Elements Music & Arts Festival 2024 recovers from its shutdown of Day 1
Remnants of Hurricane Debby forced a shutdown of Elements Music & Arts Festival on Friday, August 9, as Long Pond, Pennsylvania experienced tornado warnings and torrential downpour that accumulated over three and a half inches of rain between Thursday, August 8 into Friday, August 9th.
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For those without wristbands or vehicle decals, you MUST go to our box office at 35 Hospitality Wy, White Haven, PA 18661 prior to arriving onsite. Our team has increased its staff in order to process you as quickly as possible. If you have a Friday single day pass, you may use…
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The storm, largely out of the festival’s control, flooded the campsites and shut down the box office for anyone planning to attend the first day of the event. Quickly responding, Elements Music & Arts Festival opened safe enclosed areas for patrons who needed shelter with blankets and water for those who came early to attend the pre-party with Desert Hearts on Thursday.
Despite the weather conditions, Elements Music Festival managed to recover from the shut-down by still making the experience worthwhile for its festival-goers. The festival opened its box office an hour earlier on Saturday, August 10th and adjusted all of the set times of the artists to perform later on in the day. Justin Martin who was originally scheduled to perform at 3 PM, had his set time adjusted to perform later at 7 PM.
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By extending the daily course of events, this gave the festival the ability to spread mulch and woodchips around the site to absorb the rainfall to make the festival grounds safer and easier to walk through. It also provided festival-goers the much needed time to pick up their wrist bands and set up their campsites without missing many of the performances on Saturday. These sets included EXCISION, Slander “Before Dawn” set, Clozee, Fly With Us, Matroda, Barclay Crenshaw, Justin Martin, Dr. Fresch, and LSDREAM.
After the festival, Elements shared an update on their Instagram page on how they will work next year to minimize wait times and fix box office issues. They are sending out a survey on Friday to all ticket holders asking for feedback on improving the festival for next year’s edition.
Known for delivering an eclectic range of performers from a range of genres, on Friday, August 9th Elements Music & Arts Festival was expected to see performances by big-name artists like ILLENIUM, Kaskade, Green Velvet B2B Patrick Topping, Liquid Stranger, The Blessed Madonna, and BLOND:ISH.
Elements Music & Arts Festival has become one of the longest-standing dance music festivals in the New York City area. It has earned a lauded reputation for creating an immersive experience for its attendees in the heart of the wooded Pennsylvania mountains.
For additional information on Elements Music & Arts Festival, please visit their official website.
