would you go to a JACKET festival.. PLEASE VOTE!!!

[blainesanders]

I am starting a production company and I'm STRONGLY considering doing an MMJ festival.  What I need to know is how many of you crazies would come out for it.
It would be in a VERY centrally located part of the country and this place is INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.  The infrastructure for concerts with on-site camping is already there!!  The idea is to have Jacket at night and maybe DJ's or smaller bands late-night (We want this to be a Jacket thing, not a mix of tons of bands).  Then there is a ton of hiking, canoeing, fishing all right in the area.  We would have crazy activities such as kick ball or disc golf during the day, and some back ground music for the camping experience.  This festival would be somewhat small (ideally 10,000 max), and VERY chill.  I have been to many festivals all over the country and many beautiful music venues (Red Rocks, etc.) and I want the Jacket to put this place on the map from a national standpoint!  I also want to make this festival something unique and original, that would make the Jacket and all their fans proud.  Ideally we would try to do this around Memorial or Labor Day weekend of next year because the weather is incredible for this part of the country.  Anyways, would you guys be down for say $100 for the entire weekend, camping and shows included??  I'm checking these boards for interest before I consider approaching the venue and the band.
Anyways, Please Vote if you'd be there!!! As a guy who's been to over 1000 concerts, I think this thing would rank in my top 5 for sure as far as music, uniqueness, and it's setting in nature.   I'll stop rambling now, just let me know what you think!!!

[BH]

Uhhh, where do I sign up?   Count me in for four tickets if not more. :)

I'm particularly fond of your use of the phrase "centrally located."

[blainesanders]

I won't say the name of the place just yet.   But I will say that there are airports within an hour of this spot (we would run shuttles) and as far as driving goes...
3 hours from KC
5 hours from STL
10 hours from CHI
4 hours from Memphis
5 hours from Dallas
12 hours from Denver
10 hours from Atlanta
VERRRY CENTRALLY located in the great U.S. of A.

[BH]

Tulsa, OK!

(What do I win?)

[blainesanders]

not Tulsa... but close... WAAAAAAAAY prettier than Tulsa!

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

Wait, is this the "Guess Where I Live" thread?  ;)

[blainesanders]

hahaha... no, i just don't wanna give it away before I know if this will happen.
I just need some votes from the fans to see if we could get enough people (but not too many) to make this thing be PERFECT!!!  I want this to be an experience that the band and fans will never forget.  We aren't going to do this thing unless MMJ is the band.  And as a fan of the band, this area of the country, and music festivals in general... we want this to be something that EVERYONE will be proud of!!!

so.... who's coming with me???

[bignewt]

I will lead the Dallas Fort Worth Brigade!

:D

[blainesanders]

Awesome... again, we aren't looking to make a killing or anything.  Just looking to have the perfect music-meets-nature weekend!!  

The setting we are wanting is the beautiful Ozark Mountains!!!
This will probably be my last post because I don't want to get WAAAAAAAY ahead of myself.  I'm just trying to do some market research to see if the numbers work like I think they will.  If this happens.  I will see you all next year!!!  But please continue to vote.  This thread is important to this whole idea!

[mjkoehler]

Omaha!?!?!?

I would be in. I would need to get "permission".  ::)

[Don Dante]

I'm in.

[Love Dogg]

If it happens...I'm in, fo' shizzel.  

Bhind me will be a caravan of cars full of people who will pay to do that.

[bold99]

In

[cmccubbin25]

i think we could get a KY caravan headed that way!

[California Badman]

count me in

[Kory]

sure, sounds like a grand idea... especially a KY caravan!

[Angry Ewok]

There's already a Jacket Festival. It's called Jacketfest.

Memorial Day weekend wouldn't be a good choice, this year. Did you contact management to see if they'd even be interested in a Jacket Fest?

I hate being the first guy to be iffy, because it is a nifty idea, but $100 sounds steep for just My Morning Jacket and camping/hiking. Couple $100 with the gas to get to a centrally located venue, plus whatever other expenses... Bonnaroo is, what, $200, and they have My Morning Jacket and about two dozen other huge acts I want to see.

[blainesanders]

Don't feel bad at all about adding any input.  That's why I'm doing this!!  There will be other music, other bands, etc. but we want MMJ to be the FOCUS of this thing.  And $100 was just a guess.  We're just trying to use nice round numbers to get a good idea as if this will be fiscally worth it or not.  We're not trying to make a killing (like Bonnaroo), we are just trying to do something positive that everyone would enjoy!!

This would NOT be for THIS year!!! This is a plan for the future, I'm just seeing if you guys would like to come.  We are not trying to compete with Jacketfest (which I didn't know this existed, where do I get tickets???).  We are trying to put on a positive, amazing, nature-meets-music, mini-festival or music weekend.  We are considering doing 2 nights... Jacket headlines 1 night... someone else (say THE MARS VOLTA) does the second night.  I know that I would pay $100 to see MMJ and TMV back to back... I just don't know if EVERYONE would pay $100.  We definitely don't want it to be a rip-off, but we don't want to lose money either.

This may not end up being JACKETFEST PART II.  I just know that if we are going to do this thing, this is the main act we want to be involved with!!  I have seen 1000's of shows and I consider MMJ fans to be the best in the biz right now!!!

more YAY/NAY votes would be great.  I have to go for now!

[Bigsky]

[size=16]ROAD TRIP[/size]...count me and my family in, and as many yankees that I can gather

[sweatboard]

Ozark Mountains!!!


NICE.