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Sorry if this has been covered somewhere I did a search and couldnt find anything. Ive seen a couple places that say they clear out the people in front of the stage after every act. I was wondering exactly how they did this. Is there an extra gate put up towards the front of the stage? It seems like there would be a line forming somewhere early in the day for the headliner that night. Thanks!
I don't believe they make you leave inbetween acts. I know that year 1 my crew sat in the same spot from Galactic (is that right?) through ZTrip through Trey to the end of the night. Anyway, these days there's so much else going on... I don't have the attention span to stay in one place.
Post by Sköldpadda on Mar 22, 2008 13:07:12 GMT -5
It was done like this in '07, and presumably will be again this year...they have an area directly in front of the stage which they call the "pit," it's along the length of the stage and fills in from either side. It's separated from the rest of the crowd by a metal barrier, and I'm not sure how far back from the stage it is (never even saw it with my own eyes).
Between shows, they empty it out, and let people in who have lined up at the entrances on either side. It's there so that more people get the chance to actually be right in front of the stage for shows. You can be by the barrier all day, though, and they won't make you leave if you happen to want to see all the shows that day. You just won't be able to be right in front - unless you wanted to line up for the headliner. Conveniently, while standing in line to get in, you have a pretty good view of the stage.
LOL...I didn't try to go into the pit last year because I thought it was vip only! Are you guys f*cking with me or is what you said about first come first serve totally legit?
Post by plasticpepper on Mar 22, 2008 14:40:46 GMT -5
oopsikillednana summed it up very well, but I'll add that this pit only exists at What Stage because it's only for the biggest acts that they need to open it up like that.
If you wanted to, though, you could camp in front of a Tent all you want. I even slept in the Cinema tent Thursday night in 06, and have heard of people camping out infront of, say, Other Tent all day and night, if there was a late night show they really wanted to be up close for.
Post by handgunhipster on Mar 23, 2008 9:21:01 GMT -5
^^ Most of the time though, during the headliners-- the tents.. [and most of centeroo, it seems] are near dead. You could leave the headliner a little early and still get right up close for a late night set. I know I did that in '06 and I was front and center. :] But, that's only my case.. it might be different with bigger latenight acts. :]
Post by plasticpepper on Mar 23, 2008 16:28:55 GMT -5
In my experience it's really not that hard to get up front at all. To be fair, the shows I wanted to be up front for were not the most popular ones, so I'm sure it's trickier to get up close for the big names. But my friend and I got up to the front row for all of the shows we tried to - Paolo Nutini, Manu Chao, Spoon (I wasn't with her for that one but she still got up there) and the Decemberists (although we were so exhausted we ended up leaving that spot before the show started so we could stretch out on the grass and relax instead).
