post by ShadowSD at Jun 23,2011 5:09pm edited Jun 24,2011 7:42pm
The 2011 Connecticut MetalFest
Saturday, July 9 at The Outdoor Pavilion in Windham
Suicide Dream
Volatile
Autolatry
Dark Passenger
Forever's Fallen Grace
Aversed
All Ages/21+ to drink, 6 pm, $15, Rain or Shine
Ticket Price Includes Freshly Grilled Hot Dogs Served Between Bands
116 Club Road in Windham, CT (Across From Graveyard/Next To AT&T) - Top of the Driveway
All alcoholic drinks are $3.00/$3.50 and the venue is green friendly (all who wish to partake will be taken care of as part of their price of admission as well). Soda and water costs a dollar or less, and parking is free.
Order your tickets in advance through the bands, our band's contact e-mail for getting tickets is shadowsd@snet.net
post by ShadowSD at Jun 23,2011 5:20pm edited Jun 23,2011 6:38pm
For those who were asking (AndrewBastard, Matt from Eerie, etc.), I finally heard back about whether camping overnight is permitted. They're not allowing it for this year's fest because they apparantely have some sort of rare Sunday event going on the next day, but for all future events at this venue where there isn't something booked the next day, camping overnight IS permitted at The Outdoor Pavilion.
post by ShadowSD at Jun 24,2011 11:35am edited Jun 24,2011 8:27pm
But I should also mention that even though bands play from 6 - 12, we have the place until 2 am, so nobody has to drive home for a while.
The grill is huge and open to other meats as well if anyone wants to bring anything else, I heard yesterday a couple of people talking about bringing other stuff to throw on the grill.
In the past two years we've made it a tradition to smoke up the entire crowd with KB during our intermission, this year will be no exception.
I was wondering if I read that first post correctly... Quite a magnanimous gesture/selling point!
post by ShadowSD at Jul 2,2011 10:52am edited Jul 2,2011 10:56am
I always thought it made sense to have a show where getting the munchies and satisfying them was included. In the past two years towards the end of the night we've been on stage and taken care of the crowd for five or six minutes until everyone who partook was satisfied, then we launched right into our second set of darker, doomier songs. Earlier in the fest is also totally cool as well (just look for circles of people standing out by the grill between sets and join the circle) but things are slightly more discrete than later in the night only in the sense of people knowing to walk a few feet away if someone under eighteen is right next to them/basic common sense stuff. As far as the board that rents us the venue goes, they're French Canadian, so they're totally cool on the topic, as long as that's the only thing there.
post by ShadowSD at Jul 10,2011 9:54am edited Jul 11,2011 2:07pm
Awesome show was awesome. Every band was VERY good, and the night was a fucking blast, the crowd while not being at previous triple digit metalfest levels completely made up for it in intensity, great and totally amped throughout our band's whole extended three sets as they kept asking over and over for one more song, singing every word of the impromptu Holy Wars cover at the end. Have I mentioned that I fucking love playing this place?
Any chance of more shows like this occurring? We're looking for a Connecticut date on Fri Aug 17 and having some trouble getting something booked right now. Let us know
