FestForums® Speakers

We host leaders and legends in the music, film, food & beverage, and wellness industries from all over the world

  • We’ve hosted festivals including: SXSW, Coachella, New York Food & Wine Festival, Burning Man, New Orleans Heritage & Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Essence Festival, Isle of Wight, Rhythm and Vines, Electric Daisy Carnival, Netflix is a Joke, New Orleans Heritage & Jazz Festival, Sundance Film Festival, San Diego Food + Wine Festival, Broccoli City Fest, Bourbon & Beyond, Vans Warped Tour, Ultra Music Festival, Summerfest, Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, Slamdance,and many more!

  • We have hosted leaders and legends including: the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Cat Cora, Alicia Silverstone, Kenny Loggins, Dennis Quaid, Taj Mahal, Matthew Modine, Alan Parsons, Michael McDonald, Jack Johnson, Dane Cook, Rita Coolidge, T-Bone Burnett, Richard Burgi, and so many more!

Past Festival Speakers

  • Kevin Lyman

    Founder, Vans Warped Tour

  • EJ Encalarde

    President and Chief Operating Officer, Festival Productions, Inc. - New Orleans

  • John Giddings

    Festival promoter of Isle of Wight Festival

  • Abbey Londer

    Chief of Staff, Netflix is a Joke

  • Peter Baxter

    President / Co-Founder, Slamdance

  • Stacie Cline

    Music Festival Venues Manager, SXSW

  • Nick Chavez

    Festival producer, Danny Wimmer Presents

  • Jenn Yacoubian

    Executive VP, Goldenvoice

  • Maureen Valker-Barlow

    Senior VP of Partnerships, Insomniac Events

  • Lee Brian Schrager

    Executive Director, South Beach Food & Wine Festival

  • Chad Issaq

    Producer; EVP of Superfly

  • Geoffrey Gilmore

    Director of the Tribeca Film Festival

  • Casie Latimer

    Partnerships, C3 Presents

  • Denise Yamaguchi

    Executive Director, Hawaii Food & Wine Festival

  • David Silbaugh

    Talent Buyer, Summerfest

  • David Beame

    Vice President, Global Events & Experiences, Global Citizen

  • Maureen Ford

    President of National Sales, Live Nation Entertainment

Past Performers, Artists, & Speakers

  • Alice Cooper

    American singer-songwriter

  • Alicia Silverstone

    Actress and activist

  • Bruce Dern

    American actor

  • Canned Heat

    American blues rock band

  • Cat Cora

    American professional chef

  • Christopher Guest

    Actor, comedian, screenwriter and director

  • Chuck Leavell

    American musician

  • Coen Brothers

    Filmmakers

  • Congressman Jamie Raskin

    Represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives

  • Dane Cook

    Comedian and actor

  • Dave Mason

    English singer-songwriter and guitarist

  • Dennis Quaid

    American actor

  • Dr. Steven Gundry

    American physician and author

  • Fisher Stevens

    American actor and director

  • Frances Fisher

    Actress

  • Harry Shearer

    American actor and comedian

  • Jack Johnson

    American singer-songwriter, surfer, and musician

  • Jeff Bridges

    American actor

  • Jesse Colin Young

    American singer and songwriter

  • John Fogerty

    American musician

  • Jon Anderson

    English singer-songwriter and musician

  • John Sloss

    Lawyer and film producer

  • Kenny Loggins

    American singer and songwriter

  • Marty Callner

    American director

  • Matthew Modine

    American actor and filmmaker

  • Michael McDonald

    American singer and keyboard player

  • Mix Master Mike

    American record producer and DJ

  • Nancy Silverton

    American chef and baker

  • Penelope Spheeris

    American filmmaker

  • Quentin Tarantino

    Filmmaker and director

  • Ray Parker Jr.

    Singer, guitarist and songwriter

  • Richard Burgi

    American actor

  • Rita Coolidge

    American musician

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    American singer-songwriter

  • Skip Martin

    American musician

  • Taj Mahal

    American blues musician

  • T-Bone Burnett

    American record producer and guitarist