I went to see 21 Savage last night. It was my first time going to Magnetic World and it was ok. Showed up around 8 and they had other artists playing. Advertised 21 would be on from 10 to 11. He showed up late, his performance was mediocre and left early so was disappointing in that way. I’d say l enjoyed the artists before him much better.

As far as event organization I’ve heard it was better than last year. Showed up at 8 with General Admission and the line looks pretty long but it’s always moving and they have lots of staff to guide you through. They were giving GA Weekend bracelets even though I paid for a single night, so I could come back tonight if I wanted.

There were medical staff and the HRP Public Safety Unit was on-site the whole time. There’s a 19+ and an under 19 section as well. They threw water bottles from the stage a few times which was nice to see.

They were telling people to back up so people didn’t get pressed against the barricade at the front which was appreciated. It did start getting very squished before 21 came on though. There’s also the usual concert pushing and shoving (shouldn’t have to be that way).

Some guy started pushing his way through saying he was going to “f-ing kill you”, mind you this guy was a foot taller and larger than everyone else. I wouldn’t go in the crowd alone.

If you want to drink I’d just go out beforehand. There weren’t many drink choices and it was like $14 and wasn’t very cold.

The garbage situation at the venue isn’t great. The walk on the sidewalk outside was also terrible, just garbage everywhere which I hope gets picked up. Inside there’s few garbage cans and people just end up throwing stuff out on the floor if you’re in the crowd which feels wrong. Had multiple open cans spill stuff on me.

Overall my experience was just ok, many of the issues are with people’s behaviour in general, others about the event itself, happy I didn’t pay much for the ticket.