Originally Posted by Lerxstcat

I would say the crowd that the band sees is the people who push up to the front, which is going to be more young people. The older people are more likely to hang back and drink beer. Fighting the crowd gets old after about 20 years of it!

I'm not saying that CPR is rocking to the oldies now, but they are also going to try and keep the audience that they had from prior years as well. Someone who was your age now attending the first CPR Fest would be 35 or 36 now. Those people are aging and have as much right to consideration as you do. As for the people complaining, I see people complaining about being inside the coliseum as well as those complaining about it not being outside. As in they've probably butted heads with Coliseum security and that's their real issue. If they had it outside with Coliseum security those people would be just as upset IMO.

Regardless, and I'm sorry you're bummed about it, but it is what it is and in life things change. Be happy that there still IS a CPR Fest rather than mourn the fact that it's no longer outside. Hey, on the Coast more people are probably bummed that the Fishing Rodeo is no longer in Gulfport than are worried about CPR Fest being inside. Actually the Fishing rodeo is at Point Cadet this year so if you want to do something outdoors you can cruise the rodeo and then head down 90 to CPR Fest.

If you haven't even gone to the Fest for nearly 10 years (you said 1999 was your last one and it's 2008 now) the changes shouldn't bother you so much anyway.

Originally Posted by The Good Reverend, MATCHEW

it aint a true festival
unless
it's outside and i'm sweating my ass off.