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 Story and pics from a festival last weekend...   2
#14480060 - 05/19/11 08:07 PM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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Well it's that time of the year, festival and gathering season. Last weekend I attended the first of several festivals/gatherings I plan on attending this spring & summer around my area. This particular festival was relatively small, 1,000 to 1,500 heads or so. I really only attend the smaller festivals & gatherings as they're far cheaper, I find em' to have better vibes and a tight knit intimate family/community feeling to em', not to mention the locations they go down at tend to be amazing.
My buddy and I arrived on Thursday before the festivities started since we were helping with pre-event stuff. It was really nice getting there before things started, experiencing that "calm before the storm" no pun intended. Getting the feel of the place, meeting our fellow camp neighbors, more or less taking it easy exploring the land around the area, sipping on beers and smokin' bowls.
The weather was beautiful on Friday, sunny with a few wispy clouds and temperatures damn near 80....I actually got my first sun burn of the year. Nature was buzzing all around, there was quite literally a swarm of lady bugs and butterflies meandering their way through the spring mountain air all day long. Plants were soaking up the sunshine and the birds & critters were having a feast on all the bugs. People were funneling in all day long and slowly but surely things were coming together...What once was open around our camp was quickly filling in with those who would be our fellow camp neighbors for the weekend, which included a car load of cute chill heady girls  . Mid afternoon the main stage went on and bass penetrated the air.
Friday night I took it easy, just had a handful of beers and got absurdly stoned as those ladies that camped next to us had this compulsion with rolling a blunt what seemed like every 30 minutes  . My friends and I got to try ketamine for our first time as well, some dude all gave us a bump for free, I'm guessing around 20mg to 40mg...Just enough to feel it, it was fantastic paired up with nitrous  . I saw ill Gates and a few others before I decided to crash around 4am or so.
Saturday started out as another beautiful day...Spent most of the day hanging around the camp taking it easy before what was in store for the night. Met up with several (festival) friends I haven't seen in quite some time, watched my buddy spin his set. Some dude came through out camp and shared a handful of goodies with us for free. Gave us all about 25mg of straight pure MDA...It was such a small minuscule amount, but within 15 minutes I could feel it running through me...This shit was incredibly pure. He also smoked us out with a few bowls of nitrogen extracted hash  . At one point during the day this dude gave my buddy 50mg of DMT, we rolled up 25mg of that into a joint with a bit of weed. It actually worked incredibly well, much better than I would have imagined as it sent off the 4 of us for a while.
Saturday night is when the mayhem really started to go down...Early evening we all dosed 2 hits of L then around 10pm or so we each ate 150mg of MDMA. The night was just starting to go off, everyone giggin', pretty much the peak of the weekend...And guess what happens, rain. We all knew there was a chance of rain but didn't know when it was going to arrive, I was hoping it would hold off until Sunday morning but no, it came right at the peak of the entire weekend  . It didn't effect anybody for a while, the rain was coming down relatively hard but people were still giggin' and having a damn good time...But the DJ booth had a few leaks and water was getting on the computers/equipment so they had to pull the plug....
We had no canopy on our tent so in the midst of everything going on I throw together a makeshift canopy out of trash bags and duct tape to put over the top of our tent. It actually worked alright for how hard it was raining, there was only a spot or two where it was leaking...So now the music has stopped and we have 4 dudes on 2+ hits of L and 200mg+ of MDMA crammed into our 2 person tent straight chillin' . Given the circumstances, I was comfortable and content haha, the molly made the entire situation tolerable.....My car was parked about 1/2 mile away and I knew it was dry, and I would have the entire thing to my self, and if I went it would make the tent a bit more roomy for my friends. So after contemplating for a while I made the decision to make the trek to my van.
I packed up dry clothes, some food, and my sleeping bag then made my way walking through the forest, 40 degrees outside and pouring rain all the while candy flipping face. Walking through puddles & mud up to my ankles not giving a fuck ...Finally made it to my van, stripped naked and got into some dry clothes, smoked a fat bowl and relaxed listening to the rain...Was quite an epic personal moment to say the least....
When I woke up, this is what I see outside
It fucking snowed, and we were only around 2000 feet in elevation. Quite a cold spring storm it was....Some people left on Sunday but quite a bit of people stayed around. Some peoples got together and set up a sound system under a tarp and a camp fire going and people were giggin', dancing, and having snow ball fights like nothing happened...These are my kind of people, not bothered the slightest bit by a little mother nature. The weather really brought everyone together that much more, we had a little cooking stove and people from all over brought what they had to eat, our camp more or less turned into a pot luck.
This was my 3rd year attending this particular gathering/festival and every time it restores some hope within me for humanity. Obviously words or pictures can not even come close to conveying what the weekend was like.....So many genuine awesome beautiful people   
(To long didn't read, I had a damn good weekend even though it snowed, most of the artists I wanted to see didn't get to play, awesome like minded beautiful people do exists)
*Oh yea, I also witnessed a girl smoke DMT and experience no effects
I did not take all of these photos
DMT near the creek many times
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 Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: openmind]
#14480076 - 05/19/11 08:10 PM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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I is jealous.
That painting is badass.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: thoughts]
#14484971 - 05/20/11 05:25 PM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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iwasaClown said:
I is jealous.
That painting is badass.
It was awesome watching the painting come together and progress through out the weekend...
I want to go back  ....There is another festival/gathering going down this weekend just up the road from me in the mountains but I won't be able to make it.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: openmind]
#14485041 - 05/20/11 05:36 PM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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Someone was posting about some free fests a year or so ago. Somewhere in northern CA. The layout and vibes of those parties seemed exactly like this.
Come to think of it, that may have been you posting about that. I think a video of bassnectar playing at one of these parties accompanied the post.
Anyway. Those look amazing. How does word get around? Just by mouth? Do the people putting on these gatherings tend to not advertise much? Is there any sort of "network" involved?
I guess for something like this to happen in my area, I would have to make it happen myself with lots of friends doing their parts.
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It was quite possibly me that made the post, I try to spread the word about some of the "smaller" festivals/gatherings around northern California....
I would say word spreads about the events mostly through online social networks/e-mail lists. Most of them are definitely advertised, but you already sorta have to be within the so called "scene" or attend similar parties/events where you will see fliers & posters etc....Or meeting others at parties and getting word of things going on. Years ago I didn't know of a damn thing, now I know of an underground party or gathering in the woods pretty much every single weekend in my area. It seems like once you go to a party/festival or two you start finding out about everything.
The only free festival I know of is the Gemini Festival which was held in Belden, Ca for a few years. I am not sure if it is still free though. It's common for the event organizers to allow you to volunteer and work a few hours helping with things through out the weekend for a free entry. They really are a lot of fun though, quite an experience, very much so a feeling of community & family.
Where abouts do you live?...There may very well be something going on in your area and you have no idea.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: openmind]
#14486176 - 05/20/11 09:38 PM (2 years, 1 day ago) |
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The southeast. AL to be precise.
I wish tribe.net still had traffic.
I mentioned free party because the thread I remember reading was centered around the free party ideal. I wish I could remember the exact thread. The jist of it was "free parties,great vibes,good music and wonderful sound systems"
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#14490870 - 05/21/11 08:37 PM (2 years, 21 hours ago) |
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aNeway2sayHooray said:
The southeast. AL to be precise.
I wish tribe.net still had traffic.
I mentioned free party because the thread I remember reading was centered around the free party ideal. I wish I could remember the exact thread. The jist of it was "free parties,great vibes,good music and wonderful sound systems"
Ah I see.....Yea, I do not know of anything going down in AL. I'm sure there is something but probably along the lines of smaller renegade parties, which are still always fun.
Throwing your own outdoor renegade party is most definitely doable, you just have to be smart about it.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: openmind]
#14491014 - 05/21/11 09:11 PM (2 years, 21 hours ago) |
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I wish I could find a festival like this in the PNW.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491082 - 05/21/11 09:33 PM (2 years, 20 hours ago) |
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I wish I could find a festival like this in the PNW.
You and me both, pal. Openmind actually linked me to one in July or August sometime I think but I don't have the link anymore
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: propensity]
#14491351 - 05/21/11 10:40 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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If you ever find any cool events, let me know.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491399 - 05/21/11 10:53 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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What festival is this about? Have you heard of Sonic Bloom at all? It's it CO.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491442 - 05/21/11 11:04 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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2Cents said:
I wish I could find a festival like this in the PNW.
You would think PNW would have the most festivals out of anywhere with all the hippies around WTF
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: stuntmanmike]
#14491455 - 05/21/11 11:07 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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stuntmanmike said:
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2Cents said:
I wish I could find a festival like this in the PNW.
You would think PNW would have the most festivals out of anywhere with all the hippies around WTF
Seriously! I have always thought it odd that there isn't much for festivals or cool gatherings.
extremely disappointing.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491461 - 05/21/11 11:09 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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Yeah if there are good festivals in Washington, nobody fuckin tells me about em.
And 2cents, will do man. Same goes for you
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491464 - 05/21/11 11:10 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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2Cents said:
Quote:
stuntmanmike said:
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2Cents said:
I wish I could find a festival like this in the PNW.
You would think PNW would have the most festivals out of anywhere with all the hippies around WTF
Seriously! I have always thought it odd that there isn't much for festivals or cool gatherings.
extremely disappointing.
everybodies to high to go out and put anything together
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: propensity]
#14491469 - 05/21/11 11:11 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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propensity said:
Yeah if there are good festivals in Washington, nobody fuckin tells me about em.
And 2cents, will do man. Same goes for you
tell me if theres anything cool too
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: stuntmanmike]
#14491480 - 05/21/11 11:15 PM (2 years, 19 hours ago) |
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cool stuff guy
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: openmind]
#14491529 - 05/21/11 11:31 PM (2 years, 18 hours ago) |
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dude that is amazing. glad you had a great time. i can't get enough of those pictures of the creek.. can't wait to hit up a festival...
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: stuntmanmike]
#14491598 - 05/21/11 11:48 PM (2 years, 18 hours ago) |
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stuntmanmike said:
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propensity said:
Yeah if there are good festivals in Washington, nobody fuckin tells me about em.
And 2cents, will do man. Same goes for you
Tell me if theres anything cool too
yeah I'll make sure to PM you guys if I learn of anything.
Seriously I have lived here my whole life and never heard of anything that was like a festival. They music scene around here is super policed compared to what it was.
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Re: Story and pics from a festival last weekend... [Re: 2Cents]
#14491672 - 05/22/11 12:04 AM (2 years, 18 hours ago) |
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2Cents said:
Quote:
stuntmanmike said:
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propensity said:
Yeah if there are good festivals in Washington, nobody fuckin tells me about em.
And 2cents, will do man. Same goes for you
Tell me if theres anything cool too
yeah I'll make sure to PM you guys if I learn of anything.
Seriously I have lived here my whole life and never heard of anything that was like a festival. They music scene around here is super policed compared to what it was.
Theres too many hipsters and indie rock bitches for some good festies to pop up
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