Coasting Along: Inside the North Coast Music Festival
River Forest native Mike Raspatello and his concert promotion company embark on biggest project yet.
One of Chicago's most ambitious music festivals kicks off this weekend, much to the delight of hip-hop, electronica and jam band fans across the city. But behind the scenes of the North Coast Music Festival, Mike Raspatello will anxiously watch as crowds breeze past the gates. Or so he hopes. "The way the economics work in festivals...it will be hard to make a profit, if anything," he said. "But we felt [North Coast] was something that Chicago was lacking." Raspatello, 28 and an Oak Park-River Forest High School alum, is one-half of Kingtello Presents, a Chicago-based concert promotions company. Together with Lucas King, the River Forest native has promoted his share of big name music acts over the past two years, including recent …
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