I’ve had the opportunity to attend several music festivals this year. Most were quite horrendous from a business perspective. I won’t name names, but suffice to say that these Tri-State ventures haven’t had much luck with the combined evils of Mother Nature and an economic slump that just continues to get worse. From torrential downpours and lightning storms to overestimations for space, arguments over trademarks, parking, band payments, vendor issues and more, I’ve watched these “grassroots” promoters try turning every open field into the next Bonnaroo or Woodstock, and they’ve been fairly consistent disasters.
That’s why I’m a big…
