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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Block Party Oh, Another Thing...

Posted by Eric Grandy on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:41 AM

How much better is the layout this year, with the Main Stage not blocking the main intersection of the whole fest? You can actually move around from one place to another! It's AWESOME!

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the new layout, along with the great bands and awesome weather, is really making this year spectacular.

sure am sorry i missed your round in the dunk tank though, grandy. see you in the streets.

Posted by kerri harrop

on July 25, 2009 at 12:31 PM

the new layout IS great. good job.

Posted by Jeddrock on July 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM

The new layout works up to a point. I do not like the extended beer garden. It took way too much space from other non beer drinkers trying to enjoy the main stage.

Posted by Simone on July 26, 2009 at 8:04 AM

I beg to differ about the new layout. Only a tiny fraction of the festival goers have a chance to even see the band. And the pushing and shoving near the front. I ended having to retreat and I saw several women looking panicked at the Sonic Youth show. It was awful. Worst ... Layout ... Ever.

Posted by bugkiller on July 26, 2009 at 3:03 PM

i'm not sure if the layout was entirely to blame, but i'd like to echo bugkiller's post: way too much pushing during the sonic youth show. even half way between the stage and the end of the block was rough on some of the people.

Posted by in-frequent on July 27, 2009 at 9:13 AM

the layout was a step in the right direction, though the beer garden caused a bit of a bottleneck and the stage could've been a bit taller. but, yes, a major improvement over last year's three-stage cluster of doom.

Posted by josh