Global Citizen Festival Central Park 2018

Last year the artists were announced on 8/1 so should be getting this soon.

I can't tell you the date of the festival, but I can tell you that it's always taken place the last week of September, and five out of six festivals have taken place on Saturdays four days after the Tuesday opening of General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly (the exception being 2015 when debate was delayed until the Monday after the usual date due to the Jewish holidays). In 2018, General Debate is scheduled to begin Tuesday 9/25, so I'd expect the festival to take place on Saturday 9/29. 9/15 is three days prior to the opening of the session, which in UN time is two weeks earlier than it's ever taken place, and probably earlier than it would take place, given that it seems mistimed to have the impact intended by the sponsoring organization.

Long time lurker but first time poster here...

I have no line up insights but the date's been set for this for awhile - September 29th. There was a VIP Flyaway contest that had this date, and VIP tix have been on pre-sale since May 1 on Ticketmaster! Actually that pre-sale ends today so I expect the actual announcement today or tomorrow.  If so inclined to get VIP without knowing the line up, I'd buy today as the price will go up when the announcement comes.


www1.ticketmaster.com/global-citizen-festival-new-york-new-york-09-29-2018/event/00005490CF9D924B?artistid=1892867&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=766

Lmfao at anyone who paid for panorama headliners

Why? Global Citizen is a shit show, it’s not worth the free admission. Wanting to see bands in an actual festival setting makes a lot of sense.

Never did it. But guaranteed close spot to the stage; and those are the only two sections with bar access. $150+fees. 

A free shit show is better than a paid rained out shit show.

Implying the typical attendee of this isn’t a poor non adult.

Panorama wasnt really that much better. Two out of the three crossover acts that a lot of people bought tickets for were cancelled. So the only act that is actually crossing over is Janet. And her show was great, but the field was completely mud and smelled like shit. Unless theres a storm, Global is going to dunk on the Panorama experience; plus its mostly free.

Nothing but love, Launchy, but I disagree on this one. Unless you pay, Global Citizen is a rough day, and, even as cockeyed as Panorama went this year, it was a better experience, overall (unless, of course, you were only there for the Friday artists, obviously). Amenities are few and geographically not easily accessible (especially once the crowd gets in), and the lines are no joke. You have to pay for water (which, with the hot September temps, now, thanks to climate change and all, is no small thing, any more). Getting in is a huge pain in the ass. Most of the sets are short (Metallica got, what, 5 songs a couple of years ago? Last year, the Killers got 4). And, once you find your spot, you're pretty much stuck there for the full day, as there's not really anything else to see or do. 

I've been to Global Citizen the past three years, and I've had some really good times, there (Kendrick in 2016 FTW), so I'm not shitting on the thing, overall. But I'd take a full festival experience - even a Panorama 2018 one - over GCF any day. 

I think this might be the first year in a while I don't go. This is the same day as Day 1 of The National's thing out at Forest Hills, for which I already have tickets...plus, if I'm being honest, having seen Janet at Panorama, the only artist on that list I'm bummed to miss is Janelle Monae (and I'm still pondering a late 1-day pass purchase to Afropunk, which would ease that pain). 

Those are pretty good points. It is more fun to be at a festival where you can walk around and go to other stages and attractions than one field with one stage.

The set times thing is a little off base. It depends on which act you were coming for. Metallica only got 30 min which definitely was a bummer (although seeing them play as the sun was going down was pretty cool. Enter Sandman as soon as it got dark out was perfectly timed). But the headliners were really Kendrick and Rihanna. Kendrick got an hour and Riri got an hour 15.

I would imagine based off this lineup: Cardi is going to get 30. Weeknd will get an hour. and Janet will get an hour 15 (so only about 15 min less than she got at Pano).


Nothing but love right back at you Kraken 

I've been to Global Citizens twice (2012, 2015) both times in the Premium VIP (or whatever is the closest aside from the "Ultra" which is invite only I think). Honestly, it doesn't seem that worth it. I would have gone last year to see Green Day, The Killers and The Lumineers but given they all play 17 songs total between them, just wasn't worth it. The cause and the speeches all come from a good place but it can get tiring after you've been standing in the same spot all day. 2015 was particularly bad as the crowd was getting restless for both Beyonce and Pearl Jam yet had to deal with yet another speaker talking about the lack of toilets in some country or lack of education opportunities elsewhere. I know I'm coming off as insensitive, and I really don't mean to be, but there's a time and place for that and a bombardment of information to a large crowd in that environment just doesn't work.

Even if you're in the premium VIP area, you're still not THAT close and the opportunity to go to the bathroom/get food is fairly limited as people tend to pack in. That being said, for $150 if you love all acts on the lineup, it's not a bad investment. Just be prepared to be standing in your spot all day.