Virgin Mobile Fest Baltimore 2009 date set?

I don't care where it is as long as it's not a pavilion of any sort. I need a huge open space with no seats for it to feel right. At least at RFK you could have it set up like old HFStivals.

there might not be a V Fest this year….there's not even a V Fest in Canada announced either..

There wont be a Connect Music festival in Scotland either,  I'd like to see a festival programmed like along those lines in the area.

Well, with Warped Tour they have it out in that parking lot…in fact, HFStival did the same. There is clearly room for more than one stage at Merriweather. 

  Personally, i think they should just have it on that grass lot. Put two stages on either end and just alternate them so there was always music, but people didnt gather all at one stage.

  then put some lesser know ppl out in the Pavilion. 

  there are many ways to go with that.

isnt the sasquatch festival at an ampitheatre?   

I'm all for the week's worth of shows at 930 idea.

azaghal1981 wrote:
I'm all for the week's worth of shows at 930 idea.

i.e. all those great second stage acts that one has endure the midday sun to try to enjoy at a festival

yeah, maybe they should scrap it.  better to just skip a year then throw some piece of junk that gives you a bad name forever!

back wrote:
yeah, maybe they should scrap it.  better to just skip a year then throw some piece of junk that gives you a bad name forever!

wow way to have confidence in Seth and co's ability to book, promote and put on a festival…

just remember that four of the five first Lollapalooza festival, at least in MI, were held at amphitheaters.  the third time in mi was at this god awful speedway location, wth little shade running water etc. 

kosmo wrote:

back wrote:
yeah, maybe they should scrap it.  better to just skip a year then throw some piece of junk that gives you a bad name forever!

wow way to have confidence in Seth and co's ability to book, promote and put on a festival…

just remember that four of the five first Lollapalooza festival, at least in MI, were held at amphitheaters.   the third time in mi was at this god awful speedway location, wth little shade running water etc. 

  none of the ones in I went to were in amps.  i went to the first four.  all in field like locales. and from what i hear, the DC/MD ones were too (Lake Fairfax and Charletown Racetrack).

  and i said "MAYBE" they should.  if they have a nice lineup but cant decide venues, fine.  But if the venue and the lineup isnt solid, like that dude from Pollstar or whoever in that article, it might be a bit late.

  i suppose piece of junk was a bit harsh ;)

That effing sucks, if it moves to Merriweather it'll just be like…. the Warped Tour of indie music. Eff that, it's not a festival then. Getting to the front will be impossible. If they do move it count me out, I'll head to APW if it moves. If it moves to Merriweather too then the bands will be more low profile. Eff that.

I'll bet if Seth booked a two day festival with this type of artists, it would make some people giddy about it…

Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, The Killers, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, The Von Bondies,  Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Danger Mouse, The Polyphonic Spree, Broken Social Scene, Bumblebeez 81, The Secret Machines, Elbow, Wheat, The Coup, Wolf Eyes, The Dresden Dolls

This is most of the lineup scheduled for the 2004 Lollapalooza  tour, with a stop at Merriweather, that eventually got canceled due to poor ticket sales

Or how about this festival lineup

The Cure, Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Muse, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Head Automatica.

Which was Curiosa also at Merriweather

Wasn't The Cooper Temple Clause also at Curiosa?

Arthwys wrote:
Wasn't The Cooper Temple Clause also at Curiosa?

I was going to mention that but failed to see its importance!  yes, they were.  but really Muse stole the show ;-)

I really like the idea of having the festival at RFK Stadium. It would be a fun trip down memory lane for a lot of us. I'm not sure how the logistics would work out, but Seth could set it up with two stages similar to what people did for the Tibetan Freedom Festival (hard to believe that was 11 years ago!). In terms of VIP tickets, he could still do that but just make sure to give those VIP ticket holders club seats or something awesome like that.

Another idea I just thought of was, why not have the festival in Charlestown at that racetrack there? My dad's friend once told me about how lollapalooza happened there.

In all honesty, having the festival at Merriweather would ultimately be awkward, because you wouldn't be able to have GA tickets and if you did, there would be constant competition over seats and stuff.

how about the ravens stadium as well.

kosmo wrote:
yeah because no real  big name headliners ever play Merriweather  ::)

I really enjoy Merriweather as far as outdoor amphitheaters go… at the very least, I find it far preferable to Nissan… but Virgin Festival at Merriweather would totally change the dynamic… for one, I'd be less likely to go "because it's Virgin Festival" (as I did last year, booked my hotel before the lineup was announced because I was confident there would be plenty there that I'd enjoy… and I wasn't disappointed)…

It'd really be a matter of taking a harder look at the lineup for the event in that case… Plus, the last time I was there for an event with multiple stages was the Curiosa tour and while i managed to enjoy myself… the set up created a really odd vibe… definitely wasn't preferred…

although that said…

back wrote:
I was going to mention that but failed to see its importance!  yes, they were.  but really Muse stole the show ;-)

Muse were fucking awesome… I didn't have much knowledge on them outside of a few random remixes I had picked up on vinyl of their songs… but they were really amazing… so much noise and energy for three guys on a stage…

saintangelsin wrote:
I really like the idea of having the festival at RFK Stadium. It would be a fun trip down memory lane for a lot of us. I'm not sure how the logistics would work out, but Seth could set it up with two stages similar to what people did for the Tibetan Freedom Festival (hard to believe that was 11 years ago!). In terms of VIP tickets, he could still do that but just make sure to give those VIP ticket holders club seats or something awesome like that.

Another idea I just thought of was, why not have the festival in Charlestown at that racetrack there? My dad's friend once told me about how lollapalooza happened there.

In all honesty, having the festival at Merriweather would ultimately be awkward, because you wouldn't be able to have GA tickets and if you did, there would be constant competition over seats and stuff.

  Charlestown racetrack or raceway, whatever it is called would be pretty sweet! nice pull… That lolla was one of my first concerts ever and like the second festival type concert I ever went to. HUGE area and pretty close to the DC area. Not sure how many events they have had there since then but it was a really great location.

posting just because this is the closest thing to Festival news I have seen for at least 3  weeks

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/04/not_coming_to_a_virgin_festiva.html

what a useless article. Did you write it?

Davyboy wrote:
posting just because this is the closest thing to Festival news I have seen for at least 3  weeks

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/04/not_coming_to_a_virgin_festiva.html