There's kids activities, a kids play area, and bands/theater aimed at kids at Bumbershoot in Seattle. But I guess Bumbershoot is more of an arts community festival that just happens to also have top notch music acts aimed at a more age diverse crowd.
Whereas Freefest is aimed simply at getting the 15-29 crowd roped into the corporate party animal corral(?) And I suppose that's the "cool" thing for alot of people.
Giving away tickets is good and bad. It's good because some music fans probably wouldn't go otherwise. It's bad because some of the people who go probably aren't really music fans.
Unfortunately (to me) it seemed like this music festival was more about drunk teenagers in slutty costumes than anything else.
Who cares? You might be the the only person in the world complaining about chicks wearing revealing clothing. I hate to break it to you, but "rock" music festivals, by nature, aren't very family friendly.
nobody has said this in a while . . . post of the week.
Whatever at Newport people bring their babies and at Lolla they have a kids stage. Poor security and poorly run. Don't make excuses. Prior years I have attended the festival weren't like this. evidently management has gone downhill.
