The National

Ok I’m gonna try so hard to make Homecoming work. Luckily it’s a Friday and Saturday. Just gotta figure out how to get there…
 
missed Bearsville and look what that turned into...been kicking myself since. going to try to get out there for Saturday...and the venue looks very, very small. I would imagine this will sell out quickly. and imo, VIP is usually worth it for the restrooms alone. :)
 
It’s not the same really, but the park it’s in looks similar-ish to the park where the Moon River festival is. Saw them there last year and it was great. So it should be a similar experience, not a crazy difficult large large festival
 
Has anyone here attended a show at ICON Festival stage? It looks so much smaller than Homecoming 1.0, which was across the street, and used both sides of the park near the bridge.
(Can't post a pic yet so trying an imgur link) Black outline is the 2018 fest boundaries, ICON circled in red
 
Bennnnn said:
It’s not the same really, but the park it’s in looks similar-ish to the park where the Moon River festival is. Saw them there last year and it was great. So it should be a similar experience, not a crazy difficult large large festival
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It's definitely not as cool as being right in Smale Park like the last one was. The backdrop with the Roebling Bridge literally right there can't be beat. But the Festival Stage at ICON is ok. I saw Foo Fighters play the first show there. Was super oversold and the sound was lacking if you were off center. And they have a little bunny hill surrounding the main crowd area. Haven't been back since so I don't know if they've adjusted anything, but I'd recommend taking that in consideration.
 
Bennnnn said:
It’s not the same really, but the park it’s in looks similar-ish to the park where the Moon River festival is. Saw them there last year and it was great. So it should be a similar experience, not a crazy difficult large large festival
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If they are not using any part of Smale along the river, this is going to be much smaller than 2018, and I'm guessing just 1 stage
 
i believe that weekend is the same as Cincinnati's Oktoberfest which is pretty huge, so makes sense they won't be using more of the area, as Oktoberfest is very close to all that stuff and shuts down a big swath of the area if I remember right
 
spilledleche said:
i believe that weekend is the same as Cincinnati's Oktoberfest which is pretty huge, so makes sense they won't be using more of the area, as Oktoberfest is very close to all that stuff and shuts down a big swath of the area if I remember right
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Oh Jesus, you're right. It's gonna be a complete shit show down there. And good luck parking.
 
Djxfactor511 said:
Oh Jesus, you're right. It's gonna be a complete shit show down there. And good luck parking.
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I haven't been to Cincy/that area since before the pandemic, but I don't even know how people get down there with the traditional Oktoberfest congestion. Shuttles from somewhere? Seems like a really poorly planned idea.
 
spilledleche said:
I haven't been to Cincy/that area since before the pandemic, but I don't even know how people get down there with the traditional Oktoberfest congestion. Shuttles from somewhere? Seems like a really poorly planned idea.
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At least with the streetcar now you can park further away in OTR or similar and take it down for free. There's also a shuttle that goes back and forth from Northern KY that's like a few bucks and plenty of parking on that side of the river, or you can walk across the pedestrian bridge, which is also fine. That's what I normally did for festivals in downtown if the parking situation at Fountain Square wasn't viable.
 
spilledleche said:
I haven't been to Cincy/that area since before the pandemic, but I don't even know how people get down there with the traditional Oktoberfest congestion. Shuttles from somewhere? Seems like a really poorly planned idea.
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I honestly feel they rushed into this. They had promised Homecoming would be back in the fall. The dedicated site isn't even online yet. The first one was perfect, I remember being so disappointed when they announced 2.0, Front Gate took over, there were platinum tickets, it was so much larger than the first with wine tastings, chef tasting menus, craft beers and bourbon etc. It was completely different from what it had been.

This seems like it's the bare minimum, a single stage, though they have some great talent. Seriously debating whether or not to go. We have Pearl Jam on Aug 31 in MSP and again on Sep 10 in Indianapolis. There is no way we can do all three trips, so I need to think hard. Some friends that I've met through the National really want us to go and are beyond excited since they missed the first one.

Presale is tomorrow when I will be at Newark airport getting ready to board my flight to Chicago.
 
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Looking into how expensive it would be to make it there…idk. I might just buy a ticket for the Nashville date and then see them back to back in Nashville and Atlanta in August. That’ll make up for it kinda
 
mdmost said:
Always love new poster time

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I still don't know if I can go to the shows I have tickets for in a couple weeks but I bought this in prep for it

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It is big and secure. Plus the CT variants. I love concert posters.
 
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