About the Podcast

Behind the scene stories of the world's greatest live events.

You will go behind the stage of the best music festivals, the kitchen of celebrity chef tastings or the studio door to hear the stories of passion and inspiration that launched some of the world’s best festivals.

Through FestivalPass Stories (FPS) you can experience ‘life lived live’ and hear the ‘why’ behind your favorite music, film, food, theater and sports events.

Each week, FPS Host Pat Tully will bring his two decades of live event hosting experience to deliver a new story from a festival founder or the talent that drives event lovers, like you.

Stories

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Pat Tully

For nearly 20 years, Pat Tully has been hosting live events across the United States. He brings that experience to the table as the Host of the new Festival Pass Stories (FPS) Podcast, a series, as told by the people who create festivals and make them come to life.

FPS will take you behind the stage, kitchen or studio door to hear the stories of passion and inspiration of some of the world’s most beloved festivals.

From corporate events to non-profit fundraisers, Pat Tully has hosted over 1000 live events and interviewed some of the country’s most influential business and thought leaders as well as professional athletes, entertainers and A-list celebrities.

Each week FPS will bring you a different story from a festival founder or the talent that drives festival lovers to their annual events.

Hear the start-up stories and how an idea went from what if? To what’s next.

If there’s a festival for everything, then there’s a story to every festival and FPS delivers them to you, so you can live life live.

Latest Episodes

Ep. 78 Troy Johnson, Co-Founder of Del Mar Wine & Food Festival

Hey Festival Friends! What do you get when you combine great food, the best California wine, top chefs and top Food Network personalities with great weather? You get the Del Mar Wine & Food Festival. On this episode, our guest is Food Network personality and the co-founder of the Del Mar Wine & Food...

July 6th, 2023
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Ep. 77 Paul Reder, Founder/CEO of Bass Camp Festival

Welcome back festival friends. On this episode of FestivalPass Stories, our Host, Pat Tully sits down with Paul Reder, the founder of Bass Camp Festival, the electronic dance party in Reno on Lake Tahoe. July 28-30, 2023, Bass Camp will host its 6th annual festival taking place on multiple stages an...

May 19th, 2023
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Ep. 76 Freaknik Festival: The Wildest Party Never Told 

Is there anything quite like an Atlanta live music festival? They are famous, but one in the 90’s was infamous and it’s now back, in modern form. Freaknik Festival was so over the top that Hulu recently released a mini-series: Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told. On this episode of FestivalPass S...

May 19th, 2023
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All Episodes

July 6th, 2023

Ep. 78 Troy Johnson, Co-Founder of Del Mar Wine & Food Festival

May 19th, 2023

Ep. 77 Paul Reder, Founder/CEO of Bass Camp Festival

May 19th, 2023

Ep. 76 Freaknik Festival: The Wildest Party Never Told 

March 9th, 2023

Ep. 74 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Andrew McMahon

March 9th, 2023

Ep. 75 Legendary Lee Schrager Launches Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Food Festival

December 2nd, 2022

Ep. 73 Feelin' the Love from MoonKissed, the NYC based Synth-Pop Trio

October 28th, 2022

Ep. 72 Groovin' with Joe Hertler and The Rainbow Seekers

October 4th, 2022

Ep. 71 Dixon’s Violin: The World’s Premier Visionary Violinist

September 27th, 2022

Ep. 70 Crystal Starr: The Girl with the Golden Voice