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Whether it was the dusty fields, the scorching heat, the Porta Potties, or the the plethora of 80s fashions donned by those born a decade later, it was hard to remember we were in Downtown LA for yesterday's F Yeah Fest. Thankfully, the LA-centric line-up featuring comedy and music from the likes of local lovelies Mika Miko, Darker My Love, No Age, Har Mar Superstar, and Crystal Antlers (among others) kept bringing us back from fond memories of the desert. In fact, we think the Coachella organizers could take some notes from Sean Carlson and crew. Whether it was the timely cause (Save Our State Parks), the accommodating staff (FYF Volunteer Corps), or the community vendors (Green Truck LA, Ice Cream Man), the F Yeah Fest was everything these musical beasts normally aren't: Spacious, friendly, and accessible. Oh, and FUN. We're happy to support local events, and our hats come off to contributors and attendees alike. Now, if they could just work on those ticket lines...
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Begley is a raving nutball and he is dead wrong. StrokerMcgurk
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It could use better organizing, such as avoiding 1 hour+ lines for will call and better sound on ALL stages, unless you are only supposed to hear the bass in a band featuring only a bassist and a drummer.
I have to argue with "accessible" - we waited in the will call line for over an hour (mid-afternoon), moved about 50 feet, and were still probably about 1/4 mile away from the entrance. I'd love to find out how long it took for our line mates to get in. My guess is 3 hours.
I thought it was horribly unorganized as well. We were told those who volunteered at Burrito Project would be given 2 tickets + a goodie bag (not like I cared about the bag anyways, but still). Kids from Burrito Project showed up only to be turned away, supposedly there was no Burrito Project anywhere on the guest list (despite pulling up the emails from FYF Fest's organizers saying we were all on the list). A few hours later they finally caved and gave 1/2 of us a ticket each. Frustrating and embarrassing for me after I told all the volunteers they would be given two tickets each.
The setting was really awesome, however the food situation was completely unorganized and out of hand! I waited in one line that said "burgers and sandwiches" for a half hour only to find out there was only meat, got in another line (Green Truck), waited another 45 min, and then when I was just 5 people from the front they had just sold out of all veggie options. There has got to be a better way to do the food!!
The will call thing was a mess. Didn't ticketweb have some sort of exorbitant charge for "delivering" will call tickets? They finally gave up on checking the will call lists and just asked for an id and then asked you how many tickets you purchased and handed them to you haha!
Lightning Bolt were such a let down. The small stage had the shittiest sound system and sapped all the raw power of their live performances but the kids moshed to it anyways. I think like half of the speakers were unplugged during the beginning of their set.
Kudos to the dude who brought a boogie board and road it over the heads of the Lightning Bolt mosh pit. Take that Coachella!
haha yeah, i was wondering how that dude managed to sneak a boogie board in. we couldn't even get a sealed water bottle in and this guy gets a boogie board? good stuff.
I think this was an unmitigated disaster.
What possible reason could excuse that line for will call?
It was a scam, I think.
the fyf organizers sent an email to classical geek theatre with a very basic explanation of the line issue.
"...the problem was due to legitimate fire marshal concerns that delayed the opening, plus an honest mistaken under-estimate on how many attendees would show for the early bands."
i can't quite figure out how it took them hours to a) realize there was a massive line, and b) figure out how to deal with the massive line. after two+ hours we finally made it close to the front, only to see a handful of people checking what looked to be a very long will-call list.
whether or not they thought people wouldn't show up early is no excuse, when your will-call list is that long you need to expect a big group of people at any time.
also, how insulting is that to all of the bands who did play early in the day, for the organizers to suggest that people wouldn't want to get there at the start to see them? that might be worse than their total screw up of putting lightning bolt on a small stage with terrible sound.