I attended both days of FreakNight in 2013 and 2014. These were some of the best days of my life and experiences I will never forget. However, I was very disappointed in FreakNight 2015. I'm so disappointed that I don't know if I will return for FreakNight 2016.
Luckily, security was pretty fast for day 1. However, I did NOT like how unorganized the list of things that are/are not allowed was. I specifically remember the list saying that you can bring in unopened chapstick and unopened packages of gum, but when I was going through security, they made me throw away my opened package of gum, but I was able to bring in the unopened chapstick. The lineup for day 1 was very average. I think my group of friends and I only liked three people from the entire night.
Day 2's lineup was like 10x better than day 1 and I was super excited to go! Unfortunately, due to traffic I arrived 1 hour late (opened at 6pm, got there at 7pm). The lines were crazy long, which was expected, but they were also not moving. There were three entrances that were separated into a girls and guys line. They ended up closing one of the entrances for whatever reason so we waited in line for over THREE HOURS to get in. It was cold, raining and windy. My feet were so cold that I could not feel them and they were in so much pain from being cold and wet that I started tearing up a little bit. And for some reason I was not allowed to bring in my unopened chapstick the second day even though I was allowed to the first day.
Overall, I think USC needs to hire more staff and do a better job and communicating with staff members and people attending the event. The least they could do is let us know what is going on. The staff members were a little rude too. I understand that they were probably frustrated too, but it only makes things more difficult if the staff is rude to the people attending the event.
I'm very disappointed in FreakNight 2015. I paid a lot of money to attend this event and I ended up missing a lot of amazing artists because I was waiting over three hours in the rain to get inside.