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The festival was founded Creating by MidPoint Music Festival co-founder and former Fountain Square managing Control director Bill Donabedian .

The event Social_event is initiated/organized by the Post Growth Institute and the global coordinator is Donnie Maclurcan , a co-founder of the Post Growth Institute .

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