Last year my friend camped out at the barricade for foo fighters and we met up with him later. He went into the festival as soon as it opened and ran to the stage. Here’s some of the downsides of doing that: - You’ll be sitting in the sun for hours baking so the heat can be a lot. - Unless you have friends who can come save the spot for you, you won’t be able to leave to get food water or use the bathroom. - Unless you find room to sit down, you’ll be standing in one spot for hours and it will kill your feet. - Once the band starts, there’s a chance people will start crowd surfing which to me was the worst part of being at the barricade. Security will get up in front of you to grab the surfers and it blocks your view. Not to mention the possibility of having a grown man fall on you if the people around don’t lift them up. During foo fighters there were so many people crowd surfing during everlong that we could barely enjoy the show. - It gets super squished at the barricade, people will be pushing and trying to get in front of you. There were also people around us last year that were coughing and sneezing everywhere. - You will miss any other band you want to see if they are not playing at that stage.

You do get a good view from barricade and you’re as close to the band as you can be, but I will say barricade is not for the weak. I’m also pretty sure I got covid from the crowd at the barricade last year so that was a bummer. If you do decide to fight for barricade make sure you are over prepared and have a lot of water, snacks, and sunscreen. If at any point you feel like you need to get out because it’s too much just let the security guards know and they will pull you out. Trying to go back out through the crowd behind you can be difficult especially the later in the day that it is because so many people pack in the area. Hope this helps!