VFEST Roll Call

The road it is off of is 175/Little Patuxent Parkway.  There is an exit for it on 95.  The mall is definitely the way to go.  I did the on site parking once, and will never do it again.  It took about an hour to park, and longer than that to leave.  But that was 2003, maybe they have fixed things.  The mall on the other hand, is in and out. 

Hmm, maybe I will try doing the mall-parking thing.

I've been to Merriweather only once before (for Thievery et al. a year (IIRC) ago) and had no problems with the parking… but I am dismayed at the idea of having to pay for parking.

Plus I had the idea from the Virgin FreeFest site (under "Info, Getting There, Car" that you couldn't even park on-site unless you had "four or more" people in your car:

If you have 4 or more people in your vehicle, you can park in the Main Parking Lot.

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Off-Site Parking
There will be plenty of it. You will be directed once you get to Brokenland Parkway or South Entrance Road.  Shuttle busses will take those in the further-away lots.

Lets all park at the mall and have a get together  ;D

the mall is in and out for most merriweather shows, but people, remember that

a) there will two times the amount of people than a normal merriweather show.

b) they wont have the west lot for overflow parking due to the stage being there.

the mall, is gonna SUCK to park at.  now, i figure the cops will be trying to get people to park elsewhere so if you are determined to get into the mall, it may be ok, if most ppl are dumb enough to park where the cops ask them to.

I just went on a recon mission to the mall….. there are metal barrier all around the mall… they are currently in the grass at all the entrances, no clue what they are going to do with them but they may be trying to keep people out.

weird what about for people who actually want to go to the mall.  Usually I park I think in that jcpenny or sears parking lot but more towards the exit.  I think it will be fine tomorrow but who knows I sure as hell don't want to pay for parking  ;D

tickets are still available on ticketmaster for you people who need extras  ;D

I agree, not sure how they decide who is a mall customer and who is looking to park for merriweather…. at least in mass.  We have been asked by mall security if we were going to a show before and just walk toward sears until they were gone

I am sure it will all be fine

my friends tickets never arrived in the mail…..ticketmaster said they could convert the tickets to 'print at home' but they would have to pay the service charge to print at home.  real nice ticketmaster, real nice.

sucks about the mall parking looking off limits….I only have 3 people in my car, i'm still going to try the mall I guess.

when i picked up my ticket at merriweather, they had signs up saying that Little Patuxent Pky would be closed Sunday.  Traffic is going to suck big time.

Have to admit I totally disregarded the parking issue.  My group of 4 had planned to come in 2 cars but that looks to be a bit of a headache.  I'd have to think parking at the mall will be a tad more difficult today than a typical show at MPP.

The thought of taking a shuttle back to the car after the show sounds awful but the bus-to-metro arrangement they had at Pimlico worked really well.

Probably a bit late but I just came from Mall area and all the lots surrounding the mall but not at the mall proper are marked for concert parking.  There are some professional buildings between the mall and merriweather with little garages that are open.  Appears to be no forcing of people anywhere at the moment.

How was VFest?  anyone? I haven't heard any thoughts of the festival at all.   

nevermind… found the VFest Discussion thread.