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Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Feb 8, 2017 17:41:11 GMT -5
Coachella is the first name mentioned – That girl you know from college will see that Beyonce is headlining and heard that Radiohead is good so she’ll tweet a picture of the lineup captioned, “OMG dying. Going to Coachella this year” (spoiler alert: she doesn’t end up going). For most, Coachella isn’t feasible logistically unless you have a few G’s to blow.
Post by Pepe Silvia on Feb 8, 2017 17:45:09 GMT -5
so am i the girl from college or the one with a couple G's to blow? cause i scraped together every cent to make coachella happen this year, and i think radiohead are a little better than "good".
Coachella is the first name mentioned – That girl you know from college will see that Beyonce is headlining and heard that Radiohead is good so she’ll tweet a picture of the lineup captioned, “OMG dying. Going to Coachella this year” (spoiler alert: she doesn’t end up going). For most, Coachella isn’t feasible logistically unless you have a few G’s to blow.
You can do better than this.
Satirical introduction to bridge into the point of the article.
And yes, if you've ever met a midwestern college-aged girl, you'd know that this is very common.
For most not located in the west, Coachella is much pricier. I wish I could go.
A couple of points of disagreement. The caveat is I haven't been to a Lolla since it was a traveling fest in '92 and '93.
Food at Bonnaroo ain't all that. Last trip there (I've gone twice) was 2015. The generic fest shit is generic fest shit. Spicy Pie is at lots of other festivals as well, and while I'll eat it, it ain't all that. I did enjoy some of the food trucks back by Which and Calliope. There was a tasty meatball truck and an artisan pizza truck that were both pretty palatable. The Gournet bacon flight was decent but more of a novelty than the great bacon it was supposed to be. However I hooked this one drooling guy up with a slice when he saw me walking with the box shaped flight tooth picked together.
And maybe it was that Phish and Radiohead were at 2012 that brought out a larger contingent of hippies with cool vibes, but I found 2015 to be more rite of passage and douchey. One of my kids was splitting a piece of pizza with his brother and some frat chump called him a *ag and tried to start some shit. His friends got him out of there so it wasn't an issue in the end. But Lolla or Roo or whatever, learn to handle your fucking booze. I'm guilty as anyone in that category, but if I'm trolling you, it's gonna be funny.
A couple of points of disagreement. The caveat is I haven't been to a Lolla since it was a traveling fest in '92 and '93.
Food at Bonnaroo ain't all that. Last trip there (I've gone twice) was 2015. The generic fest shit is generic fest shit. Spicy Pie is at lots of other festivals as well, and while I'll eat it, it ain't all that. I did enjoy some of the food trucks back by Which and Calliope. There was a tasty meatball truck and an artisan pizza truck that were both pretty palatable. The Gournet bacon flight was decent but more of a novelty than the great bacon it was supposed to be. However I hooked this one drooling guy up with a slice when he saw me walking with the box shaped flight tooth picked together.
And maybe it was that Phish and Radiohead were at 2012 that brought out a larger contingent of hippies with cool vibes, but I found 2015 to be more rite of passage and douchey. One of my kids was splitting a piece of pizza with his brother and some frat chump called him a *ag and tried to start some shit. His friends got him out of there so it wasn't an issue in the end. But Lolla or Roo or whatever, learn to handle your fucking booze. I'm guilty as anyone in that category, but if I'm trolling you, it's gonna be funny.
As far as the food assessment, I agree that most of the food is standard festival grub. But compared to Lolla, there've always seemed to be more options and more "Bonnaroo Comfort Foods", if you will (Amish Donut, etc)
Any festival or gathering of that nature is bound to bring in some bad apples. My neighbor last year actually was sloppy drunk, hitting on my girlfriend and it got to the point where there was a decent bit of tension and we had to tell him to stop talking to us. That said, in comparison, you'll meet many more friendly, outgoing people at Bonnaroo. It doesnt define everyone, but it beats Lolla in that category.
I hear you. For me, the very best of the best crowd I ever experienced was Bear Creek at SoSMP in 2014. I posted about it in the thread that year. It was literally a 0% douche factor. Wakarusa (we went 14 and 15) is second though some of the entertainment is watching people spun out of their minds. No cop policy helped keep that Fest as hip as a midsize fest could be.
As for the food, I'm native NOLA, so my expectations are not typical of most. Getting some quality food in and maybe trying something new is always up my alley. Jazz Fest is the best, bar none. (French Quarter Fest is up there too, but that's a whole different animal). Voodoo was on point this year, as was Day for Night (when the lines weren't horrendous).
Lollapalooza's crowd is WAAAY younger ! I never feel out of my element at either, BUT, never do I feel the crowd at Roo is too young. Its always a good mix. Lolla, on the other hand, can get a little young. Esp at night around the Perry's stage. Shoot, anytime around the Perry's stage....
Lolla's food is way better. I get the love for Spicy Pie and Amish Doughnuts but Lolla has an entire street lined with food stands that were hand picked by celebrity chef Graham Elliot. It's not overpriced or underportioned either.
Edit: I don't know if you checked out what Lolla does for food or not but you definitely don't need to leave the festival to get good food. www.lollapalooza.com/chow-town/
I spent $400 less to pay for everything for Coachella this year than I did for Lollapalooza in 2015. Hotels are steep at Lolla time in Chicago and Coachella offers camping. It's absolutely feasible if you can budget well. But yeah, in high school everyone always talked about going and it was annoying. I feel you on that
Post by priv8snoball on Feb 9, 2017 7:46:40 GMT -5
I've been to Bonnaroo the last 3 years and went to Lollapalooza last year for the first time and just wanted to chime in on a few points. I think it's really hard to compare the two festivals because they're almost polar opposites in my opinion. On one side you have the rugged, free-spirited, escape from real life that is Bonnaroo and on the other you've got the modern, and captivating cityscape that is Lollapalooza.
Location: There are plenty of pros to camping out like making new friends with neighbors but you also have to endure the elements which isn't for everyone. It can't be overstated how nice it is to sleep in an A/C room every night on a real (or blow up) mattress. You also have the city to explore which for a first timer in Chicago was a lot of fun.
People: Lollapalooza was a younger crowd hands down but I never thought it was an issue. Sure there were a lot of drunken teens by Perry's stage but there was a pretty easy solution to avoiding them and that was to just stand a little further back. OP mentioned meeting new people at Bonnaroo with smiles and I'd say I met just as many people like this at Lolla as Bonnaroo including some of the younger people. Not every 18-21 year is some punk bitch.
Food: There's more variety at Bonnaroo but I'd say the quality is better at Lolla. There's less vendors at Lolla os the lines are a bit longer.
Late Night: Hands down the biggest thing I missed at Lolla were late night acts but to make up for it we would just get into the Park earlier to get a full day of music in.
Lineup: In terms of raw musical talent I think it's pretty easy to argue that Lolla has been better the past year or two. They've had more bands that have covered a broader spectrum in my opinion.
My plan for this year is to go to both again because they're unique enough to get great experiences from both. I'm going to Bonnaroo to escape reality for a few days and going to Lolla for what I'm expecting to be a better musical lineup.
This is the first message board I've ever been on, the only reason I joined is because I love Bonnaroo and wanted to read and talk about it all year long.
