At the time of this writing, tickets remained for JFest, Riverbend, Bonnaroo and Moon River, the four largest music festivals in our area. To be fair, JFest and Riverbend don’t really cap their ticket sales, but conceivably could if too many were sold for the spaces.
According to numerous reports, Bonnaroo, which has a cap of 80,000 tickets officially, is likely to sell out in the next few weeks, which would make it one of the earliest sellouts in its almost 20-year history.
Moon River has not sold all of its 11,000 tickets yet, which is notable mostly because it sold out in eight hours two years ago after three years in Memphis and in about 24 hours last year. It will likely sell out, but that eight-hour mark sure raised the bar, didn’t it?
I know that festival planners in recent years have been focusing on the total experience. But for you who buy such tickets, is it lineup, fan experience, price or a combination of things?
* In addition to building on his own solid music career, Cody McCarver has become an advocate for several area artists over the years, and while Smith & Wesley are perfectly capable of doing just fine by themselves, they have McCarver in their corner.