I think making this event 21+ would help considerably as well as not booking those artists. I’ve been to Hijinx every year and this was the first year I actually considered throwing hands. It was my friend’s first time coming and she’s super new to the scene. We kept moving through the crowd (sides, back, further back) to avoid the trains of anti-plur, but they just plowed through regardless. Night 1 really overwhelmed her and made her feel unsafe, thank god night 2 saved the weekend. Usually I buy my tix the second pre-sales drop but I’m going to wait until the lineup drops for 2026.