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Top 10 Death grips Thee oh sees Diarhea Planet Thundercat Beach house Courtney Barnett Jagwar Ma Clipping. Dillinger Escape Plan Tim Heidecker stand up
Top 10: (no particular order) Run The Jewels Beach House Thee Oh Sees Phantogram Small Black Jagwar Ma DJ Set Bully Late Night Set Courtney Barnett Death Grips Thundercat
Honorable mention: Diarrhea Planet covering Bulls on Parade by RATM
Dissappointing: Purity Ring - Really don't understand the hype. Basic beats, ok singing, but gimmicky "crystal shape electronic drum kit" thing.
Fest review: It is hard to say if this ended up being profitable for Margin Walker. While it certainly wasn't a bust by an means, there was definitely room for capacity. The main stage seemed to, at most, hold around 3-5 times the size of Stubbs which pits it at about 6-10k. With the other 3 stages going, ample room to wander, and an entire camping section, I figure this hit around 12-15k tickets. I can't see why they don't throw this again seeing as everyone there was loving the environment, and given a slightly beefier line-up, it should sell a bunch more in 2017.
Festival Pros: The entire layout was on point. It felt like being a kid with limitless areas to roam and get lost, little houses to run through, and the usual medieval fair. The maps could have been better laid out but trekking from stage to stage was easy. Plenty of a great food options, many bars that never had a large line, ample toilets which occasionally ran out of TP. Assortments of fun activities like hatchet throwing, mini bike jousting, skate ramp, anarchy wrestling, tomato throwing, snail races, and just getting lost in the labyrinth of the festival grounds was awesome. Sound quality at the main stage could have been improved, but the design and field was good enough. The other stages were equally cool. Forest stage was planted in the middle of the grounds with, trees and other small buildings surrounding it. The "keep stage" was set up next to a castle that was off limits but begged me to try and find out what was in it. At the corner of the keep stage and the castle, you would see the occasional group of people overlooking from one of the towers that caste this feel of them being royal family and those of us down below, simple peasants moshing to Thee Oh Sees. The Globe Stage was set for comedy and set up and what appeared to be a typical center of town theatre or story telling area.
Cons: The Dragon Stage's sound was not always up to prime. Map could be improved. Lighting at times was dangerous with random areas being pitch dark with a very bumpy terrain. Mass confusion occurred during Sunday's evacuation (but, I suppose there isn't much to help with that).
Camping Pros: I think this is where the fest has an Ace up its sleeve. I don't have a huge amount of camp fest experience, but this was definitely my favorite which compares to Wakarusa's VIP camping. There was absolutely zero checking of vehicles, almost no wait, and you generally have as much room as needed to camp. Some areas were tighter than others. Many of the campsites are all very well established with existing structures, seating, fences, ect from the Ren Faire which makes the grounds extra unique. Mostly a short walk to festival grounds. The night sets (much like FFF Nites) were my favorite from Bully and Jagwar Ma. I missed Hinds the first night due to it being completely confusing finding the "camp stage (see Cons). There were plenty of bathrooms, generally a 24 hour Frank restaurant, comedy late night, dance parties in random nooks, a well placed water station.
Cons: I think this could also be a place for improvement. Better map and instructions for camping. Getting to the nite stage took forever, people were lost and I missed the Hinds set at 12am, although they showed up at Bully and danced around which was fun. Better lighting, maybe flatten some land, take care of the vast amounts of fireants colonies. That's about it.
Ill edit more as I think of other stuff and post some pictures.
