Mountain Jam 2018 - Hunter NY 6/15-6/17

I tend to agree.

I though the earlier in the day bands were good but a lot of them to me were similar and I must admit I didn't love them all enough to spend the entire day inside. 

I think there needs to be a healthy mix of some older bands that pull in that original crowd and a the younger bands to pull in the younger. 

This is my 5th mountain jam (I believe) and crowd size was noticeably smaller. We got parked way up the mountain which totally sucked - kinda flat but what a bitch of a walk that was. It 100 percent played into my not going in as early as I normally do and then hoping back and forth for sets. I really liked the new tent stage. I thought I was going to hate it but it was so intimate and I though the sound was good. I think it works way better that that small stage next to the main where like 40 people awkwardly stand spread out among a huge field. The earlier acts at the main stage felt embarrassingly small but it was nice to get up close. 

I really loved Sturgils set and Alt Js. I felt like people like them and PTM took being at Mt. Jam as an opportunity to be a lot more jammy than their albums would suggest they are and I really liked it. I wasn't too jazzed before hand for Jack Johnson - but he was one of my standout performances based mostly on experience. Just sitting on my blanket with friends singing along as the sun set was the perfect way to end the fest. 

Hopefully this doesn't stop them from having this next year. I hope good things happen. I didn't see them pushing promotion of pre-sale tickets for next year. This may be my last year camping though. The nights were colder than I was prepared for. Overall had a great time.