First time at lockn

Get there early & as soon as you get out of your car you'll be part of the Lockn' family. I go solo myself & love this festival for the way they are for solo. No such word when you get there. Take your time when you get there. All acts will be one after another in the same place so no hurry. And then there's all that crap that Critial Bill said. Now join the board & join us for the Lockn' Forum meetup.

Which RV area are you staying in? VIP or GA? Not for certain where these areas are this year but typically VIP RV is right next to the main show field. They had a new location for GA RV last year but had to move it at the last minute due to the microburst. Hopefully the new map is released soon. All RV spots are provided electricity. GA RV has to pay to have water tanks filled and grey/black tanks dumped. This is included in VIP RV. The VIP RV area is close enough to easily go back to camp for a meal or or a beverage. GA RV is more of a hike.

Anyway welcome to the board and please don't feed the animals...

A group of my friends and family have done GA-RV the past three years and everything worked out well. As said above, the area is a long walk to the stage, so not a lot of back and forth--if you can ride a bike uphill, that would be good to have.

However, at their first one, they spent a lot of time waiting around for the pump-out trucks and may have been short-pumped one time. Filling from 5 gallon jugs humped uphill wasn't fun (and sometimes you can't pour in against the check valve). They suggest renting the biggest RV you can just for the extra capacity; bring some already-full water jugs with you.

You will also want to spread a tarp out on the ground in some places, where the grass is thin.

You are doing it exactly right. There are lots of threads with some of the same questions and answers. Search thru the site. It will give you tons of good info. I see following the charcoal thing as a courtesy to honor the land owners request. You can be a charcoal grill master just about every other weekend of the year. The people on whos property you are camping have asked you not to burn charcoal on their farm grounds. Seems reasonable to me. They do not, or at least have not, strictly enforce the 1 case of beer rule. That is mostly in place to keep people bringing in mass quantities and vending beers. We always stash as much of our beer as we can out of sight. If 2 of you rolled in in a station wagon with the back completely stacked with beer there would be something said. Glass is another courtesy and safety thing. Glass bottles of hot sauce or olives aren't a problem. Beer in bottles is a problem. Booze in bottles is a problem. They will be confiscated if seen. Canned beer is a much much better solution. Again the people on whos property you are camping have asked you not to bring glass bottles on their farm grounds. Seems reasonable to me. The RV search has been relatively routine. Just like any other event don't be a jerk to the people working, be discreet when you roll up. Make sure the first cooler that they can open is a lot of bottled water and such on top. You'll be just fine.

Welcome to Interlockn'. Prepare for fun. Since you're kid free, save some fuel for late night. Likely to be some of the best stuff.

That's too funny, wife and I were talking Bloody Mary bar as well. Great minds think alike... refering to you and my wife, of course. I'd be happy with just a big jug of gin  ;-) 

Amen--I'm not even going this year and I am still emotionally invested.

I will be getting my knee replaced on August 2nd. Does that exempt me from being a beast of burden? Can I at least only have to give shoulder rides to the children in VIP/sVIP?

I feel bad for those of you with joint issues that can't be fused. I really didn't want to lose the mobility in my ankle, but it's given me more mobility over all.

I seriously dreamt of Lock'n again last night, for the 3rd night in a row.  It's awesome because obviously dreaming of being at a great music festival is a fantastic dream. The last festival I attended was All Good in 2010 after many years of attending dozens of beautiful festivals large small and everywhere in between.  I know what fun is in store. I may have a border line unhealthy obsession with the upcoming and greatly anticipated (for me, anyway) Lock'n.  I already have the butterflies.  My husband came home from a 12 hour shift tonight and all I can talk about is festival planning and the bands... bands that we have never heard that are on the lineup that I've been listening to every chance I get b/c I AM SO EFFING EXCITED,  it tickles the shit out of him.  I'm so excited about the lineup, the R2L announcement, being around like minded people, giggling, dancing, DANCING!!! Not trying to be annoying, just totally obsessed, drinking vodka and had to share.  

I'm an idiot, thought the meet and greet was a pre-festival thing, which is why I said I would try to make it. But after reading some other posts, forum folks will meet up at the festival which should be so totally obvious. I'm not thinking clearly, kinda like love sick anticipating Lock'n. Me and mines will definitely be there! Hoping to make this festival an annual tradition for my gang. When the initial dates were announced, my husband requested vacation time. Then the dates were changed and he wasn't able to switch the vacation days. And I've been out of the festival loop for a long time, so I didn't realize how expensive it has become to attend and camp and park. So we were counting this festival out, which was disappointing for sure. Then.... the stars aligned in such a way that we got the time off from work, got a babysitter worked out and a ticket miracle happened... so yeah, not thinking clearly at all. Still can't believe it.