Teen Gothic

Hey everyone so me and my friend attended the Los Darks festival yesterday, we were iffy about it from the start but couldn’t get rid of tix so we gave it a chance.

The bands and sound system were great. The issue came with the organization itself and their communication. My friend and I bought GA tickets and were expecting to be on the floor like any other festival. When we got there at 2:00pm for London After Midnight, we were NOT asked for any wristbands and made it to the floor. The sun and the aluminum floor made the heat too unbearable, so we walked to the back of the bleachers to get some shade before The Adicts started, since there were no heat accommodations on the floor area, which is CRAZY for a GOTH festival where majority of people are wearing black. When we wanted to get back in suddenly there were security posted in every entrance to the floor demanding wristbands. Once we asked them where to get them, they pointed to the front, where we came in originally, so we went and found out they “ran out”, forcing us to sit on those bleachers for the rest of the festival. As the show went on we could feel the anger building up from the crowd, bursting in many people jumping from the bleachers into the floor, as they should. Me and my friend walked around the venue trying to get a straight answer as to the why of that ridiculous policy, we went to 5 different security posts and no one could explain the why or if/when they would get more wristbands. No staff member could give us a straight answer, only that we should’ve come before the festival started and wait in line to get floor wristbands. It was insanely frustrating to see the floor not at full capacity topped with the fact that VIP was also not at capacity and left a massive gap that could’ve been filled by people who payed to be on the floor. It almost ruined our experience, if not for the amazing bands and sound engineers.

Fuck this festival, fuck its organizers and I hope as a community, we let it rot and die. LISTEN TO YOUR GUT PEOPLE!! I know I should’ve. And stick to your local scene, not sellouts.

The VIP-only standing area was huge and mostly empty so the rest of us regular people had to stand behind a separate barricade 40 feet back. It also contained the only shaded area in the whole venue, again, VIP-only. They also ran out of floor wristbands even though the standing area was maybe 15% filled so they started sending people to fill the bleachers and didn’t allow them to come down. The DJs were great up until the break between Johnny Marr and Caifanes when they played country and pop music like wtf. The bands were all good but I feel like I got scammed paying this much for this experience.

What a joke, got here at 5 and ran out of wristbands?? My mom wanted to be on the floor for Caifanes, what a disappointment

Couldn’t get a refund so my friends and I decided to go. They aren’t letting any more people in despite it being pretty fucking empty. The bleacher on the right side isn’t even halfway full lmfao

Based on the information that has come out, has anyone tried getting a refund? and did it work? I bought my ticket last year and feel uncomfortable going, I should’ve listened to my gut feeling and now I’m stuck with a ticket. I love the bands and wanna go see them but I’d prefer if I could get a refund. I don’t want the organizers to have my money.

Hey fellow darks, I impulsively bought a ticket for this and I can’t go anymore. Any recommendations on where I should sell it? I was thinking twitter but I’d have to redownload it. Any leads? Anyone know of any possible leads of resale sites I could post it on? Bought it through Jampack.thank you 😭