International Music Festivals

Im freaking out a little bit, could someone give me the run down on this fest? It’s in Mexico City? What’s the shuttle/transpo situation?

Think that'll be me! I went back in 2016 so my experience is not only a little dated but also, slightly different than casual festival goer. 

First, yes, the festival is in Mexico City but at a raceway that isn't too far from downtown. And yes, this festival sells out fast. They allow presale to people with a Citibanamex card which is a Mexico issued credit card. Then they release the rest of the tickets after which you can purchase with any card. Presale usually accounts for most of the tickets sadly but you can find a second market ticket pretty easily or try out on the general sale. It could be different now but I recall VIP topping off at around $700 which is crazy cheap when you compare it to American festivals. 

When I went, it was obviously sold out, so I got a 1 day ticket then my buddy hooked it up with a backstage pass for the 2nd day (this was when the fest was only 2 days). There are shuttles I recall but I drove with a friend so again, different experience. We stayed by the Frida Kahlo museum and that was about 20-25 mins? The festival is on a raceway so it's huge. The fest goes on till late, I believe 1ish? Now that I think about it, I don't remember any major conflicts with the main headliners. The year I went, first day headliners were Air, Pet Shop Boys (funny enough) and Killers and neither of them conflicted with each other. Then the 2nd day, LCD played without conflict from Lana (was right before) and Kraftwerk so it was all staggered. They played on 3 different stages. Warpaint went on on another stage and finished exactly before Suede started so they know how to program. It could be completely different now but I doubt it. 

The bargain of this fest is the prices. Shirts are no more than $20-25, large beers were around $8-10 and food was reasonably priced too. They have vendors packed with beers or food that walk through the crowd to serve you if you don't want to lose your spot. And they had everything. Want pizza? They got you. Want 3 beers? Got you. Want some freaking ramen? You best believe they got you too. It can get a little distracting when you're trying to see an artist but you quickly get over it just based on the pure convenience of never having to leave your spot. Good to carry pesos instead of bringing a card.

Weather wise, it's gorgeous during the day with it getting a little hot but at night, it gets freezing. It drops really bad because it's Mexico so pack accordingly. I remember shivering leaving LCD. Corona Capital has been one of my favorite festival experiences so hope this helps!

Oh, and some pics! 

Argh, Blur and Pulp! Not to mention other bands. Could be in for this but it's too close (but not close enough) to my U2 Vegas trips. Looks like they are working their way south so hopefully they do the US before that (pipe dream that Blur and Pulp are actually going to tour together here? Stranger things have happened ).

Granted it's the internet, but the reaction to the lineup on social media seems very mixed. A lot of people saying that's it's too old haha.

Same and the last few years the headliners have skewed younger Tame Impala and 21 Pilots in 2021 and last year Miley, MCR and Arctic Monkeys. 

reminds me of Mad Cool 2018 in that regard, though i like that a touch more than this.

Looks like first tier will be $250 before fees if I heard correctly.

Kind of bizarre that the presale for this starts tomorrow and they haven't released any details on ticket prices

Me too. And I was at Mad Cool 2018! 

I miss having money for festivals .. 

Friends in Mexico feel confident on finding passes closer to the date. It’s always like this according to them. They rather not deal with these high (for Mexico) prices. Lots of free passes are given away since the ultra rich get the first dibs on the early pre sale then end up unloading them. As soon as I hear of passes available, I’ll give a shout out in this thread.

Just get vip

Finally pulled up tickets to see how much they priced now. $500 a ticket. Sheesh.

I actually saved a bit of money since I was initially try for comfort when my card was declined and that's up to over 600 now