Jeffrey Greenblatt

Ok, sure, I’m a bit late to the party on writing a traditional review of the inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, but with that being said I thought I’d just weigh in with some observations on the three day fest that took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park a little less than a month ago with a bit of an open letter to it. So without further ado…

Dear Outside Lands-

First things first, so lets get this out of the way: I throughly enjoyed the time that I spent walking the grounds, seeing music and enjoying the general vibe of very well organized fest. How can anyone complain about the eclectic line up that was packed with both local and national powerhouse acts? Or one of the best food selections you’re going to encounter at a large scale event. Bringing in local vendors to serve high-quality fare was a welcome change of pace from what you’d find at the majority of multi-day events. Anyone that had the BBQ oysters, the pulled pork or the tasty Mexican food can back me up on this.

But with that being said, in order to make this a destination for out-of-towners or just a return trip for the locals there are probably some things we need to talk about before I can commit to returning for version 2.0. We know with anything in its first year there are bound to be some hiccups and no matter how much planning goes into it things will pop up at the last minute that you just didn’t think of. So we know that your hard at work thinking about next year. Here’s just some things that as an attendee might be useful…

READ ON for more of Some Dude’s open letter…

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