Nearfest/Rob LaDuca SPAM email..??

[beano]

I was active on the Nearfest forum and definitely had an email conversation or two with Rob..

Received an email in my SPAM box with his name in the subject..Of course I didn't open it and when I went to block and delete it, this came up..nearfest1@icpnet.pl

Anyone else get this?

[nosebone]

That's the NEARfest resurrection email.

[NogbadTheBad]

He's on FB if you want to message him

[JKL2000]

This means NEARfest 2017 is a lock. Hurrah!

[Sonia_Mota]

This means NEARfest 2017 is a lock. Hurrah!

Nearfest! ? Oh if this happens, wow! I'll go for sure! I doubt it tho' because Kevin Feeley one of the 3 main organizers would have atleast mentioned it to me, I hope

[rottersclub]

I got an email from Rob. We used to email many moons ago. I think the subject was: "Important Message". It's a phishing scam that's going around where they spoof the sender. A friend of mine texted me that he got a similar email addressed from me. Eventually, the global email system will be full of these damned things. Just delete them.

[nearfest]

sorry about the spam. I have changed the password for the old NF account.

[TheH]

Ther are some rumours about FARFEST resurrected.......

[JKL2000]

Ther are some rumours about FARFEST resurrected.......

I'll see it when I believe it.

[Facelift]

Ther are some rumours about FARFEST resurrected.......

You mean the *idea* of Farfest was resurrected?

[nearfest]

there is no market (outside of 250 or so diehards) for a festival solely comprised of legacy/reunited 1970s era foreign symphonic rock bands like Mezquita or Alphataurus

[Facelift]

there is no market (outside of 250 or so diehards) for a festival solely comprised of legacy/reunited 1970s era foreign symphonic rock bands like Mezquita or Alphataurus

What if there were promises of free beer?

[Yves]

I was told there would be pie and punch?

[rottersclub]

If you wait another year or two, you can have it in Canada where pot will be legal by then.

[Brad to the Bone]

there is no market (outside of 250 or so diehards) for a festival solely comprised of legacy/reunited 1970s era foreign symphonic rock bands like Mezquita or Alphataurus

So they just have to charge those 250 people a thousand bucks each for tickets and it would work, right?

[Rune Blackwings]

So they just have to charge those 250 people a thousand bucks each for tickets and it would work, right?

I would have gone if it weren't for the timing-they decided to schedule it the same year as NF's last show and in October.

[Sputnik]

So they just have to charge those 250 people a thousand bucks each for tickets and it would work, right?

A grand is probably steep, but I'd have paid a lot more than I did for my FarFest ticket.

Bill

[Gravedigger]

I bought a FARfest ticket and reserved a hotel room as well. I wonder how successful it would have been
if they waited until the following year and had it when people would have been missing NEARfest in late June?

[Steve F.]

I wonder how successful it would have been
if they waited until the following year and had it when people would have been missing NEARfest in late June?

In my guessitimation (and that's all it is at this point - it's conjecture). They would have had another 200-300 people
1. IF they had done advertising for the event in Prog (which iirc, they didn't do until it was way too late and they were already 9/10ths of the way to pulling the plug)

2. IF they hadn't done it on the same year as the last NEARFest.

That's still, at best, only 650 tickets out of a venue meant to hold 1200, iirc...

[Rune Blackwings]

In my guessitimation (and that's all it is at this point - it's conjecture). They would have had another 200-300 people
1. IF they had done advertising for the event in Prog (which iirc, they didn't do until it was way too late and they were already 9/10ths of the way to pulling the plug)

2. IF they hadn't done it on the same year as the last NEARFest.

That's still, at best, only 650 tickets out of a venue meant to hold 1200, iirc...

I think I mentioned what they could have done to be more successful IMO:
1. Opened up the bands to not just reunited 60's, 70's and 80's acts. I think limiting it to older bands limits the audience and sets a shelf life on the festival.
2. Shorten the festival in the beginning. I think more than three days in a new festival is too much of a commitment to expect the audience to take. Lengthen it as demand dictates later.
3. Move the date to no later than early September. It's easier for festival goers to attend when they have a summer with kids off or lower demands at work. October would be nice, but you are starting to bump up on people starting their holiday shopping and preparing for holiday get together a and with kids in school.
4. As others said, use a smaller venue.


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