Category: Festivals
The rise of disaster music festivals and how to avoid them
Two years ago, the epic fail heard around the world was the disaster at what would have been the very first luxury Fyre Festival in Exuma. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that didn’t go over very well. And if you don’t know, you can check out one of the two documentaries…
The joy of traveling for Eurovision
Though most Americans have never heard of it, the Eurovision Song Contest is the longest-running international televised competition, and one of the longest running TV shows in the world. It’s been held annually since 1956, and has an international viewership as high as 600 million. For context, that’s about six times the average number of…
The pros and cons of traveling with a big group
It’s always amazing when the stars align and somehow eight of your friends have the time and money to go somewhere together. Traveling with a group is different from other kinds of trips, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Pro: Traveling with a big group can bring you out of your comfort…
Drunk Interview: Fyre Festival Live Tweeter
I don’t know about you, but the best thing to happen to me all year was Ja Rule’s refugee camp for rich kids known as Fyre Festival. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced schadenfreude that good. I managed to get ahold of William N. Finley IV, the man who live-tweeted the shitshow in the Bahamas.…
Spotlight Festival in Bucharest
I love accidentally stumbling on cool events when I go somewhere. And when we were in Bucharest last week, we kept seeing signs for something called the Spotlight Festival. To be honest, I was mostly ignoring it because I thought it was an electronic music festival, but then we saw some installations go up around…
Coachella: The good, the bad, and the sandy
The other day I saw a person with a Coachella wristband – the true mark of a festival fiend. I turned to my friend and said, “Look, a survivor.” Coachella is a fantastic time if you love music festivals, hipsters, and camping. All in one place for three days straight (four, if you count the…
