User:Laarnol/Alabama crawfish broil

History
The Crawfish Boil was started eighteen years ago by Aaron and Phyllis Beam. Back in LSU they would boil fifty pounds of crawfish for them to eat and they would bring in musical artists for them to listen. Things started to pick up and people started to sell the invitations. It was then that Aaron Beam decided to charge people and give the money to charities. Beam met Dr. Jack Schaeffer of Schaeffer Eye Center and they became partners in the venture and turned the Crawfish Boil into a street festival in Birmingham, Alabama. They decided all the money they would make would go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Musical Appeal
The Crawfish Boil brings in music to appeal to all types of fans. The festival brings in rock groups and hip-hop artists. They also bring in one or two more classic groups for the older generations.

People Who Attend
The Crawfish Boil was designed to be a street for families and friends. When a viewer attends the festival they will see a wide variety of ages. The most common age that a viewer would see is those who are between 19 and 30.

2013
•     Train •     Flo rida •     Gary Allen •     Robert Randolph and the Family Band •     Banditos

2012
•     Lupe Fiasco •     Snoop Dogg •     Wiz Khalifa •     Jane's Addiction •     The Head and the Heart •     Megadeath •     Brantley Gilbert •     Blackberry Smoke •     Drake White

2011
•     Stone Temple Pilots •     Buckcherry

2010
•	Goo Goo Dolls •	Train •	Akon •	B-52s •	Seether •	Jay Sean •	Jason Derulo •	Theory of a Dead Man •	Rocket Summer •	Alice in Chains •	Fuel

2009
•`     Katy Perry •	Snoop Dogg •	LL Cool J •	Jason Mraz •	311

•      All American Rejects •	Saving Abel •	Shinedown •	Bushwalla •	Shiny Toy Guns

2008
•	3 Doors Down •	T-Pain •	Seether •	Candlebox •	Southern Culture on the Skids •	Fergie •	Gavin DeGraw •	Corey smith •	Flo Rida •	Carney •	Rue Melo

2007
•	Barenaked Ladies •	Collective Soul •	Cheap Trick •	Cracker •	Papa Roach •	Feul •	Spin Doctors •	Akon •	Hinder •	Soul Asylum

Charities
The Alabama Crawfish Boil give money to many charities. The main Charity the give to is the Alabama Crawfish boil.

Recycling Program
Every year at the end of each festival the Schaeffer Eye center has an extreme recycling program. They gather trash from the grounds which this year accumulated to be 5,000 plastic bottles, 23,000 cups, and 39,000 cans.

Ticket Prices
The prices of the tickets are very cheap considering all popular bands a viewer gets to see. The tickets are twenty dollars a day, and if one buys a weekend pass it is 35 dollars a day, saving one five dollars. VIP tickets are sixty dollars, but this includes all you can eat food and a separate stage that is close to the main stage. Here you can dance, drink, and have fun without being in the hassle of the huge crowd.

Sponsors
The Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil has many Sponsors which include: •	Budlight •	Schaeffer Eye Center •	WV TM Channel 13 •	Coca-Cola •	Virginia College •	Culinard: The Culinary Institute if Virginia •	Liveupscalebham.com •	America’s First Federal Credit Union •	Sheraton Birmingham •	Papa John’s •	The Marines •	ZeeKee Interactive •	Aero Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Service •	Heil HVAC Products •	BIG Communications •	Black and White •	Monster Energy

Problems
Like most festivals there are tons of illegal acts that occur such as: underage drinking, underage purchase of alcohol, distribution of alcohol of those who are of age to minors, marijuana smoking and distribution, and an assortment of other club drugs. This year the number of teen’s arrests went up by forty. In 2009 there were 50 teen arrests and this year alone, 2010, there were 90 teen arrests. This does mean that the security is becoming tighter because the safety of the people at the festival is look at with the up most importance.