Town Park Community

[erinivy13]

Wanted to chime in and agree with everything being said. I was chatting over the weekend with my mom about music and she asked why we don't just skip TBF to attend one of the other summer festivals and catch some different bands. I couldn't believe that she hadn't realized by now that it is always about the music, but its isn't mostly about the music. We started attending in 2010, but didn't start camping in TP until 2017, and didn't find our way to Duk Tape until 2018. It was the wonderful people who helped us find our home within the home (Thanks Ron!) and it was working together to build our home, feed the camp, enjoy every moment of pre-fest, then secure space in the mornings and break down at night with lots of dancing or community-building before and after... This is what it is all about.

[swander99]

  It seems the same as it's ever been in regards to the feeling you have after losing the TP Lotto. 
This year was worse only because I had to sit, wait, and watch SEE TIX punch me in the old, soft gut!   
Time will tell if it is indeed worse. We've been thru some wild ticket escapades before, haven't we?   
So many stories to tell. Live it, love it, keep on keepin' on!   
Great post, Paul! 


 Listening to: Go Rest High On That Mountain, Hippie. LOVE YOU!

[Bevin]

I love all of you.  Seriously.  I can't wait for a huge group hug in June.   

[Australian fan]

I love all of you.  Seriously.  I can't wait for a huge group hug in June.   

Duk Tapers are awesome 🌸🌸🌸. Love my US family.

Can’t wait ❤️

[completejohn]

Friends and family members who have never attended TBF with me can not understand why I want to go to the same festival every year.  They think I’m the biggest bluegrass fan in the world (wrong). They think I love camping in freezing temps and hotter than hell afternoons (wrong).  They think it’s nothing but fun getting a camp kitchen together and pleading with people for tickets (wrong). 

Nope.  The reason I go to the same fest for the past 19 Years is this: festivarians.  Friends we only see 2.7% of the year that welcome you with hugs and laughter and a beer and a Frog and enthusiasm for a group experience that seems to sustain us throughout the year. 

Funny thing about TBF is I want to share it with everyone even though increased popularity only makes ticket acquisition that much harder.  But as the virgins come, they bring even more to increase our collective happiness.  Among mybiggest pleasures is watching the virgins become longtime vets and loving the fact that they create even more traditions along the way. 

The way I try to explain TBF to virgins is that it’s simply the greatest experience I have every year and, as a bonus, there’s ALSO a music festival!