We were among the first and last customers served delicious crepes and coffee at the Farmhaus restaurant supposed to be open at 2 pm on Wednesday, when the grounds were briefly opened around 3 - 5 pm on Thursday (a couple gates were open, most were still guarded by clueless security staff who were waiting for radio instructions, kinda chaotic).

And here's our flag flying over our RV on Wednesday. Support courtesy of National Rent-A-Fence. Good times, Good times.



Props to the donut vendor from Corning with the deeply fried and discounted donuts for a memorable festival. The last rock festival that will ever be held at Watkins Glen International.

PHOTOJOURNALISM OF A DREAM A CLUSTERFSCK. There, I fixed it for you.

BTW, one of the weirdest things about this was that there was no announcement to anyone already on site of the cancellation. No one going through the campgrounds with a bullhorn, no flyers, no one on traffic or security guiding people out of there leaving the festival. You found out by people with their smartphones still on who were reading Twitter or other social media chitchat about the cancellation. I'm sure there were some non-English speaking campers who were totally mystified why everyone was packing up and leaving,

Wow, those pics make it even more sad.

Man.

This weekend would have been so cool. Imagine the lights shooting onto that giant silver ball and reflecting into the sky...

ughk.

@dongusbologna said:

Man.

This weekend would have been so cool. Imagine the lights shooting onto that giant silver ball and reflecting into the sky...

ughk.

Imagine the band being inside said ball with lights reflecting off of it.

I have a lump in my throat looking at those. So much work gone to waste

Such a waste. Such a bummer.

Why the hell did I click on this?

Thanks for sharing. Hope these installments get a second chance at a fest.

Sigh . . .

Honestly I feel most awful for the Band, and I feel really bad for myself and everyone else. They try so hard to never screw over their fans and recognize how much people give to see them, unlike so many in the entertainment industry. It really sucks this happened to them and this community in particular. Maybe we are best able to deal with it though... either way it’s tough.

Thought I was done crying. nope.

Thanks,
Enjoyed looking at the pictures and what could have been this weekend! I wish they at least let us in the venue Friday night to see all this in person, oh well.

RIP

The last rock festival that will ever be held at Watkins Glen International.[/quote]

The last ever? Please, esplain.

All balls are curved.

I couldn't wait to check out the orb...would've been sik

@jackl said:

PHOTOJOURNALISM OF A DREAM A CLUSTERFSCK. There, I fixed it for you.

BTW, one of the weirdest things about this was that there was no announcement to anyone already on site of the cancellation. No one going through the campgrounds with a bullhorn, no flyers, no one on traffic or security guiding people out of there leaving the festival. You found out by people with their smartphones still on who were reading Twitter or other social media chitchat about the cancellation. I'm sure there were some non-English speaking campers who were totally mystified why everyone was packing up and leaving,

I found that very weird myself. Everything was word of mouth. They didn't even send an email out to all ticket holders or a phish update email announcing the cancellation. If I hadn't had buddies that happen to hear about it I would never have known. (I don't check Facebook or Phish.com regularly)

Great, now I'm just as sad as I was 3 days ago. fuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Hey! I know that camp site :-)

A Ghostival! what sad and unfortunate news for an incredible dreamlike setting.

My heart goes out to all who were so close and yet so far. May the music Gods play on for you in your endless dreams.

#curveballed