At last I get to attend the Kate Wolf Fest, I have my tickets and I am looking for some advice from you veterans of the festival. Can you tell me what is the...
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califdan
May 4, 2011 9:27 pm
Hi Tom, Let me see if I can help. Best time to arrive on Friday - The earlier the better depending on how fussy you are about your campsite location. Gate to...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 4, 2011 11:18 pm
I do agree. Unless you have some kind of portable shade with you, either camp at Riverside or make up your mind that you won't be spending much time in camp....
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Tom
tomdelk...
May 5, 2011 10:35 pm
Thanks Dan & emeisse, Thats some great info, I will be prepared now for sure. I will probably try for riverside close to the music medaow, I agree with...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 5, 2011 11:35 pm
Yes. And the little town of Laytonville isn't far off. But I have my fingers crossed. The camp store was really handy. Maybe they'll be back. Sent from my...
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califdan
May 5, 2011 11:55 pm
Hi Tom, Great question. Policy is that once your car goes through the 2nd gate that separates the camping area from the day-use parking area, there are no ...
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califdan
May 5, 2011 11:57 pm
The Festival organizers asked me to remove the "camp store" from the map so I suspect it will not be there this year. Probably didn't make enough sales to...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 6, 2011 12:03 am
Too bad. I loved them. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by CREDO Mobile. ... From: "Califdan"; <CalifDan@...> Sender:...
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Dan
califdan
May 10, 2011 11:52 pm
Hi Everyone, The organizers have updated the map on the festival web site (http://www.cumuluspresents.com/kate/maps_directions.html) with my new version....
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kelli
kelkelcan
May 15, 2011 5:52 pm
Been a long time coming, but I think I can finally pull off making it to this lovely festival, albeit all the way from Southern Nevada! No matter, always...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 15, 2011 6:15 pm
My experience has been that the vast majority of smokers of whatever is their substance of choice do their smoking in the designated area. When the music is...
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kelli
kelkelcan
May 15, 2011 6:21 pm
... Thanks for getting back to me with specifics. Very helpful. Are designated smoking areas off from the crowds a bit, or in the midst of it all?...
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Harold Crenetz
harcre
May 15, 2011 6:23 pm
There is always a little medicinal herb smoking at the main stage area. No regular tobacco smoking but it seems discreet pot smoking! Harold From: kelli...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 15, 2011 6:31 pm
I really wouldn't worry. There is lots of quiet time at the fest when nobody is on the main stage. And jams at campgrounds are low volume. I think you're...
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nrubinstein
nancyrubinstein
May 15, 2011 10:17 pm
We went to Kate Wolf for the first time last year, camped about halfway down the meadows, and found it very quiet. Even when we were in camp at night before...
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kelli tanksley
kelkelcan
May 16, 2011 2:42 am
Thanks for all the input, esp. Nancy. Makes me wanna definitely make the trip. Hopefully we will see you all there. Thanks for all the input, esp. Nancy....
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 16, 2011 2:51 am
Btw, the smoking area is at the back of the music meadow. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by CREDO Mobile....
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Dan
califdan
May 16, 2011 4:47 am
Hi Kelli, Sorry to join this thread so late, but I'm on a road trip and I can't type with my thumbs on my Droid well enough to type anything of any length. I...
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kelli tanksley
kelkelcan
May 16, 2011 5:05 am
Thanks Dan. All these specifics really help. Hopefully we can make the festival. It would be fun to see Cloud again. I lived briefly on the land he...
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tomcat
truetomcat
May 16, 2011 5:29 am
Last year was also my first year and I am looking forward to being there again in June. I'm 59-years-old and it was also the first "festival"; I've ever been...
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tomcat
truetomcat
May 16, 2011 5:29 am
Last year was also my first year and I am looking forward to being there again in June. I'm 59-years-old and it was also the first "festival"; I've ever been...
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Bud Jenkins
budjenkins650
May 16, 2011 5:16 pm
So many people here gush about how great this festival is. I've been attending off and on since it started and usually feel like the organizers treat us like...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 16, 2011 5:31 pm
Not going to lambaste you. And I don't have time to address all your points. But California Dan gets on the group here and specifically asks about what...
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Jarvis
jarvis_mcintyre
May 16, 2011 9:03 pm
I think they got some porta-potties into the outer meadow late Friday night. Hopefully this year they will have them down there when the festival starts....
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nrubinstein
nancyrubinstein
May 16, 2011 9:17 pm
Oh, and one of the things that was hard last year is that it can be really hot out in the sun. And there isn't a lot of shade out in the camping meadows - so...
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emeisse@...
emeisse
May 17, 2011 6:34 am
It's a perrenial problem. Whenever a newby comes on line asking for advice, I always tell them they need to either camp at Riverside or bring some shade with...
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Dan
califdan
May 21, 2011 5:34 pm
Sorry, been away. Here are some thoughts on the post from Bud The great thing about opinions is that everybody has one (or several) on any given subject....
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nrubinstein
nancyrubinstein
May 21, 2011 7:38 pm
I found these comments fascinating. There were two comments that I wanted to respond to. 1. I'd love it if the quiet camp was in the trees. You'd still have...
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califdan
May 21, 2011 8:53 pm
Hi Nancy, I think that even with global warming, it will be shady at night at all camping locations. Last year, they never put up the "Full" sign on Riverside...
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Ediko
ediko@...
May 22, 2011 2:28 am
Is anyone interested in carpooling to the festival. I want to drive up early Saturday and return Sunday afternoon. I'm in Petaluma. ediko@......
