Resonance Festival 2023 6/29-7/1 Come Have Fun in Ohio!

Come dance with me next year at my absolute favorite place in the world, Nelson Ledges Quarry Park! This years fest in SC was canceled, but featured Goose, Papadosio, Umph, Pigeons, Lotus, Amon Tobin and more! I hope some of you come and get lost in the woods with me. The park is beautiful. Tree covered, fires are allowed, sandy beach and a cool, spring fed quarry to dip in that is close enough to the stage to watch all of the acts. A state park with beautiful hiking is within walking distance.

Have wanted to go to both Resonance and Nelson Ledges Park for a long time but have never been able to make anything work. I am hoping to go this year. I was at the last year of Catskill Chill so I have a thing for going to smaller jam fests in their last year.

I think you would enjoy The Ledges. They have been doing fests for decades and things usually run pretty smooth. They had a problem with the Health Dept and Sheriff harassing them, and the sheriff and HiPo def look out for folks and target them because this place is in the middle of nowhere. But I have always had the best time there. I’m a little worried about how the space will handle this big of a fest. I think capacity is around 10,000 and with a full fest, camping gets crowded because there are somewhere around 500 or so sites that can occupy up to three tents. I’ve had to share a campsite with strangers, which I’m cool with. They did expand the campgrounds and continue to do so. So they may be completely prepared. There are only a few hotels that are close due to the location. The bands usually camp right there with everyone and some do shows in the woods late night.

But I do worry about being oversold there and how they will handle it. I don’t live too far and have a dear friend with a sheep farm right there, so even if it crowds out I’ll just camp nearby on a farm or something.

FYI for those considering — the festival announced Goose for four sets, two nights, honk honk:

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRHnj3NvKb

I am ! Goose x2 and Two Fingers for a Saturday day pass was going to the best weekend getaway. Shit still stings

I wonder if they are capping total attendance at 5000 then or doing day passes. Not sure how they would ever enforce that. Camping capacity is 5000, and attendance capacity as been 10,000 in the past. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a festival with more than around 5000 there, so this should run smoothly if they cap at 5000. May have to wait a little while on the showers since they only have 2 lol. Most people just dip in the quarry and call it a day.

It was an absolute highlight at Roo.

Saw on the Reasonance FB group someone from NLQP wrote a post and said Reasonance was bringing in bigger stages. Maybe that makes day passes less likely?

FYI for those thinking about attending — additions tomorrow and tickets going up/60% sold:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmor5HQN15f

Cause they can’t keep the festival in one location. Got kicked out of Coopers lake. Marvin’s mountain was the worst festival experience in my life , been to over 30. Was hype for Chucktown but idk what happened there. Too much logistical bs most likely. But 1000% agree Coopers Lake was such an awesome setup and time. Besides being at Hula and Roo I loved the grounds of Coopers

I don't remember seeing any extreme wookery afoot when I went, but sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. If the lineup this year is decent I may just have to get a ticket. Never been to Nelson Ledges, good excuse to try it out.

Definitely many many wookier fests. Charleston was cancelled because the venue was shut down by the local government. A bunch of shows had to cancel besides Resonance.