Lakeland Music Festival: Self-Sabotage, Contradictions, & Fibs

Since my last blog post (Lakeland Area Music Festival? - Dan Stonerook), I have had lots of views, comments, attacks, and threats.

I have been threatened with a lawsuit for my last blog. So, this is where we will get into it again.

I'm not telling anyone what to do regarding their involvement of the Lakeland Area Music Festival. I only laid out the facts for you to decide yourself. The website is there. The ticket website is there. The podcasts are there. Now, the Change.org page is there. There are screenshots too!

So, here is what is known as of 6/10/24:
There is still no lineup, though Jason Delzell said it would be announced at the end of May.
There is no list of vendors.
There is no update on stages.
They are expecting bands to still bring their own lights and sound equipment.
They are getting some of the required permits.
Jason has taken to Change.org in hopes of getting some of Conneaut Township's requirements overturned.

Self-Sabotage:
So now the claim is Conneaut Township is asking for $2 per ticket sold, saying they can't pay that without knowing the how many tickets they have sold. This is where you would set your attendance and the number of tickets you want to sell and pay that amount to an affordable number. Jason is claiming they need $2000 (1000 tickets at $50 each).
Again, this wouldn't be an issue if you go on claiming to have a record setting number of bands, scaring the township and the festival site's neighbors to pass their ordinance, and still shooting for 1000 tickets sold.
Do I like the ordinance? Not all of it, but when you're claiming all these people and all these bands, you can understand the cause for concern.
My opinion, I'm thinking some are seeing the realization of putting on a festival and this gives them an out to blame those who questioned things and now Conneaut Township.

Contradictions:
"So David Started this beginning of 2024 and my dear friend Ian Hemi linked me up with him because he knew this is what I was born to do is help with event planner,preparation,contacting everyone involved with this Epic festival..."
"This catch-22 situation is preventing us from moving forward after a year of hard work building this festival." Petition · ALLOW LAMFEST Multi-Genre Music Festival in Linesville, PA 700+ BANDS - United States · Change.org

So, is it a year or 6 months?
Planning? What planning?- Letting every band sign up play? Having a Christian rock band and satanic band play the same day?
They're still claiming 650 bands are on the lineup in the writeup, but it says 700 bands in the title.
There is still no lineup to announce. And they're expecting 650 or 700 bands to set up their own sound.
They're claiming needing to pay $2000 for the tickets but have the money to take me to court.

Fibs:

After months of claims (or is it a year?), organizers backing out, and other drama, this to me and others just screams disorganization and potential disaster. I only got involved in voicing my concerns because I didn't want any musicians or fans to get hurt either financially, bodily, or reputationally.

Some other backers are calling the township's ordinance extortion if they don't pay by mid-June.

Jason published a GoFundMe without David Simon's knowledge. Who knows if anyone would have donated to it if the funds would have actually made it to David. Jason admitted this.

850 bands. Print and sell your own tickets. Livestream. Pay per View. VIP packages. Commemorative DVD. Lineups will be announced at the end of May. 88 acres. 850 bands, thousands of people. They don't want sponsors.

Lots of dreams, but no reality. If real planning were done, this could actually be something.

Lakeland Area Music Festival 2024 (godaddysites.com)
Buy tickets – Lakeland area music festival (tickettailor.com)
Petition · ALLOW LAMFEST Multi-Genre Music Festival in Linesville, PA 700+ BANDS - United States · Change.org
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