In 1986 booking agent Fred Caserta and Mike Caputy, a local musician, began to meet with area Pastors to discuss how to use Contemporary Christian music to spread the Gospel. A concert featuring Sheila Walsh, Russ Taff and Mylon LeFevre was the end result of these meetings. Kevin Ketcham, Special Events Coordinator for Darien Lake Theme Park, attended one of the meetings and suggested a Christian music day in the park. Kingdom Bound was born and saw 6,000 people attend the first event in October, 1987.

The annual festival has grown a great deal in the 20+ years since that original show. Now over 60,000 people come to the four day event.

Kingdom Bound - 2008 - will be filled with tons of great music by popular artists (as it always is).

Kingdom Bound 2008 Headliner Line-Up

Sunday, August 3

Praise and Worship Night

• Lincoln Brewster

Monday, August 4

• Third Day

Tuesday, August 5

• Jaci Velasquez
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• Jaci Velasquez with her husband, Nic Gonzales, of Salvador
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• Salvador

Wednesday, August 6

• Newsboys

Kingdom Bound 2008 - During the Days

Worship artists

• Jason Upton
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• Leeland
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• Lenny LeBlanc
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• Matt Maher
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• Paul Baloche
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• Ricardo
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• Rick Cua
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• Robin Mark and Kathryn Scott
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• Vicky Beeching

Rock Bands

• Big Daddy Weave
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• DecembeRadio
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• Delirious
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• Fireflight
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• Grey Holiday
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• Hawk Nelson
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• Joy Whitlock
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• Manic Drive
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• Skillet
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• Seventh Day Slumber
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• Stephanie Smith
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• Thousand Foot Krutch
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• Turn Off The Stars

More Bands

• 33 Miles (pop-country)
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• Denver and the Mile High Orchestra (big band/swing)
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• Manafest (hip-hop)
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• NewWorldSon (reggae-soul)
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• Relevant Worship
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• The Dig Project

Speakers

• Bob Lenz
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• David Nasser
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• Dr. Kevin Leman
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• Joe Rojas (lead singer of Seventh Day Slumber)
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• Justin Lookadoo
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• Reggie Dabbs
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• Wes Aarum, Jr.

Official Kingdom Bound Website

http://kingdombound.com/

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