CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd were great!
by Fenmore on 8/5/15Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park - Council BluffsWay to much time between bands. Prices for food & drinks were ridiculous. S
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Way to much time between bands. Prices for food & drinks were ridiculous. S
Lots of music and groups.....A.R.S. was the one that really surprised me...these guys were SPOT ON !! I really enjoyed them...after all of my 55 years...I had never seen them ....man , now i wish i had....but this performance was great!!! Next was Pure Prairie League....these guys were right on the mark too!!!played all their stand by's....and kept the crowd going....great performance...this was the third time i have seen them, ...and have never walked away feeling they sucked....then came Marshall Tucker Band....one of my all time favorite bands.... I have seen them A LOT ...musically ,...they were super tight.....sadly, Doug Grey's voice has left him, but he is a big enough man to admit it, and had some of the others sing ......they sounded great.....the flute player is every bit as good as Jerry Eubanks.....LOVED them...Doug kept the crowd engaged.....then came Blue Oyster Cult.....truthfully,...I have never been that big of a fan, ......BUT...THESE GUYS R O C K E D ...one song after another...great playing!!! I I was very surprised!!! a truly great job.....Then Credence Revisited.....I must admit...I am a Fogarty diehard fan....at first felt kinda mad at this tribute band.....but, they did a great job, ...and the dude could sing every song , and covered them all well....Last was Skynyrd....what can ya say.....they put on one hellova show..I have seen them numerous times...including the orig. line up.......I was truly worried about Billy Powell's Replacement....but he did a fantastic job....Mr. Vanzant was spot on and kept the crowd of us Sr. citizens rocking!!...Ricky Medlocke.....wow !!....Plenty of porta potties, no real long lines for beer, or water, or food.......people were complaining about 10 buck tall boys, but hell look how many bands we got to see for 50 bucks.....and thankfully, bottled water was only a couple of bucks,.....so, if it was blazing hot....you would not have dropped.....close by parking....albeit 15 bucks....but what the hell i did not have to hobble far !!!....fast let out at the end too.......
Hours and hours of rock and roll ,Southern and other styles that resonate with all generations. Many more young people than I expected,much more fun as well!
I never appreciated event coordinators, until this festival. Now I realize how many things can go wrong. The line was so long when we got there that we thought we had accidentally bought tickets to a free festival. I thought about just leaving and going home. BUT then I thought it would probably be worth it to see Fetty Wap. Then Fetty Wap never showed up. There was SO much more but I actually don't have the time to continue with the disappointments.
I noticed a lot of people complained about this show, but in that I was assuming a lot of them haven't been to many festivals. Yes, it was hot out, but anyone would be exhausted after being in the sun for 10 hours, so I didn't show up until about 7, for the headliners. I also noticed many people complain about the lines, when there were a few entrances but for whatever reason everyone was going through the main one.. I noticed a line of about 300 people and walked right by them into a different entrance with only 5 people in line, haha.. Wasn't disappointed Fetty Wap didn't perform, because I'm not a huge fan. But Mac and Cudi blew it out of the water! Talk about a high school throw back, I had a blast. Thank You for bringing something like this to Nebraska finally!!
The people running the event were obviously new and didn't know how to properly run a festival. In order to get food/drink you had to get an ID band, get tickets, then get a drink. The redundancies were ridiculous. The music was great but they weren't able to pay the artists so some of the headliners didn't show up. This should never happen.
I bought a VIP "meet and greet" pass for the first day and when I went through the line they didn't even give me my VIP pass because of how unorganized this even was luckily I brought my receipt with me to prove I bought it or I wouldn't have been given my pass. Why I want a refund is because first off Fetty Wap wasn't even scheduled to come to the event and they said he would be there, two none of the artists knew of this so called "meet and greet" so I only was able to see one of the artists who was in a rush because he had to go to his next event. Third off a lot of people who didn't pay for the VIP "meet and greet" tickets for an extra 100 dollars rushed through the gates to an artists camper and were able to stay but when my friends and I with passes went over they told us we had to leave right away
Band lineup was awesome, good music, venue was clean and did a nice job. We all had a great time. Restrooms were clean.
The festival was fun but the cancelations of fetty wop and school boy q were horrible, since those were two of the big names that I went for.
Event was very unorganized! Acts that I came to see never even showed up! I waited in line for 3 hours to get into the festival! I will never come again!
The music was great. It would have been nice to be able to go in and out instead of being told we couldn't leave. That was a long time in the heat and everything was so expensive.
Awesome concert. All day event. CCR was excellent as was Lynyrd Skynyrd!!! We plan on attending next year!!!
On one of the hottest days of the summer, we went out to enjoy some good old rock n roll. We had easy access to the park tho it did cost $15 to park!!!! Beer was expensive, food lines sometimes long (especially those who took credit cards and couldn't get a line thru to swipe the card cause everyone was on their cell) and some tents ran out of food early in the day. The bands we heard were all pretty good....esp. CCR and Skynyrd ! Crowd was fun and didn't get out of control like the previous day!
I bought a VIP ticket and as i got there i was starting to really like it, but as soon as i got to the VIP section you couldn't even see the singer on the stage. It was also suppose to be a meet and greet. Now Logic was a good guy and actually visited the VIP section. Fetty Wap didn't show. Mac Miller could have easily visited the VIP section but just decided to not even see them. Kid cudi didn't even meet the VIP section. My friend was so excited because the ticket is clearly stated that it would be a meet and greet. Seeing that the VIP section clearly felt like you were being side-benched was awful. Spending 100 dollars more to sit on the side made no sense. Tried talking to the security about where there higher up was and each time it was asked they would tell you something completely different. Talked to one of the important managers after the concert was over and he said it was out of his control. That was a ridiculous first concert I have ever been too. Will never go to a festival or rap concert again.
People who had pre-purchased tickets still had to wait in line for several hours to get in, then another long time in a line to buy food/drink tickets, and yet another long line to get the actual drinks... which they ran out of. Food options were terrible. I tried the "brisket nachos" which were gas station quality chips and canned cheese with fatty brisket pieces on top... for $16. They had long waits in between acts. The advertised start times for the acts were completely off schedule and it ended up being just a lot of stoner 20 year olds in the crowd. I just expected more for a $80-$100 ticket. I will never go again!
It's was fun but the lines were long, things were overpriced, and I didn't get to see everybody that I paid to see.
I bought the three day pass, the first day was chaos.Waiting in line to get into Grassroots, waiting in a mob of people for I.D. Passes, tickets(to purchase beer and food) and drinks (also heard of stands running out of beer?). I was upset at the fact you needed tickets to purchase some items. The second & third day didn't seem as hectic, not many long lines and such. The performances were fantastic! The vibes from the crowd were insane. I was sad to hear that a couple artists didn't show up/had scheduling issues. There was definitely a big difference between the organization of last years show compared to this years. I hope they either use a different company/business next year to organize this event or learn from their experiences this year to improve and provide a better experience for attendees.
I feel that the Grassroots Festival could still improve itself for the next year mainly in sound, parking, and knowing what to expect now.
Best day of my life. Getting to meet new people and all the amazing acts. I would definantly go next year!
4/5 stars. Amazing time. Beer was way overpriced though. Would be 5 stars if fetty wap would have shown up like he was supposed to but oh well.