Summer Fun Festival

The Summer Fun Festival was a rock festival that took place in Charleston, Sylvania on April 18-20, 1983. It was held on the historic Morgan Plantation in the southern part of the village. An estimated 30-35,000 people attended the festival.

With temperatures nearing a hundred degrees in the Lovian spring sun, local fire departments used fire hoses to create "sprinklers" for the crowd to play in and cool off. It was a peaceful, energetic, hot and loud festival with few (if any) problems other than heat related. Concession stands were woefully inadequate. Attendees frequently stood in line for an hour to get a soft drink. On the busiest day of the festival, a line of automobiles ran 18 miles from the farm entrance to Noble City. There was one death, due to heatstroke, and one birth (the birth being that of Moon Stravinsky, Selena Stravinsky's youngest daughter).

The sound system for the Summer Fun Festival was supplied by Hanley Sound and the light show was provided by Morpheus Lights. Camping was offered in a soybean field adjacent to Freedom Park. The field is now the site of two shops and a Free Society building.

Charleston and the state of Sylvania benefited from hosting the festival. The Charles H. Morgan estate's agreement with Son of Heartstopper Attractions and Bill Graham Presents (BGP) resulted in L$166,000 in restoration proceeds and L$175,858 food and beverage concessions. Additionally BGP agreed to pay for replacing the sod on the plantation where the festival grounds were located up to a cost of L$250,000.

Performers

 * Devo - Devo were visiting Lovia to promote Oh, No! It's Devo in the country. Their involvement in the festival caused security to be outsourced to nearby cities due to their high-profile status in the country. As a security precaution Devo and the only other international act, The J. Geils Band, arrived by helicopter a day early. This enabled them to be safely out of the place before the audience came in.
 * The J. Geils Band - The band were the only other international act at the festival, debuting "Freeze Frame" and other songs for Lovian audiences at the festival.
 * Devilface
 * Hop-Scotch
 * Noble City Academy of Music and Dramatic Art cast of "Hair"
 * The Coasters