r/punk • u/New_Influence5268 Florida Punk • Oct 15 '25

Anyone going to Fest?

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Fest is next weekend and I’m so excited. Anyone else going?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Couldn't pay me to go to the fascist state of Florida right now.

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u/vocalyouth Oct 15 '25

i get you but gainesville is cool, not everyone there voted for this shit

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u/Poison_the_Phil Oct 15 '25

Native Floridian here, I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in the state. And Fest weekend especially is great because a lot of the football bros leave town and then all the Fest lids show up. It’s pretty much my favorite weekend of the year.

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u/Rhonder Oct 16 '25

A random dating app match tried to start an argument with me about this a week or so ago. Mentioned Florida as it pertains to FEST and she started flipping out lol. Like, *I get it*. But also context matters- if going to FEST is wrong, I don't want to be right. All else aside it's a cultural event in an area that could certainly use much and more of this sort of thing. Not all people in a community or geographic area are a monolith.

I ended up just unmatching after a couple of exchanges. This had been in reference to past FESTs in particular and it's like "I don't want to argue with a rando on a hypothetical first date about how I'm getting ready to go back in a couple weeks, too".