Festival Con Dios was a traveling Christian music festival

Christian music festival

A Christian music festival is a music festival held by the Christian community, in support of performers of Christian music...

 that began in spring 2001. The first festival was started by Newsboys

Newsboys

Newsboys are a Christian pop rock band founded in 1985 in Mooloolaba, Australia. They have released 15 studio albums, six of which have been certified gold...

 and also featured Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...

, The O.C. Supertones

The O.C. Supertones

The Orange County Supertones is a Christian ska band hailing from Orange County, California. The band was signed to Tooth & Nail Records before becoming an independent band for its final tour...

, Pillar

Pillar (band)

Pillar is a Christian rock band currently located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their sixth studio album, Confessions, was released in 2009.- Formation and independent albums :...

, T-Bone

T-Bone (rapper)

T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...

, The Benjamin Gate

The Benjamin Gate

The Benjamin Gate was a South African Christian band formed in 1998 following the motor vehicle accident and subsequent death of a mutual friend and fellow musician, Benjamin Herbert...

, Skillet

Skillet (band)

Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose...

, Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

, and others. This was one of the largest CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 traveling festivals to date. The tour continued the next year (2002), with Toby Mac co-headlining with Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline

Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...

 and Out Of Eden

Out of Eden

Out of Eden was an American Gospel music group often identified with R&B, and contemporary Christian music. It featured sisters Lisa Kimmey, Andrea Kimmey-Baca, and Danielle Kimmey...

. The Newsboys again headlined in 2003 with Plus One

Plus One (band)

Plus One was an American Christian pop band from the 2000s.Plus One enjoyed their greatest success with the release of their debut album, The Promise, which featured the hits "Written on My Heart" and "God Is in This Place"....

. The tour was scheduled to run again in 2005, but never made it to the road.

The festival not only included many bands, but also multiple booths, events, and shows, such as BMX

BMX

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 and motocross

Motocross

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 demonstrations. The usual festival emcee was Christian comedian Bob Smiley

Bob Smiley

Bob Smiley is an American Christian comedian and author who lives near Houston, Texas. He has been a stand-up comedian for more than 10 years all over the United States, Canada, England, Wales and East Kentucky. He performed in front of 60,000 people while opening up for Switchfoot. He also was the...

. A festival compilation CD has been released after each festival's completion.

Festival Con Dios means "Festival with God".