Combination of “out of state” and “predicted this would happen”
- Could be a very wise decision! STL is a DANGEROUS city.
- Unrest in the region for the last 6 months is to blame 2 [6.45%]
- Unsure/no opinion 1 [3.23%]
- Someone else will jump in with a downtown event that weekend 0 [0%]
We’ll have to wait 5-10 years to really know, but it’s off to a rocky start. On Sunday I appeared briefly in a Fox2 report, see ‘No ‘Summer Rocks’ concert event this Memorial Day‘.
— Steve Patterson
Here’s some more regional competition: http://forecastlefest.com/ . . . established events in Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago and Milwaukee are all competing for a limited amount of dollars. What will these two events offer, other than being local (which only benefits, duh, locals!), that these don’t already offer?