Planetfest was a music festival staged yearly by what used to beWPLA Planet Radio 107.3 inJacksonville, Florida atMetropolitan Park. It was started in 1999 and, with the exception of 2001, has continued every year since then. The show is known for its relatively low ticket prices for the large number of national and local bands. The event featured some of the biggest names in indie rock and attendance has grown each year.
For WPLA's 10th anniversary in 2005, the station held a "Mutha Shuckin' Birthday" in the Spring at the Expo Center of the Jacksonville Fairgrounds instead of Metropolitan Park.
Planetfest is a music festival with two stages for the performing musicians. TheMain Stage is where thefeatured performers play 45-60+ minute sets with 30 minute breaks between acts for stage preparation and breakdown.
A smaller stage, called theJackRabbits Stage, is named after the local venue where aBattle of the Bands competition is held to select the local bands that will play at the festival. In 2008, that contest was scheduled to occur between September 21 and October 12. The top nine acts perform 30-45 minute sets at Planetfest.
Local Acts: Ten West, Hollowpoint Militia, Harloe, Blistur, Penny 4 Your Thought, Shawn Fisher and the Jukebox Gypsies (Now Son Of A Badman), JoEveritt, The Embraced, Name: Bran
Local Acts: Dummo, Decidedly, Feedback, Amidine, Fidelity Crisis, Harloe,Down Theory, Dang and Embraced.
Originally scheduled to appear:Blue October—Not there due to Injury
Notes:Lex and Terry presented Red Jumpsuit with a "Best of Jax" award for best local band. The city put a limit of 10,000 tickets for the event, resulting in a sell-out crowd. It was the first sell-out since 2003 whenStaind headlined the festival.[4]
Notes: Mutha Shuckin' Birthday celebrated the ten-year anniversary ofWPLA in Jacksonville. While Planetfest takes place in the fall at Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park, Mutha Shuckin' Birthday took place in the spring at the Jacksonville Expo Center Fairgrounds.
