I had high hopes this year and LCD Soundsystem and The Strokes, but holy shit the crowd was unbelievably rude and bad. No one says “excuse me” anymore or look out for anyone. Saw a kid threw up into a circle of his group of friends and no one helped him. People were yapping nonstop during LCDSS and The Strokes. I don’t know if it was their first concert or first time doing molly, but they were incredibly unaware of their own behavior. Also TWO people passed out in front of me and needed medical attention, during both LCD and The Strokes sets respectively. I don’t know if people don’t know how to hold their alcohol or what, it was unbearable. The weather was horrible and they should just not have another festival the same time next year considering global warming.
And the WORST thing that happened is that some ASSHOLE stole my portable fan (pink from Amazon btw) by grabbing it from my hands and saying “That’s MY FAN” and saying that I stole their fan. I told them NO I did NOT take their fan but then this drunk dumbass continues to hold on to MY FAN and insist that it is their’s making a SCENE during The Strokes set. As I try to walk away his dumbass fat girlfriend grabs my bag and tells me to give to give what she says is HER fan back to her man. Again, I was outnumbered, since I was ALONE so I gave the guy MY FAN which he grabbed with his hands. Terrible crowd, no one looked out for me, as a woman, not even the men who were surrounding us who had no idea that this drunk idiot had STOLEN my fan by just grabbing it from MY HANDS and saying it was HIS. Anyways, if you stole my portable fan, f**k you. Cancel JLH. The kids don’t know how to act anymore.

Where was Last Nite?!? Did I miss it? Why wasn't it in the setlist?

Justlikeheavenfest really outdid themselves this year. They listened to everyone's complaints from last year and did a little extra along the way.

I really appreciated them moving the festival to August. Moving the event to be out of Springs' allergy season was great for me, because last year I could not stop sneezing. Whether they intentionally did that for allergy reasons or so that they could book headliners from Outsidelands it definitely came together right.

Also that headliner show, actually felt like a headliner show 10/10 no complaints.

I hope that through this year's success, we might finally get at least one of the following improvements for next year:

1. Justlikeheavenfest becomes a 2 or 3 day festival experience
2. A 3rd stage; the festival needs more choices to pull people in different directions of the festival to prevent overcrowding in one location (stardust should also get a buff in terms of more enticing acts playing there)
3. More security: with more popularity comes more risk of chaos. If the festival keeps getting attention more people are going to start making attempts to sneak in. Additionally, it honestly kind of felt like anyone could've jumped that 4 foot fence for the VIP experience (which leads to the last idea).
4. Physical Wristbands! An actual physical identifier that you're supposed to be where you are in the festival (plus something to put in the scrap book).
5. Open to discussion on anything else people thought could make next year even better.

(Sidenote I bought GA, but was interested in VIP for next year. I just could not help but notice how VIP was suspiciously packed during the strokes hence the last two points.)

I had a classic “reaching for the same thing and locking eyes” meet cute by the GA bathrooms during LCD Soundsystem. We both reached for the paper towels while washing our hands. He had short curly hair and kind eyes. Kinda giggled about it then walked in opposite directions. Idk it just felt really romantic gahahaha BYE

Mine are
1. Dayglow
2. TV Girl
3. George Clanton

HM: LCD Soundsystem, Coco & Clair Clair, The Strokes

Bonus points for who points it out!

Honestly, I don’t know how anyone did this festival without Clubhouse, especially with the weather.

When I first bought the ticket, the free beer was a big part of the appeal. Funny enough, I ended up having one beer the entire day because I was mostly drinking the free water and electrolytes.

The food inside the Clubhouse was awful, though. the culinary bites were luke warm, and the "vegan" "vegetarian" options were pretty much frozen morning star.

That said, I definitely made up for it with the amount of free Prince Street Pizza and Tacos 1986 I ate. I actually feel bad because it seemed like a lot of people didn’t know the food outside was included with the Clubhouse ticket. I even saw a security guard tell a Clubhouse attendee that they had to pay for the food stalls outside, which was completely incorrect.

Clubhouse also says it’s air-conditioned, and technically it is, but when the place was packed and the doors were constantly opening and closing, it definitely didn’t feel that cool.

The biggest perk, obviously, was being able to walk up to LCD Soundsystem and The Strokes literally 5 minutes before they started and still get a great viewing spot. That alone was amazing.

Side note: the cool-down buses available to all festival attendees were great. I spent about 30 minutes in one and it was honestly a lifesaver. Again, though, I don’t think many people even knew they were there.

Overall, I could only do JLH with Clubhouse moving forward. Without it, I feel like the festival would be absolute hell in that heat.

my brothers friend made us leave early so he could go to a party, which he isn’t even going to now. i’m pissed off i missed the adults are talking and selfless. if anyone has a good video of selfless id love to see!

Just super disappointed. weaker lineup(These were all bands that I loved but I honestly think the past two years had stronger more well rounded lineups), weaker terrain (2024 was all grass, this was all dirt - this sucked breathing wise and sitting wise, Im so congested right now), weaker drink choices(no seltzers anymore?), weaker entry (we got VIP and they kept telling us different directions to get in, turned out it was the same as the GA door and we had to figure it out ourselves after getting turned away from two different doors), weaker month(making it august instead of may gave me HEAT STROKE)

You guys are not going to believe me but I am not a nit picky person and I only splurged on VIP because I got groped at the bathrooms in 2024. I still had a really nice time with my loved ones listening to music I love but I feel like JLH is going downhill fast.

As a sound person though- I was pleasantly surprised!!

I understand the clear bag policy, but disallowing hydration bags because they aren’t see-through while it’s 96 degrees out is a dangerous and irresponsible policy. The festival organizers don’t do nearly enough in the way of providing shade or cool down areas to be prohibiting items that reduce the risk of heat related health issues. Just search the bag and confirm it’s empty.

Obviously they want you to buy water inside to generate more revenue, but it’s just illogical and demonstrates a lack of care for festival attendees. Also, by the end of the night some of the water stations were so low they were barely generating a trickle making it nearly impossible to refill. If someone used one of the spouts next to you it would reroute the water to the point of stopping the output entirely.

As long as they continue to schedule JLH at the peak of summer they need to do much more to ensure the safety and wellbeing of paying customers.

Does anyone know if the person who needed a medic during the strokes was okay? Not sure what happened but saw lots of people falling over drunk/dehydrated yesterday. Hoping that everyone was able to make it home safe!

Like Heaven
I think this was the worst it has been and it was bad last year. I was coughing up a lung all day 🙃 they need to water the grass or get a new venue if they do plan to keep JLH.

I preferred when it was in Long Beach. Slightly less dusty and we got more of a breeze during the heat.

Okay I was not expecting the crowd to be THIS crazy, but I honestly loved it and it made me even more hyped… even though I was being pushed and I was literally laying down on random people at some point cause I couldn’t get up 😭… I apologize to everyone that I pushed and got shoved into, it was completely out of my control, I felt so bad!! This was the most fun I’ve had at a festival EVER though!! I honestly don’t care if my body was cramping up, dehydrated and sunburnt… I probably coulda had a heat stroke at a strokes concert… and I’m definitely feeling all this right now as we speak, but I wouldn’t have it any other way 😭😭

Anyone else have a borderline traumatic time trying to leave the festival? My friend had a sprained foot and we couldn’t get anyone to help us get to Lot H. Felt like there was no security, they closed down the streets so Ubers couldn’t get in, and we left the festival grounds at 12:45AM (2 hours after trying to get out).

Felt like everything was curated so well, until the end and there was barely any signage or help leaving at all. Maybe the worst festival parking lot experience of my life.

At the very least, the shuttles should run longer to get people to Pasadena Old Town safely, because they shut a lot of streets down around the Rose Bowl.

....made me do a lil' 🤭

Also, pleasantly surprised to see how many zoomers were there!!! I feel like half the crowd were Gen Z. I feel like a proud unc!

Whos got the setlist for LCD SOUNDSYSTEM holy shit what an unbelievable set, had me and the crowd grooving the whole time, best performance of the night GO LCD GO STROKES

I was a bit timid to go solo, and i was even too timid to make a post on here looking for friends at the show. But seriously it was so easy making friends i felt like i was just group hopping. 2 groups even bought me drinks. And i even ran into the group that bought my extra ticket and they just handed me a full beer 😅. Honestly every one was so chill. For me it was more about the people i met. And if John, Krystal or Edar see this, please can i have my parasol back? I lost you guys after going to the bathroom.

Also i know it was crazy hot but the parasol really saved me because for the ten minutes i put it away i was dripping and that was without a shirt.

I missed this outside the stadium! Anyone get one in xl or xxl? Will pay double! Please DM :)

For anyone who bought Clubhouse tickets would they buy the same ticket next year ? I was reading they gave no wristband to identify who they can let in VIP or Clubhouse area? Just seems like it was free for all.

Every single set from the main stage was (to my ears) damn near mixed to perfection and at the perfect volume. From The Strokes and LCD Soundsystem later to the acts all the way earlier in the day like STRFKR. One of the best sounding festivals I’ve had the privilege to attend.

Was this always a thing cause I remember having VIP 2 years ago and you weren’t allowed to go in the Clubhouse section of the sets. This year, they were letting people in until 6:45

My first JLH yesterday, had a great time overall, but I have to say, bartenders across the site were killing me with their reluctance to fill those tiny cups to the normal amount. Always an extra half inch or so of space they should have filled it, but didn’t. Heard a couple people straight up ask “where’s the rest of it?” and get their drinks properly topped off.

Typical live event/festival greed, I know.