| 9 MORE DAYS OF SUMMER. 9 MORE DAYS UNTIL FYF FEST. As most of you know, the festival has moved back to its original location: the Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles. After weeks of debate with our partners, Goldenvoice, we decided that the move was in the best interest of the fans and the bands. We’re excited to go back to the park and tackle the issues that we faced last year. Listed below are a few of the improvements that we are making to this year’s festival: THE LINES: This year we are closing off Spring St. which will enable us to create more entrances into the park. With more entrances the line will move at a much faster pace. WILL CALL: In addition to more entrances, we have made it so all presale tickets have been mailed to the purchaser or printed at home. A large part of the traffic jam getting into the festival last year was due to attendees having to wait in two lines. With that said, there is a WILL CALL located across the street in the parking lot on the corner of Spring St. & College St. and will be open from 11:00AM - 11:00PM on Saturday September 3rd. VIP: VIP ticket buyers will be given the option to pick up their passes at an offsite location in Echo Park on September 1st & 2nd. If VIP ticket buyers can’t pick up their passes in advance they will be able to get them from WILL CALL the day of the festival. VIP’S have a separate entrance into the park. As for the VIP lounge… It is looking good. You will enjoy it. FOOD: We have double the food vendors that we had last year and are providing more vegan and vegetarian options. WATER: Water will be cheaper then last year and we are providing more hydration stations and water fountains that are accessible in all areas of the park (in other words, you don’t have to walk far to get water and shorter lines). DUST: Beginning Monday we are watering the dirt down with a water truck, after that we will be flattening the ground with a steamroller truck to compact the dirt to keep the dirt down. For further precaution we will be laying down a thick layer of wood chips in the space near the stages and in the beer gardens. SHADE: There will be more shade tents and misters all over the park giving everyone more places to relax and get out of the sun. BATHROOMS: On site we will have double the amount of portable toilets than we had last year. This will result in overall cleaner restrooms and shorter lines. These are just a few of the points. If you have any questions or suggestions please send us an email at progress@fyffest.com. Your voice is important to us. Now lets move on the set times…  SET TIMES: There it is. The schedule for the best of summer. Are you ready? TICKETS: Tickets are $40 and are still available. Will they be available the day of the show? I wouldn’t count on it. They are moving fast. Click here to purchase tickets from ticketweb.com now. Tickets are also available with minimal fees at over a dozen record stores in the greater Los Angeles area (including two San Diego stores). For a full list of stores that are selling tickets please click here. Stores will stop selling tickets at 5:00pm on Wednesday, August 31st. So yeah, this is the last weekend to purchase tickets to the festival. Crazy. COMEDIANS: Today we announced the list of comedians that are performing at the festival. There will three comedy shows and each show will include 5 comedians. COMEDIANS PERFORMING AT FYF: Hosted by Jonah Ray & Kumail Nanjiani Matt Besser (Upright Citizens Brigade) Natasha Leggero (Chelsea Lately, Reno 911) Matt Peters (Weeds) Joselyn Hughes (Tosh.0) Marc Maron (WTF Podcast) The Sklar Brothers (Sklarbro Country) Matt Braunger (MadTV, Comedy Central Presents) Ron Funches (Conan) Matt Dwyer (How I Met Your Mother) Steve Agee (Super, The Sarah Silverman Programme) Emo Philips (No need for an introduction. We love him- FYF) Nick Thune (The Tonight Show, Conan) Sean O’Connor (Conan, Sports Show w/ Norm Macdonald) Jon Dore (The Jon Dore Television Show) Jim Hamilton (Comedy Central) Chris Hardwick (The Nerdist Podcast) The comedy performances are presented by MELTDOWN. CONTEST: This will be the last contest that we are doing for FYF Fest. Respond to this email and tell us five (5) things that make you happy. So simple. Five winners will be picked tomorrow, Friday, August 26th and posted on our twitter & facebook page. If you win and already have tickets then your will be upgraded to VIP for free. And if you don’t you will win a pair of tickets to the fest. We are beyond excited and can only hope you are. Hit us back if you have any questions. And on Monday we are releasing the info for all the pre & post parties. Get ready. Love, Sean & FYF Fest www.fyffest.com info@fyffest.com twitter.com/fyffest PS: We have a handful of upcoming shows this fall. Some of the bands that are playing are Shellac, Man Man, AA Bondy, Japanther, Narrows and much more. And this Sunday at Bordello in downtown LA we have a show with the Men, Milk Music, Audacity and Joyce Manor. $7. 8:00pm. Info for all shows can be found at fyffest.com or our facebook page. | 
