Sloss Music Festival Tickets

The bands we were able to see were good, but lightning delays ended up cancelling around half the acts, and shortening/time shifting others into slots that were much less desirable than the original schedule. I ended up only seeing about 5 bands the entire weekend, which was nowhere near worth the price of admission. July in the south is generally pretty unstable weather wise with thunderstorms rolling through almost every afternoon. You could say the festival organizers were unlucky this year with the weather, but it may be that they were lucky this was the first time delays were so bad. Hell, don't call them unlucky at all, it's not like they lost any money because of it; they provided half an experience and kept all the profit. Even when storms aren't a problem, being outside all day in the heat is already a miserable experience. I love Birmingham and its music scene and want an event like this to succeed, but I won't be back if they continue to hold it in the middle of summer.

Well my girlfriend and I just wanted to see ajr and Chris Stapleton so we spent the day in Birmingham so when we arrived at the concert it was shutdown due to weather so we decided it didn’t look like it was getting any better so we left to eat and back to the hotel and didn’t get to see anyone when we were told we would be notified when the concert would start back and never were so we didn’t get to see anyone play.

This festival was a miserable disaster. We saw less than half of the bands advertised, and almost none of the bands we had come specifically to see. The communication during the "weather events" was nonexistent, and the organization was terrible. We were repeatedly all told to leave the area, then shows were resumed before we had time to get back. We will never attend the festival again and would have appreciated some kind of acknowledgement or refund--which we have yet to receive. I've been to a lot of shows and festivals. I've never had such a bad experience as this one, even when things have gone wrong.

Missed a lot of music due to rain delays & LONG lines!

Sloss Fest this year was a complete and utter disaster. There was clearly no planned strategy for inclement weather, information about evacuation and the status of the shows was unconcise and coming from either word of mouth in the crowd or rude and underinformed security. Ironically, nothing was learned from Saturday's events, because Sunday was equally as disastrous and awful. Summer weather in Alabama is unpredictable, but there should have been a clear plan for inclement weather. At the very least, partial refunds for ticket purchasers that spent hours under a bridge should be given.

This was my second Sloss fest. I was disappointed in the way the weather delays were handled. My top bands that I specifically bought my ticket for were completely cancelled. I feel pretty jipped that no partial refund was offered. The least Sloss could do is offer a voucher for next year, or merchandise voucher.. something. It will take some convincing for me to come back or recommend this fest in the future.

The festival's handling of the weather events in Birmingham during the festival were a disgrace. Neither day involved what seemed like dangerous lightning anywhere close, but regardless, it is beyond time to think about scheduling this festival for another time or having a rain contingency plan in place to continue the festival indoors when bad weather arrives. We have plenty of venues in Birmingham that would suffice. I will be hard pressed to roll the dice on another year after this. Over half the acts I wanted to see were canceled.

I have been to past events and it hasn’t been any issues even with rain. I thought it was excessive and not organized the way the event was shut down and for the length of time. Then re-entry was also unorganized and they didn’t even scan everyone’s ticket. I barely saw any music. The best part of this weekend was the show St. Paul did at Saturn later Sunday night. With the potential of this occurring again I don’t think I will buy iron tickets or even purchase tickets in advance if I go again.

The worst two day event ever. Was ran very poorly and most of the bands were cancelled that we had come to see. Will not attend again.

I think that Sloss Fest always has an incredible lineup/setup. However, I wish there was a better plan to come back after the rain. Many bands that I was excited to see didn't end up playing.