Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Recovered! (Sort of)
Well, it happened! It was an absolutely fantastic year, filled with ridiculous amounts of fun. I have a few funny stories - MC Lars helped me spread a couple of bales of straw in tent camping on Thursday; on Friday, I got to hold The Cat Empire's VCR (named Fisher), I ate the Firemen's Chicken Barbeque about 17 times because it was so delicious, and so on. What I really want to hear now, though, are YOUR stories! Who were your favorite bands? Did you meet any new friends? Fall in love? We want to know! Send stories to me at megan@grassrootsfest.org, and I'll post them here (I reserve the right to edit them). Pictures are cool, too... show us what you've got!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Festival Starting Soon...
... and we're pretty much ready. When I say "pretty much", I mean that we've pretty much done all we can do at this point. There are a few more papers to type, a few more envelopes to stuff, and a few more confirmations to deal with, but mostly, we're ready to rock.
The dance tent is up and ready. Will-Call envelopes are stuffed. The bands are advanced, the infield is painted and marked out, the water tanks at offsite are full, the bathrooms and showers are clean, the lights are hung, the portas are full of blue stuff, the wristbands are counted and prepped, the credit card machines are programmed, the press list is made, the volunteers are scheduled, the snow fence is up... and so on, and so forth.
Looks like we're gonna have a festival, folks, so get ready....
The dance tent is up and ready. Will-Call envelopes are stuffed. The bands are advanced, the infield is painted and marked out, the water tanks at offsite are full, the bathrooms and showers are clean, the lights are hung, the portas are full of blue stuff, the wristbands are counted and prepped, the credit card machines are programmed, the press list is made, the volunteers are scheduled, the snow fence is up... and so on, and so forth.
Looks like we're gonna have a festival, folks, so get ready....
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Buy Your Tickets at OUTLETS Now.
Hey all,
It takes us a few days to process ticket orders in our office - getting your info into our database, getting a will-call envelope made up for you, etc. - so we always close down phone and web orders about a week before the festival to give us enough time to deal with them (and do everything else we need to do).
So that means no more web or phone orders at this point for this year.
HOWEVER, we have tickets available at the pre-sale price of $85 through the Wednesday before the festival at our OUTLETS... bring cash or a check, though, they don't take credit cards.
You can see a list of our outlets here.
Get 'em while they're hot, kids!
It takes us a few days to process ticket orders in our office - getting your info into our database, getting a will-call envelope made up for you, etc. - so we always close down phone and web orders about a week before the festival to give us enough time to deal with them (and do everything else we need to do).
So that means no more web or phone orders at this point for this year.
HOWEVER, we have tickets available at the pre-sale price of $85 through the Wednesday before the festival at our OUTLETS... bring cash or a check, though, they don't take credit cards.
You can see a list of our outlets here.
Get 'em while they're hot, kids!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
More Offsite Camping Questions
Got an email today from an old friend of the festival, and he asks several very common questions about offsite camping, so I thought I'd just rock some Q&A here:
I won't be arriving until late Friday afternoon; is it likely that I can still get a site in the offsite camping area?
The super-sweet spots are all going to be taken up on Thursday, but we predict that there will still be plenty of perfectly pleasant camping left by Friday. We cannot, of course, promise anything - it's first-come, first-serve until it's gone, but as we've never run out before, we don't anticipate any problems.
Do we park our cars at our sites or leave them in the lot and haul our stuff back to our site?
You are allowed to do either. We ask that if you plan on doing a lot of driving in and out that you park your car in the parking lot - we prefer that people keep driving to a minimum in the campground area. A run to the grocery store is fine, but 5 trips in and out per day is pushing it, y'know?
Is the price still $40 even if we are using the site only for Friday and Saturday nights?
Yes.
What time do we have to be out Sun night?
Within a reasonable hour or two after the music ends at the main site. Please do not drive home if you are not able to do so safely (even if you are just feeling too tired); let one of our staffers or volunteers know what's going on and we'll help you figure something out... we do pride ourselves on our MacGyver-esque problem-solving skills.
Give a shout if you have any further questions about anything else, y'all!
I won't be arriving until late Friday afternoon; is it likely that I can still get a site in the offsite camping area?
The super-sweet spots are all going to be taken up on Thursday, but we predict that there will still be plenty of perfectly pleasant camping left by Friday. We cannot, of course, promise anything - it's first-come, first-serve until it's gone, but as we've never run out before, we don't anticipate any problems.
Do we park our cars at our sites or leave them in the lot and haul our stuff back to our site?
You are allowed to do either. We ask that if you plan on doing a lot of driving in and out that you park your car in the parking lot - we prefer that people keep driving to a minimum in the campground area. A run to the grocery store is fine, but 5 trips in and out per day is pushing it, y'know?
Is the price still $40 even if we are using the site only for Friday and Saturday nights?
Yes.
What time do we have to be out Sun night?
Within a reasonable hour or two after the music ends at the main site. Please do not drive home if you are not able to do so safely (even if you are just feeling too tired); let one of our staffers or volunteers know what's going on and we'll help you figure something out... we do pride ourselves on our MacGyver-esque problem-solving skills.
Give a shout if you have any further questions about anything else, y'all!
The Drum Circle
Okay, a lot of people have been asking what the deal is with the drum circle for 2007. The staff and board of directors of the festival have decided, after much careful deliberation, that there will not be an official drum circle/drum dome at the festival.
There are many, many valid and reasonable arguments on both sides of the issue, some obvious and some less so, but after weighing all of them at length, it was decided that this decision will make the most people the happiest.
A few questions have come up regarding this decision, the most pressing of which is "Am I still allowed to drum, and if so, where?" The answer is yes, absolutely! For starters, there will be some semi-organized drumming at the drum sales booth in the craft area at the festival. We also always encourage jam sessions, pickin' and grinnin', and other homemade musical campsite activities. We just request that if your neighboring campsite asks you to quiet down or take it elsewhere, you respect their wishes.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you might have about this issue - we know it's a tough one, but we're just trying to make the best possible situation for as many people as possible.
Currently Listening: Vieux Farka Touré
There are many, many valid and reasonable arguments on both sides of the issue, some obvious and some less so, but after weighing all of them at length, it was decided that this decision will make the most people the happiest.
A few questions have come up regarding this decision, the most pressing of which is "Am I still allowed to drum, and if so, where?" The answer is yes, absolutely! For starters, there will be some semi-organized drumming at the drum sales booth in the craft area at the festival. We also always encourage jam sessions, pickin' and grinnin', and other homemade musical campsite activities. We just request that if your neighboring campsite asks you to quiet down or take it elsewhere, you respect their wishes.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you might have about this issue - we know it's a tough one, but we're just trying to make the best possible situation for as many people as possible.
Currently Listening: Vieux Farka Touré
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