2016 attendance

I think it will be about the same--although the earlier date may allow more college kids to go from further away.

Traffic will be better this year compared to last. Some entering in Wednesday, more people trickling in on Thrusday throughout the day, and Friday. Last year we all had to get in on Friday causing the seen.

Could be more, less, or the same, considering we don't have verified numbers for the last three Lockns and we won't have verified numbers for this one either.

We do have verified numbers:





www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/lockn-traffic-study-to-focus-on-roads-other-infrastructure/article_4673e5f0-2f6c-11e6-8f26-030de346358d.html

I don't think it will go back to the Sept dates. The conflict between NASCAR, college football and Lockn was too much for the portos/generators supply to handle.

I assume they took a loss as well. So why should they increase that loss by giving even more discounts than they give with lumni? Sorry but i chalked it up as mother nature and didnt expect anything from them. The scrambling they did to make the other three days enjoyable was payment enough for me.

Phish

Didn't know that and really that's all I would have wanted, just the difference between the RV ticket and a regular car camping pass as essentially that's what we ended up doing.  I agree that they did as good a job as possible from there out with the music and really every other aspect of the fest.  I don't even remember it ever being very muddy in most places, which I was astounded by.

I guess I just figured that's what they have insurance for is to pay for the losses they incur from situations like that, but I guess that's not how it works.

Sounds like they are talking VIP sales.

This is the last thing I'll say about it...

When you are on the final screen to purchase your tickets on the festival website there is a box at the bottom that you have to check with the following statement beside it:


I agree to the Ticketstoday User Agreement and have read and understood the Ticketstoday Privacy Policy. I also understand and agree that all sales are final. There are no refunds unless the event is cancelled or postponed.


From where I sit, Thursday was cancelled.  I suppose they interpret this to mean that no refund unless the entire fest is cancelled...okay.  But where do you draw the line?  If Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were all cancelled but Sunday went as planned would that warrant a refund?

*sighs*

Look I'm not saying that I think the music shouldn't start earlier on Thursday this year. All I'm saying is I think it's a little overboard to blame me having to wait in line for that long on poor planning on my part. Ha, trust me we had planned out the ass. How was I supposed to plan what to do in case Thursday was cancelled? We adapted and got there as early as physically possible from the point that the news broke.

Considering the camping options that "Sold Out," I think it is pretty obvious that attendance will be up this year.

Personally, I find this lineup is absolutely stellar. Phish, MMJ, and JRAD are bringing me back despite the debacle that was last year. I was pretty bitter about the way they handled the situation with Thursday in 2015. I realize that weather was outside of their control, but the reaction to it wasn't. The decision to put a headliner at the beginning of the day was "dubious" to begin with. Then, I sat in the field of broken dreams for a second time, watching hundreds of cars arrive after me and enter ahead of me, while the Doobie Incident went off. With an entire day cancelled, some sets were abbreviated, some artists didn't perform, and we lost 20% of the music for the weekend. That fact, coupled with the delays getting in on Friday, meant that I missed more than a quarter of the festival. Seems to me they should have offered a partial refund.

But that's all in the past now, and I'm looking forward to the most exciting festival lineup I've seen in 5+ years.