Metro metro 2023 definitely needed some work
by Fin on 5/24/23Esplanade du Parc olympique - MontrealTo start off the festival, I as well as a couple hundred maybe thousand others got there early around 1:30 when the gates were supposed to open at 2. We ended up standing in a clump of people, not even a line, for 3.5 hours. People started to get impatient after the second hour and they stormed the barricade to move to the next section so we were more packed together. We ended up missing 3 artist because of this. And the headliner lil Wayne showed up 45 minutes late and performed for 15 minutes until he was literally cut off by the festival because of curfew. People probably paid just to see him and then you only get that out of him. The second day was better they definitely learnt from their mistake last day. The festival the second day was pretty good nothing crazy. The last day was really good, no problems getting in and the artist were good. Leaving the concert each day especially if you stayed till the very end was very difficult. There was only one small exit for everybody to leave the standing section and then one way to get out. The metro station was jam packed which made it difficult to get on the train and when you were on you couldn’t move much. Overall I think it was a decent festival but unless they have someone crazy performing next year I will not be attending.