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Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:42 am to TheCaterpillar
I learned my lesson last year for the second Saturday when Springsteen played. We got to the gates about an hour and fifteen minutes before the opened in order to get a good spot. Well, once in the door, we turned the corner for Acura and ended up right at the last spot of the infield. Could barely move to piss or restock on food or beer.
I usually stick with the weekdays and first Saturday or Sunday now.
I usually stick with the weekdays and first Saturday or Sunday now.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:47 am to TheCaterpillar
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Jazzfest was the worst festival experience
This isn't something new.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:48 am to LSUrme
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The attendance problem really isn't anything new. Here's some previous attendance figures and also an article bitching about attendance in 2001. Apparently 2nd Saturday that year had 160k!
that year was similar to this Saturday--that year they had Dave Matthews (top touring act in the world) and Mystikal (#1 album in the country) playing at the same time. I saw the writing on the wall and stayed home--and I'm a Jazz Fest pro (IMHO...). This year it wasn't just the weather and Elton John, it was also TI and Ed Sheeran. Love 'em or hate'em, they all brought tons of people out.
Quint Davis said he learned his lesson back then, but obviously has forgotten since (or AEG live has more say now in the bookings).
That and allowing chairs to block the track and any walkway be obliterated by the big stages makes these days intolerable. I just go to the smaller stages at those times.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 10:59 am to TheCaterpillar
Weird, I had an awesome time on Saturday and was posted in front of the Acura stage all day. Beer lines were the longest, but each person in my group took turns going and buying a case to lessen the trips. Bathroom lines were nonexistent so long as you didn't try for the first 5 on each side. I walked past lines of idiots just to get a wide open port-o-let 50 feet farther down.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:10 am to Rickety Cricket
quote:That always cracks me up
I walked past lines of idiots just to get a wide open port-o-let 50 feet farther down.
it's like that every year
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:16 am to Rickety Cricket
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Weird, I had an awesome time on Saturday and was posted in front of the Acura stage all day. Beer lines were the longest, but each person in my group took turns going and buying a case to lessen the trips. Bathroom lines were nonexistent so long as you didn't try for the first 5 on each side. I walked past lines of idiots just to get a wide open port-o-let 50 feet farther down.
We do the same. Last year at Springsteen and this year at the Who and No Doubt we were right in front at the barricades. All of the above applied.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:33 am to Rickety Cricket
Yea Saturday was slammed, but we set up in front of Acura and had a blast. You mus be one of the retards standing in line at the first porta poty when there is an open one 5 down. Beer lines weren't too bad IMO.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:37 am to StickyFingaz
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Yea Saturday was slammed, but we set up in front of Acura and had a blast. You mus be one of the retards standing in line at the first porta poty when there is an open one 5 down. Beer lines weren't too bad IMO.
I never peed, so obviously you guys didn't read, but the wife and I walked around a good bit looking for empty bathroom lines for her and couldn't find anything.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:39 am to TheCaterpillar
It wasn't as bad as Fleetwood Mac 2 years ago when it was still wet and you couldn't even move... No one wanted to walk in the mud
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:45 am to Rickety Cricket
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was posted in front of the Acura stage all day
I wasn't about to do this and I'd expect Elton to be ridiculous, but that was something else. I walked around the edge of the crowd just to see what it was like.
I would rather see the smaller acts, but even those were absolutely crammed. You shouldn't have to get to one of the smaller stages 2 hours early IMO.
I much prefer festivals where I can walk around easily to all the stages and enjoy all types of environments and music.
I learned my lesson. I'll never go back to another Saturday at Jazzfest.
This post was edited on 5/4/15 at 11:52 am
Posted on 5/4/15 at 12:08 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I learned my lesson. I'll never go back to another Saturday at Jazzfest.
I'm sure you'll be missed
Posted on 5/4/15 at 12:11 pm to TheCaterpillar
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This Saturday at Jazzfest was the worst festival experience of my life
dude, what the hell are you doing out of nashville?
the weather was great here this weekend and we got steeplechase coming up saturday.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 12:40 pm to CAD703X
Saturday was probably the most crowded I have seen it. On par with that DMB in 2001. I maneuvered it pretty well though, started with Missippi Rail on Acura, then Chris Stapleton and Marc Broussard right in front of the sound stage at Gentilly. Then took the track to Acura catching some Kermit on the way at Congo. Note- the track was almost full at this point. If I would have gone any later I probably would not have been able to make it though. But took the track all the way to the right of Acura, and walked right up to a spot in front of the chairs for Jerry Lee Lewis and stayed for Elton. Had a group of 8 of us. No problems. Yesterday i brought chairs and posted up at Acura early though since the lineup was great.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 12:52 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Obvious money grab to not cap the tickets.
it still blows my mind that there is no "sold out"
at some point, its max capacity - and with the "valid any single day" type of tickets, its got to be incredibly hard to forecast crowds before
in a situation like this with Elton, rain the previous weekend, second sunday being good but not the MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINERS..... its going to be an insane number of people in there. They might have to downplay the numbers in the end. theres no way the event they put together saturday was a safe attendance level.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 12:52 pm to PearlsLSU
I made sure to get a spot when Davell Crawford started playing. I was probably 50 ft from the stage with no one behind me. By the time Jerry Lee Lewis started they showed an over head shot and there was probably 30,000 people. Then wen Elton came on it was estimated there were 60,000 around the acura tent. My wife and I left an hr before he ended and it tool us nearly 30 min to make it through the crowds. It was fricking insane.
This post was edited on 5/4/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 5/4/15 at 1:14 pm to CAD703X
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the weather was great here this weekend and we got steeplechase coming up saturday.
I'll be there. I'm back already. Sister got engaged Friday so our entire family surprised her in New Orleans for the weekend.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 1:16 pm to breauxstradamus
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I'm sure you'll be missed
What
A
Douche.
Of course I won't be missed, I wasn't suggesting otherwise
Posted on 5/4/15 at 1:32 pm to TheCaterpillar
Maybe I was just oblivious but Saturday was quite tolerable for us, coming from a person who typically hates large crowds. Left the Miller tent around 3, hit one bottleneck but was able to catch Jerry Lee Lewis finish up. Once he finished up the crowd loosened up a little and we moved forward. Ended up being almost center stage, less than 15ft from the barracade an hour before Elton started. I guess I went in expecting it to be a clusterfrick and a clusterfrick was what it was.
Posted on 5/4/15 at 1:33 pm to CAD703X
JF >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>steeplechase
This is fact. Just sayin'.
This is fact. Just sayin'.
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