More on Music Festivals

“After setting a high bar with its first-day front-to-back surprise performance of 1983's "Kill 'Em All," Metallica closed its second Orion Music + More festival with a more conventional but characteristically ferocious concert on Sunday -- and promised to be back for more next year,” (Gary Graff,  http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1566387/metallica-leads-heavy-orion-music-festival-tells-detroit-well-be-back, June 10, 2013).

The concept of a music festival is the chance to gain exposure to more than one artist, and they are really popular this year. However, when you do get to a music festival, (or when it is your first festival) how do you make the most out of that experience? Some good advice from Stephen Thompson at NPR Music “That leaves music and logistics, which are often intertwined. Show up early, because it's way more fun to wait outside the gate with your friends at 11 in the morning than it is to sit in standstill traffic while thinking about everything you're missing. When you're dealing with multiple stages — any set-up where you're choosing from a menu of musical options at any given moment — plan ahead and jot down where you'd theoretically like to be. Take advantage of Bandcamp, Spotify and a million other ways to pre-screen festival acts you've never heard of. Many large events have useful apps for your mobile devices to help you plan, but remember that hugely crowded areas full of young folks often get crummy cell-phone reception, so jot down backups on an old-fashioned piece of paper,” (http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/05/07/181996458/the-good-listener-for-music-festival-rookies-a-survival-guide, June 13).

For more on the article and other music festival tips, visit, http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/05/07/181996458/the-good-listener-for-music-festival-rookies-a-survival-guide.

If you could go to one music festival, which one would you choose? If you have been to more than one, which one was your favorite and why?