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HarmonyFest organizer asks Junction City for $5,000 to attract international bands
Summary
An organizer asked the commission to help fund HarmonyFest’s international lineup, presenting a $35,000 budget for next year and requesting $5,000 from the city alongside the group’s own $5,000 contribution and a pending CVV request.
An organizer of HarmonyFest told the commission the event aims to bring international bands and their audiences to Junction City and asked the city for financial support.
“The budget for next year is $35,000,” the presenter said, and noted contacted international acts quoted between $10,000 and $25,000. The organizer said the group will contribute $5,000, has requested $5,000 from the county’s CVV program and is asking the city for another $5,000 to cover artist fees and professional marketing.
The presenter said previous outreach produced international visibility — a keynote speaker’s story appeared in a Ghanaian newspaper — and argued that better marketing would expand attendance beyond the event’s current DIY reach. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about which bands were being pursued and whether the festival missed the current fiscal-year budget request; the presenter said the group missed last year’s budget session and included both the 2026 and 2027 proposals in the packet.
Next steps: commissioners did not immediately vote on direct funding; the organizer was thanked for the presentation and asked to await follow-up on available CVV and city support.
