Zaria

Party: DopeJams Open Air Party

I reallllly love this place, but there are some major downfalls. The music is always ON FUCKING POINT! Incredible DJ’s, and the founder Paul Nickerson himself is an absolute unique legend. The property is gorgeous, the swimming hole magical, the paper lantern lights STUNNING colors you don’t see anywhere. My biggest pet peeve is there’s no free water. Paul, please just charge more for admission or whatever you need to do to provide free water for your dancers! It’s a health hazard! The last festival RAN OUT of water sat night at 2am, DJ’s going till 5am. Absolutely unacceptable and dangerous. Thankfully I live nearby so I drove home and filled up all my water bottles to bring back but WTF. Furthermore, they don’t let you bring outside food in, and all that’s provided is a horrible taco truck. I can’t tell you how many people complained to me about how awful the food was. Guys! Please feed your dancers nourishing delicious food, to give them energy to DANCE 🙏🏼 Last pet peeve: the music is too loud in the indoor space. Damaging loud. It still hurts when I have earplugs in. Again, I love this venue and I’m so grateful it’s so close to my house but these are some major and very fixable downsides that would take it up to the next level if they’re addressed. ♥️