Mumford and Sons to play in Guthrie 9/7

[swake]

Two day music festival, one of five stops in the world.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=371&articleid=20130205_371_0_Inoneo5640

[Conan71]

Ha! I thought they were bringing a great music festival to Guthrie Green.  I guess my critical reading skills have gone to pot!

[hello]

This is huge for Oklahoma. I'm going to be nervous until I get my tickets!

[Teatownclown]

Ha! I thought they were bringing a great music festival to Guthrie Green.  I guess my critical reading skills have gone to pot!

I think "they" are... July 19 and 20 is what I'm hearing. Good time for 50,000 to mill around on the streets. I would prefer May and October but concert promoters think we aren't turning into desert.

[Conan71]

I think "they" are... July 19 and 20 is what I'm hearing. Good time for 50,000 to mill around on the streets. I would prefer May and October but concert promoters think we aren't turning into desert.

Hope it's not anything like it's been mid-July the last two years.  The pavement is still 100+ degrees at 10pm.

[dioscorides]

if anyone is interested, i made a spotify playlist of the bands that are playing in guthrie:
http://open.spotify.com/user/dioscoridesdph/playlist/0EOQsGixgfpnDu7OjHIxHz
or
spotify:user:dioscoridesdph:playlist:0EOQsGixgfpnDu7OjHIxHz

as you can tell, i am pretty excited about this tour coming to oklahoma.

[DolfanBob]

OK I'm out of the loop. Is there a Fred and Lamont in this group?

[dbacks fan]

OK I'm out of the loop. Is there a Fred and Lamont in this group?

You're thinking of Sanford, Mumford is where Axel Foley went to school in Detroit.

[AngieB]

Hotels are sold out in Guthrie. Edmond is your best bet if you're planning on going.

[Townsend]

Maybe this is the opportunity to re-establish Guthrie as the state capital.

What's to lose?  Our present capital is said to be coming apart at the seams and the recognized leadership is a cold mess.

[Conan71]

Apparently there's no shortage of scammers out there looking to make a buck off the unsuspecting:

The City of Guthrie, Mumford & Sons, Jam Productions and DCF Concerts today sent an alert to media outlets to help warn fans against fraudulent ticket sales for the upcoming Gentlemen of the Road Festival.

The event is Sept. 6-7 in Guthrie. The warning reads:


We are receiving many calls about websites that are offering festival tickets at this time to unsuspecting and excited patrons. There are no tickets to this festival, no VIP packages, no "seats" available.

All tickets are being sold beginning tomorrow (Friday) at 11 a.am. CST through gentlemenoftheroad.com. Mumford & Sons are a very specific artist to their fans with no gimmicks, no "specials," no "pre-sales" or seats or anything of this nature.

We want to alert the public in as many ways possible that unless they are going through the official website beginning at 11 a.m. tomorrow 2/8 there is not a way to procure a festival ticket or camping pass.

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Tickets are $109 (including fees) and go on sale 11 a.m. Friday at gentlemenoftheroad.com. Camping is available for $40 per person per day.

The two-day celebration includes a Friday night concert and a festival all day on Saturday, Sept. 6-7, including music from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, The Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, Bear's Den, Half Moon Run, Willy Mason, Those Darlins and more.

Estimates of this tour last year put the economic impact of a concert in Bristol, Tenn., at more than $4.2 million. Organizers expect a similar impact for Guthrie and Logan County. Cottonwood Flats in Guthrie will host the family-friendly event, expected to bring in 25,000 or more attendees to the area.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx?Guthrie_officials_issue_fraud_alert_on_fake_Mumford__Sons_festival_tickets/29-18923

[sauerkraut]

This is indeed great news. WoW!

[dioscorides]

Just ordered my tickets!  Woo Hoo!!

[Gaspar]

Got my tickets and hotel. All set!

[dioscorides]

Got my tickets and hotel. All set!

i thought hard about booking one of the travel packages, but ended up passing.  we booked our hotel in stillwater.  edmond is closer, but stillwater sounded more fun.