The Wrecking Ball Tickets

AWESOME!! EVERYONE WAS AMAZING!! FAVS WERE QUICKSAND, DINO JR., THURSDAY, AMERICAN FOOTBALL, PIEBALD, AND GORILLA BISCUITS

I purchased VIP tickets to this event for no actual benefit except a few drink tickets, a t-shirt, a crappy poster, and a bunch of stickers. They had exactly 2 beer options, PBR and and IPA. Seriously? And then no seperate entryline for VIP as stated on the advertising and the website. No shade anywhere and if the inside venue was already at capacity..you were screwed and didn't get to see your band play. Did not matter if you were VIP. Not one staff member could tell you what was going on or who you could talk to about stuff. They were filling the water jugs and I assume the bottles with hoses...I saw it. My absolute favorite...they put the regular weekend passes on sale for 1/2 on Groupon. So I could have gotten everything I paid $200 for...for much less when you factor everything in. Worst run festival I have ever been to and I have worked security for concerts for years.

Overall Wrecking Ball was awesome. I had a great time. I've always liked the Masquerade. The only thing I wasn't impressed with is the waits to get inside. It caused me to miss some of the bands I wanted to see. Other than that everything was rad.

I loved the line up of amazing bands. Especially all the female led bands. Normally punk concerts are mainly male and sometime aggressive crowds but I felt safe and people were super respectful :) I was pleasantly surprised that the food trucks catered to vegans, vegetarians and gluten free folks.

The last day of the Masquerade at this location. Super fun. Dinosaur Jr crushed.

I had to absolute best time ever. Everyone: the security, the staff, my fellow concert goers, the bands EVERYONE was awesome. I met ZERO people who were not awesome

One for the books. Incredible line up, vendors, and people.

but seeing almost all of my favorite bands in one day made saying goodbye to 695 a little easier! Wrecking Ball had an amazing lineup this year, a lot of comeback bands, and a lot of newbies in the punk rock scene. The stage set up is great, and the whole day stayed on schedule almost to a T. Give or take for technical difficulties. (Such as Joyce Manor blowing an amp and breaking a cymbal stand) I'll never forget this venue. I'm sure we can make the new one just as great :-)

The venue was pretty cool (too bad they're tearing it down), the food trucks were great, and I heard tons of great bands play, including two performances (and a signing!) by my favorite band, Piebald. My personal favorite performances (not including Piebald) were Big Jesus (who I also saw perform twice), Mothers, worlds greatest dad, Diarrhea Planet, American Football, and The Julie Ruin. Fox Wound and Looming weren't bad, either (and seeing Dinosaur Jr. and Thursday was pretty cool, too). The super long lines to get into any indoor show sucked a lot, but I was able to plan around the lines and see all of the performances I really wanted to see.

FREE and Touche Amore were the highlights of my weekend and possibly my year. Its too bad the masquerade will be torn down but man what a way for it to go out.