The Northeast Finally Gets A Good Festival

C3 Presents originally wanted to stage the festival in Philadelphia, but they probably felt the opportunity slipping away when Live Nation attempted to win the permit C3 had spent nearly a year trying to obtain. Festival Republic, producers of the Glastonbury Festival, are working with C3 on bringing some of the elements of the European festival to Vineland. Offers are out to bands, but there has been no announcement of specific artists yet.

The biggest problem with this festival is gonna be traffic. The Atlantic City Expressway, Route 55 and Garden State Parkway are shitshows on a typical Friday afternoon in the summer, so we can’t even imagine the snarls an extra 80,000 people will cause. Luckily traffic shouldn’t be so bad on the way out if people leave late on Sunday night or after rush hour on Saturday.

But here’s the real question: Couldn’t anyone think of a name for this thing? We’re sure all of these details will be addressed ad naseum in the months to come, but for not let’s just celebrate a good festival finally coming to the area.

• More on Vineland: Greg Kot, Billboard and Vineland’s local paper