My friend and I were at Buzzfest when Buckcherry was on the side stage..It was really packed in and we were trying to get closer to the stage..Some girl yelled at my friend for getting in front of her..next thing I know my friend hits her with her Margarita Yard..and Im trying to pull them apart..that girl looked like she was slimed..lucky for us the security couldnt get to us and we got to see the show.."crazy bitch" by Buckcherry is right..lol.

I was at the SumerFest and partyin' in my car. I yelled The Sword out the window and this chick comes running up to my car and says "I AM NOT A WHORE!!" That's my worst experience because I thought I was going to get to talk to a hot chick. (Not that bad of an experience...actually pretty typical for me)

I think it was 1989, and my friend and I were at The Mall in Washington, D.C., for a free festival concert where the Beach Boys were the headliner. We got there early and set up a spot with our blanket and cooler where we could actually see the stage. 3 hours and a half a million people later and we just couldn't hold it any longer, we had to relieve ourselves. Finally made it to the port-o-potties to find the longest lines in festival history. Couldn't just go anywhere else without pissing on someone's head, so we waited in line for over an hour to pee, then headed back to our "spot". All we could see was a sea of Igloo coolers exactly the same and thousands and thousands of people that we couldn't even walk through to even look for our blanket and cooler. We didn't even get close to the spot we originally had, and couldn't even see the stage at all. And the cooler had all of our beer. Last time I'll go to a "free" festival like that. Unless I figure out a way to hold it for an entire day.

I have so many of these stories that I honestly, dont know which is the worst.

I'm gonna go with Coachella '07 - Rage Against The Machine's first show in 7 years. Dubbed "The Battle of Coachella" and boy as it. 117 degrees in the middle of the Coachella Valley in Indio, CA (aka the desert). 15 bottles of water per day and at least a gallon of 50 spf sunblock which works well as glue for the dust to stick to your legs, arms and neck. First day, we rolled in after lunch and left around 10pm (halfway through Bjork's psycho-weirdo set) to beat the other 75k+ people out of the polo grounds as their was only a 4 lane road to get out on. We rush to the car (4 people, 1 2-door Passat), pull out get in line with the other cars and sit. Sit some more and then sit some more. Oh then we fall asleep, wake up and sit some more. 5 hours go by and we've not moved. 6 hours go by and we've not moved. Remember, 117 degrees, dirt glued to our bodies in a car that sits 2 comfortably for 6 hours after being in the desert for 10 hours. Lets just say - it was not comfortable. So, we call the police. I was ready to claim that we were being falsely imprisoned. I literally passed out and dont remember the rest of what happened, but do remember watching the sun rise as we walked into our hotel room.

1st Runner up - Pemberton Music Fest '08 - short story - more traffic
2nd Runner up - Pitchfork Music Fest '07 - no ear plugs + Yoko Ono
3rd Runner up - that hair metal festival flop last Sept in Houston

When i was a senior in high school at waltrip highschool. the school asked some of the students do work on the last Enron earth day festival for 104 Krbe. I thought cool I would help out for a few hous and get to see some of the bands well that didn't work out. Not enough students showed up and I was force to pick up trash all day. I could hear the music but that was all. Simple Plan, Bowling for soup and a few others were there... I wish I could of stood up for myself but we all have to go though times like these.Hot,trash,and sweat do not mix well and using the restrooms was so gross.Dont get me rong I love 104 Krbe but get your things organized better. Yet sad to say no more earth day festivals for me

Carmen Guajardo

The worst festival experience that I had was in 93 or 92 Lollapolooza at the Houston Raceway Park. The show was awesome. At the end when everyone was walking out, I got separated from my boyfriend and other friends. I walked up and down that field until every last car was gone. My friends left me there, they were in my car. I had to hitch-hike back to the main road off of I-10 to a Denny's or whatever it was. Some creepy old man picked me up. I held onto that door handle until we got to the Denny's. I called my friends from the pay phone to come back to get me. Funny now, but I was really pissed back then.

Leti Diaz-Goff

I was at Buzzfest with a friend who is a rather large guy, 6'4" about 315. We were in front of the stage when this pretty hot chick was making her way in front of my friend, and this guy behind my friend reached out and groped her. My friend was so into the band he didn't see it, and the girl, who didn't see the other guy cause my friend was so big, turns and punched my friend in the face thinking it was him.He wasn't really phased, he just looked at her like what the f**k? and went on watching the band. By that time I had gotten her attention and told her who really grabbed her, she say the guy smirking at her, she pulled of her shoes and began throwing them at him. We moved after that, but ran in to her later, she applogised and bought my friend a drink.

having vip tickets to the free press summerfest and not going because i forgot the weekend it was going down. if i only had a daily reminder on facebook i wouldn't have missed it.

Faith No More has always been a favorite of mine even through the numerous line up changes. Mike Patton is an awesome singer and when the chance came to see him with Mr. Bugle while touring their s/t disc my friends and I couldn't wait!
Well aparently Mr. Bungle have their good shows and their bad shows. After watching a bunch of bands I had never heard of Mr. Bungle hit the stage and started playing the worst music ever. The best way to explain the songs is that it was a constant loop of horrible circus music with wordless growls followed with insults to the crowd. "You get your moneys worth yet?" "You're still here?" then right back into the same circus music again and again. Not one song played of the s/t disc and lots of bewildered looks on the crowdsfaces. After 45 min of this we decided to leave, absolutly worst show ever.
I still think Mike Patton is awesome, just will never go see Mr. Bungle again.
FYI Faith No More at tipitinas in N.O. "Angle Dust" tour is one of the best shows I'd ever seen!

Since, my other post wasn't a festival post.
Lollapalooza!!! July 23 1996 on the UNO SOCCER FIELDS, NEW ORLEANS
Metallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Rancid, Rage Against the Machine, Waylon Jennings, Psychotica! Great Line up and one HOT! HOT! HOT! day!
We partied out in the parking lot before the show and being a hot day I took some sunblock to the show to keep from burning. Once entering the festival grounds like all others there is no leaving the grounds. I go to reach for the sunblock I had in my back pocket, not there anymore. I had some old worn out jeans on and my back pocket had torn, so the sunblock was gone. I'm like "DAMN! MY PANTS ARE TORN!" Once seeing this and being I have the best friends in the world, two of my friends grab my pocket to rip it off and "BAM! INSTANT TEAR AWAY PANTS!". We ended up staying till Metallica closed the show.
This happened within the first 30 minutes of being there and it was a long, long, day. I'm just glad I had boxers on.

I went to the Masters of Metal tour when it came to the Woodlands. Before a friend and I left for the show, I felt a bit skeptical as metal concerts weren't the norm for me...We got there, had a good time initially, saw a few strange things. We were on the lawn when we noticed this group of kids maybe between 19-22. I had no clue where they were from, but I heard them speaking a different language. The longer I stayed behind them, the more I got annoyed. I kept noticing them huddle up in a circle and later they started acting "strange". One of the girls started making out with each of her friends while the others were dancing around. Towards the end of the night, several of them walked off, leaving the girl and two others behind...Eventually, the girl just collapsed and guess who was behind her...(ME)...I bent down to check on her and liftedher head and neck up...at first her breathing seemed abnormal...then,she started ODing in my arms...her friends ran away pretending they knew no English....and I was left responding to questions that I had no answers too. In fact, I felt the security guards were accusing me of giving her whatever substance she had!

My worst festival experience is undoubtedly the first Lollapalooza at Starplex in Dallas. Not only did I foolishly (and unknowingly) accept a "dosed" beer from a friend of a friend, I ended up chewing up my bandanna as a result and getting the blue threads stuck in my teeth (which no one bothered to mention to me). Did I mention it was late August? The 100+ degree temperature was sweltering.

After the show, I had to brave the 1.5hr drive back to college with a friend who slept the entire time, and returned to find out the house we rented had been robbed--they stole everything but the dirty clothes.

Hell of a time...

Ok! Contest closed. Winners are Leti because her story of being left by her friends at Lollapalooza is horrifying; Kim Campbell because having one's clothing torn off is also horrifying; and Otterco because being unknowingly drugged is also also horrifying. Together, they make up my worst nightmare. You'll receive emails from me soon.