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Anybody gotten a refund yet?

With the cancellation, is anyone trying to get tickets to a different festival reasonably close? Husband is big into the music, though we haven’t been to any festivals. This was his anniversary gift and he’s understandably bummed.

Trying to decide if the best course of action is buy tickets to a show of the artist he was most excited to see and a flight to a cool city to see them in or slap the money from the refund to a different festival.

I am not in the scene at all and am completely clueless as to what’s out there. Haha. We are in NWA but happy to drive.

Ticket sales are down now. Multiple people have called the venue and they're not having anything that weekend. Just really hope we can get our money back on tickets because that was my vacation budget for the whole year. Just really feel let down right now. :(

Has anyone heard that it's being cancelled soon? It seems to be going around the rumormill.

hey! I am a pretty small artist and I got accepted to vend this year. I think collectively I’ll probably spend 2k on the fee, travel, gas, & food. All my products range from $10-$20, do you think it would be worth it to attend? I’m on the fence because all my stuff is pretty cheap but I don’t want to raise my prices because I don’t feel right doing that just because I’m at a festival. If anyone has vended, or just attended a lot, please let me know how you think things would go and if I would at least break even. I sell roach clips, wax tools, jewelry, etc. ! So I feel like my stuff is appropriate and would sell well, but I have never been so I just need some reassurance that I would make a little bit. It is also my first decently sized show so I don’t have much experience selling at high volumes. Any advice is welcome, thank you so much!

Is there an updated map out yet? Or is it the same as 2023..? Haven’t been able to find it.

I’m just trying to choose the camping option away from the after party stage that goes until 6 AM. Kinda really value my sleep. Anyone know the stage layout this year?

First time going, FB add sold me on what I missed at Eclipse. I see RVs are right at main stage I have wed entry so gonna be first rows. But what time does music kick off in the morning?

Hey, I’m thinking about volunteering. Is there anyone doing the same from around Memphis that I can get a ride with?

Also, what’s it like to volunteer there? Anyone with experience have any anecdotes, interesting stories, cautionary tales?

My friends and I made a hard but wise decision to miss out on Bonnaroo this year due to this amazing lineup!!!!

What do I need to expect…. Camping? Bring sand to beach?! Law enforcement? How’s the food? Merch? All and any forms of help is greatly appreciated!!!! Can’t wait to see yall!!!!

Hello, if I start the tickets for life plan today, will I get tickets for this year's backwoods?

Anyone know anything about the lineup? I'm too stoked!

Can someone let me know how shade camping is? We weren’t able to check it out while we were there but we were wondering if it’s possible to hammock camp, or if we would have to get a tent? TIA 🫶🏼

who has the video of Big G playing Eternal Now

I got overwhelmed and didn’t think to take my phone out in there, but know it was super neat and I wanted to show other people because my words don’t do it justice

https://on.soundcloud.com/ScZHbJJ9T7V5iZMU6

That shit totally fucked with the vibe! Did anyone figure out why/ what happened?

I saw this band at the backroads stage called Mr. Mota? Does anyone know their social media?? They honestly blew my mind.

My husband decided to not invite me and go without me this year… does anyone have a bracelet I can buy? I really wanted one to remember the festival by, as a memento. Now I just want one to remember what a jerk he was to just go like he did without me.

If you're missing Backwoods like I am, you might enjoy this. These are the videos I took this weekend. What a great time!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78LGKmgPLUF9MwPfhHzv0_SOHCX8vFrI

TL;DR : Backwoods 2023 could have been amazing for a festival of its scale misses the mark on too many key points to recommend.

Edit2: I take back “wouldn’t recommend,” I’m thinking of my friends who aren’t huge bass heads but if you are then this scratches an itch for a lot of people.

Hey all, I had some thoughts and feedback that I wanted to get out there in case an organizer or someone is wondering what could be improved. I’m no expert but have been to Backwoods 2017, 2019, was at Wakarusa 2015, plus several other festivals. We went to EF last year but picked Backwoods for our festival this year for a more bluegrass/jam experience and it was easy to bring our first-time friends.

Positives:

• People attending generally had good vibes and our females felt safe alone.
• Incredible venue for a festival, the last half hour of the drive in is awesome.
• Mud never got crazy.
• Small fest means you can walk back to camp easily.
• Jam bands for the jam crowd.
• Bathrooms were rarely destroyed but often had no toilet paper.
• Food and drink prices were low compared to other fests.

Backwoods has always felt like a hobby project of the organizer instead of a professional festival like Wakarusa. You can tell the organizers love jam but in 2023 you have to make a great experience for the EDM crowd or you just aren’t going to sell enough tickets.

Somehow it always feels one incident away from chaos. When we got the early arrival text I was worried we were off to a bad start but this was handled pretty well except for a few small issues.

I don’t love rules for the sake of rules, but people feel safer when they know that rules are enforced. Ex: cars in Shade Camping, nitrous tanks everywhere including being sold by official vendors, fires without people or water nearby.

When someone’s service dog bolted away during the fireworks and we found it in a vendor tent, we had no way to get a hold of any staff. When we finally found someone they were tripping so hard they made the situation worse. More clearly marked staff and a few more sober staff on payroll would make a huge difference.

Did anyone find the info tent? We did not. Wakarusa and other festivals use huge balloons to make medical, info, bathrooms, etc.

Fire effects at main stage were completely non-existent during some late sets and so random and out of sync with the music that it was distracting during others.

They screwed up by not having the backroads stage down in the woods, that was unforgettable and the best place to hang during the day. This year there was nowhere to sit or hang except two picnic tables or the campsites. Maybe they didn’t sell enough tickets and setting up that stage would have been too expensive, but simply setting up some lights letting people hammock and buy drinks back there would have been huge for chilling late night between sets.

If they just threw up some tapestries, uplighting and log benches in the art area it would have been game changing… they didn’t even get around to hanging the actual backwoods sign.

Never saw any updates on the string cheese taco party. Don’t know how I would have received them if there were.

We ended up leaving a day early as the afternoon was such a drag. This would be a perfect small festival for locals and first-timers if they had in at least Backwoods 2019 condition but we’ll try Summer Camp or head back to Electric Forest unless they really surprise us next year.

Edit: a few clarifications and formatting.

Will any of the sets from the artists be dropped on any platform so that I can experience them again? That would be really cool to hear the Papadosio, Lettuce and SCI sets again.