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The 2017 Chicago Open Air festival was my dream line up. Artists booked were the best of the best from A to Z. As long as they keep lineups like the one they did for 2017 I will go every year!!
Overall the Festival was a success, however it was clearly downsized since last year in certain areas. Side stage didn't have the open access like it did the year before. A barrier was placed directly in the middle preventing a free flowing access, Also really bummed the side stage didn't have screens like last year. Also the main stage screens were smaller and wouldn't be raised until half way through the day. Also last year whatever band was playing would be shown on the screens on the main stage, side stage, and vip area and this year that didn't seem to happen. Nothing about doing the VIP 3-day pass made it worth it. No zippos, lounge area was pretty boring since you couldn't watch bands on the screen if you just wanted to chill for a bit, and we weren't let in early. Everyone was let in at the same time.
Once again COA was a blast .Bands Rocked. But merch was a mess again. Coa shirts didnt even have ozzy on the lineup. Most merch was late and sizes out of stock.
Awesome weekend. Can't wait for next year. Got to love new bands I have not seen before
Experience at a whole was unforgettable. Will be back again next year without question!!
All the bands were great. Amazing weekend. Can't wait until next year!
I cannot recommend Open Air enough. The lineup is one of the best I have ever seen, the crowd was electric, and all the bands there seemed to give their all for each performance. It was unreal and anyone who is a fan of rock or metal should buy tickets.
The whole show was amazing. So many great bands in one place. Cant wait for it to come back next year.
Chicago Open Air did it again with amazing bands. Loved every second of it.
The line-up was amazing and the timing of each band made it so that you never had to worry about choosing between two bands. The food was amazing as well and all of the staff was very friendly!
I attended Friday and Sunday's show, my biggest regret is I did not attend Saturday. I am looking forward to Open Air 2018. All the artists were awesome, the shops and food vendors were awesome. Keep Slayer on the venue.
such a small crowd... i go to them all rotr.. carolima reb... louder than life... this was the worst...so bad they gave you a free ticmet if you bought one.. ran out of merch and beer... no good food as advertises except kumas... wont go back... great lineup... bad venue... bad parking... bad small crowd...
I had an absolute blast at this festival. The lineup was great for metal fans like me. The VIP experience was totally worth the money. Loved it!
Lineup was amazing. Sounds was incredible. Lots of free stuff. Could have had more entertaining stuff to do. It all in all, one of the best weekends ever.
The timing between bands should've been a least 10 minutes. They were 5 minutes. Didn't give people a chance to see the start of the other band. When the last band just ended. There was a lot of running to see bands. Especially on Sunday. The merchandise booth didn't have XL shirts all weekend.
a quality experience all the way around. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
I think this is a good start for Open Air's 2nd year. I can see it getting more and better food and drinks. More 2nd stage area entertainment would be nice. Good venue if they can handle a larger crowd.
However, some feedback for ya: don't know if it was the wind or the sound staff but Sunday was the worst with the sound going "in and out". Although Ozzy sounded amazing and kicked ass! So maybe his sound staff is better..? And please if at all possible raise the stage up some so us short girls can actually see the bands over the meat heads! And last but not least, who's bright idea was it to put the crowd surfing warning signs right in front of the screens on both sides?...brilliant :/
This was my second year going to Open Air and it was really nice to be part of the crowd again. The food is great, the set up of the venue works well, and the meet-and-greets are great. The method of selling albums/CDs and basically getting a free signing along with your purchase is really nice. I was also very happy that the venue was selling clear drawstring bags this year instead of solid colored ones so we could reuse the bags the rest of the weekend. My critiques of the venue would be that merch tables would sometime only sell shirts on the days that the bands were playing which was a bit annoying but I could understand if the bands were smaller, but the larger bands, I feel, should be sold for more than one day. Some of the CDs sold out before you were able to buy them, I know it is first come first serve but if you only have two different CDs for one band and one of them sells out after the first day it is kind of a bummer. The last critique I have is that the food lines got ridiculously long some times, so maybe there is something that could be done about that for future Chicago Open Airs (but otherwise the food was very good).
This years Friday line up was crazy awesome. Keep em coming.
