Whoa! They're going to expand to two weekends next year-May 23-25 (Memorial Day Weekend) and July 4-6 (Fourth of July Weekend) with two completely different lineups!!!
Whoa! They're going to expand to two weekends next year-May 23-25 (Memorial Day Weekend) and July 4-6 (Fourth of July Weekend) with two completely different lineups!!!
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/0...kends-in-2014/
Very Cool. I wonder if they will have two completely different vibes? Or same vibe, just 2 different weekends.
Completely different lineups sounds extremely lame actually.
Also, booking two different lineups seems like a potential nightmare.
EDIT: Just realized the dates are over a month apart. Still, seems odd to me.
Sounds like there is enough demand from the northwest for two weekends. I'd want to see the quality of the lineups.
If there's no repeats, and Sasquatch still maintains over 115 acts per weekend, that's over 230+ unique bookings.. The overall quality would have to be watered down, unless they seperate the genres.
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Damn, I was finally planning on making it next year. Now I have to pick which weekend and hope for a lineup more in my favor. Most people purchase pre-sales before a lineup right?
This sounds intriguing, but I have my doubts. Quality over quantity.
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I think ACL has proven that the two weekend option isn't something every festival can do. I don't anticipate this being successful.
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
This is a terrible idea. They have one festival with huge demand and now they think they are Coachella. 2012 didn't sell out for months.
They would have to announce the lineups at the same time, and if they are reasonable equal in quality I don't see either one selling out very fast, if at all.
i'd love to do this fourth of july weekend though. way too cold the year i went.
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
Until the lineups are announced, I think it's too early to say it's a bad idea. Also, I'm glad to see that each one is back to 3 days instead of 4. Hopefully that will bring the price down, but most likely not.
Fuck this shit.
Fuck. This. Shit.
I went to Sasquatch for the first time because Coachella announced dual weekends and I said fuck this shit. I ended up discovering the best festival experience of my life. Now they go and fuck it up. Fuck this shit.
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I don't understand the negative reactions to this. It's now essentially two completely different festivals that happen at the Gorge a month and a half apart from one another. This year sold out pretty fast, if I recall, so they obviously see the opportunity to put on another one later in the summer. It also allows them to sync up with different tour schedules/availability of artists at different times of the festival season.
I'm curious what their plan will be in 2015 when the 4th doesn't conveniently fall on a Friday. Memorial Day weekend always works since it creates a three day weekend every year, but after next year that won't work for the 4th of July.
Sure, the number of festivals seems to get crazier every year but for those who live in the northwest this is the only major event of this type that's (relatively) easily accessible. I'm sure they looked at the sales data for this year's festival and figured it was worth the gamble to try it again later in the summer when people will be looking for something else to go to.
But didn't ultra sell out both weekends? I think the city cancelled the future of a second weekend for them.
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
I guess this solves the problem of Primavera and Sasquatch poaching each others acts.
Both are on long weekends. Plus unique lineups 6 weeks a part mean more double dippers.
If they go double weekends in 2015 that is 12 unique "headliners" over 2 years. In 2011/2012/2013 they had 12 unique headliners since each year was 4 days. It means they might have the challenge of booking upwards of 24 top level acts over 5 years to play their out of the way festival on a certain holiday weekend.
Can't wait for Neko Case or Metric to "headline".
I am kind of glad things are going back to three days. Camping for 5 nights(for those who come Thursday to get a good spot) is way too long! We will have to see how the lineup unfolds.