6 The festival has no record of previous festival of similar size
Promoters who suddenly jump from small events to a huge festival most times leave a lot of disappointed festival goers behind. And there are countless cases where the festival got cancelled last minute, and people and partners lost (most of) their money. Besides the failures there are also enough cases were promoters did succeed, so we advice you to look further than this sign on it’s own.
7 Expectations are unclear
Unclear expectations deserve low ticket prices. Any festival unable to share what to expect in a fair and honest way is a big warning sign too. Most certainly if they are asking you to pay full price.
8 Poor communication surrounds the festival
Promoters who communicate poorly have poor festivals. A lot of festivals are constantly raising the bar and sometimes things don’t go as expected. Legit festivals will communicate open and fair about this. Why? Because there is absolutely nothing wrong with making a mistake or misjudgment. It’s the shady promoters who will be trying to hide it and commit social media censorship on critical questions.
9 The festival has a reputation of cancelling events
An easy one, don’t buy a ticket before you’re 100% sure the event won’t be cancelled. Best thing to do in this case is buy a ticket at the door sale.
10 Artists are negative about the festival
The worst sign of all. An artist will never communicate negatively about any festival unless things are horribly wrong. Whenever this happens this is one the biggest red flags you could ever get.
Via: technomoves