Summer Camp Music Festival

Summer Camp delivered again this year! Even though we were awash in mud the whole weekend, it was well worth it.

Updates: 2011 moved to Goose Island sponsorship so they no longer have Fat Tire :( On the upside, prices were pretty much the same as 2010. $28 for a 12 pack of Goose Island and $22 for Budweiser. They also had the addition of this bizarre Bud/Bud Light Lime Cooler for $55 that included the cooler and 12 beers. But you had to take like 6 Bud Light Lime...GROSS. $8 - $10 for a pack of cigarettes but they sold out before Bassnectar on Sunday so I'd bring plenty!

Bathrooms: Still no where near enough to accommodate everyone and with the mud this year they were disgusting.  

Food/Store Options: Remain among the best I've seen at a festival. And they never close unlike some festivals **cough EF cough***

Security: We had a run in with a few bad apple security guards who were stealing beers and cigarettes from patrons. It was a frightening experience so we complained to management and they had the guys arrested! The head of security came out to personally apologize, which made me feel a lot better.

I'll definitely be back for 2012!

I agree with ras j. It is kind of hard to rate this festival. On one hand the music is awesome. On the other overall I was miserable. I think it is a crap shoot depending on what weather you get, and no one controls the weather. We were in a foot of mud the entire weekend. I heard that typically 20,000 attend this festival, and this year there was about 40,000. You could tell that they just took all the extra cash and did nothing to accommodate twice the patronage. I am not a big enough music fan to put up with being that uncomfortable for three days. As far as the other reviewer who said that it is hard to get alcohol and drugs in there, um, she was not at summercamp. There were thousands of wookie kids all f-uped, I don't do drugs but it might have made the situation more bearable.
It was a good experience to go once, but this is not a festival I would attend again.

This festival is the best. 2011 was the best of the 8 years i have went.  every year they squeeze in more and more music. get some gravel hauled into 3 sisters park and this festi cant be beat in the Midwest.