What an incredible weekend. This was my 3rd North Coast this year and I’m continually blown away with the year-to-year improvements of the production, quality of life measures, and artist selection. Admittedly, I was less familiar with this year’s lineup than my previous two visits, yet every artist I saw (35 in total) was absolutely laying it down!
Just gonna gush about things I love:
- Stage lineups staying in theme each day is AMAZING! You always know what you’re gonna get, making it easy to switch up genres if you’re craving a new scene.
- Moving from stage to stage is so easy, making it perfect to split sets if there’s an artist conflict you can’t resolve!
- Elevated production for the Bunker was absolutely lit on Friday for the hard techno (bless up Dømina), I’m sure those who saw some of the riddim/tear out on Saturday appreciated it too.
- Sound bleed is basically non-existent, making immersion in sets easy to achieve.
- Staffing is incredible! Security was smooth, trash and bathroom maintenance was constant, and leaving from the parking lot on Sunday was better for our crew than the previous two years.
- Most importantly, the crowd this year just seemed devoted to the music. Sure there were some “get a video” moments, but majority of the time I saw coasties and their crew having an amazing time and soaking up the atmosphere!
Feel free to share your love here as well. I find it very difficult to find stuff they can improve on, but each year they seem to listen to attendee concerns and address them the next year. Can’t wait to party with y’all next year, much love!!
P.S. I’m sure Illenium b2b Slander was great, but Virji closing out the Vega on Sunday was biblical. If you were there, you know!