Top 10 Reasons Music Festivals Suck

08.26.2008

Outside Lands is a big, 3-day music festival in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco. I caved and bought a ticket for Friday night in spite of the following reasons. My reasons were only reaffirmed when I was there and I’m thankful I didn’t shell out the money for the full 3 days.

  1. Long lines for food
  2. Long lines to get an alcohol bracelet
  3. Long lines to get alcohol
  4. Long lines to pee
  5. Burn out and exhaustion
  6. $$$ Tickets
  7. VIP Areas
  8. Half-assed fans
  9. Having to pick between 2 good bands
  10. Corporate sponsorships

Don’t get me wrong; I liked the line-up and I liked all the performances. Radiohead put on a fantastic show even if I only could watch them on the screen. And #9 wasn’t a problem because no one else played at the same time as the headliner. But I still feel like I paid $100 to go to a crowded Radiohead show.

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Comments

  1. SF Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    1. You paid a lot of money for half a day
    2. It was the first day of the first year that Outside Lands was put on.
    3. How often do you get to see 3-5 bands you’ve always wanted to see. Killing 5 birds with one stone is pretty awesome.
    4. Stop being a pussy and sack up.

  2. banana Says:
    August 11th, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    I’m talking about quality vs. quantity. I would rather see the bands that I like perform an individual show in a more intimate environment that’s full of die hard fans.

    I’m not trying to cross bands off of my list.

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