Eddie Vedder to Headline Pilgrimage Festival

leebug87

whoa, $97 in service fees per ticket?! What in the heck!

blackngold

ponytd said:

blackngold said:

Any locals have thoughts on the Aloft Hotel in Franklin? Booked our room there so hopefully it's a decent place.

Yeah, it should be pretty good. I don't know anybody that has stayed there, but it's next door to D1 sports training and a lot of the athletes that train there (NFL/NBA/MLB draft hopefuls and even current pros) stay there. Most everything in the area is chain restaurants, but It's about 50 yards from Jonathans, which is a local sports bar with really good food and beer specials (happy hour all day usually on Saturday and Sunday during football season which is when this festival is) and 200-300 yards from Brewhouse South which is another local sports bar with about 100 beers on tap with lots of local beer selections and really good food also. The Cool Springs Galleria(big mall) is right there too about 500 yards away. You're about a 10 minute drive to the farm from that hotel depending on if you get caught at all the traffic lights.

Thank you ponytd.

mfc2006

leebug87 said:

whoa, $97 in service fees per ticket?! What in the heck!

for the VIP? Wow.

pjcord said:

Does anyone know if this is a festival that would come close to selling out? I'm trying to convince a group to join me, and I don't see them being willing to pull the trigger on tickets six months in advance. Trying to figure out how long I can wait before buying tickets.

They posted on Facebook that tickets were going fast.

ponytd

leebug87 said:

How long do headliners usually play for festivals?

1:30-2 hours for this I think. It's supposed to end around 8, but headliners usually come on around 6-6:15ish

pjcord said:

Does anyone know if this is a festival that would come close to selling out? I'm trying to convince a group to join me, and I don't see them being willing to pull the trigger on tickets six months in advance. Trying to figure out how long I can wait before buying tickets.

It has not sold out, to my knowledge, either year (this is the 3rd year of this festival). Last year they did average about 15k people per day, which probably is somewhat close to a sellout. I figure maybe 17.5k people for a day. However, with bigger names this year, it could sell out. I do know there are a lot of people that live here that don't know much about it at all, which tells me they don't watch local news at all since it's been all over that

leebug87

ponytd said:

leebug87 said:

How long do headliners usually play for festivals?

1:30-2 hours for this I think. It's supposed to end around 8, but headliners usually come on around 6-6:15ish
Thanks! I got tickets Sounds like it'll be fun

ponytd

deleting double post. move along. nothing to see here

gvn2fly1421

Pony, so you are saying the end time will be 8ish? I have a group coming in from Clarksville looking to Airbnb somewhere, but we may just come back home.

ponytd

gvn2fly1421 said:

Pony, so you are saying the end time will be 8ish? I have a group coming in from Clarksville looking to Airbnb somewhere, but we may just come back home.

That's what the website says. One of my friends who went the first year, said it was over around 8:30. So yeah, you should be good to go just driving back to Clarksville. there are several houses right in the area, so I'm sure they don't want loud music late at night

Spoony C

ponytd said:

pjcord said:

Does anyone know if this is a festival that would come close to selling out? I'm trying to convince a group to join me, and I don't see them being willing to pull the trigger on tickets six months in advance. Trying to figure out how long I can wait before buying tickets.

It has not sold out, to my knowledge, either year (this is the 3rd year of this festival). Last year they did average about 15k people per day, which probably is somewhat close to a sellout. I figure maybe 17.5k people for a day. However, with bigger names this year, it could sell out. I do know there are a lot of people that live here that don't know much about it at all, which tells me they don't watch local news at all since it's been all over that

And in recent years, the Nashville market has been really fast to sell out regular shows. Don't know if it's the music-biz connections taking up too many seats, or scalpers being particularly clever around there, but their arena shows (like two nights of Adele, or a Mumford & Sons show, to name two that gave trouble to my Nashville friends trying to buy) are often selling out in minutes. I think the presence of a superstar like Timberlake would drive this fest to sell much, much faster than it has in its first couple of years; probably the only reasons it didn't sell out immediately was the surprise-attack way it was announced on the on-sale date, and the $175 price tag being high for people only interested in JT.

gvn2fly1421

Thanks Pony!

Spoony C said:

and the $175 price tag being high for people only interested in JT.

That $175 is misleading. My tickets after fees were around $206.

ponytd

Spoony C said:

ponytd said:

pjcord said:

Does anyone know if this is a festival that would come close to selling out? I'm trying to convince a group to join me, and I don't see them being willing to pull the trigger on tickets six months in advance. Trying to figure out how long I can wait before buying tickets.

It has not sold out, to my knowledge, either year (this is the 3rd year of this festival). Last year they did average about 15k people per day, which probably is somewhat close to a sellout. I figure maybe 17.5k people for a day. However, with bigger names this year, it could sell out. I do know there are a lot of people that live here that don't know much about it at all, which tells me they don't watch local news at all since it's been all over that

And in recent years, the Nashville market has been really fast to sell out regular shows. Don't know if it's the music-biz connections taking up too many seats, or scalpers being particularly clever around there, but their arena shows (like two nights of Adele, or a Mumford & Sons show, to name two that gave trouble to my Nashville friends trying to buy) are often selling out in minutes. I think the presence of a superstar like Timberlake would drive this fest to sell much, much faster than it has in its first couple of years; probably the only reasons it didn't sell out immediately was the surprise-attack way it was announced on the on-sale date, and the $175 price tag being high for people only interested in JT.

totally agree with all that

Peyton18

VIP tickets are already sold out for the festival! Wish I had not waited now! Definitely not waiting to buy regular Admission

Peyton18

VIP tickets are already sold out for the festival! Wish I had not waited now! Definitely not waiting to buy regular Admission

Pearl34Jam

Tickets: bought!

See you all in September!

mfc2006

VIP tickets sold out yesterday. Tier 1 passes are close to selling out. Just a heads up!

jjflash

mfc2006 said:

VIP tickets sold out yesterday. Tier 1 passes are close to selling out. Just a heads up!

Tier 1 GA is now SOLD OUT. Tier 2 are $225/ea. I've been sleeping on buying these....fifty bucks is a big jump, doh!

mfc2006

jjflash said:

mfc2006 said:

VIP tickets sold out yesterday. Tier 1 passes are close to selling out. Just a heads up!

Tier 1 GA is now SOLD OUT. Tier 2 are $225/ea. I've been sleeping on buying these....fifty bucks is a big jump, doh!

Get 'em!!!

gvn2fly1421

jjflash said:

Tier 1 GA is now SOLD OUT. Tier 2 are $225/ea. I've been sleeping on buying these....fifty bucks is a big jump, doh!

I may have (2) for you at $200 each. The $175 tickets actually came out at $206 or so per ticket. I ordered 10 and two people have since had second thoughts. Just an option if you delay in ordering!

bbiggs

Does anyone know the difference between tier 1 GA and tier 2, aside from the price? Im considering grabbing a couple but not sure what the extra $50 is for. Also, for anyone who has been there, can you get close to the main stage with these tickets or is it tough without the VIP tickets?

rbhester

bbiggs said:

Does anyone know the difference between tier 1 GA and tier 2, aside from the price? Im considering grabbing a couple but not sure what the extra $50 is for. Also, for anyone who has been there, can you get close to the main stage with these tickets or is it tough without the VIP tickets?

The $175 was an "early bird special". No difference other than the price went up after the initial release of tickets. Most festivals do similar things.