Lifest

Lifest
Crowd at Lifest 2014
Genre	Christian music
Dates	second weekend of July
Location(s)	Sunnyview Expo Center Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Years active	1999 to present
Founded by	Bob Lenz
Website
lifest.com

Lifest is an annual Christian music festival that takes place in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the Sunnyview Expo Center. Lifest started in 1999, and became five days long for the first time in 2006. Starting in 2013, it was shortened to 4 days. It is held on or around the second weekend of July. In 2014, Lifest had an average of 20,000 attendees per day. Lifest currently features around 100 artists on 6 stages. The festival is a member of the Christian Festival Association.

Musically, Lifest has featured a wide range of groups such as Toby Mac, Casting Crowns, Skillet, Newsboys, Steven Curtis Chapman, For King & Country, Matthew West, Family Force 5, Kutless, Downhere, Tenth Avenue North, Fireflight, FM Static, Sanctus Real, Building 429, Thousand Foot Krutch, 4th Point, Superchick, Matt Redman, The Letter Black, Needtobreathe, Matt Maher and Jimmy Needham.

Lifest also has speakers and seminars as an integral part of the festival. Speakers have included founder Bob Lenz, Luis Palau, John Ortberg, Tony Campolo, Scott Spencer, Ken Davis, and many more.