Apex Music Festival

"Poor planning.. vendors ran out quickly. No parking anywhere whatsoever. Great bands. Great bands. Only reason I gave two stars, otherwise it would be one star. Just a low budget, no frills setup with no chairs for viewing (only some food seating), no seating unless you bring one. All the cars on the street in front of the police station got parking tickets because the entire street is a no parking zone.. except for the spots right in front for the band, Marked clearly with Signage. Then because of the 30 cars and vans and SUVs parked on the street you couldn’t see any “No parking signs”. I showed up late with my girls and was the first to receive a ticket because the police officer started at the far end of the line instead of the front end where everyone was. I call that a big ol racket! Police shooting fish in a barrel, taking advantage of its citizens and our precious tourism for the good of whom? They should have put more signage up saying no parking and they should have been on it right away preventing more people from parking there. It’s not like they can’t see what’s happening as it’s right outside their front door. Even the lady at the City Center that took my parking payment called it a racket. I don’t expect to be attending again, save myself the trouble of being disappointed. Otherwise just go in with really low expectations and you will be pleasantly not surprised!"

"Very poorly planned on the vendors part. Food vendors ran out of food and beer vendors ran out of beer by 9 PM."

"The VIP seating strategy is ludicrous. Bad management, poor venue layout, hiring high school kids to play bouncers, generally a bad experience except for the great bands. Keep expectations low, and it's OK."