Category: Festival
2017 Featured Speaker: Lenny Hall
Replenish Festival welcomes back Lenny Hall with Sons of Thunder Ministries. Lenny brought the Word during the 2016 Replenishfest and we are excited to have him join us again. Lenny, along with Timothy Harris, established Sons of Thunder Ministries in 2013. Lenny’s testimony is that he lived his life giving his “hour” to God every week and then for the rest of the week lived his life how he wanted, but soon got “to the end of the rope.” He states he remembers lying in bed one night and saying, “God, I want more of you. There’s got to…
2017 Artist: Cry for Salvation
From the hometown of neighboring Franklin County, Cry for Salvation was started in 2011 when it was decided their church needed a youth band to “liven things up” on Wednesdays. Two of the band members, began leading worship and soon, they realized there was a bigger calling to spread the Word of God by taking things outside the church and to community needing the Truth… “Cry for Salvation” was born. Their EP “Bright Light Shine” was released in March of 2016 produced by ‘Skip’ Brown from Final Track Studios in Roanoke, Virginia. They have performed…
2017 Artist: Forsaken Hero
Forsaken Hero is a band that loves playing music, loves singing on stage, loves having a good time, but above all, they love doing it all for the glory of God. Forsaken Hero has had the opportunity to play dates on two different Stryper tours and also played with Christian rock bands like Random Hero, Ilia and more. Their new EP features Andrew Welch of Thousand Foot Krutch, Brooks Holt of We As Human, and was Mastered by John Lawry of Petra. They love getting to do what…
2017 Artist: Reverb Worship
“Initiating encounters with God through worship.” Reverb Worship has played at Replenish Festival each year and brought us into a great worship time and experience. We are thankful to have them back again for 2017 and leading our worship time through the weekend. Come out to Replenish Festival on the weekend of July 7, 8 and 9th to join us and Reverb Worship! Why “Reverb” – The Vision Reverberation: an echo; a reflection of sound; a resounding continuation As the water of an oasis reflects the light, so God’s people reflect His glory (Proverbs 27:19). Reverb Worship is committed to…
2017 Artist: Exonerated
Replenish Festival welcomes Exonerated back to the Replenish Festival stage on Saturday, July 8th, 2017! The band joined us at our inaugural festival in 2015 and we are excited to have them back again. 🙂 In a time when so many acts sound the same, the band Exonerated, from the backwoods of Southwest Virginia, is changing the way that people view Christian Music. Coming on to the scene in 2009, they learned quickly that they needed to find a sound that was all their own but working on capturing a brand new sound would mean trying times, switching band members, and revisiting the band’s direction….
2017 Artist: After April
After April is a rock band based out of Greenville, NC. The members – Josh Branch, Tyler Williams, Thorne Wiggs and Jonathan Evans – each bring influences from various styles of music as each band member’s personality is completely different. They take their varying styles and mesh them together to create their music as heard on the debut EP, Canvas, which was recorded and produced by Grammy nominated and Dove Award Winning producer, and friend, Rusty Varenkamp. After April was started roughly 3 years ago, believe it or not, through a Craigslist posting! They love creating music in their own ways to…
2017 Artist: Brightwork
You may have heard of Brightwork before as they played the Replenish Festival stage our inaugural year in 2015. The crowd enjoyed them and they must have had a good time also as they will be playing our stage again this summer! Did you know that Brightwork booked their first show before even having a band practice? Yes, they did! They committed themselves not only to that first show, but a marathon of practices to prepare. After a long summer of writing and performing, they discovered their direction had evolved from a project into a calling. Brightwork is local to the…