Beach Goth was an insult to the artists and the fans. Lack of organization and communication between event staff was appalling. How could you even say "Rain or Shine" if you were completely unprepared for the rain ?? All the event staff when asked about what would happen to the artists and set times were extremely rude and would dash off. The mass of people trying to get into the observatory was utterly insane when the other stage was shut down and no one was performing at th...e main stage. Not to mention the sound quality on the main stage was horrible. During UMO the speakers sounded like they were blown out and at the end for Justice's set, one of the duo even left the deck to check to see what was wrong with the speakers. This was my first Beach Goth and would clearly be my last. I demand a refund for all the cancelled performers, lack of organization, lack of communication about updated set times, and overall the worst festival experience of my life.

Beach Goth 2016 was absolute trash. This "festival" had no crowd control, violent uninformed security guards, flooding with no protection from the rain (even though the observatory said to prepare for rain and the show would go on), and it was just an overcrowded overpriced mess. The flooding caused a stage to close and people had to cross nasty rivers with port-o-potty water in them. The management should be ashamed of themselves for making the attendees go through living he...ll. They also deleted everyones comments and blocked people who were complaining on their instagram. They're crooks trying to cover everything up. I feel absolutely scammed out of my money, I wasn't able to see half the bands I wanted to due to ill preparation for the rain and overcrowding. I will not be supporting the Observatory ever again nor will I be attending Beach Goth. Unacceptable.

My biggest concern coming out of Beach Goth besides the obvious was the security team. The first day I showed up on the early side with a lot of enthusiasm but was met by a security guard who did the most thorough pat down I’ve ever experienced, comparing to several other festivals and airports. The woman searching me made gasp when she cupped my breasts and felt around my bra. She found a bag of nuts I stashed in my bra because I read about the no outside food policy the nig...ht before. I have severe stomach problems that have had me in and out of the doctor’s office for months and stressing about food would made the weekend a lot less fun if I couldn’t bring things I know I can eat. I showed them to her and explained that I have dietary restrictions. Another security guard behind me snarkily said, “Everybody has dietary restrictions.” The nuts went in the trash and I was really rubbed the wrong way by their treatment of a ticket holder. I also was completely shocked to see so many videos and written accounts of excessive force by the security team. I’m hoping people will be pressing charges against the security team.

I saw a lot of negative reviews both on here & Yelp about the security guards, but being as my 1st time attending this performance venue, it wasn't too bad. I came pretty early to scope out the area. I drove around the place and there are a lot of business buildings with lots of parking spots. Their website has informed that your vehicle can be towed away if you park around there, so you had to park in their assigned concert parking area which was sort of across the street @ ...another business area you had to pay $10 for. The parking area wasn't set up when I got there, so I ended up parking at a parking lot @ a school a couple of blocks away. It turns out that I couldn't pay cash or a credit card for the parking fee there. Instead the money had to be exchanged for tokens in order to exit that school parking lot, so thankfully my friend was able to drive over and take out a ticket in order for me to drive out through the entrance so I won't be parking there anymore.