Verdict on S&F

As idiosyncratic who was progressive successful putting connected section shows, I tin recognize and admit the magnitude of enactment and enactment that goes into putting connected 1 of the biggest HC fests.

However, I truly didn’t bask this twelvemonth arsenic overmuch arsenic years successful the past and I don’t deliberation it’s incorrect to person sermon connected what could amended the experience. I’ve gone since pre 2019 and each twelvemonth I anticipation the nutrient prices get sorted amended BT they don’t lol

Ins and outs would amended the acquisition truthful overmuch for a fewer reasons: - I heard galore radical not coming to the venue until aft 5pm, this means overmuch of the underbill gets skipped until radical are funny successful coming. If ins and outs are allowed it allows for much radical to travel and spot bands intermittently alternatively than conscionable showing up erstwhile the ones they are funny successful are on. - it feels similar the main crushed for nary ins and outs is to support radical successful the venue successful bid for them to bargain nutrient from the vendors since the vendors apt paid immoderate interest to beryllium there. Also, not a azygous point nether $20 too a mean information of salted fries for $15 oregon a portion of pizza for $11. With nutrient being this costly (I personally skipped eating each time for fiscal reasons) radical are going to walk their $20 connected a portion alternatively and past you get tons of belligerent people.

Aside from that, I cognize parking is USC but deity fucking damn. $60 a time to parkland and past twelvemonth it was $45 a time which I thought was steep then. So close disconnected the bat, speech from the $170 summons positive fees you’re retired $100 connected conscionable parking and 1 repast alone. That not including merch either which of people is conscionable optional but it’s besides the lone mode to straight enactment the bands and enactment wealth successful their pockets.

I planned to marque the 5 positive hr thrust each time truthful that I could prevention wealth connected a country and walk it astatine the fest but aft the archetypal time I decided not to marque the travel up and prevention myself immoderate of the wealth I would’ve walk connected parking and food(and the outgo it would instrumentality maine to get there). Idk possibly I’m unsocial successful this but this is not a precise affordable festival for maine anymore. I’d presume it’s akin for a batch of the scene.