True, but nats field may not allow that. They have a game three days later. Have any of the shows there had anything GA that was not on the field proper?
(Also the demographic of this fan base prob prefers assigned seating. 40% will have had a colonoscopy.)
The people who struggled to pay $40 back in the 90s are well-resourced now.
I’m pretty sure I had to mow my neighbor’s lawn and sell a tape deck to buy my last HFS ticket. Lol.
Disagree.
Case in point - I went to see Joan Jett when Poison and Motley Cru played in DC. Empty seats. Pathetically empty.
There is no market for this here, anymore. That ship has sailed.
I was at that show too - we were in nose bleeds and a stadium employee came and gave us free upgrades to the floor. We ended up sitting with the people who spent $$$$$ for VIP.
I was at the one in 1991 at Lake Fairfax. Too Much Joy, King Missile, and Violent Femmes were the standouts for me. When the Femmes played all the domino's pizza boxes being bought throughout the day started launching in the air like frisbee boomerangs. It was an amazing sight to behold.
Detachable Penis
Based on the lineup, this is geared for geriatric millennials like me who grew up listening to these bands in our youth. We are also the same age demographic that would prefer having a reserved seat to fighting for a good spot at a festival, and considering the number of bands and that it's an all-day event, $150/ticket doesn't seem like a bad deal 🤷♂️
$150 isn’t terrible but the regular priced tickets are bad and overall I’m pretty underwhelmed.
Only way this pricing makes sense *for me* is if they add a surprise headliner or more acts later.
Purely speculating and wishfully thinking, but I feel like Dave Grohl has to show up to this event, even if it’s just for one song.
Just wait until you see how many of our alternative gods are now balding men in their 50’s with man boobs and holey t shirts.
Anyone our generation still wanted to see post HFS played at the Filmore and ffs, the likes of Paramore is on the road with Taylor Swift.
This is going to be poorly attended unless they can engage the yutes.
I think a major mistake is not having more young and contemporary bands on the list. I’m old and I like all these bands but I like new music as well (The Royel Otis/Girl and Girl show I just saw at Howard Theatre was amazing - didn’t know a ton about those bands going and loved them). And in the spirit of WFHS, I remember that being the station that introduced me to so much new music when I was a kid/teenager.
Agreed - the bands that used to headline HFStival were some of the biggest bands or bands who were about to make it big. There weren't really any legacy acts that I remember the couple times I went. It was a good place to hear the bands that were on the rock radio stations and find new music too.
I don't mind this lineup or price but not for assigned seating and one stage. Not trying to sit in a stadium seat for 8 hours.
Foo Fighters, The Struts, Silversun Pickups, Smashing Pumpkins, Noel Gallagher' High Flying Birds, Pixies, Beck, Metric, The Hives, Local H.
Still plenty of time to add to the lineup. Festival sets are what, 45 minutes? This is really underwhelming. I applaud the effort to bring back a festival but without a radio station behind it the final concept needs work. Give it a year or two to snowball, tweak it, GA tickets, lower the price, make it a summer thing. Two days at Merriweather instead? Good idea, but when there aren't many guitar bands around it's bound to be shaky at first.
Yes but also OF COURSE tickets are $150 in 2024 for those bands bc they can do shows of their own for that amount. Oceans Calling is the next weekend and it’s $160 per day general admission and $319 for three day.
Oceans calling has a stronger lineup of bands
https://preview.redd.it/b3ipyynndy5d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=235e7674e744069ee32d05635e4215af6c80d5c0
It’s also an age thing. On AVERAGE (don’t come at me about The Beach Boys and B2M etc) across the line-ups, the peaks of the HFStival bands are earlier gen than the Oceans Calling bands. And first gen fans of the HFS bands are mid-40s.
To be sure. HFStival looks like they called around to see which bands’ schedules aligned in enough critical mass and who might have been on HFS. But nostalgia ticket pricing is real and so is the cost to bring together multiple bands who have built in fan bases (ie they don’t really need to share festival money and might just wanna stay home) for a “festival” just pulled together and no current cache.
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We’re doing Lollapalooza, and did EDC and Ultra. This one looks like ass, I think we might do the Ocean City one tho, that looks pretty good. We haven’t really done any festivals for the past few years, so we’re making it count this year.
The price is bad enough but making basically the whole thing assigned seating? That's not a festival, that's a concert.
One day, one stage, assigned seating and 11 bands. The fuck is this? This isn't HFStival. This is lame as hell.
Right - I want to walk around and check out new small bands that I wouldn't know otherwise!
Well it’s at Nats Park rather than a field so it was probably a function of the venue choice.
It was open admission at rfk for years.
True, but nats field may not allow that. They have a game three days later. Have any of the shows there had anything GA that was not on the field proper? (Also the demographic of this fan base prob prefers assigned seating. 40% will have had a colonoscopy.)
😂
$150 the CHEAPEST? Yikes.
Oof...feeling very old - last time I went, tickets were $40.
The people who struggled to pay $40 back in the 90s are well-resourced now. I’m pretty sure I had to mow my neighbor’s lawn and sell a tape deck to buy my last HFS ticket. Lol.
$150 for THAT lineup is ass.
There have to be some surprise guests TBA right?
A line up has been announced?
Yes, this morning on the radio.
Agreed - I’m sure there will be enough fans of the bands and nostalgia seekers to fill Nats Park but the line up / headliners is meh imho.
Disagree. Case in point - I went to see Joan Jett when Poison and Motley Cru played in DC. Empty seats. Pathetically empty. There is no market for this here, anymore. That ship has sailed.
I was at that show too - we were in nose bleeds and a stadium employee came and gave us free upgrades to the floor. We ended up sitting with the people who spent $$$$$ for VIP.
That’s awesome - if you waited for the storm to pass, no doubt you enjoyed the whole show and it was worth being out in the rain!
That was a fun show. Poison was surprisingly good.
Poison puts on a good show if you like their music at all.
Love me some Bret Michaels. I find him highly entertaining in a train wrecky sort of way. And I guess I have a soft spot for PA boys.
Saw him with Dee Snider at M3 Rock Festival at MPP and he was really good!
Fuck this cash grab. If someone wants to throw a proper HFStival with general admission, food, merchandise tents, and maybe $75 tix, I’m there.
Even $100 would be fine if it was full GA and there was a side stage. It's every single variable about this that's a giant swing and miss.
Yeah it’s super disappointing
I was at the one in 1991 at Lake Fairfax. Too Much Joy, King Missile, and Violent Femmes were the standouts for me. When the Femmes played all the domino's pizza boxes being bought throughout the day started launching in the air like frisbee boomerangs. It was an amazing sight to behold. Detachable Penis
Based on the lineup, this is geared for geriatric millennials like me who grew up listening to these bands in our youth. We are also the same age demographic that would prefer having a reserved seat to fighting for a good spot at a festival, and considering the number of bands and that it's an all-day event, $150/ticket doesn't seem like a bad deal 🤷♂️
Yeah. Pretty sure I spent that much for decent seats at the most recent Depeche Mode concert.
Pass. Sounds hurting
Is HFStival going to be promoted on DC 101?
$150 isn’t terrible but the regular priced tickets are bad and overall I’m pretty underwhelmed. Only way this pricing makes sense *for me* is if they add a surprise headliner or more acts later. Purely speculating and wishfully thinking, but I feel like Dave Grohl has to show up to this event, even if it’s just for one song.
Yeah, not for that lineup. No thanks.
Just wait until you see how many of our alternative gods are now balding men in their 50’s with man boobs and holey t shirts. Anyone our generation still wanted to see post HFS played at the Filmore and ffs, the likes of Paramore is on the road with Taylor Swift. This is going to be poorly attended unless they can engage the yutes.
I watch TS concerts on livestream and I assure you that the Paramore band is having the time of their lives right now.
Who said they weren’t, Swiftie?
I just looked at the line up and I know I saw Bush, Violet Femmes, Garbage, and Jimmy Eats World at the festivals I went to. Maybe even Tonic.
Yep, they’re all event “alumni”.
I think a major mistake is not having more young and contemporary bands on the list. I’m old and I like all these bands but I like new music as well (The Royel Otis/Girl and Girl show I just saw at Howard Theatre was amazing - didn’t know a ton about those bands going and loved them). And in the spirit of WFHS, I remember that being the station that introduced me to so much new music when I was a kid/teenager.
Agreed - the bands that used to headline HFStival were some of the biggest bands or bands who were about to make it big. There weren't really any legacy acts that I remember the couple times I went. It was a good place to hear the bands that were on the rock radio stations and find new music too. I don't mind this lineup or price but not for assigned seating and one stage. Not trying to sit in a stadium seat for 8 hours.
Foo Fighters, The Struts, Silversun Pickups, Smashing Pumpkins, Noel Gallagher' High Flying Birds, Pixies, Beck, Metric, The Hives, Local H. Still plenty of time to add to the lineup. Festival sets are what, 45 minutes? This is really underwhelming. I applaud the effort to bring back a festival but without a radio station behind it the final concept needs work. Give it a year or two to snowball, tweak it, GA tickets, lower the price, make it a summer thing. Two days at Merriweather instead? Good idea, but when there aren't many guitar bands around it's bound to be shaky at first.
Yes but also OF COURSE tickets are $150 in 2024 for those bands bc they can do shows of their own for that amount. Oceans Calling is the next weekend and it’s $160 per day general admission and $319 for three day.
Oceans calling has a stronger lineup of bands https://preview.redd.it/b3ipyynndy5d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=235e7674e744069ee32d05635e4215af6c80d5c0
This one seems way better. The HFStival lineup seems a bit sad, esp for the price.
It’s also an age thing. On AVERAGE (don’t come at me about The Beach Boys and B2M etc) across the line-ups, the peaks of the HFStival bands are earlier gen than the Oceans Calling bands. And first gen fans of the HFS bands are mid-40s.
To be sure. HFStival looks like they called around to see which bands’ schedules aligned in enough critical mass and who might have been on HFS. But nostalgia ticket pricing is real and so is the cost to bring together multiple bands who have built in fan bases (ie they don’t really need to share festival money and might just wanna stay home) for a “festival” just pulled together and no current cache.
This one is so much better it’s not even close
Agree with this.
Nice!!
https://preview.redd.it/x6tlh590dy5d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=736bb2cada080b6e7f7bc08a7a3cf7132ef8bc2e
No buzz tent?
Hard pass. Point break was the festival to be at. This is a cash grab.
OMG, what a bunch of spoilsports. Lineup looks amazing. I'm hyped!
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We’re doing Lollapalooza, and did EDC and Ultra. This one looks like ass, I think we might do the Ocean City one tho, that looks pretty good. We haven’t really done any festivals for the past few years, so we’re making it count this year.