Conference Frustration

I’m really frustrated with living in New York. Now before you give me a list of reasons why NY is great (probably to come from those who don’t live here)…let me explain.

Every movie, book and website will tell you that you need to be in NY or LA to make it big. So thank you, our state is overcrowded with people so focused on themselves and “making it” that we’re the rudest state in the country. But that’s not really what I’m currently frustrated with.

I’m frustrated with the fact that although many many bands, conferences and tours come to New York…not many of them are “Christian.” Now don’t get me wrong, many secular bands have Christian members, I’m not being judgemental…but I’m saying that when you do a google search for a band signed to a Christian label or even harder, a conference geared towards Christian life, often, they’re not coming here. It’s only been recently that Battle Cry and Revolve Tour are close…and even still, Revolve Tour is a trip to CT or PA. They don’t stop in NY. And women’s conferences I think are even harder to find. I once found a conference that I was insanely interested in going to…to find out it pretty much stayed in the mid-west. And the upcoming She Speaks Conference I would love to go to, is in North Carolina. It’s a conference specifically for women who speak, write, blog and lead ministries. It sounds awesome. So although I won’t be going this year…maybe one year down the line I will. For now I’ll just keep reading their blogs as they get super excited for it. Check them out! She Speaks Blog & Lysa TerKeurst.

I guess I’m hoping that 10 people will reply and tell me how crazy I am because there is a whole list of bands and conferences that come here and I’m just clueless. So go ahead, comment away

And if anyone has any power to change this, I would support your decision fully!