Ms.Adams says the name of the festival was influenced by the book "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found" by Suketu Mehta.

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Half the money from the festival will be given to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee for flood relief.

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Here is the song "Lips" by the British band Micachu and the Shapes which also performed at the festival.

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At the festival, Judy Blume read to a group of children from her own favorite book as a child,"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans.

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The festival is presenting theater,dance,music,film, literature and art from twenty-two countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

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The festival is planned from August seventh to the ninth with performers including Etta James, Branford Marsalis, Tony Bennett and Mos Def.

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Instead,the festival was held eighty kilometers away on a milk farm owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

The festival was started fifteen years ago in the parking lot of a store that sold alcoholic beverages.

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The central aim of the Festival Fringe Society was not to have a selection process deciding who could or could not take part.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

But it is the energy of the artists and their willingness to share their work with others that makes the festival so interesting.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

But in March, producer George Wein announced that the company that sponsored the festival was no longer able to because of the recession.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Visitors to the festival could see all kinds of performances with all levels of artistry and talent.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

They both offer a kaleidoscope of color." Other children's book writers at the festival included Kate DiCamillo.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

The festival started as a way for musicians in Austin to reach out to larger audiences.

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