I feel like we've had this conversation for the last couple years, with some people saying Independent's Day caps the end of the summer fests and feels the same as all the others.
I personally really really like Independent's Day, as it feels like the one festival in the heart of the city. The only thing different is that Megacity now stepped in and is a bigger, better PBR Day and happens within a couple weeks of the other two. Fine really, as the Megacity lineup was spectacular.
For me, the quality of the acts booked at all three fests makes it worthwhile. Maybe it's because of the low appeal of Comfest this year, but I don't feel tired of any of them. Out of the three, I feel like Music Week Columbus has the weaker potential, simply due to the fact that it involves late sets on two weeknights. I'm guessing they'll do great with their Friday line-ups though. I love the idea, but I think the weeknight sets need a really strong (maybe national/regional) headliner or earlier start/end times. I've never ever seen a band go on at 12:45 on a Wednesday night/Thursday AM slot do well at all crowd-wise. We'll see how it goes, but my preference would be the first band at 7PM, last band done by Midnight.
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