Saturday I happened to meet a staff member who dropped a juicy rumor on my crew. Possibility of Electric Forest and Rothbury festival coexisting the same location, a month apart.
Allegedly "EF would keep on being the good ol' EF we know while Rothbury would be focused more so on the bands."
An interesting rumor to say the least.
Posted Jun 30, 2014, 2:59 AM UTC
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm not getting my hopes up for the return of rothbury any more. Those days seem like they are staying in the past.
Nothing is ever gonna come close to 2008. Still the best festival I've ever been to.
08 had the best vibes of any fest but the music was better in 09. Just my opinion though. Both years were simply amazing either way you cut it.
Agreed. Both years were amazing, musically I preferred 09.
Amen!!! I was at both, miss the spirit of that festie dearly.
If Rothbury returns I'll be there in a heartbeat. Sadly, I'm done getting my hopes up. It's been 5 years now and I've reached a point where whenever I think about either year I was there it always brings a smile to my face. If it doesn't come back then I'm okay with it. I've made my peace and feel very fortunate to have gone both years during Rothbury's very short life.
Electric Forest is fun. I went in 2012 and had a good time, but in all honesty it was the worst festival crowd I've ever dealt with. Just tons of selfish, rude, and obnoxious assholes (generally the younger folks and I was only 26 at the time). Granted I met more good folks than bad but that EF 12' was my least favorite festival experience to date. I firmly believe that too much EDM is a bad thing and I LOVE EDM, but I love jambands, bluegrass, and funk so much more. If Rothbury doesn't return then I doubt I'll ever return to the EF unless they start mixing up the music genres. Keep the EDM for the evening to late nights. Cheese can still headline all three nights but I wouldn't mind rotating headliners either. What I would give to see The Dead throw down one more time at the forest.
Idk if you were there this year or not but, the vibes and crowd this year were perfect imo. Could not ask for anything more.
I was not there this year though it was tempting when Umphrey's was added late. Like I said, I had a good time at EF when I went but compared to all the other fests I've done Bonnaroo, All Good, Rothbury, Werk Out, and more, it ranks at the bottom of my list.
I'm glad you had a great time and I hope everyone who goes to EF has the time of their lives. I still tell people even today that if they haven't been to the forest they should go at least once to experience it.
Aside from the negative folks I encountered I think my biggest problem (and this lies on me alone) was expecting something similar to Rothbury, but what I got was EF. In hindsight they are two completely different animals that share one similarity which is Sherwood Forest, but they are not the same festival.
Your last line nails it. They share the forest but they are not the same festival. Having not attended any of the EF so I can't speak on vibes, but the lineup is no where near my likings. I loved the diversity of Rothbury, not much of that with EF.
Should I expect to see you at Phases of the Moon or Werk Out this year then if going by lineups? That's my festie plan this summer.
The lineup this year had tons of variety. Jam, house, ambient, pop, indie pop, drum n bass, dubstep, deep house, composition, and tons of cross genre fusion I dont even know what to call it.
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So we're starting this yearly rumor before the festival is over this time eh...
Been hearing this ever since the first Electric Forest, after hearing so much about all the thefts and such this year it'd be awesome if they did and we could compare the number of incidents that occur at a more jam oriented festival to an all EDM shitfest
Been hearing this one since EFF started. Went to both Rothburys and would love to see the spirit of that festival return, but I am not holding my breath...
My life would be complete
i heard next year, everybody gets a free kitten and a blowjob when they park their car.
he we go....