THE CROOKED LAKE SANDBAR MUSIC FESTIVAL STORY

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Jeb Bartley, owner of Crush House Entertainment and founder of the festival, tells it himself. His band played the sandbar one day on a very small pontoon, and he decided anything after that would be a festival and a charity event. It became both. The first year raised about $700 for the shelter, along with dog food, blankets and pillows. Now the check averages $20,000 to $25,000 a year. Today there is a 40 by 40 foot stage in the water with a 60 foot catwalk, and a couple thousand people on the sandbar singing happy birthday to one guest of honor, and Jeb still says it has always been much bigger than him.