buzzz worthy. . .
The
Festival of Praise Tour 2015
featuring
Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, Israel Houghton, Hezekiah Walker
with Isaac Carree,
Jessica
Reedy and Zacardi Cortez
The
50-City Tour Kicks-Off on September 30 in Houston,
Texas
(Dallas,
TX – June 4, 2015) –The biggest Gospel tour of the year is coming to a city near
you. Festival
of Praise, a 50-city concert tour features some of the best names in Gospel
music including multiple GRAMMY®, Dove and Stellar Award-winning
recording artists Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, with Hezekiah
Walker (in concert 9/30-10/31) and
Israel Houghton (in concert 11/1-11/29). The tour also features Isaac Carree,
Jessica Reedy and Zacardi Cortez. Marcus Wiley of the “Yolanda Adams
Morning Show” will be this year’s festival host. The national tour kicks-off at
Fallbrook Church in Houston, TX on September 30, and runs through November 29.
Pre-sale tickets for the tour begin on Monday, June 8. For a listing of tour
dates and to purchase tickets, please visit www.festivalofpraisetour.com, additional shows will be announced in
the coming weeks. Festival of Praise partnered with VIP Nation for premium
concert ticket packages, which includes a VIP meet and greet in each market. VIP
packages will be available by Monday, June 8, for more information, please visit
www.vipnation.com. The Festival of Praise International
Tour will kick off in the first quarter of 2016.
Festival
of Praise Tour 2015 will be held at arenas, performing arts centers and
theaters, across the country. The family style tour, a phrase coined by Hammond
and McClurkin, is a platform to uplift, motivate, encourage, inspire and
entertain. The tour will feature some of Gospel’s biggest and brightest on the
same stage with ensemble performances and music by each artist highlighting
their classic hits and most memorable anthems. In conjunction with this year’s theme,
Hammond produced “Trying to Make It Home,” a song which features vocal
performances by Hammond, McClurkin, Burrell, Walker, Carree, Reedy and
Cortez. The single is co-written by
Hammond, Burrell, Carree, Reedy, Calvin Rodgers, and Phillip Feaster. “The concept of ‘Trying to Make it
Home,” is a collaborative effort by the artists on this tour and ties in
perfectly with our purpose,” says Hammond, the co-creator of Festival of Praise.
“With all the discourse, upheaval and negativity happening around the world, we
all agreed that there’s one common thread that people are searching to
find. People are trying to reach a
safe place and home represents that for many people. Many of us are trying to
make it home to family, trying to make it home from college, trying to make it
home to a better marriage, trying to make it home from sickness and disease, and
ultimately, all of us are trying to make it home to heaven.”
The
Festival of Praise Tour 2014 was overwhelmingly successful, “We were blessed,”
continues Hammond. “And we are back bigger and better. It will be an awesome
evening of inspiration filled with a message of hope and restoration.”
The
Festival of Praise Tour is created by Fred and Ray Hammond and produced by Face
To Face, Inc. Adam Zagor of
Universal Attractions Agency is the booking agent and Al Wash of ALW
Entertainment is the entertainment consultant.