Circus Music Fest 8, another year
This used to be my yearly thing nung naguumpisa pa sila when they still used to hold their event sa Circuit Makati. But talagang nagdip yung experience year by year.
A stacked lineup can only carry an event so far. When artists allegedly start backing out because of payment issues, tapos recurring na rin yung complaints every year about logistics, merch, or organizer behavior, it stops being “isolated issues” and starts becoming part of the brand identity.
What’s sad is, people will probably still go. Kasi solid pa rin yung lineup natin. Fans are willing to tolerate messy organizing just to see multiple favorite artists in one place. In a way, that tolerance enables organizers to keep operating without fully fixing systemic problems.
Sobrang sayang lang. Festivals like this actually havem huge potential to elevate the local live music scene.