Dark Lord Day 2016

As someone who had to go through GA like a pauper last year (and didn't even attempt to steal any DL! ) I agree with this. DLD is too big at this point to limit entry to people buying bottles, and those not buying bottles are (I would think) more likely to purchase lots of food and beer (because you won't be drinking beers in the actual DL line), since it and (maybe) the bands are all said people came for.

 

(I originally posted this in "Midwest" and was told "Great Lakes" is more appropriate - please pardon the dual posts)

Hi All,

I'll start by saying sorry if this info is available on Beeradvocate or elsewhere, but I've looked and looked and cannot find hide nor hair of anything regarding Dark Lord Day 2016. I've gone the last four years, and there have been ups and downs, but it's become an event that my buddies and I all make sure to make time for and do some big-boy-bottle-sharing (and our wives all officially recognize it)...I'd love to go this year. Anyone have any info about ticket on-sale date and how to get tickets? Is it happening?! - Three Floyds is oddly silent on the matter, and http://darklordday.com looks like a basic Wordpress site that requires a password. Any help from the folks here is much appreciated!

 

You've got the correct website bookmarked already so you should be good to go once it's ready. All the necessary details will be posted there. You can always follow them on social media for any updates too. There are a few 2016 DLD threads in this forum but we're all in the same boat as you. Good luck.

 

Don't worry, they take down the site for a while every year while they work on updates for the next year. Usually a little while before St. Patricks day. Their Facebook site and Twitter accounts will post when there is an update, along with an official date and ticket sales date.

They usually don't announce till beginning of March, so this is normal.

 

<Something something "Not Normal" FFF reference/pun>

 

I can't find any information on darklord this year. Does anybody know any details?

 

The official site is DarkLordDay.com. Keep an eye on an existing thread here.

 

DLD tickets have always gone on sale on the saturday closest to St Patrick's Day.

 

No they haven't. They've changed ticket vendors the last 3 years, and each one did it on a different day of the week.

 

Looks like 3F created a twitter page for DLD

https://twitter.com/3F_DarkLordDay

 

Why is this so difficult for people to remember? If I didn't know any better, I'd say alcohol consumption impairs memory.

 

2009 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Tuesday) via darklordday.com
2010 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Wednesday) via Shopify
2011 - Tickets sold weekend after St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via MusicToday
2012 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via MusicToday
2013 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Sunday) via MusicToday
2014 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Monday) via CrowdSurge
2015 - Tickets sold on weekend before St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via Etix

Following these trends, most likely ticket sales dates for 2016 are the 12th, 17th or 19th of March.

 

Another reminder, just to see how far this event has come.

All ticket prices before fees.

2009 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Tuesday) via darklordday.com - $10
2010 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Wednesday) via Shopify - $10
2011 - Tickets sold weekend after St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via MusicToday - $10
2012 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via MusicToday - $15
2013 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Sunday) via MusicToday - $30
2014 - Tickets sold on St. Patrick's Day (Monday) via CrowdSurge - $30
2015 - Tickets sold on weekend before St. Patrick's Day (Saturday) via Etix - $40

Wouldn't be surprised if tickets are $50 a piece before fees this year.

 

In fairness, 2013 was the first year FFF handed over the organization of DLD to a 3rd party (Running Waters Group) I believe and it's likely RWG do not do it out of the kindness of their hearts. 2012 was a flat out clusterf#$k within the gates so the price jump in 2013 was well worth it imo.

 

Without a doubt it was a worthwhile price bump. Last years bump was a bit harder to take, especially with all of the general admission tickets being sold. Still I imagine the bigger bands and additional tents and services required a bit of a bump. Hopefully there's not another increase this year, but given the quick sell-out, the market will obviously bear a higher price.

 

And they need to make up lost revenue from all the people leaving early last year thanks to miserable weather.

 

That's every year!

Although I'm pretty sure I still have mud on my shoes from last year...

 

2011 was awesome. 2015 was awful. 12, 13, and 14 were a mixed bag.

 

1. Eliminate GA Tickets
2. Cut allotment per person to 2 bottles. (thus allowing double the amount of people to attend)
3. Do one random varient per person. FFF is massive at this point and they should be able to accomodate this.
4. Get better bands.

OR

And this is a relaly crazy idea.
Just let people line up for bottles and forgo the ticket process altogether. You can still throw an awesome beer festival on a weekend with better weather.
- Set regular limits based on turnout
- Varients are 1pp untill gone
- Do the release at 4pm and have a strict no one inline before 12.

 

No, 13 was great. But 14 was too perfect as no one would leave and the lines for everything were ridiculous. Want to get a beer? Wait an hour. Want some food? Wait an hour. Buy merchandise? Wait an hour. Use the can? Wait an hour.