The Music Festival Experience: #Snerglerb

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Steven Courney (12th), Reporter

On Friday, December 29th, I had the opportunity to attend the first night of the three day music festival, Snowglobe, in South Lake Tahoe. As it was included with the ticket, we took the shuttle from our hotel, located near the venue, to the actual concert. It was very obvious that the event was planned very well because there was absolutely no wait for the shuttle. A long line of buses awaited our arrival and it was the buses who had to wait for the people, and thankfully not the other way around.

This trend continued as we unloaded the buses and were guided to the entrance of the field. The lack of pat-downs was remarkable, but was most likely what was sacrificed in order to maintain the brevity that they had, especially considering there were thousands of people they had to get into the gates.

Once inside the gates, a feeling of relaxation washed over me; it was a very peaceful venue surrounding by woods. The cool weather (20 degrees fahrenheit) was nice as well because we made sure to layer up, so we were plenty warm and could take off some layers if we started to get too hot somehow.

We quickly made our way to the main stage to see the first act that we wanted to see, R.L. Grime. His show was very high-energy and it was nice to see the crowd get so juiced so quickly. His show led very well into the next act, The Chainsmokers, who started off their show with an alternate version of their hit “Closer”. The Chainsmokers were the headliners, so it’s no surprise that this drew a larger crowd and a crowd that was again very into the music.

After this show, we made our way to the secondary stage to see Lil Yachty, the rapper. I was surprised that there weren’t nearly as many people as at the main stage because I was under the impression that a lot of people would want to see him, however being that it was an EDM festival and he is more of a different genre it does make sense. While his stage was smaller, it was definitely much louder and the size gave a new sense of intimacy. We saw him play his hits and quickly made our way to the next headliner back at the main stage, Flume.

This show reminded me of R.L. Grime’s show, except with an incredibly larger crowd. This was the biggest show of the night by far and it was obvious by looking at all of the people. It was a very colorful show with many effects and it seemed to fly by. Before we knew it, we were making our way to the third and smallest stage to see our final act of the night, Sofi Tukker.

This act was inside a relatively small tent with clear plastic, so it quickly got very warm due to all of the bodies packed inside, and most everyone was wearing t-shirts inside, while outside people were freezing in the cold. This show was my personal favorite, and I think that’s because of the small size of the crowd and how close we were to the performers.

I wasn’t ready for the day to end because of how much fun the festival was, but when we finally finished up, getting out of the venue and back to our shuttle was just as easy as it was when we were arriving. All in all, I encourage others to attend a music festival, whether it be Snowglobe or not. The awe-inspiring experience is something worth telling your grandchildren.