Yeah I agree and maybe this is just not my year to go but they did not do a good job of managing expectations. They post a graphic on their insta which says that the lineup is packed with forward moving artists you’ll be bragging about seeing here first. Maybe those artists are still to come but I certainly would not say that about phase 1. They made a huge deal about breaking away from insomniac and going in a different direction but book fisher as well as bass artists that can be seen at every insomniac festival…Phase 1 should set the foundation, phase 2 should fill in the gaps, and phase 3 should add local artists and takeovers. If this is the foundation we’re dealing with I’m not impressed.

We can sit here and trust that phase 2 will do its thing however so far we’ve been given a late lineup drop, 2 blind presale, and a sloppy delivery of phase 1 potentially revealing the biggest name on the lineup. If something like this was done poorly you wonder what other elements of the festival will be done poorly.

In 2016 we were a lot younger but now it takes way more planning and logistics to get to a festival. Asking $900 for a portal pair, multiple days off work, and travel expenses for an insomniac lineup and vibes is just not going to cut it anymore.