Sunfest of Palm Beach County

OK so this was my first time at Sunfest but I have been to TONS of music festivals throughout my many years. While I loved the lineup and the HUGE size of the festival, I thought the ability to hide from the rain was the worst.  When it rained, and BOY did it rain (it was coming down sideways at one point), "there was no where to run to baby nowhere to hide".  The only place to go were the floating bardges that were WAY far away from everything and if you were under 21 no such luck for you this is an adult only party!!!! So EVERYONE (21+) packed in there like sardines. So my first suggestions is that they need to add venue tents like Ultra does, 'just in case'. Additionally, they had just laid fresh sod down so it became a mud fest of all mud fests.  It was so gross. They need to figure out what to do here as well.

The site itself is impressive and the setup for food stands and art stands was WAY beyond what I expected.  My last suggestion would be to invite local food trucks to 'park' and sell their specialties.

totally going back & PS VIP is the way to go!

This was my first Sunfest experience, and I plan to be back next year. I attended on Saturday only. Parking was super easy to find, even though my friends and I arrived right smack in the middle of the day. If you're not feeling too lazy, you can go a couple blocks away and find $5 parking!

Funny story: Entering the festival, there was a quick purse check, and they made my friend take a sip from her water bottle... We were laughing about it when a cop said to us, "THINK ABOUT IT. If you were bringing poison in, would you want to drink it?" We made really serious faces and nodded like that made tons of sense. So the take home message of my review is do not bring poison to Sunfest.

Anyway, the festival's bigger than it looks from the outside. 3 stages, pretty spaced out. I love that there is a nice laid back feeling to the day... you can watch a band, get some food/drinks, sit by the water when you need a break. It's so laid back. Keep in mind that different parts have different vibes... but it's pretty easy to figure out. The "Life in Color" area was an imitation Ultra, with neon and teenage pot smokers galore. Meanwhile, The Airborne Toxic Event and Phillip Phillips were quite tame. I think this is important to consider for people bringing kids.

The party barges in the water were a really fun feature. They were nice because they're 21+, so the atmosphere was a little less... insane, for people who don't appreciate half-naked preteens and their hormones everywhere. They played awesome danceable music, and we got to take pictures with Captain Morgan! :)

I had a really good time. Especially with such reasonable prices (I found mine as a New Times DailyDeal), it's worth it!

Wow if you want to see half naked teenagers getting Drunk and Partying then this is the place to be, Great list of bands and artist attending but I wasn't feeling anything else. I really don't know how some of the parents of these young Girls let them out the way they look. This is a place I would stay away from if I had a family. Not as good as past years. To commercialized.