Guest Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Todd busted me... Ok I paid the NiFi people to say it was canceled so I could be the only one there so it would be just a private festival for me See I hate people I hate crowds hate being in crowds even if it's just ten people can't stand it so I've paid NiFi to say it was canceled so it'll be just me
sara_gd Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I just checked Kings of Leon's and Miranda Lambert's website. No news on the cancellation either. This is a bit weird, does it take that long to think what you're going to say? Or maybe NiFi didn't even notify the bands's agencies?
YoungBlood Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The Reading Festival is on the same weekend as the cancelled show and who knows they might be playing a secret show there
Guest Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 The Reading Festival is on the same weekend as the cancelled show and who knows they might be playing a secret show there
Mar Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Well, yeah, the festival would have cut into that precious time to promote Heart Like a Hand Grenade!
Give_Me_Novacaine90 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 NiFi Festival at Kentucky Speedway canceled http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/07/08/nifi-festival-canceled-kentucky/29881305/ http://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/music/2015/07/08/nifi-music-festival-at-kentucky-speedway-canceled-due-to-lack-of-interest/29877355/
Dirty Rotten Bastard Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I just checked Kings of Leon's and Miranda Lambert's website. No news on the cancellation either. This is a bit weird, does it take that long to think what you're going to say? Or maybe NiFi didn't even notify the bands's agencies? I'm not sure but I think for most of the other bands they are playing lots of shows anyway. Announcing that one show is cancelled in middle of nowhere Kentucky which not many people wouldnt have been going to anyway is not as important as Green Day who are only playing one show announcing it, I'd guess. I'm taking no news as good news. I'm just hoping they will make a proper post about it but then mention an additional show or the moon tower/shine/whatever that festival is called Although I really doubt they can afford to get green day!
Adrii1039 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 NiFi Festival at Kentucky Speedway canceledhttp://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/07/08/nifi-festival-canceled-kentucky/29881305/http://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/arts/music/2015/07/08/nifi-music-festival-at-kentucky-speedway-canceled-due-to-lack-of-interest/29877355/ Love how they made that article so short, making it seem like the headlining acts didn't attract enough people to buy tickets. I still can't get over how fucked up this Festival was. I really hope SOMEONE picks them up! I'm sure that Moontower fest probably couldn't afford a big band like Green Day, but maybe Green Day will perform at a fest, or on their own regardless. Maybe they'll actually be able to say "this ones for the fans" unlike Nifi.
Dirty Rotten Bastard Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I just want a green day show that I can camp out for and get front row and eat pizza
Adrii1039 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I just want a green day show that I can camp out for and get front row and eat pizza Exactly! This can't possibly be too much to ask.. D:
Dirty Rotten Bastard Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I do wonder why Green Day agreed to NiFi in the first place as I doubt it was going to be the most well paid festival they have ever done. The fact they were willing to play one show in some obscure part of Kentucky makes it seem as if they actually really wanted to do a show. Then again NiFi seemed to genuinely believe they were a good festival and could have been offering them $$$$$. I mean a festival nobody had ever heard of before were charging $30000 for headliner passes at one point so lol
wood Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Pretty upset about this. Jordan & I were planning to make our return to Kentucky that weekend, in the name of Green Day. Not selling enough tickets is sort of disheartening, especially when you look at the global appeal of Green Day. The root of the low ticket sales may be in that the lineup was too eclectic.
Adrii1039 Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I do wonder why Green Day agreed to NiFi in the first place as I doubt it was going to be the most well paid festival they have ever done. The fact they were willing to play one show in some obscure part of Kentucky makes it seem as if they actually really wanted to do a show. Then again NiFi seemed to genuinely believe they were a good festival and could have been offering them $$$$$. I mean a festival nobody had ever heard of before were charging $30000 for headliner passes at one point so lol I really think Nifi was intending to pay Green Day and everyone else a decent amount of money. Idk HOW they thought a brand new festival was going to be SO successful. They set that bar wayyyyy too high. From there only being 3 day passes available in the beginning that were $199+, to the expensive "VIP" Packages & Upgrades, to the Camping overnight, to that fucking Village thing where it was fucking $900 to have a TENT with one or two beds in it! Who would pay for those the majority of those things?! Wayyyyy to overpriced! That's why everyone only went for those single day passes for 69 bucks. That was the only decent price. "We simply cannot deliver the NiFi vision and fan experience at out desired level of excellence, given the lack of ticket sales to date." Well who the hell needs your over the top ridiculously expensive experience? That is not the experience we needed or wanted as fans. They would have never reached their "desired level of excellence."
Todd Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Pretty upset about this. Jordan & I were planning to make our return to Kentucky that weekend, in the name of Green Day. Not selling enough tickets is sort of disheartening, especially when you look at the global appeal of Green Day. The root of the low ticket sales may be in that the lineup was too eclectic. I think the root was the location. Kentucky, of all places.
Guest Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I think the root was the location. Kentucky, of all places. The location, the lineup, the lack of promotion, the late announcement and the poor choices in ticket prices and packages all combined to do this aborted fetus of a festival in.
Guest Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 They way overextended themselves, that's for sure. I'm still shocked that they went so far as to cancel it.... ticket sales must have been ridiculously poor. I'd still love to see a breakdown of which days sold the most tickets. If their Facebook page is any indication, Green Day was the biggest draw by an overwhelming margin. If I had to guess, I'd say Miranda Lambert day was second, with Kings of Leon selling two tickets to the lead singer's mother.
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Based on what the woman at the campground said, it sounds like the struggling speedway thought this would be an easy way to make money. "Ooh, festivals are moneymakers! Let's hire a monkey trained to work a computer and make it happen!" It was never "for the fans" or whatever. You can tell by the ridiculous prices, shitty lineup and lack of promotion. They dumped no money into the product and then expected to get a ridiculous amount of return.
nimrosomniac Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 There have been radio ads for it here in Cincinnati for weeks, because I always have our local rock station on at work and I'd get excited when they came on like "I'm going to that!!!". Definitely no TV ads though.
Dirty Rotten Bastard Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I really wanna know how many tickets they sold tho
Guest Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Based on what the woman at the campground said, it sounds like the struggling speedway thought this would be an easy way to make money. "Ooh, festivals are moneymakers! Let's hire a monkey trained to work a computer and make it happen!" Yeah, also a point worth making. NASCAR no longer announces attendance figures for races (because their attendance has been in the shitter for years now), and they don't even allow tracks to calculate and release their own numbers. There's no way to know for sure how Kentucky Speedway is doing, but a couple of articles that I glanced at regarding NiFi seemed to indicate that it's struggling financially and in danger of losing its top-tier NASCAR race. I really wanna know how many tickets they sold tho Never gonna happen.
WhiteTim Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 You can count by who posts on GDC that's all who bought tickets
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 I'm also seeing a lot of complaints about lack of promotion. Apparently there's been no radio/TV/billboard ads to promote it, it's literally all been just social media stuff. Explains why the Facebook page never broke even 4500 likes, and their Twitter only got around 450 followers. When you've got a venue that holds 30,000 people, a line-up that is.... eclectic, to put it nicely, and a festival in its inaugural year, you need to do a lot more to get it off the ground than just tweeting about a superfan contest every few days.The prices were also way too lofty for an inaugural festival. They should have started with low prices and built it up next year if it succeeded.
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