CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest
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The CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest was an annual music festival
that took place in venues across Cleveland, Ohio
. The festival was sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
, located on the shores of Lake Erie
downtown
, as well as by CMJ, or College Music Journal
, a weekly magazine
for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada.
It premiered in 2005. The festival featured live bands at a variety of locations throughout Cleveland, and initially included a festival village on the west bank of The Flats
near the Cuyahoga River
. The second festival was held June 14-18, 2006, and featured a relocated festival village at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Attendance at both the festival and the village location improved during its second run. In April 2007, organizers canceled the event, citing strains on financial and staffing resources.
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
that took place in venues across Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. The festival was sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
, located on the shores of Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
downtown
Downtown Cleveland
Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Reinvestment in the area in the mid-1990s spurred a rebirth that continues to this day, with over $2 billion in residential and commercial developments slated for the area over the next few years...
, as well as by CMJ, or College Music Journal
College Music Journal
College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company which hosts an annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30...
, a weekly magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada.
It premiered in 2005. The festival featured live bands at a variety of locations throughout Cleveland, and initially included a festival village on the west bank of The Flats
The Flats
The Flats is a mixed-use industrial, entertainment, and increasingly residential area of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The name reflects its low-lying topography on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.-History:...
near the Cuyahoga River
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s...
. The second festival was held June 14-18, 2006, and featured a relocated festival village at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Attendance at both the festival and the village location improved during its second run. In April 2007, organizers canceled the event, citing strains on financial and staffing resources.