This year, Red Frog Events and Goldenvoice teamed up to bring us the 4th edition of the Firefly Music Festival. I loved the lineup this year, and since I couldn't make it to Bonnaroo this year, my dad and I decided to instead make the trip north to Dover, DE for Firefly.
The lineup was pretty stacked: headliners were Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon, and The Killers, with other featured acts including Morrissey, Snoop Dogg, Foster the People, Zedd, Modest Mouse, Hozier, and many more. On top of that, there were still plenty of bands, particularly the bottom 1/3 of the lineup, that I was not familiar with at all.
Dad and I left Winston-Salem at approximately 6:00 am on Thursday morning, and by about 2:00 pm later that day, we had our campsite at the Woodlands completely set up. We said hello to our neighbors--who were very friendly--and planned out the rest of the day.
We started out by scouting out the area around us to find bathrooms, showers, phone charging stations, and water refill stations. One of the big things I noticed right from the get-go is that we were much closer to civilization here than we were at Bonnaroo. Within half a mile from our campsite was a Home Depot, a McDonalds, and even a hotel. Many people, myself included, flocked to the Home Depot daily to charge their phones. The employees there were also very nice about it, even bringing power strips for us to use and tables to sit around.
Another thing I noticed at the start was just how far away our campsite was from the festival grounds. From our tent to the front gate, it was a whole mile, and then another mile to the main stage from there. For comparison, when Dad and myself did VIP at Bonnaroo last year, it was less than half a mile from our campsite to the main stage. In fact, the Bonnaroo What Stage was so close to our campsite in 2014 that I finished Bonnaroo watching Elton John from my campsite. In all honesty, the long walk to the main festival grounds didn't bother me all that much. It's the walk back to the campsite that I hated, especially after a long day of partying with 90,000 other people. Plus, there was many more miles of walking around from stage to stage throughout the day to add on to that. Dad estimated that we walked close to fifteen miles each day of the festival. Like I said, it wasn't all that bad until you're walking back to camp.
The lineup was pretty stacked: headliners were Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon, and The Killers, with other featured acts including Morrissey, Snoop Dogg, Foster the People, Zedd, Modest Mouse, Hozier, and many more. On top of that, there were still plenty of bands, particularly the bottom 1/3 of the lineup, that I was not familiar with at all.
Dad and I left Winston-Salem at approximately 6:00 am on Thursday morning, and by about 2:00 pm later that day, we had our campsite at the Woodlands completely set up. We said hello to our neighbors--who were very friendly--and planned out the rest of the day.
We started out by scouting out the area around us to find bathrooms, showers, phone charging stations, and water refill stations. One of the big things I noticed right from the get-go is that we were much closer to civilization here than we were at Bonnaroo. Within half a mile from our campsite was a Home Depot, a McDonalds, and even a hotel. Many people, myself included, flocked to the Home Depot daily to charge their phones. The employees there were also very nice about it, even bringing power strips for us to use and tables to sit around.
Another thing I noticed at the start was just how far away our campsite was from the festival grounds. From our tent to the front gate, it was a whole mile, and then another mile to the main stage from there. For comparison, when Dad and myself did VIP at Bonnaroo last year, it was less than half a mile from our campsite to the main stage. In fact, the Bonnaroo What Stage was so close to our campsite in 2014 that I finished Bonnaroo watching Elton John from my campsite. In all honesty, the long walk to the main festival grounds didn't bother me all that much. It's the walk back to the campsite that I hated, especially after a long day of partying with 90,000 other people. Plus, there was many more miles of walking around from stage to stage throughout the day to add on to that. Dad estimated that we walked close to fifteen miles each day of the festival. Like I said, it wasn't all that bad until you're walking back to camp.