Gretna Heritage Festival

This festival was truly amazing. Gretna Heritage absolutely knows how to treat a VIP! The music was awesome, quite a wide range to cater to all the tastes across the board. We traveled nine hours and stayed all three days. It is a great festival and have had some really great shows. KISS live in your face hanging right on the rail, it often costs a whole lot more than this for such privilege! We saw Huey Lewis, Pat Benatar, B-52s, and KISS all that weekend and had front row access each time. People in Louisiana are very friendly and lots of fun! I recommend most highly the VIP pass as you get food and drinks too!

After hearing recommendatiins to park at the mall we did so which made getting to the featival a breeze . Getting home not so much . Touch on that in a bit . We got there early on Saturday which made walking around and catching all the side stages easy . Food was amazing ! Lots of bathrooms and great security all over . We went to see KISS and even with Pauls voice a tad worn Gene and the crowd seemlessly filled in . Sadly the rest of the acts on the main stage ,although perfect in sound and execution were boring . One act went as far to say in a downtrodden voice " we know you arent hear to see us " which was very strange because it wasnt followed up with we will Rock your faces off or some other form of excitement. He just wandered around the stage providing zero energy. On the bright side ,all the non main stages were amazing . River stage had bands seriosuly working the crowds and the smaller internal stages were the place to be. KISS did manage an almost 25 min delay but quickly made up for it . All in all a great event even with the small set backs . Only true bummer was a 45 min wait for the bus back to the mall to get home . After 12 hours on my feet and very warm temps I would have expected more buses to get us back . Would have been 5 star event but for the really long bus delay at the end which was surprising because everything ran like clockwork. I will definitely be returning in 2018.

Evening entertainment started for me with Our Lady Peace. Never saw this band live before, and will definitely go back. How could I allow 20 years of knowing how great they are deter me from seeing them live! Now I understand why Kiss has an army. Gene Simmons is outrageously entertaining, even for the novice. Couldn't ask for a better show. Pyrotechnics, spilling blood, bravura showmanship...the works!

New pit section is not that good it only a money maker they need a closer chair section . You are penalized if you bring a chair. Better if chairs were closer and stand up guest were behind the chairs . So the chair people can see.