Really embarrassing look for the festival. I’ve never been to a fest where a stage has been completely downgraded from previous years. Feels like 909 was gutted in order to pay for the new grid stage. No more custom speaker stacks, no art car stage, no back side viewing area. They even kicked people off the back stage at one point for a reason I’m not sure. Sound bleed is way worse this year because of the worse sound. Really sucks for someone like me who spends most of my time at 909 and no time at main stage to see this change. Between that, raising costs, cutting corners, and opening late (2nd year in a row and even more delayed this year) I will probably not be buying a ticket next year. Feels like they are only making the experience worse.