I went to FYF Fest in 2011 and thought it was pretty poorly organized but went again last year and it seemed like they had gotten their act together. They moved the festival this year so it was a lot closer to my place and only a few stops away on the metro. I was super excited.
The gates open at 2pm and I wanted to see Mariachi El Bronx at 2:30pm, but when we got there we were greeted by a huge line. We didn’t wanna wait in line so we found a bar and had a beer instead.
An hour later when we had finished out beer the line was even longer and I got pissed off. Everyone already had their wristbands so why did it have to take 3.5 hours to get people in through the gates? I missed a bunch of bands I wanted to see.
When we finally got inside it was super crowded and they had maxed out capacity for one of the indoor stages so even though we were at the festival we still couldn’t see or even hear the bands we actually came to see.
Nothing seemed to go right this time around so we were uninspired and headed back home before the sun set. Worst festival I have ever been to. You’d think that 11 years in the making they would have some clue, but apparently not. Huge bummer.
