Big Spring Jam (original) (raw)
Big Spring Jam was an annual music festival taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The Jam, which began in 1993, typically took place the fourth weekend in September. From 1993 to 2009, it was a three-day event beginning Friday and ending Sunday. The 2011 revival was a two-day event on Friday and Saturday only. It featured acts from all genres of music including local bands, emerging talent, oldies acts, and the top artists of the day. Along with the music, the Big Spring Jam also held an annual 5k race.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Big Spring Jam was an annual music festival taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The Jam, which began in 1993, typically took place the fourth weekend in September. From 1993 to 2009, it was a three-day event beginning Friday and ending Sunday. The 2011 revival was a two-day event on Friday and Saturday only. It featured acts from all genres of music including local bands, emerging talent, oldies acts, and the top artists of the day. Along with the music, the Big Spring Jam also held an annual 5k race. The title of the festival was a matter of confusion for many, especially those outside northern Alabama, as the Big Spring Jam was held early each autumn. The title, however, referred to the location, Big Spring International Park in downtown Huntsville. Big Spring Jam usually featured four or more temporary stages set up throughout the park. Each stage typically featured the same genres of music throughout the weekend. One stage featured country music exclusively, another featured Christian contemporary, and the remainder of the stages were largely rock-based. To alleviate the impact of potential inclement weather, in 2011 the country music stage was moved indoors to the Propst Arena in the Von Braun Center. Unlike most other large-scale music festivals, Big Spring Jam was a not-for-profit event, organized each year by the Huntsville Heritage Foundation in conjunction with the Von Braun Center. Proceeds from the event benefited local charities, health and human services agencies, and arts and entertainment organizations throughout North Alabama. In later years, the Big Spring Jam suffered a tarnished reputation due to weather events. In both 2005 and 2006, some of the main acts were canceled due to inclement weather. Despite its status as a non-profit event, Big Spring Jam officials refused to refund ticket purchases after they canceled events. For example, tickets were sold after the event was rained out in 2006 - and officials refused to refund the ticket prices. Tickets were sold up until the point the event was canceled. However, the 2007 and 2008 events, where the weather was favorable, were deemed highly successful. The 2010 event was canceled due to financial and logistical issues but the event returned, as promised, in 2011. The 2011 Big Spring Jam was a smaller, two-day event with some acts moved into the Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center, again, as a hedge against rain and storms. The 2011 event drew only 30,000 attendees, only a fraction of the 240,000 who attended in 2003, with blame placed on the smaller scope of the event, competition from high school and college football (especially the former), the economic downturn, and weather on the Jam's first day. Organizers announced in November 2011 that they would "shelve" the event for the immediate future with plans to "retool" or "recreate" it at some point when the economy improved (the severe recession of the 2008-09 period was still being felt by many area residents) and local interest increased. As of 2021, however, no plans have been announced to revive the event, so it has likely been discontinued permanently. (en) |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Big_Spring_Jam_logo_18.png?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.bigspringjam.org/ |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 7220513 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 6324 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1008510179 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbc:Music_festivals_in_Alabama dbr:Big_Spring_Park_(Huntsville,_Alabama) dbr:Huntsville,_Alabama dbr:United_States dbr:Von_Braun_Center dbr:North_Alabama dbr:Music_festival dbc:Music_festivals_established_in_1993 dbc:1993_establishments_in_Alabama dbr:5000_metres dbr:Alabama dbc:2011_disestablishments_in_Alabama dbr:Country_music dbc:Culture_of_Huntsville,_Alabama dbc:Tourist_attractions_in_Huntsville,_Alabama dbc:Recurring_events_disestablished_in_2011 dbr:Rock_music dbr:Christian_contemporary |
| dbp:caption | Big Spring Jam logo (en) |
| dbp:location | dbr:Huntsville,_Alabama dbr:United_States dbr:Alabama |
| dbp:musicFestivalName | Big Spring Jam (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Coord dbt:Infobox_music_festival dbt:More_citations_needed dbt:Reflist dbt:URL |
| dbp:yearsActive | 1993 (xsd:integer) |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:Music_festivals_in_Alabama dbc:Music_festivals_established_in_1993 dbc:1993_establishments_in_Alabama dbc:2011_disestablishments_in_Alabama dbc:Culture_of_Huntsville,_Alabama dbc:Tourist_attractions_in_Huntsville,_Alabama dbc:Recurring_events_disestablished_in_2011 |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Festival |
| georss:point | 34.72666666666667 -86.58805555555556 |
| rdf:type | dbo:SocietalEvent yago:WikicatMusicFestivalsInTheUnitedStates yago:WikicatVisitorAttractionsInHuntsville,Alabama geo:SpatialThing yago:Abstraction100002137 yago:Attraction106615561 yago:Event100029378 yago:Festival115162388 yago:FundamentalQuantity113575869 yago:Measure100033615 yago:PsychologicalFeature100023100 yago:YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity yago:Show106619065 yago:SocialEvent107288639 yago:TimePeriod115113229 yago:WikicatFestivalsInAlabama yago:WikicatRecurringEventsDisestablishedIn2011 yago:WikicatRecurringEventsEstablishedIn1993 |
| rdfs:comment | Big Spring Jam was an annual music festival taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The Jam, which began in 1993, typically took place the fourth weekend in September. From 1993 to 2009, it was a three-day event beginning Friday and ending Sunday. The 2011 revival was a two-day event on Friday and Saturday only. It featured acts from all genres of music including local bands, emerging talent, oldies acts, and the top artists of the day. Along with the music, the Big Spring Jam also held an annual 5k race. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Big Spring Jam (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:Big Spring Jam yago-res:Big Spring Jam wikidata:Big Spring Jam https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4YbXK |
| geo:geometry | POINT(-86.58805847168 34.726665496826) |
| geo:lat | 34.726665 (xsd:float) |
| geo:long | -86.588058 (xsd:float) |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Big_Spring_Jam?oldid=1008510179&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Big_Spring_Jam_logo_18.png |
| foaf:homepage | http://www.bigspringjam.org/ |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Big_Spring_Jam |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Big_Spring |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Big_Spring_Park_(Huntsville,_Alabama) dbr:Huntsville,_Alabama dbr:Index_of_Alabama-related_articles dbr:List_of_music_festivals_in_the_United_States dbr:Big_Spring dbr:Timeline_of_Huntsville,_Alabama dbr:Heartstrings_World_Tour dbr:Avenged_Sevenfold_Tour |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Big_Spring_Jam |
