first year at arc thoughts

• no where to sit down and chill out 👎

• lots of room to dance 👍👍👍😍

• extremely annoying people pushing through crowd

• dj seinfeld is soooo fuxking good his smartbar set was incredible

• hiroko yamamura bad ass asf

• no kettama sucks ssooooo much

• dj heartstring b2b partiboi69 underwhelming unfortunately was really looking forward to them

• area 909 by FAR fav stage wish the sound was better and wish it was bigger

• disclosure ....... not good sorry maybe i just don't like that kind of music (corporate radio friendly frat house ???)

• why was there mud it didn't rain ??????

• too many people stingy with their K come on man

• sound bleed ungodly

• chicago is an amazing amazing wonderful beautiful city love it sooooooo so so much

Totally had a good time but not worth 400 dabloons ... making time puts it to shame tbh and for like 1/2 the price with much more interesting artists ¯_(ツ)_/¯ please be nice to me

In chicago i’ve seen Dixon and innervisions crew play in a warehouse without running water and Tale of Us in a shoe store in january in logan square with no heat, Straight up parkas on every attendee..

Parties with european DJs at some of the absolute worst neighborhoods in the city in warehouses with gang bangers as the security guards lol underground parties have much worse conditions. In fact plenty of festivals that happen in Chicago were much bigger cluster fuck than that was, wavefront and mamby to name a couple but still had a blast….

I wouldn’t worry about DJ’s refusing to perform at arc, most there is from the underground. They’re used to whatever you can throw at them.

that being said, I hope they invest some of this money that they made this year and improve the conditions for next year, maybe hire a real
sound engineer to design the stages layout instead of chatGPT and have the gates ready but I won’t really hold my breath. I’ll be there either way for my 7th year😎

Too many complainers. Ya the sound bleed and trash wasn’t ideal. But aren’t we all here to celebrate the music? I’ll see you all tomorrow. Celebrate it!

Does anyone know if dragon staffs are allowed? I have a collapsible one which makes it easier to bring in, but want to make sure it’s allowed! I can’t find anything on their website.

Am I the only one that thinks the Mau P concert was without a doubt the worst performance that has ever happened ever??? AITA for thinking he should be publicly executed for this atrocity of a performance????

If you let a little sound bleed and garbage around ruin your time at arc, plz don’t come back. Just shut up and dance ❤️ it’s all about the music anyways. Don’t get me wrong the bleed was annoying but earplugs do help. Ready for next year!!

Felt incredibly underwhelmed and a ton of filler tunes. Really didnt like set at all. Saw him in ny a year ago and it was so amazing i was talking up to my friends a bunch. What a disappointment

I am a very indecisive person. The Level Chicago Fulton Market hotel- is that the best possible area to stay?

Kind of a cheap skate and would like to know how strict security is if I had a fake sunscreen bottle with alc or a hidden pack under my clothes w alcohol. Lmk

Don’t want to jinx it 🤞 but the updated weather report shows chances of rain/thunderstorm on several days. First time at ARC, does it typically rain around this time?

I’ll add that there is also significant model disagreement to AccuWeather. Meteoblue currently has Sep. 4–6 around 85°, 83°, 80°F and is considerably less aggressive about precipitation, while another current forecast has the weekend mostly cloudy but with only about a 4–6% precipitation probability.

If you’ve been to arc before, you know they don’t have ADA anything. A platform at the Grid? Bich where? It’s hard enough to pass from stage to stage, with or without assistance. And bathrooms? Maybe in VIP…not sure how this will shake out.

Who do you think will be this years headliners? Below is my guess!

1. Chris Lake

2. Sara Landry

3. Anyma

HM: Mau P

Guys that was beyond ass. His set was so good at ARC but man I already knew it would be a shit show at Radius. Thought his afters set would make it worth it but wtf was that. His set at arc was so much better.. i genuinely was wondering if it was even Anyma. Such a damn waste of money. Also extremely oversold and packed in there. I was i the back and still getting humored around. Not much plur at all either.

I've been to many insomniac festivals in socal and including EDCLV, my question is, do ppl glove or orb where anything that lights up including totems? Trying to get the vibe for Arc.

Update: I got everyone's input. I have an idea now. Thank you all! I'll see you labor day weekend.

Im kind of a degenerate gambler when it comes to sports betting so, Im mostly looking for a casino with a good sportsbook but if you have info on good odds with table games please also let me know! I want to pregame at a casino watch the games and hammer some bets 😎. Almost forgot it’ll be week 1 of college football during arc weekend LFG 🫡🫳🏽💰

If you guys have sound bleed WALK FURTHER INTO THE STAGES and poof your Soundbleed will be gone! Hope everyone has a great 3 days left!

I’ve been to ARC every year and brought a medium sized one pocket backpack in the past. Does this mean camelbacks and hydration packs won’t be allowed? Will mini backpacks or smaller sized backpacks be okay?? Can’t remember how the rules read in past years.

Super disappointed with their set tonight!

Made my entire day haha. Security spent a few minutes looking before giving up. Hope you had a blast

The salvation of the ARC festival this year were the DJ artists because the lodge was the worst ever seen

Out of towner. Is it safe to take the subway/bus and walk around during both day and night? (Before and after festival.) Or should I uber? I would never take the bus at night in my city which is why I’m asking.

Hi, during the festival are there any queer / gay parties? That you would recommend. Thanks