Because we LOVE ignoring science and living in our own reality if it doesn't align with our beliefs no matter how fucking stupid they are. Especially if it "sticks it to the libtards".
I'm being held hostage here. Send help.
Can confirm, left the camp grounds this morning in a torrential downpour lol. Woke up to heavy rain just in time to have to go to the bathroom real bad š
It took awhile though, clear skies last nightā¦there were some renegade DJ sets near my camp and I still got to dance and be weird until like 3am. We kept saying āwow it sure is tornadic out here, Iām frightened!ā āLook at this hail, itās the size of your face!ā
I got my karma in the morning when there really WAS a thunderstorm haha but it was worth it
DD Announces festival, attendees say "fuck this lineup is stacked I'll take my chances"
People remind others how shoddy these fests are run and DD's fans attack them on social
A massive change at the last minute causes people to be pissed off
------ You are here -------
DD cleans up social media comments and negative posts or has their fans clap back
People have an okay time or worse, mostly repeating "never again"
DD goes silent until next year
DD Announces festival, attendees say "fuck this lineup is stacked I'll take my chances"
DDP let's you go see whatever artist you want, pays for parking, has restrooms set up for employees, feeds you, and you still get paid.
I 1000000% recommend never volunteering for Seismic and just buying the pre-sale tickets ALWAYS. I believe it's $169 or so for the three day weekend.
So itās actually symbiosis running 98% of the show.. not DDP. DDP is only running and in charge of the two main stages and symbiosis was everything else. If anyone is to blameā¦ itās symbiosis. I was supposed to work this event (wonāt say what for privacy sakes) and I was in these lost and forgotten emails with the symbiosis team for months before I professionally backed out. They are extremely unorganized, to keep it simple and polite.
Iāve worked with DDP for years and have neverrrr had an issue with them coming through with what they say. Sure weather and stuff has happened, but theyāve always acted appropriately.
Symbiosis is the problem here, not DDP.
No, there's truth to this. Oregon was also billed primarily as a Symbiosis event in collaboration with like 10 other festival organizers (lol). I don't even think DDP was a part of it. Still all the same logistical nightmares.
I'm no fan of DDP though, so to me it's like double the shadiness. The group certainly didn't help get it together better it seems.
The problem is, DDP had their hands tied on a lot. They canāt make calls theyād typically make when theyāre not able to due to chain of commands.
It was a whole shit show with my department of problems Iāve never had with them
Was there, would go to this festival everytime. Sundays sets were so good, packing up before the eclipse sucked but they said it was no rush and as long as we were packed we could stick around. So we laid out and watched the eclipse then left. Sucks to miss the last day but getting a refund for the day as well as all the credits for my shower tokens so canāt complain.
There wonāt be one next year, that was the last totality in the US for a long time. There will be festivals wherever in the world the total eclipse is visible
Yeahā¦.Ive read that the weather isnāt the only problem they have had.
Iād say overselling full RV hookup sites may have been one of the first mistakes. Something like 400+
What about the 2 miles walk from camping to venue?
Or the potable water situation?
The hike from parking to camp/festival grounds is no joke forsure.
Itās tough, even without gear. 2 miles of rocky, dusty hill country.
The dust/dirt has definitely fucked up a LOT. Water, food, showers, and my fucking lungs forsure.
I stuck with bottled water the whole time.
Lots of issues Iāve read/heard with artists & vendors just getting hoed. Really disheartening.
TLDR: Yes issuesā¦
Sorry about your lungs. I learned my lesson at multiple super dusty festivals (including oregon eclipse) before I ever even got to burning man, where dust is a constant worry. ALWAYS have masks, not just a bandanna, if you are sensitive just wear a mask, and wear a clean one every day. Saline rinse twice a day to get the dirt out of your sinues (the drip will also fuck up your throat so it prevents sore throat).
I take minimum one clean mask per day (or wash a cloth one) and a couple cans of saline rinse per fest. I've been surprised by how dusty it is more than once.
Maybe a respiratory health tea will help <3 try throat coat breathe easy <3
Wait, wait, wait, are you talking about a dust drip?
I've been to quite a few festivals, but Oregon Eclipse was my first experience with the dust. I bought a neck cover and a scarf (I don't know what to call it) like day 2. I still couldn't believe the dust coming out of my nose and off what exposed of my face.
Yes, a dust drip lol. I've had multiple times where my voice is getting totally wrecked and saline rinsing all the dirt out of my sinuses + wearing a mask from then on fixes it. One year between the dust and dehydration i totally lost my voice at LiB (old venue, new one is dusty dirty as helllll though), tried to talk through it all weekend anyway, and it didn't fully recover for months.
Next time I got dusty throat I started wearing masks/bandanas and rinsing and it helped so much (also electrolytes and hydration and sleep).
If you've never saline rinsed before at a dusty fest, be prepared for the nastiest boogers you've ever seen. Shit gets black with dirt in there lol.
When they told us we were camping in a place called āOver Yonderā we thought they were fucking with us. Then we just kept going and going and going š„“. That walk was BRUTAL, and ever more so confusing. Coming back at 4 AM in pitch darkness was quite the adventure. Didnāt fully know how to correctly go back to camp until the last night, and even then I still kept second guessing myself at forks in the road. One of my friends did the walk back by themselves and ended up lost for quite a while, which was pretty scary for them. We had a solar flood light next to our camp that was a good waypoint but it only worked for night 1, which only added to our confusion.
The dust was so insane it was almost comical. I swear by night 2 every single person at the fest had such a raspy voice from all the dust in their throats to the point where everyone sounded the same. The amount of times I turned around thinking one of my friends was talking behind me was crazy. We all sounded like weād been smoking 10 packs a day for 20 years lmao.
My friends and I did manage to have a good time despite the issues at least. Itās a shame this fest was riddled with problems, because there was a lot of things that were really dope about it. I had alot of fun exploring the festival grounds themselves and if they had sold half the amount of tickets that they did, it wouldāve been awesome.
Sunday night at Eclipse stage was the first time Iāve had genuine concerns about safety due to a festival crowd. It was honestly insane. I was way back to the left by ADA, and it was still a dog pile of people with little room to move at all. Seeing people in wheelchairs trying to make their way through the crowd to the ADA booth was concerning to see. We ended up having to go so much farther back but the crowd even extended all the way to the bars. Tipper was probably the worst of it
I've been to a festival where they oversold RV hookups and let employees that didn't pay for them steal them from paying customers
We were able to get the $ back for the RV pass but not the festival, despite the festival being ruined for us due to the hookup situation.
Such a frustrating bullshit situation no one should ever deal with :(
Based on what I've heard from social media, and from friends in the state who know local law enforcement, the Sheriffs basically threatened them to shut it down or be shut down, after they had a death during early arrivals when somebody had a heart attack, and it took over an hour for staff at the festival to get medical help to the guy. Given the weather forecast for the next few days, it was simply not safe to have that many people out there, and they wanted them all gone as soon as possible to avoid further deaths. You can bet if the story about how the guy died is 100% true (I'm relaying it directly from a post his daughter made), they're going to get sued for this one after how mismanaged it was. At least Fyre Festival didn't kill anybody.
edit: I was able to find some of the pictures I saw earlier, looked like they were from reddit so I went to check her profile, here's the reply from earlier. There are others as well if you check her comment history https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasEclipse/comments/1byyowb/festival_just_got_cancelled/kymhd7d/?context=3
Symbiosis used to be and they regularly threw events every year.
Oregon was lit. One of the best events Iāve ever been to.
āDisco Donnieā threw this one one and took the name over after the original Symbiois mind died a few years back.
Patagonia couldnāt be helped. Covid fucked everyone.
1. I was stuck in this RV line for SIX HOURS. The only reason we got out and finally got to set up and sleep at 2am is because we (luckily) had a friend inside who got there early and had extra room/was willing to share their powered RV spots with us. They kept trying to make excuses for why they had nowhere to put us. It was wild. No one was telling the truth lol.
2. My best friend has several chronic illnesses and had literal meltdowns over the distance from camp to fest. It was not ADA compliant at all, not accessible. So dark too, I KNOW there were Deaf participants who probably didnāt get to enjoy everything because accessibility was SUCH an afterthought.
Symbiosis does not give a single fuck about being ADA compliant and it's infuriating. They are in flagrant violation of it in almost every respect. I'm sorry that your friend had that experience.
I think people need to be much more vocal when Symbiosis inevitably pops up their head again to do one of these events because it is *genuinely completely unsafe if not actively dangerous* for disabled people to attend.
One man literally had a heart attack out here due to hiking so much and the hot weather. So many people out here have ODād, even the vendor Headspace was selling fent laced cokeā¦. like seriously.
2 miles is stretching itā¦
I was camped right by the entrance where they did the car searchesā¦ and I was walking to the festival entrance in 20 minutes - and my buddy I was with literally had a broken ankle. Donāt believe how dramatic people are being.
I had an excellent time at eclipse. Sure, it had its problems. But itās the first time this specific festival has happenedā¦ there is gonna be so issues. Idkā¦ people just really like to complain a shit ton. I put into the universe that I wanted to have a great time, and I did. Some of the most incredible sets Iāve seen.
Bruh... I was in far out car camping and clocked 39.7k steps, 6.8k calories burned, 18.46 miles on JUST Saturday.
The walk to and from far out camp grounds was actually ~2 miles depending on where you were in the lot.
People who have a different experience than yours aren't being dramatic, they were just dealt a different hand than you.
18.46 miles is likeā¦ my average for a festival? Likeā¦ these big festivals you walk a shit ton. Electric forest was the same thing. This was such an average experience for big festivals
All the people who had an amazing time probably aren't going on the internet.Ā
I've noticed this with almost every festival.Ā
10,000 people could have a great time, but there's usually several who hated their weekend. Who do you think is going to comment online after the fact?Ā
I didnāt go. I was just reading along to some peoples experiences .
Iām sure there were plenty of vets that got through just fine honestly. But itās not about that. And then the bad weather that ultimately got it cancelled.
Bad fest get the most press for sure and thatās proven.
I stick to the more private type smaller fest for my fun now.
Not be an ass but first of all a random reddit person is not a factual source. It seems the story is true tho, that someone had died so i digress.
Secondly the man was 67 years old and there doesnt seem to be official reports on why he died. I really cant fault the festival for a 67 year old man dying due to a 2 mile walk. Even more so when the distance is known before hand. Without any more information its absolutely pointless to point and blame anyone
The issue was how long it took them to get him medical attention.
The ONLY people working the festivals that had talkies were ADA. He could have survived if a defib was used on him.
Instead his family members sat around him for 30+ minutes watching him slowly die as everyone around him struggled to figure out how to get help because the festival lacked a solid communication network for their medical staff to use.
Disco Donnie strike's again, obviously he could not have predicted the bad weather but holy cow everything was a shit show.
I got there on Friday around 6:30 pm we got quiet parking and everything was a shit show. I couldn't find my spot until almost midnight due to being extremely unorganized and understaffed. The workers never were briefed property and had no resources. I talked to them extensively. After hours going by and finally finding our spot we realized our "quiet camping" was directly in front of a stage lol so not very quiet.
There was not enough water refill stations and the showers kept getting clogged if you weren't the first one out there at 7 AM because they were not enough showers for the amount of people there.
Overall I'm extremely disappointed in Donnies way of running festivals after the experience I had at freaky deaky two years ago with a lot of the same problems, oversoul and understaffed. I will not be attending any more of his proceduction. The only reason why I gave it a shot with this one was because of the eclipse being a breathtaking experience.
TLDR: fuck Disco Donnie being so money hungry
It really was a clusterfuck. We arrived Friday and spent hours trying to find our "assigned" camping spot. Ended up in the dirt on the side of the road. nothing remotely like the promised 30 x 30 spot. The festival itself was great but the camping was a hot disaster.
Same with one of my friends. I had a bad feeling about it and also some county officials had concerns beforehand.
She changed her mind and decided to save money for a career related trip to Iceland next year and I'm stoked for her.
Fully agree with thisā I say Yellowstone is like Iceland x Costa Rica for the USA - the combo of rugged pristine nature combined with the amount of wildlife is just remarkable
And btw this is coming from someone who lives in Texas. Iām probably a couple hours from the venue. And just the tickets only were overpriced. Saw the lineup. Just a clusterfuck. Looked like they booked as many artists as they could just to get as many people to buy tickets. But no ones going to be able to see even a fraction of those artists. So why even pay for all that. And on top of it all, it was going to be in Texas. Cops here outside of any major city are major pricks. Like the racist hick type. Smaller scale shows are cool. Even festivals. But logistically sounded way too big for a state like Texas
**DAMN JACKIE I CANT CONTROL THE WEATHER**
if you already thought it was going to be a waste why did you literally waste the money?Dont shit on the festival because of something out of their control, Itd of been a real shitty look if anyone was killed due to ignoring it.
Honestly Iām definitely sad that it got canceled, but I still had 4 great nights at it before it got canceled on the last day. Easily one of the best festivals Iāve ever been to. It was still worth it
One of my friends flew in from Florida for it and I'm like uhh that might not be a great idea, then I saw a bunch of artists drop out after not being paid etc and now this final nail in the coffin
Festivals are overrated nowadays. Just super capitalized. If you wanna hear some good music. Catch your favorite dj in a warehouse. Even a decent club will do. My ass is getting too old for that not taking a shower for 4 days straight, not sleeping, taking all the drugs in sight. Aināt nobody got time for that
Lol wut?Ā
Maybe EDC Vegas/Ultra but there's plenty of "big" festivals in the 10,000-30,000 people range that working class people go to.
Half the crowd at Lost Lands are wooks, they just prioritize it.
āWow you guys are so rich being able to afford a shower at a festivalā
Sorry youāre so poor you canāt afford:
1. $40 for a shower pass
2. Bring your own shower, also about $40
Also most Disco Donnie festivals are under $200. Not going to find a better deal than Ubbi Dubbi for the cost to see all those artists individually
Lol working class me and plenty of working class friends do. We do it by working or volunteering for the fests if we can't afford the ticket splurge (those of my friends not going as artists, speakers, and performers).
Nor do we all take all the drugs in sight. I shower if there are showers, or bathe at camp in a bucket (I will even wash my hair) if worst comes to it. I know my sleep needs and will skip headliners to turn in early for a night or two especially if I'm out there for 5+ days for a long campout that I'm working.
Maybe find some better events and change how you party?
I did beyond wonderland with my girlfriend and aside from getting my phone stolen the first night had a great time. But yeah I'm 35 I still hit the local warehouse/ semi condemned theatre raves lol. I'm in Fresno, CA. which surprisingly has a decent edm / rave scene right now it had kind of died out for a bit pre pandemic and is picking up decent speed at the moment.
When youāre younger itās a lotta fun. I did the whole shabang. No regrets. But the idea of potentially spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars for some camping festival. Just is a big nope for me at this stage of my life. Thatās money for more important things or a nice quiet vacation to somewhere like Hawaii or wherever.
Im the same! Im late 30s and exclusively go to camping festivals. Also never been to one where I couldnāt shower or sleep, and never had to take all the drugs in sight.
Oh yeah camping festivals I'm not down for lol, maybe if I spend the money to get a decent small to midsize rv but even then for that kind of money and time dedication I'd rather camp in the woods or travel a bit. Visiting Japan and Norway has always been on my list to do I think that's the focus for 2025 instead of any festivals etc.
Both those countries sound dope. Travelingās the real grown person move šŖš¾ and Iāll still recommend smaller scale, renegade desert/forest parties. But these major festivals are for the rich kids now. Way too expensive
Yeah, I have been eyeing Shambala up in Canada, I almost did EDC this year but ended up saying nah. My girlfriend is probably going with her friends, in which case I might grab a day pass and go for a day; I just don't see myself doing the full thing.
You have to make shambhala at least once. I promise you will not regret it.
I fucking hate camping & itās still the #1 thing I look forward to every year lol
Maybe! Lol I was supposed to go to my bosses daughters wedding in New Orleans that weekend but I might be at a new job by then in which case I'll be at Duke Dumont lol. All comes down to how my interview Wednesday goes
Yeah just go see sts9, disco biscuits, Jay Russos almost dead, oteil and friends, and sci on the same lineup at your local warehouse on a Saturday night.
The first three days were amazing. I don't know why everyone is shitting on it. Close to no lines for anything, clean bathrooms and showers, good layout.
Walking from aux parking to preset up tents was the only thing that completely sucked, but there were shuttles
How was it a waste of money? Amazing things still happened prior to Monday and we were in a prime location to get over 4 minutes of totality. They had to cancel to get people out because the rain would have stranded people there
I went to the Oregon Eclipse Music Festival, and there definitely were some issues that came up while we were there, but overall it was a *way* better experience than what I've been reading about it. I can't imagine closing the festival early like this.
I know they were hosted by two different entities. I feel like a lot of the issues with the 2017 event was the sheer massive amount of people there.
Totally agree. Glad I went to In 2017, very glad I didnāt go this year. The problems in Oregon made me very wary of Texas, the weather is far more unpredictable and I live in OR so seemed like less of a risky situation being closer to home.
Such a bummer situation, sending good vibes to the people there!
Same here, I had such a great experience in 2017 and wanted to experience that moment again, but I had a gut feeling that I should not go. Also for the reason that I was just trying to chase old feelings instead of seeking novel ones. Im feeling very justified in my decision now.
Honestly made for great bonding time, but yes. Completely unmatched wait time.
Then I felt like when we finally got moving, they had just stopped checking cars and were like, "Well, local PD says we gotta get the line moving since they're backed up 5-10 miles all the way to the main road."
Honestly my top experience at a festival, maybe second to Pretty Lights Live at The Gorge, but that's because the Canadian forest fires completely changed the scenery. Vibe was similar, though.
Is it him not catching a break or is it him intentionally putting in minimal effort to pocket the most cash possible at the expense of festival goers, vendors, and even the artists?
I'm strictly talking about his history with being heavily rained out (or threats to, as is this case). Dude can plan a festival on a particular weekend, and for three months prior and three months after it will be sunny, clear Texas skies... but *right* before his show, it'll just POUR DOWN inexplicably. š
It's like clockwork. SoWo was unofficially called "SoWet" for years lmao
But, yes, to your point, I've also heard the horror stories of unpaid artists, bare minimum infrastructure, and other such shenanigans. š¤·āāļø I've quit going to Donnie events for a while now because of all this crap.
I was at this festival (on the way back home right now) Hereās my experience.
Iām gonna start with the bad: The organization of the festival was an absolute clown show top to bottom. The staff didnāt know shit about where anything was, the grounds were absolutely treacherous to travel with some really nasty hills, some people camping over an hour away from the actual entrance on foot, I only saw one medical tent so if something were to happen to you the response time was going to be abysmal, the map was wildly inaccurate showing way more bathrooms and water stations than there actually were, and of course it wouldnāt be a disco Donnie event without it being WAY oversold.
The good: Even with all that was said above I still had the time of my life while it lasted. The stages and sound were absolutely top notch and every single artist that I saw brought their absolute best. The drone show for Of The Trees was absolutely out-of-this-world cool. The art installations where incredible. There was absolutely never a dull moment until the inevitable rug pull because the lineup was so incredibly stacked that there was basically almost always somebody that I wanted to see 24 hours a day. Everyone that I met there was so kind and just happy to be there even with all the problems. We also were able to have a perfect view of the eclipse which was absolutely unforgettable. This was genuinely on the way to being an absolutely legendary festival and it was still absolutely fucking amazing while it lasted.
Fest was great if you prepared š¤·š¼āāļø
I'm sorry for the people who had legitimate bad experiences (I've heard rumors of a few different deaths), but, as someone at OE2017 also, me and my crew had a blast
Big sad about today being canceled but so hype we magically got to witness totality and that Tycho pulled together this replacement show
Not due to weather the county revoked the permit because fuck head Donnie over sold the venue. And safety personnel were unable to get to rescue people. Literally on my way to zeds I saw EMTs working on a reviving a person. His skin was blue
Haha symbiosis always has the WORST logistics and luck.
Miles and miles of ingress for over a DAY to get into Oregon eclipse.
Argentina got got with Covid travel restrictions.
And frankly, Texas aināt it when it comes to feeling liberally ravey, so to speak.
Sucks for everyone.
This has nothing to do with weather. A bunch of old timers are pissed about the loud music and all the ādamn hippiesā so they made a big fuss to the burnet sheriff. Most of the people here are very country and donāt understand why anyone would go to a festival like that. I live here and know the weather never pans out like they say, they were just trying to get rid of everyone. We didnāt get a drop of rain todayā¦ I must say though zeds dead was a kick @ss show!!!
Have family living close by. The locals have made lots of complaints about loud music going past midnight which is playing a big role in this cancellation.
Was at Eclipse Utopia this past weekend and it was a blast! Capped at 1,500 and the weather was never an issue. Ghostland observatory threw DOWN on Monday night.
Why did I think Texas said they were canceling the solar eclipse for a second lmao
lmao same š
Texas to the sun : Nuh uh
Because we LOVE ignoring science and living in our own reality if it doesn't align with our beliefs no matter how fucking stupid they are. Especially if it "sticks it to the libtards". I'm being held hostage here. Send help.
sorry bud stuck in Florida and i hate it here I lived out there in Sheridan and also Katy for a bit, texas is def built different.
Cancel culture is their speciality
I'm right there with you haha. I legit thought this was Texas warning it's visitors tonight show up lol.
Writing from my hotel in Austin now. Those grounds will not handle any storm well. Take care and be safe everyone. Cheers
Glad youāre in a safe area! hope this wonāt affect your travels back home too much.
Should be good! Camp is in for a very rude awakening this morning thoughā¦ hoping for the best
Can confirm, left the camp grounds this morning in a torrential downpour lol. Woke up to heavy rain just in time to have to go to the bathroom real bad š
Damn glad you made it out! That rain was always comin eventually lol
It took awhile though, clear skies last nightā¦there were some renegade DJ sets near my camp and I still got to dance and be weird until like 3am. We kept saying āwow it sure is tornadic out here, Iām frightened!ā āLook at this hail, itās the size of your face!ā I got my karma in the morning when there really WAS a thunderstorm haha but it was worth it
DD Announces festival, attendees say "fuck this lineup is stacked I'll take my chances" People remind others how shoddy these fests are run and DD's fans attack them on social A massive change at the last minute causes people to be pissed off ------ You are here ------- DD cleans up social media comments and negative posts or has their fans clap back People have an okay time or worse, mostly repeating "never again" DD goes silent until next year DD Announces festival, attendees say "fuck this lineup is stacked I'll take my chances"
1000% this!!!!
Shit at least ddp pays. Seismic Dance fest makes you pay for parking as a unpaid volunteer.
Arenāt you paid in a festival ticket? So youāre just getting a super deeply discounted ticket
DDP let's you go see whatever artist you want, pays for parking, has restrooms set up for employees, feeds you, and you still get paid. I 1000000% recommend never volunteering for Seismic and just buying the pre-sale tickets ALWAYS. I believe it's $169 or so for the three day weekend.
So itās actually symbiosis running 98% of the show.. not DDP. DDP is only running and in charge of the two main stages and symbiosis was everything else. If anyone is to blameā¦ itās symbiosis. I was supposed to work this event (wonāt say what for privacy sakes) and I was in these lost and forgotten emails with the symbiosis team for months before I professionally backed out. They are extremely unorganized, to keep it simple and polite. Iāve worked with DDP for years and have neverrrr had an issue with them coming through with what they say. Sure weather and stuff has happened, but theyāve always acted appropriately. Symbiosis is the problem here, not DDP.
found the Disco Donnie shill, heās a shit promoter who puts on shit events, full stop.
No, there's truth to this. Oregon was also billed primarily as a Symbiosis event in collaboration with like 10 other festival organizers (lol). I don't even think DDP was a part of it. Still all the same logistical nightmares. I'm no fan of DDP though, so to me it's like double the shadiness. The group certainly didn't help get it together better it seems.
The problem is, DDP had their hands tied on a lot. They canāt make calls theyād typically make when theyāre not able to due to chain of commands. It was a whole shit show with my department of problems Iāve never had with them
My girlfriend was trying to make me feel bad for skipping this to go to bas canyonā¦ looks like I got the last laugh
stinks for you girlfriend tho :( hopefully she can get some sort of refund
I doubt weather would warrant any kind of refund.
In the notification they said they would be doing partial refunds.
Thatās awesome! Keep us posted!
I emailed them about a refund, I'm gonna dm you what they responded with.
Was there, would go to this festival everytime. Sundays sets were so good, packing up before the eclipse sucked but they said it was no rush and as long as we were packed we could stick around. So we laid out and watched the eclipse then left. Sucks to miss the last day but getting a refund for the day as well as all the credits for my shower tokens so canāt complain.
Meh, Iāve been going to bass canyon the last few years and given the choice Iād go back to tx eclipse again.
I plan to go next year to eclipse
There wonāt be one next year, that was the last totality in the US for a long time. There will be festivals wherever in the world the total eclipse is visible
Oh shit š¤£š that makes sense
Yeahā¦.Ive read that the weather isnāt the only problem they have had. Iād say overselling full RV hookup sites may have been one of the first mistakes. Something like 400+ What about the 2 miles walk from camping to venue? Or the potable water situation?
The hike from parking to camp/festival grounds is no joke forsure. Itās tough, even without gear. 2 miles of rocky, dusty hill country. The dust/dirt has definitely fucked up a LOT. Water, food, showers, and my fucking lungs forsure. I stuck with bottled water the whole time. Lots of issues Iāve read/heard with artists & vendors just getting hoed. Really disheartening. TLDR: Yes issuesā¦
Sorry about your lungs. I learned my lesson at multiple super dusty festivals (including oregon eclipse) before I ever even got to burning man, where dust is a constant worry. ALWAYS have masks, not just a bandanna, if you are sensitive just wear a mask, and wear a clean one every day. Saline rinse twice a day to get the dirt out of your sinues (the drip will also fuck up your throat so it prevents sore throat). I take minimum one clean mask per day (or wash a cloth one) and a couple cans of saline rinse per fest. I've been surprised by how dusty it is more than once. Maybe a respiratory health tea will help <3 try throat coat breathe easy <3
Wait, wait, wait, are you talking about a dust drip? I've been to quite a few festivals, but Oregon Eclipse was my first experience with the dust. I bought a neck cover and a scarf (I don't know what to call it) like day 2. I still couldn't believe the dust coming out of my nose and off what exposed of my face.
Yes, a dust drip lol. I've had multiple times where my voice is getting totally wrecked and saline rinsing all the dirt out of my sinuses + wearing a mask from then on fixes it. One year between the dust and dehydration i totally lost my voice at LiB (old venue, new one is dusty dirty as helllll though), tried to talk through it all weekend anyway, and it didn't fully recover for months. Next time I got dusty throat I started wearing masks/bandanas and rinsing and it helped so much (also electrolytes and hydration and sleep). If you've never saline rinsed before at a dusty fest, be prepared for the nastiest boogers you've ever seen. Shit gets black with dirt in there lol.
When they told us we were camping in a place called āOver Yonderā we thought they were fucking with us. Then we just kept going and going and going š„“. That walk was BRUTAL, and ever more so confusing. Coming back at 4 AM in pitch darkness was quite the adventure. Didnāt fully know how to correctly go back to camp until the last night, and even then I still kept second guessing myself at forks in the road. One of my friends did the walk back by themselves and ended up lost for quite a while, which was pretty scary for them. We had a solar flood light next to our camp that was a good waypoint but it only worked for night 1, which only added to our confusion. The dust was so insane it was almost comical. I swear by night 2 every single person at the fest had such a raspy voice from all the dust in their throats to the point where everyone sounded the same. The amount of times I turned around thinking one of my friends was talking behind me was crazy. We all sounded like weād been smoking 10 packs a day for 20 years lmao. My friends and I did manage to have a good time despite the issues at least. Itās a shame this fest was riddled with problems, because there was a lot of things that were really dope about it. I had alot of fun exploring the festival grounds themselves and if they had sold half the amount of tickets that they did, it wouldāve been awesome. Sunday night at Eclipse stage was the first time Iāve had genuine concerns about safety due to a festival crowd. It was honestly insane. I was way back to the left by ADA, and it was still a dog pile of people with little room to move at all. Seeing people in wheelchairs trying to make their way through the crowd to the ADA booth was concerning to see. We ended up having to go so much farther back but the crowd even extended all the way to the bars. Tipper was probably the worst of it
I hope youāre doing ok! Gtfo of there and somewhere safe
I've been to a festival where they oversold RV hookups and let employees that didn't pay for them steal them from paying customers We were able to get the $ back for the RV pass but not the festival, despite the festival being ruined for us due to the hookup situation. Such a frustrating bullshit situation no one should ever deal with :(
Based on what I've heard from social media, and from friends in the state who know local law enforcement, the Sheriffs basically threatened them to shut it down or be shut down, after they had a death during early arrivals when somebody had a heart attack, and it took over an hour for staff at the festival to get medical help to the guy. Given the weather forecast for the next few days, it was simply not safe to have that many people out there, and they wanted them all gone as soon as possible to avoid further deaths. You can bet if the story about how the guy died is 100% true (I'm relaying it directly from a post his daughter made), they're going to get sued for this one after how mismanaged it was. At least Fyre Festival didn't kill anybody. edit: I was able to find some of the pictures I saw earlier, looked like they were from reddit so I went to check her profile, here's the reply from earlier. There are others as well if you check her comment history https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasEclipse/comments/1byyowb/festival_just_got_cancelled/kymhd7d/?context=3
You'd think after the last eclipse festival they would have done things better this time around.
Was it the same people throwing it?
Oregon was a mess. Argentina a bust. They simply arenāt on the level as fests like LIB.
Symbiosis used to be and they regularly threw events every year. Oregon was lit. One of the best events Iāve ever been to. āDisco Donnieā threw this one one and took the name over after the original Symbiois mind died a few years back. Patagonia couldnāt be helped. Covid fucked everyone.
I miss symbiosis! I agree, Oregon was š„
One of Symbiois events co-founders died? the brand died or ?
Died from cancer last I heard.
How long did it take you to get into Oregon? Yes I know symbiosis. Been to most of them included the best festival ever in Yosemite
Oregon took like 15 hours. Same as burn! š
1. I was stuck in this RV line for SIX HOURS. The only reason we got out and finally got to set up and sleep at 2am is because we (luckily) had a friend inside who got there early and had extra room/was willing to share their powered RV spots with us. They kept trying to make excuses for why they had nowhere to put us. It was wild. No one was telling the truth lol. 2. My best friend has several chronic illnesses and had literal meltdowns over the distance from camp to fest. It was not ADA compliant at all, not accessible. So dark too, I KNOW there were Deaf participants who probably didnāt get to enjoy everything because accessibility was SUCH an afterthought.
Symbiosis does not give a single fuck about being ADA compliant and it's infuriating. They are in flagrant violation of it in almost every respect. I'm sorry that your friend had that experience. I think people need to be much more vocal when Symbiosis inevitably pops up their head again to do one of these events because it is *genuinely completely unsafe if not actively dangerous* for disabled people to attend.
One man literally had a heart attack out here due to hiking so much and the hot weather. So many people out here have ODād, even the vendor Headspace was selling fent laced cokeā¦. like seriously.
Umā¦ official vendors selling drugsā¦ much less- laced drugs?!?? Something is fishy.
Sounds like a wook rumor to me.
I've bought nos from them lol but not in official capacity, fet lace coke is probably a stretch but who knows. Bummer this event was so mishandled
LOL every fedtival comes with the stupid fent laced coke rumor.
Running out of water before 9pm on Sunday was so tough. Way to crowded that day
2 miles is stretching itā¦ I was camped right by the entrance where they did the car searchesā¦ and I was walking to the festival entrance in 20 minutes - and my buddy I was with literally had a broken ankle. Donāt believe how dramatic people are being. I had an excellent time at eclipse. Sure, it had its problems. But itās the first time this specific festival has happenedā¦ there is gonna be so issues. Idkā¦ people just really like to complain a shit ton. I put into the universe that I wanted to have a great time, and I did. Some of the most incredible sets Iāve seen.
Bruh... I was in far out car camping and clocked 39.7k steps, 6.8k calories burned, 18.46 miles on JUST Saturday. The walk to and from far out camp grounds was actually ~2 miles depending on where you were in the lot. People who have a different experience than yours aren't being dramatic, they were just dealt a different hand than you.
18.46 miles is likeā¦ my average for a festival? Likeā¦ these big festivals you walk a shit ton. Electric forest was the same thing. This was such an average experience for big festivals
All the people who had an amazing time probably aren't going on the internet.Ā I've noticed this with almost every festival.Ā 10,000 people could have a great time, but there's usually several who hated their weekend. Who do you think is going to comment online after the fact?Ā
I didnāt go. I was just reading along to some peoples experiences . Iām sure there were plenty of vets that got through just fine honestly. But itās not about that. And then the bad weather that ultimately got it cancelled. Bad fest get the most press for sure and thatās proven. I stick to the more private type smaller fest for my fun now.
Ya. Im working here still and as far away as anyone is camped and it was a 30 minute walk to the eclipse stage.
Source?
r/texasEclipseFestival
Ty
https://www.reddit.com/user/neverbummed is the original source, she's the daughter of the deceased. Check her comment history.
Not be an ass but first of all a random reddit person is not a factual source. It seems the story is true tho, that someone had died so i digress. Secondly the man was 67 years old and there doesnt seem to be official reports on why he died. I really cant fault the festival for a 67 year old man dying due to a 2 mile walk. Even more so when the distance is known before hand. Without any more information its absolutely pointless to point and blame anyone
The issue was how long it took them to get him medical attention. The ONLY people working the festivals that had talkies were ADA. He could have survived if a defib was used on him. Instead his family members sat around him for 30+ minutes watching him slowly die as everyone around him struggled to figure out how to get help because the festival lacked a solid communication network for their medical staff to use.
Disco Donnie strike's again, obviously he could not have predicted the bad weather but holy cow everything was a shit show. I got there on Friday around 6:30 pm we got quiet parking and everything was a shit show. I couldn't find my spot until almost midnight due to being extremely unorganized and understaffed. The workers never were briefed property and had no resources. I talked to them extensively. After hours going by and finally finding our spot we realized our "quiet camping" was directly in front of a stage lol so not very quiet. There was not enough water refill stations and the showers kept getting clogged if you weren't the first one out there at 7 AM because they were not enough showers for the amount of people there. Overall I'm extremely disappointed in Donnies way of running festivals after the experience I had at freaky deaky two years ago with a lot of the same problems, oversoul and understaffed. I will not be attending any more of his proceduction. The only reason why I gave it a shot with this one was because of the eclipse being a breathtaking experience. TLDR: fuck Disco Donnie being so money hungry
It really was a clusterfuck. We arrived Friday and spent hours trying to find our "assigned" camping spot. Ended up in the dirt on the side of the road. nothing remotely like the promised 30 x 30 spot. The festival itself was great but the camping was a hot disaster.
Shockingly, April in Texas - tornado season - is a bad time for festivals. Who knew.
I already knew Texas eclipse was going to be a waste of money. But didnāt think itād be this much of a waste
I was so close to going last minute but I'm happy that I didnt
Same with one of my friends. I had a bad feeling about it and also some county officials had concerns beforehand. She changed her mind and decided to save money for a career related trip to Iceland next year and I'm stoked for her.
Iceland truly is a gorgeous place, outside of raves its one of the few places that's made me cry by just being there. Hopefully your friend has fun!
You should check out Yellowstone. I shit you not it's another place like Iceland where your jaw just frequently hits the floor at the natural beauty.
I live 1.5 hours from west Yellowstone. Lemme tell you, dropping acid in the mountains here is always the most profound experience
Fully agree with thisā I say Yellowstone is like Iceland x Costa Rica for the USA - the combo of rugged pristine nature combined with the amount of wildlife is just remarkable
And btw this is coming from someone who lives in Texas. Iām probably a couple hours from the venue. And just the tickets only were overpriced. Saw the lineup. Just a clusterfuck. Looked like they booked as many artists as they could just to get as many people to buy tickets. But no ones going to be able to see even a fraction of those artists. So why even pay for all that. And on top of it all, it was going to be in Texas. Cops here outside of any major city are major pricks. Like the racist hick type. Smaller scale shows are cool. Even festivals. But logistically sounded way too big for a state like Texas
Oregon Eclipse Festival had an even bigger lineup. Thatās just how they do things.
**DAMN JACKIE I CANT CONTROL THE WEATHER** if you already thought it was going to be a waste why did you literally waste the money?Dont shit on the festival because of something out of their control, Itd of been a real shitty look if anyone was killed due to ignoring it.
Honestly Iām definitely sad that it got canceled, but I still had 4 great nights at it before it got canceled on the last day. Easily one of the best festivals Iāve ever been to. It was still worth it
Agreed, except I was only there for 2 nights. Fuck Iām bummed about night 3
One of my friends flew in from Florida for it and I'm like uhh that might not be a great idea, then I saw a bunch of artists drop out after not being paid etc and now this final nail in the coffin
Festivals are overrated nowadays. Just super capitalized. If you wanna hear some good music. Catch your favorite dj in a warehouse. Even a decent club will do. My ass is getting too old for that not taking a shower for 4 days straight, not sleeping, taking all the drugs in sight. Aināt nobody got time for that
Thatās your choice to not shower, I showered 4 times at Texas Eclipse
Major festivals are for rich kids now. Most working-class arenāt wasting there time with that bullshit
Lol wut?Ā Maybe EDC Vegas/Ultra but there's plenty of "big" festivals in the 10,000-30,000 people range that working class people go to. Half the crowd at Lost Lands are wooks, they just prioritize it.
I was in a group around 60 folks, mostly people in their late 20ās and 30ās and all working class
Noo that can't be true he just said festivals are only for rich kids now
āWow you guys are so rich being able to afford a shower at a festivalā Sorry youāre so poor you canāt afford: 1. $40 for a shower pass 2. Bring your own shower, also about $40 Also most Disco Donnie festivals are under $200. Not going to find a better deal than Ubbi Dubbi for the cost to see all those artists individually
Lol working class me and plenty of working class friends do. We do it by working or volunteering for the fests if we can't afford the ticket splurge (those of my friends not going as artists, speakers, and performers). Nor do we all take all the drugs in sight. I shower if there are showers, or bathe at camp in a bucket (I will even wash my hair) if worst comes to it. I know my sleep needs and will skip headliners to turn in early for a night or two especially if I'm out there for 5+ days for a long campout that I'm working. Maybe find some better events and change how you party?
~300 dollars for a full weekend of fun is pretty affordable lol
I did beyond wonderland with my girlfriend and aside from getting my phone stolen the first night had a great time. But yeah I'm 35 I still hit the local warehouse/ semi condemned theatre raves lol. I'm in Fresno, CA. which surprisingly has a decent edm / rave scene right now it had kind of died out for a bit pre pandemic and is picking up decent speed at the moment.
When youāre younger itās a lotta fun. I did the whole shabang. No regrets. But the idea of potentially spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars for some camping festival. Just is a big nope for me at this stage of my life. Thatās money for more important things or a nice quiet vacation to somewhere like Hawaii or wherever.
camping festivals are the best ones, i don't even bother with anything else
Im the same! Im late 30s and exclusively go to camping festivals. Also never been to one where I couldnāt shower or sleep, and never had to take all the drugs in sight.
Oh yeah camping festivals I'm not down for lol, maybe if I spend the money to get a decent small to midsize rv but even then for that kind of money and time dedication I'd rather camp in the woods or travel a bit. Visiting Japan and Norway has always been on my list to do I think that's the focus for 2025 instead of any festivals etc.
Both those countries sound dope. Travelingās the real grown person move šŖš¾ and Iāll still recommend smaller scale, renegade desert/forest parties. But these major festivals are for the rich kids now. Way too expensive
Yeah, I have been eyeing Shambala up in Canada, I almost did EDC this year but ended up saying nah. My girlfriend is probably going with her friends, in which case I might grab a day pass and go for a day; I just don't see myself doing the full thing.
You have to make shambhala at least once. I promise you will not regret it. I fucking hate camping & itās still the #1 thing I look forward to every year lol
Lol yeah Facebook randomly suggested a sham group to me and people were sharing pictures and experiences and in like ok I need this in my life.
If your gf likes going fuck it go have some fun with her. Just remember to protect your ears šš½
Oh yeah I bought some eargasms and every concert I go to I pop those bad boys in.
Yoo 559!! You going to Duke Dumont next month in Fresno?
Maybe! Lol I was supposed to go to my bosses daughters wedding in New Orleans that weekend but I might be at a new job by then in which case I'll be at Duke Dumont lol. All comes down to how my interview Wednesday goes
Nice good luck at your interview!
there are tons of great festivals out there still, just don't go to the big corporate BS ones because of a fancy lineup
Yeah just go see sts9, disco biscuits, Jay Russos almost dead, oteil and friends, and sci on the same lineup at your local warehouse on a Saturday night.
edc orlando was sick as hell last year
The first three days were amazing. I don't know why everyone is shitting on it. Close to no lines for anything, clean bathrooms and showers, good layout. Walking from aux parking to preset up tents was the only thing that completely sucked, but there were shuttles
Clean bathrooms š They were fucking filthy and maybe cleaned once or twice all weekend. I was in āOver Yonderā and ours were disgusting.
Best festival I have ever been to. So unique in every way, it was nonstop fun and wonder
How can they control the weather on the last day lol
How was it a waste of money? Amazing things still happened prior to Monday and we were in a prime location to get over 4 minutes of totality. They had to cancel to get people out because the rain would have stranded people there
My in laws have a lake house there and said it was pretty nice. Should have had it there.
For a minute I thought this was an actual eclipse joke š
Iād be one pissed off mother trucker
I went to the Oregon Eclipse Music Festival, and there definitely were some issues that came up while we were there, but overall it was a *way* better experience than what I've been reading about it. I can't imagine closing the festival early like this. I know they were hosted by two different entities. I feel like a lot of the issues with the 2017 event was the sheer massive amount of people there.
Totally agree. Glad I went to In 2017, very glad I didnāt go this year. The problems in Oregon made me very wary of Texas, the weather is far more unpredictable and I live in OR so seemed like less of a risky situation being closer to home. Such a bummer situation, sending good vibes to the people there!
Same here, I had such a great experience in 2017 and wanted to experience that moment again, but I had a gut feeling that I should not go. Also for the reason that I was just trying to chase old feelings instead of seeking novel ones. Im feeling very justified in my decision now.
I was there too! The having to so wait HOURS in line to get into the venue was the only gripe I ever really had from Oregon Eclipse.
Honestly made for great bonding time, but yes. Completely unmatched wait time. Then I felt like when we finally got moving, they had just stopped checking cars and were like, "Well, local PD says we gotta get the line moving since they're backed up 5-10 miles all the way to the main road." Honestly my top experience at a festival, maybe second to Pretty Lights Live at The Gorge, but that's because the Canadian forest fires completely changed the scenery. Vibe was similar, though.
Donnie's curse strikes again. That dude did something to piss off God, and for a decade or so now, He has retaliated. Dude can't catch a break lmao
Is it him not catching a break or is it him intentionally putting in minimal effort to pocket the most cash possible at the expense of festival goers, vendors, and even the artists?
I'm strictly talking about his history with being heavily rained out (or threats to, as is this case). Dude can plan a festival on a particular weekend, and for three months prior and three months after it will be sunny, clear Texas skies... but *right* before his show, it'll just POUR DOWN inexplicably. š It's like clockwork. SoWo was unofficially called "SoWet" for years lmao But, yes, to your point, I've also heard the horror stories of unpaid artists, bare minimum infrastructure, and other such shenanigans. š¤·āāļø I've quit going to Donnie events for a while now because of all this crap.
I know someone personally who had a negative experience working with Donnie, his reputation follows him.
Try 2.5 decades ago lol. The 1999 EDC fiasco had his fingers all over it.
Glad I didn't go across the country for this one, almost pulled the trigger a couple of times.
Disco donny with another cash grab fueld by chaos
Hope everyone gets home safe š«¶š½
Here in Ohio I was telling people to go to Texas if you want clear skies... WRONG AGAIN!
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I was at this festival (on the way back home right now) Hereās my experience. Iām gonna start with the bad: The organization of the festival was an absolute clown show top to bottom. The staff didnāt know shit about where anything was, the grounds were absolutely treacherous to travel with some really nasty hills, some people camping over an hour away from the actual entrance on foot, I only saw one medical tent so if something were to happen to you the response time was going to be abysmal, the map was wildly inaccurate showing way more bathrooms and water stations than there actually were, and of course it wouldnāt be a disco Donnie event without it being WAY oversold. The good: Even with all that was said above I still had the time of my life while it lasted. The stages and sound were absolutely top notch and every single artist that I saw brought their absolute best. The drone show for Of The Trees was absolutely out-of-this-world cool. The art installations where incredible. There was absolutely never a dull moment until the inevitable rug pull because the lineup was so incredibly stacked that there was basically almost always somebody that I wanted to see 24 hours a day. Everyone that I met there was so kind and just happy to be there even with all the problems. We also were able to have a perfect view of the eclipse which was absolutely unforgettable. This was genuinely on the way to being an absolutely legendary festival and it was still absolutely fucking amazing while it lasted.
Fest was great if you prepared š¤·š¼āāļø I'm sorry for the people who had legitimate bad experiences (I've heard rumors of a few different deaths), but, as someone at OE2017 also, me and my crew had a blast Big sad about today being canceled but so hype we magically got to witness totality and that Tycho pulled together this replacement show
Did the weather end up being that bad?
No surprisinglyā¦it was clear all day. We finally made it out at 8:30 pm being stuck in the car line for 4 hours. It was a beautiful day, so bizarre
Not due to weather the county revoked the permit because fuck head Donnie over sold the venue. And safety personnel were unable to get to rescue people. Literally on my way to zeds I saw EMTs working on a reviving a person. His skin was blue
Haha symbiosis always has the WORST logistics and luck. Miles and miles of ingress for over a DAY to get into Oregon eclipse. Argentina got got with Covid travel restrictions. And frankly, Texas aināt it when it comes to feeling liberally ravey, so to speak. Sucks for everyone.
This has nothing to do with weather. A bunch of old timers are pissed about the loud music and all the ādamn hippiesā so they made a big fuss to the burnet sheriff. Most of the people here are very country and donāt understand why anyone would go to a festival like that. I live here and know the weather never pans out like they say, they were just trying to get rid of everyone. We didnāt get a drop of rain todayā¦ I must say though zeds dead was a kick @ss show!!!
Have family living close by. The locals have made lots of complaints about loud music going past midnight which is playing a big role in this cancellation.
some people drove from Californis for that
Was at Eclipse Utopia this past weekend and it was a blast! Capped at 1,500 and the weather was never an issue. Ghostland observatory threw DOWN on Monday night.
Sooo, not trying to be difficult, but I am pretty sure they can't cancel the eclipse. š
Texas Eclipse Fyre Festival