CounterPoint Festival ready to make its mark in Atlanta
CounterPoint organizers Jonathan Fordin (left) and Brett Keber take a ride about the festival site. Photo: Hyosub Shin/AJC Five years ago, Jonathan Fordin and Brett Keber had a vision – to bring a high-level music festival to 350 acres of sprawling property about 20 minutes south of downtown Atlanta with the Chattahoochee River as the backdrop. The lineup for what was dubbed the Echo Project was stellar. The Killers, The Roots, Flaming Lips, The Avett Brothers, Common, Phil Lesh. The turnout was not. This weekend, Fordin and Keber, both Atlantans, are back on the land for the three-day CounterPoint… >>
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