Yes. They were making us leave the festival during Thursdays weather for our safety to evacuate. But then we couldn't leave because they didn't have enough busses at all . They lied about all the busses from the beginning. Telling us we can't leave but we can't be under tents to avoid rain .They are trying to sell 25 dollar burgers. But can't feed the staff? The place is the absolute worst experience ever
and they forced us to pay for their buses or walk 6miles, I would've never gone if I knew in advance that their plan was to literally trap us at their grounds in a bottleneck of their failed bus system
Thank you for covering this. It should honestly go nationwide so Mr Slye can meet his end as CEO. Its clear hes not capable of holding the event and the fact that his crew walked on him given the conditions isnt surprising. I knew something was up Saturday when I didnt even see the tent for the workers to scan shuttle passes. Also the lack security was def alarming like the guy stated in the video
Yeah. I'm so glad I didn't go to this because I would've definitely been panicking at the circumstances. I've heard from multiple people that they just didn't even check bags at all. Quite alarming.
no bag checks at all, and the rule was supposed to be clear bags only but there were def some that didn't have clear bags. People could've gotten very hurt given their ineptitude. Also the crowd was just too big for the area, pickpocketing and people constantly passing out from heat exhaustion was a huge issue. I def had it better than some on Friday but it was also worrisome@@pewcfpv8056
Thank you for covering this! Drove from Utah to do the camping experience. Sat for 13 hours on the road to go from Milton to the camping area. No staff. No information. Unsafe and unacceptable.
Thank you. I was there with a friend and we were left with nowhere to sleep and none of our stuff after the storm rolled in and all our stuff was blown away. The festival was so unsafe, so horridly run and that isn't even all the things that happened there.
Thank you for telling the truth! Many of us were robbed of an incredible opportunity and I hope that word gets out so nobody else has to be duped as we were. Only weather issues were Thursday. Rest of the weekend light drizzle but mostly nice weather. Holy Blue ridge rock fest accountable
The shuttle busses were not set properly, security had no idea what was going on. It was confusing. The one day people could see bands there was people pick pocketing
I was on security and we did our absolute best to fill in for when the staff started to strike out. If anyone here was on the white party bus hope yall made it home ok
If you know, there's an interview with this Jonathan Slye from last year, he already faced issues then. We need one from this year now. This was a DISASTER! And weather was not the main issue!
We were forced to evacuate Thursday and then were never let back in. I drove around the festival for two days and when I finally had enough I parked and walked in on foot. Only to find everything except two pillows and a blanket were stolen. That was a sad walk 5 miles back to the car in the pitch black with my trash bag with two pillows a blanket and one shoe I found :/ the weather was FINE early Saturday and all day Sunday. They turned the ADA and overflow parking lines around at 7am and made us park in day parking. They never had any intent on letting anyone back in after they SCRAPED through Friday by a miracle. It was a DISASTER.
Not nearly enough watering stations for the record heat and not enough workers or trash cans. Not to mention the mini tornado that ripped though the campsite, we held on to our canopies for dear life.
It was last year and if they have it there again next year I’ll be there again. I was camping and went through all this stuff. It sucked and it was unfortunate, but things happen. And there were water stations at the venue. Maybe only 4, but they were easy enough to get to and the lines were only mildly long right after a show was done.
He will most likely file an insurance claim for lost revenue and tell everyone the insurance company didn't pay enough to fully cover refunds. Whether it's bankruptcy or insurance fraud, the fans will get screwed. Be diligent for a refund if available. Corporate greed. Take the millions and give the customers bare minimum to increase profit margins.
Not sure if the insurance will cover a labor related cancelation or not. Probably why he claimed it was weather. Ole Slye has really messed up this time
@@johnnymills4938 I'm sure the insurance company will try to refuse payout like they usually do but this one would be justified. Regardless of what Slye says, there is a lot of eye witnesses to rebutt his claim. Somehow I think he'll pass his screwing on to the attendees.
@@johnnymills4938 This guy's building quite a reputation. I wonder if this one is the final nail in the coffin for Blue Ridge. The only thing that will get his attention is his bottom line being erased.
she was found the next day. There was very little way to contact people because you have 50k cell phones in an area with crap service as is. Thankfully shes been found and is safe
Obvious having an awesome rock/metal festival in America has its downfalls…that’s too bad because we could have some awesome festivals if planned right!…feel real bad and sorry for all who went to this! Hope it’s way better in future events! 😢
It was a mess because the person who organized it messed up bad. He’s going to get sued. Not because it’s the US. This is the fault of the organizer for not having a proper evacuation plan, not planning sanitation for this many people, and treating the employees like crap. This is his fault. He didn’t cause a lightening storm, but he caused danger not having a safety plan for a storm.
They scammed the event. They paid 3 million to the artists in total and they made over 30 million. They could have easily afforded the staff and resources to do this well but instead they turned it into a huge scam and now they've killed the chance at a legacy
They are nothing more than big money grabs. Especially these festivals. 20-25 bucks for food? Get real! But can't bring in food or go to your car and eat cause it's five miles away and apparently no way to get there
Me and my son drove 8 hours to get there. Then had to stand in line for 4 hours to get our tickets that we bought online witch are wrist bands. Then had to stand in the shuttle line for 3 hours. Once in the venue we had about 3 hours in and the rain came. Then we stood in line for another 4 hours on a little road in the dark during the storm that they evacuated us out for. With Very little lighting made for poor visibility. Friday we went a little later than we wanted but stood in line for 3 hours and the event security in the parking lot started making people leave so the shuttles could evacuate the people inside. And Saturday we stood in line for 4 and a half hours to be told it's cancelled. Piss poor planning on everything.
Obviously with all the negative publicity especially from local people this Blue Ridge Festival needs to be SHUT down. Then there will be No bands to go see. No money for bands to make and fans will have to go even further to see these bands. Sounds like a win-win? Imagine a major campground being affected by weather. Shut it down. 🤔🙄
Bad people did get away with things! On Friday, there were 3 Hispanic guys going around robbing peoples phones and wallets! My husbands wallet was stolen and they immediately started charging things to his card, equaling $500
During Sleep Token and MIW is when it really started to get bad, right around the time the sun was going down. I saw numerous cell phone cases on the ground with the phones missing. Guy in the crowd walked by and said to keep them close because they were getting stolen. Thankfully even though I was miserable I wore the tightest jeans possible so Id know if someone is fondling me. Sorry you and your husband had to deal with that. With that many people its no surprise that you're gonna have that happen with all the bad eggs that made a bad weekend even worse
Poor reporting...I personally tried to contact Mother Nature and she has yet to get back with me! What kind of reporting is this. Get the whole story before reporting!
People who have gone to outdoor shows make the agreement when they buy the ticket that it's rain or shine. But they also expect the promoter and venue to at least provide basic human necessities like enough restrooms and water and shelter for bad weather. From what I've heard, the promoter also oversold by 20k or more. That's why no camp sites were left. Overselling is not by accident. Money grab. Give bare minimum
Weather while it would’ve delayed things definitely was not the cause of the cancellation of the whole weekend. There was a lot more that went on from poor planning, overselling, lack of basic needs, lack of security, a parking lot 2 miles away so you were forced to shuttle in. Campsites were destroyed and people lost a lot of money due to the owner’s ineptitude. There were at least 60k people piled into a racetrack that can hold maybe 10-15k at most. People got left stranded in a hail storm on Thursday because there was no shelter. They were using porta potty’s to seek shelter. The list goes on. There’s plenty of stories similar from thousands that were there.
It's not gossip if they are talking to people who were actually there. I'm sure if they interviewed 20k attendees they'll get the same account. My son was there and he was telling me all this before it made the news. Not gossip
Definitely not gossip my guy. I was there and witnessed all of it. It should honestly be widely known so people are aware before they decide to go to that crap show. The music was great, everything surrounding it, not so much.
Remember when people who went to concerts and festivals weren't little babies whining about EVERYTHING! If you didnt bring everything you needed IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Its more than that. We brought everything we needed and then some but it doesn't excuse the lack of infrastructure in this festival, it is un-safe. It doesn't excuse the lack of organizing and planning and out-right lies from the people who run this festival.
I was turned away after waiting in line for 3 hours because the festival was over capacity, I had paid for tickets months in advance. Tell me how that is my fault.
Yes. They were making us leave the festival during Thursdays weather for our safety to evacuate. But then we couldn't leave because they didn't have enough busses at all . They lied about all the busses from the beginning. Telling us we can't leave but we can't be under tents to avoid rain .They are trying to sell 25 dollar burgers. But can't feed the staff? The place is the absolute worst experience ever
and they forced us to pay for their buses or walk 6miles, I would've never gone if I knew in advance that their plan was to literally trap us at their grounds in a bottleneck of their failed bus system
Thank you for covering this. It should honestly go nationwide so Mr Slye can meet his end as CEO. Its clear hes not capable of holding the event and the fact that his crew walked on him given the conditions isnt surprising. I knew something was up Saturday when I didnt even see the tent for the workers to scan shuttle passes. Also the lack security was def alarming like the guy stated in the video
Yeah. I'm so glad I didn't go to this because I would've definitely been panicking at the circumstances. I've heard from multiple people that they just didn't even check bags at all. Quite alarming.
no bag checks at all, and the rule was supposed to be clear bags only but there were def some that didn't have clear bags. People could've gotten very hurt given their ineptitude. Also the crowd was just too big for the area, pickpocketing and people constantly passing out from heat exhaustion was a huge issue. I def had it better than some on Friday but it was also worrisome@@pewcfpv8056
Thank you for covering this! Drove from Utah to do the camping experience. Sat for 13 hours on the road to go from Milton to the camping area. No staff. No information. Unsafe and unacceptable.
Thank you so much for covering this.. it was absolutely horrifying to experience.
Horrifying..... stop it
Thank you. I was there with a friend and we were left with nowhere to sleep and none of our stuff after the storm rolled in and all our stuff was blown away. The festival was so unsafe, so horridly run and that isn't even all the things that happened there.
So glad this is going to the news!!! We were there and it was a disaster.
This show will never happen again. It's like Woodstock 99 2.0.
Also, Sydney, I remember you from WJAC-TV in Johnstown! Glad to see you're doing well!
It could’ve gotten there we did set fires out there smdh, but thankfully most people there aren’t evil…. The evil people are in government now
VIR is not equipped to handle 40k plus people at once. They knew this. Follow the money. Class Action Lawsuit may be a good idea.
I think the birria tacos were the only thing that wasn’t overpriced on Thursday 😂
Thank you for telling the truth! Many of us were robbed of an incredible opportunity and I hope that word gets out so nobody else has to be duped as we were. Only weather issues were Thursday. Rest of the weekend light drizzle but mostly nice weather. Holy Blue ridge rock fest accountable
2,500$ just gone for nothing
The shuttle busses were not set properly, security had no idea what was going on. It was confusing. The one day people could see bands there was people pick pocketing
The staff went on strike, they were forced to work for 20 plus hours with no breaks not shift changes
I was on security and we did our absolute best to fill in for when the staff started to strike out. If anyone here was on the white party bus hope yall made it home ok
I dont understand why ppl comtinue to pay for this event each year it has issues.
Yeah it was terrible, we were there Thursday and Friday, didn't even worry about going Saturday because of "weather"
If you know, there's an interview with this Jonathan Slye from last year, he already faced issues then. We need one from this year now. This was a DISASTER! And weather was not the main issue!
Me too got screwed
We were forced to evacuate Thursday and then were never let back in. I drove around the festival for two days and when I finally had enough I parked and walked in on foot. Only to find everything except two pillows and a blanket were stolen. That was a sad walk 5 miles back to the car in the pitch black with my trash bag with two pillows a blanket and one shoe I found :/ the weather was FINE early Saturday and all day Sunday. They turned the ADA and overflow parking lines around at 7am and made us park in day parking. They never had any intent on letting anyone back in after they SCRAPED through Friday by a miracle. It was a DISASTER.
I feel like it was sabotaged because last year was great
Not nearly enough watering stations for the record heat and not enough workers or trash cans. Not to mention the mini tornado that ripped though the campsite, we held on to our canopies for dear life.
Pretty sure it was even hotter there last year
Oh man I hope they get it together. Has so much potential to be great.
It was last year and if they have it there again next year I’ll be there again. I was camping and went through all this stuff. It sucked and it was unfortunate, but things happen. And there were water stations at the venue. Maybe only 4, but they were easy enough to get to and the lines were only mildly long right after a show was done.
They took over 20 million in profit on the event after paying the artists and expenses
Slye isnt going to give refunds he is going to file for bankruptcy. Im going to stick with the Gathering of the juggalos and DWP festivals.
He will most likely file an insurance claim for lost revenue and tell everyone the insurance company didn't pay enough to fully cover refunds. Whether it's bankruptcy or insurance fraud, the fans will get screwed. Be diligent for a refund if available. Corporate greed. Take the millions and give the customers bare minimum to increase profit margins.
Not sure if the insurance will cover a labor related cancelation or not. Probably why he claimed it was weather. Ole Slye has really messed up this time
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I'm sure the insurance company will try to refuse payout like they usually do but this one would be justified. Regardless of what Slye says, there is a lot of eye witnesses to rebutt his claim. Somehow I think he'll pass his screwing on to the attendees.
@@class5bodyworks
Ole Sly has $250 of mine from the 2021 fiasco
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This guy's building quite a reputation. I wonder if this one is the final nail in the coffin for Blue Ridge. The only thing that will get his attention is his bottom line being erased.
I heard someone went missing at the festival and hasn’t been found yet
she was found the next day. There was very little way to contact people because you have 50k cell phones in an area with crap service as is. Thankfully shes been found and is safe
We all know there were not enough lifeboats on the Titanic....nobody learned from that? This gives great festivals more of a bad wrap.
Obvious having an awesome rock/metal festival in America has its downfalls…that’s too bad because we could have some awesome festivals if planned right!…feel real bad and sorry for all who went to this! Hope it’s way better in future events! 😢
It was a mess because the person who organized it messed up bad. He’s going to get sued.
Not because it’s the US. This is the fault of the organizer for not having a proper evacuation plan, not planning sanitation for this many people, and treating the employees like crap. This is his fault. He didn’t cause a lightening storm, but he caused danger not having a safety plan for a storm.
They scammed the event. They paid 3 million to the artists in total and they made over 30 million. They could have easily afforded the staff and resources to do this well but instead they turned it into a huge scam and now they've killed the chance at a legacy
Wow, concerts are not what they used to be.
They are nothing more than big money grabs. Especially these festivals. 20-25 bucks for food? Get real! But can't bring in food or go to your car and eat cause it's five miles away and apparently no way to get there
Me and my son drove 8 hours to get there. Then had to stand in line for 4 hours to get our tickets that we bought online witch are wrist bands. Then had to stand in the shuttle line for 3 hours. Once in the venue we had about 3 hours in and the rain came. Then we stood in line for another 4 hours on a little road in the dark during the storm that they evacuated us out for. With Very little lighting made for poor visibility. Friday we went a little later than we wanted but stood in line for 3 hours and the event security in the parking lot started making people leave so the shuttles could evacuate the people inside. And Saturday we stood in line for 4 and a half hours to be told it's cancelled. Piss poor planning on everything.
Damn. That's horrible. I'm really glad I opted out of this $hitShow.
Obviously with all the negative publicity especially from local people this Blue Ridge Festival needs to be SHUT down. Then there will be No bands to go see. No money for bands to make and fans will have to go even further to see these bands.
Sounds like a win-win?
Imagine a major campground being affected by weather.
Shut it down. 🤔🙄
This what y'all spend y'all's money on?? 🤣🤣🤣 Y'all never been to a Pink Moon Festival, a million times better
Bad people did get away with things! On Friday, there were 3 Hispanic guys going around robbing peoples phones and wallets! My husbands wallet was stolen and they immediately started charging things to his card, equaling $500
During Sleep Token and MIW is when it really started to get bad, right around the time the sun was going down. I saw numerous cell phone cases on the ground with the phones missing. Guy in the crowd walked by and said to keep them close because they were getting stolen. Thankfully even though I was miserable I wore the tightest jeans possible so Id know if someone is fondling me. Sorry you and your husband had to deal with that. With that many people its no surprise that you're gonna have that happen with all the bad eggs that made a bad weekend even worse
Enough of these rock festivals.
Poor reporting...I personally tried to contact Mother Nature and she has yet to get back with me!
What kind of reporting is this. Get the whole story before reporting!
People who have gone to outdoor shows make the agreement when they buy the ticket that it's rain or shine. But they also expect the promoter and venue to at least provide basic human necessities like enough restrooms and water and shelter for bad weather. From what I've heard, the promoter also oversold by 20k or more. That's why no camp sites were left. Overselling is not by accident. Money grab. Give bare minimum
Weather while it would’ve delayed things definitely was not the cause of the cancellation of the whole weekend. There was a lot more that went on from poor planning, overselling, lack of basic needs, lack of security, a parking lot 2 miles away so you were forced to shuttle in. Campsites were destroyed and people lost a lot of money due to the owner’s ineptitude. There were at least 60k people piled into a racetrack that can hold maybe 10-15k at most. People got left stranded in a hail storm on Thursday because there was no shelter. They were using porta potty’s to seek shelter. The list goes on. There’s plenty of stories similar from thousands that were there.
So you are running news stories on gossip and rumors what happened to fact checking
It's not gossip if they are talking to people who were actually there. I'm sure if they interviewed 20k attendees they'll get the same account. My son was there and he was telling me all this before it made the news. Not gossip
Definitely not gossip my guy. I was there and witnessed all of it. It should honestly be widely known so people are aware before they decide to go to that crap show. The music was great, everything surrounding it, not so much.
Remember when people who went to concerts and festivals weren't little babies whining about EVERYTHING! If you didnt bring everything you needed IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Nah, if the festival couldn't even feed the staff, you can tell the management was horrible.
Its more than that. We brought everything we needed and then some but it doesn't excuse the lack of infrastructure in this festival, it is un-safe. It doesn't excuse the lack of organizing and planning and out-right lies from the people who run this festival.
I was turned away after waiting in line for 3 hours because the festival was over capacity, I had paid for tickets months in advance. Tell me how that is my fault.
@@thomasmcgraw3051 Its not and its bs.
@@pewcfpv8056they didn’t have shift changed forced to work throughout the night without breaks