Olivia Rose

Review of ARAMARK at Alpine Valley Music...

We got there bright and early for Farm Aid, ending...

We got there bright and early for Farm Aid, ending up in the third row of vehicles. At just after 9am, people were drinking and having a blast.

I felt the crowds were handled pretty well by staff, all things considered. It was rain all day, making the hills a bit of a death trap when trying to find seating or moving around at all. Still, it was funny watching people fall since only pride was hurt.

I believe they brought in more bathrooms for this event, as most reviews complained about the very long wait at previous concerts and there really wasn't too much waiting here. They got nasty near the end, but no surprise there.

Big screens made it easy to view the concert from far away and great sound made you still feel like part of experience even in the furthest seats. I do believe that another screen or two could have been added by the concession area, but I get that they'd want to keep that area more accessible.

Extremely expensive to purchase any drinks there, but it's a concert, so what are you gonna do? Plus, trying to stay upright on the slippery grass on a steep hill was plenty difficult on its own, so didn't feel like adding more booze to the mix.

Food was decent, but wish there had been more variety.

I really wanted to stay for the whole thing, but we left early to avoid what we imagined would be an insanely long wait to get out of the lot. As I had read many reviews about it taking up to three hours, we decided to head out before Neil Young. Broke my heart, but we are not familiar with the area and did mot want to try to navigate through obscene traffic. Absolutely the roght decision.

Sinse Dave Matthews was my very first concert, it was great seeing him again.

All in all an incredible ecperience crazy crowded and the rain sucked, but they can't control the weather.