Watershed Festival

This was my first time at the gorge.Watershed 2013 was the BEST!!!! What an amazing experience!!! We are already planning our trip for NEXT YEAR!!

Best weekend ever. Money well spent and I will 100% be going many more times!

REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW -WISHED THE LINE UP FOR SATURDAY WAS AS GOOD AS IT WAS FOR SUNDAY

Each & every band, artist, etc was energetic & so fun to watch & listen to.

Great Concert with a lot of great stars! I hope there is a Watershed 2013!

Great concerts can't wait until next year and to see who is playing

Staff was very helpful and the event was well managed.

This event was the best I have been to at the Gorge to date!! I can't wait for next year!!

Awesome, the performers were great and it is now an annual event for my friends and I.

I don't think the first year can be beat....PLEASE prove me wrong :)

Never experienced anything like Watershed! 30,000 Country Redneck fans having a great time in the hott sun! The mainstage line up was fabulous! The second stage...fun...well the entire venue! Never been to a concert where we were right at the stage...so worth the squeeze! Next time we will get the camping experience in the crop circles as well! Would like to see Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church, and maybe The Band Perry next year.

Such an amazing concert series, and such an awesome and beautiful venue! The artists were all amazing and entertaining, and there was so much extra fun stuff to do at the venue! (Carnival rides and a second music stage? Win.) Definitely ready and excited for next year already!

We came over on friday and only attended the headliners. I found the acoustics and or volume of the singers to be variable from singer to singer. I was somewhat dissapointed with a few of the headliners as they did not sound very good but oh well right. The camping wasnt too bad and was just as expected. My biggest grype and/or complaint is getting in and out of the camp grounds. I feel like they need to add more people and or booths for the initial entry. on top of that they could benefit from having more staff during peak times of the day at the entrance handing out passes to return. This was a very slow process - over an hr to get out of the campground on saturday and I feel as if the were letting people out double wide rows they could facilitate getting the vehicles and people out quicker. Overall our experience was not too bad and we will attend again..

I've never been to any event like it. Three unbelievable days of none stop fun. So many great artists and so many good people to be around, I can't wait to go back.

Was impressed with the number of service workers. Everyone was very helpful and friendly which led to a great environment. It meant a lot that the grounds were kept clean. I felt bad however that the recyclables were sorted thru by others instead of having separate bins foe us to dispose of. The only bummer was that you ran out of t-shirts on day two.

First timer. Commuted daily from neighboring vacation community. I plan to be a "shedder" for life. Won't miss next year. The Gorge folks have it dialed in. Of course food and alcohol are too expensive but plenty of it in many locations, reasonable quick lines. The added amenities make up for it like cooling stations, access to free water, free rides and endless great music. One big blunder, huge missed opportunity was that on Friday around 4:00pm the merchandise was already out of typical sizes of most popular Watershed T shirts. RIDICULOUS rookie move. Very disappointing.

Awesome. Can't wait for 2014.... Luke was good ... Chris Cagle was absolutely amazing... the weather was fantastic... the company was the best...

Well organized, concerts played on-time, food was decent.

Watershed was a blast! The lineup was impressive and they all delivered. Toby Keith was my favorite, but all sounded as good as on the radio. Many of the "smaller" bands were amazing as well. In particular "Blackberry Smoke" rocks the house! Unfortunately, the drunk-party atmosphere will prevent me from enjoying this event with my kids. There were people passed-out all over the place! The staff was flexible enough to let us convoy in together and park together for the weekend. We had 58 people in our group! It's a lot more enjoyable that way as we visited together & could watch out for each other.

Such a fun time! Great music, weather and food! Would definitely camp next time.

Beautiful beautiful place. Liked some of the performers, some never heard of before. its such a huge event and a great place to go but For the price of tickets there should be more top performers. When I first bought my tickets certain performers were advertised to be there and the closer it got the lineup kepted changing. Camping was horriable. For the price of camping tickets there should be a shuttle in every section. Next year we are going to wait a few days before watershed starts so we know who will be there and get them off Craig's list for half the price. Love going to the Gorge for concerts just disappointed this year.

My overall experience with watershed 2013 was amazing. Most of the entertainers were awesome, Lee Brice did not perform as I had expected; which was disappointing considering I enjoy his music. Dj silver was awesome, working our group to perform onstage was an incredible experience. The prices for food and drinks in the venue were higher than expected, resulting in my not purchasing more. The gorge campgrounds, mainly big rig, were clean but on the small side. Also the Budweiser patio was way too hard to try and get into

Awesome lineup! Awesome location! altogether great experience....

Another great watershed! The later afternoon lineups were awesome, the headliners kicked ass.

Watershed was absolutely amazing! This was the best weekend of my life! The only issues I noticed were lack of available showers for the number of women attending the venue and more breakfast food options available in the pivot. Lines in both these areas took a minimum of an hour and a half to get through which is unreasonable.

The only problem that I have with the concert is that your wristband easily comes off, which happened to me twice. I went to will call to get another wristband with proof of purchase, my ID and my credit card and they would not give me another ticket. Very frustrating considering that it happens to a lot of people. They need to come up with a better system for people who lose their wristband.

Fabulous experience!! I would recommend it to ALL my friends! Glorious weather, friendly people, fabulous line up!!

I was very disappointed! I did not realize that they had a majority of the same opening acts for during the day, what a complete waste. The "other" stage was pointless, I barely saw anyone over there. There was clearly NOT enough crowd control!! I have never been around so many rude inconsiderate kids/young adults lacking in common sense and respect in my life; yes I know they were most likely all trashed drunk or high! We got there at noon Friday & Saturday so we had great spots to sit & enjoy what we paid for but each day by around 7pm every drunken camper cattle called in just plopping their asses right on top of you or stepping right through your area. It was so frustrating!! So we didn't even bother to go on Sunday. Not to mention the food variety is horrible, I am sure they could get more venders at lower prices and the alcohol prices OUTRAGEOUS, are you serious - $11 for a can of beer, asinine! This is not my first event at The Gorge but this did prove a 3-day event like this needs extremely better planning. My opinion, if you want to be trashed all weekend long & do not care about others around you - sure it would be a great time BUT if you are going to enjoy the music, sit & relax this is clearly not the event for you. And don t get me wrong, I am not an old fuddy duddy (not even 40) I can party like a rockstar but I was appalled at the kids/young adults mannerisms. Do not waste your money!!!

Best weekend of my life. Looked forward to it everyday since last year, and I will look forward to it everyday again until next year.

This is Watershed 2 and it lived up to last years festival!!! What an amazing time with 32000 of your closet friends. The lineup was exceptional. Kind of rough being 43 and getting smashed in the pit area by the "younger" crowd, but it was worth it. Being at the end of the stage and having Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Chris Young, Brad Paisley all close enough to get several high fives was an experience. Even got to touch Brad's guitar while he was playing. I can hardly wait for next year!!!

Had an excellent time listening to all the great country music. The weather was awesome. This is the second year I have went to the festival and I would do it again. The only thing that I can say I did not like about it was the number of people smoking cigarettes and/or pot. It made it hard for me to breathe.

What a fantastic weekend! Friday was a super kick off to the weekend. Saturday's lineup could have been better leading up to Kip Moore and Toby Keith. The whole lineup on Sunday was fantastic.

Chris Young and Brad Paisley was an unforgettable part of the concert weekend! Enjoyed everything about the concerts and the entire weekend

Toby Keith was terrible. Need the bigger artists to be more involved with the crowd and move around the stage like how Luke Bryan and the last day of artists were. The lineups on the first two days weren't as good as the last. Premier camping was way better than it was last year.

Watershed was amazing! Me and my friends didnt want to leave Monday morning. It was a great experience for my first time staying at the Gorge. I'm already excited for next year. Luke Bryan and Brad Paisley killed it!! I hope the line up is just as great or even better next year!

Another amazing weekend!!! Great venue...amazing staff and very well run for the amount of people attending. Brad Paisley closed the festival and was great...as always. I will admit that I liked the line up more last year but.....that is just my taste. The only problem was the sound quality on Sunday evening (on the grass). The drums cut out during Lee Bryce's set and never came back in a proper way. Brad Paisley's set was waves of sound.....from good to "I can barely hear them". We moved to the ground level to get the proper sound from the band. This did not happen any other day or last year....the sound was great from the front to the back.

The concerts were great. The camping on the other had was disgusting. They didn't pick up the trash for the 4 days we were there. The honey buckets where very dirty.The showers were cold and the potable water sinks were clogged.Garbage all over the place.No crowd control either. Will never go back.

I did not care for Blackberry Smoke nor Scooter Jennings. Waylon sure wouldn't consider his style country. I would like to see some older entertainers like Dwight Yokum, Lonestar, Vince Gill, etc. Show the young crowd how country Rockers influenced today's music. McCoy is a great pick. Tobey Keith did a great job saluting our armed services members!

My daughter and I have gone both years and we will be going again next year. I thought the line-up's were great. We like seeing the variety of performers. We even went online and bought albums from iTunes while we watched. We really enjoyed the show and had a great time.

It was the most " amazing"Concert I have ever been to.the staff was very Accommodating to all needs. the artist were all amazing but the few that stood out Where Brad Paisley Chris Cagle,Luke Bryan, Maggie Rose. We are ready to get our tickets for next summer:)

I attended the Watershed music festival last year as well as this year. The concerts both years were phenomenal; great line ups, wonderful shows, things to do. My problem with the festival this year, however, was with the camping. I camped both years in standard camping. We chose to camp there again this year because we had so much fun last year in that area. There were things to do, music playing everywhere, people brought lawn games, it was just a blast. This year, however, things were very different. When we first arrived, we were told there would be no re-entry into camping, meaning we couldn't leave the campgrounds with our vehicles if we wanted to get back in. They did end up either changing it or something because we were able to leave to go to the river on Saturday. In addition, we were not informed prior to purchase that there would be a curfew for parties this year. At 2 am, security began coming around and cutting power at any party that was happening. At the point the would then begin yelling profanities at us and telling us we needed to go back to our own camp sites. Had I known there would be a curfew for grown adults, I would have considered taking my camping elsewhere. The music festival itself is amazing and I will return for the third time next year, however, I think I will be taking my camping elsewhere.

The best concert ever! Terrace camping amazing...clean areas.....perfect Such a great time with the foam party, waterslide, food

The camping venue was very poor. Can I say extremely crowded. Packed in like sardines, hot sardines, cooked and fried sardines. The camping is so far from the main venue that you really couldn't go back and forth, you had to committ to heading over, and stay all day. Which would have been fine in anything other than 100 degree heat. The bands were in consistant. Some were way more rock than country. Best performers were Dierks, Lost Trailer, Sarah Evans, Miranda and Blake. The rest were a bit of a bust. I would NOT ever attend again if it is held in August. I would get a room in Moses Lake or stay at a state park in my camper. Oh and bring money. $6.00 for a bag of ice and $14.00 for a beer???? Well I guess they need to make money somehow.

This was an unforgettable experience! Can't wait for next year and hope that several more big artists are invited! Blake Shelton was amazing and funny as usual!!!

If you are a country music fan in the Pacific Northwest this is a must see event! The Gorge is an absolutely amazing venue! In addition, the crowd was fantastic. Furthermore, the partying all 3 days was awesome! Great people, great event!!

Watershed 2012 was the best concert(s) I have even been to! Countdown to Watershed 2013 begins now!

Couldn't believe I had so much fun. Didn't want to leave. I ended up in Rhapsody's Acoustical Tent face to face with new/upcoming artists. Getting pictures from 3 feet away. Staff was very nice, very helpful, and fun. Camping was a little cramped. It's not SPACIOUS SPACES as the advertisement says. But................. your neighbors are all there for the same reason you are, and you end up meeting people, and having a great time!

This was an awesome 3 day country festival. It was the 1st one of I hope many more to come. Blake Shelton on the last night was totally worth the wait. Can't wait for next year!

As soon as I heard about this and heard the lineup for all 3 days I couldn't pass it up. It has been referred to as a Country version of Woodstock. Loved driving out to the Gorge and camping out for all 3 days. Music was fantastic. All in all I think it was a very successful concert/festival and some of the artists mentioned that they'd like to be a part of it again next year.

Perfect stage and great line up ! Will definitely be back for the upcoming years. Perfect weekend

Watershed is always fun! It wasn't the greatest musical line-up but with all the opening acts it made it worthwhile! I was glad to see an upgrade in microbrews including the Watershed IPA!!

Music was great, just not the best of the last three years. Tim McGraw and Billy Currington were by far the best! Like Lady A, they just don't seem to be a festival band. And disappointed in Jake Owen's performance. Seemed a bit lackluster. Kip Moore, Justin Moore, Chase Rice were really good!

Another year of amazing artists and the most beautiful venue imaginable. Thanks for making it happen! Is it time to have TWO weekends of Watershed fun, since tickets sell out so quickly?

watershed 2012 was the best, big names thru the entire weekend, the price was better and getting into the festival was easier. watershed 2013 was good and changing the bands to one for 3 days instead of changing them every day was an improvement, but the mainliners were about the highlight except a band here and there. watershed 2014 the price hike for a few bands way less then the 1st shed, is not worth it, the new wrist bands are terrible. the line to get the wrist band is the worst way to enter the festival. Why would you only have 2 windows for thousands of people??? the restrictions for bringing items in is not fair, its hot and one bottle of water and a zip lock of food, cause the prices for anything there are so high you can't afford to buy food or a drink. when asking if I would recommend this to a friend, it depends on the cost and line up.

Can't wait for next year! Each year I enjoy it more and more!

We waited 4 1/2 hours to get into the campground. None of the workers knew what was going on or where to park everyone. Once set up, everything was great. The artists were amazing and venue is wonderful.

Watershed was a blast as always. Can't wait until next year!

All the singers were amazing & the camping scene is unforgettable!

Was an amazing lineup of talent! The whole atmosphere from the Country Carnival, food/drink vendors to the Whiskey Dick stage and the main stage had something for every age! We seasoned Shedder's brought first time Sheddar's that weren't even country music fans and they have now been converted! Can I have an AMEN!!!

General camping sites were way too close with limited shower facilities...

The concert was great...no complaints. My problem is with the staff that forced my friends and I to walk miles (me with only one shoe as one of my flip-flops broke early on in the concer) in the wrong direction after day 1 of the concert. We spoke to several staff alog the way looking for what should be simple guidance to the shuttle for our off site camp ground. Early on in the horrible trek we insisted to several staff members that we needed to know how to get on the other side of a gate because we thought it was taking us the wrong way. They insisted we just follow the crowd and that our shuttle would be there. So we walked...and asked for help...and walked...and asked for help. Eventually we ended up in the Gorge campground where two more staff people sent us on a wild goose chase. Finally someone informed us that we were in the completely wrong spot and that we needed to go all the way back where we originally told Gorge staff we needed to go. So after the long walk back (don't forget with only one shoe) we finally made it to our bus to get shuttled back. There we found several other people who had been forced to make the same mistake and back at camp nearly everyone had been steered wrong by Gorge staff. Normally I would not think that this would be Live Nation's problem until I was told that they bought and ran the Gorge now. Tim McGraw was awesome and we were all so happy and excited. You turned an awesome night into a nightmare. The Gorge was my all time favorite venue but it has been ruined by this experience. It's sad that I will probably never go there again. Live Nation should do something to make this right.

An amazing festival. The performers really stepped their acts and gave us a great show all weekend. Randy Houser was the best and most energetic performer all weekend. I hope they add more watering stations, garbage cans in the pit area, and a general store. Thanks Kelly Johnson

Great concert yet again! I love attending Watershed and can't wait for next year!

Concert was awesome!!! Can't wait to do it again next year!

It is the best Country event in the northwest, and exceeded my expectations from the first year. I can't wait for it's return in 2014.

The venue and the line-up were awesome! There was a lot of variety in the performers. I would prefer to not have performers more than once, especially when they do the exact same show (even the same jokes-Teri Clark). The schedule was perfect. I cannot wait to see the line-up for 2014! Already making plans for the trip.

Watershed 2013 was a blast. I thought the line up was good but was hoping it would have been great! Last years line up was a tough one to follow but the artists were great. I loved the carnival rides they had and the side activities and music too!

Chris Cagle grabbed our hearts!! Brad Paisley can sure play guitar all the more awesome with the lightning storm in the background! Very colorful fans!

Overall I liked 2012 better, but it was a great show. There were a few too many people there. What I don't like with both years is the daytime line up is the same with the same songs. I don't mind the same acts if they have new things each day. What I didn't like most of all were the acts that were doing 80's non country music. Specifically Thompson square. I know country music is popular now and there are people trying to get on that band wagon, leave them home. Bring back Chris Cagle for sure. It is a great show and I will be back, just a few comments to improve in the future.

Watershed rocks. Next year get Jason Aldean and zac brown band

Wide variety of acts all were good, workers were helpful, they tried to keep the place clean and did a pretty good job.

What a great lineup in an absolutely phenomenal venue!!!!

What a weekend! Highly recommend this festival for anyone who loves to watch great, live country music and party. Mostly good people, lots of them, congregating to listen to top-notch country music and not be afraid to show their appreciation either. Kickass.

We camped on the terrace and the hospitality was AMAZING! Wonderful, clean showers and bathrooms. They even had electricity for the ladies to style their hair. :) Donuts and coffee were served every morning. Ice was always available. Watershed concerts were excellent.

Thank you.. we had a great Time and will be back next year.

The festival was amazing, The only complaint I have is the walk from the camp ground to the venue is a loooong one.

Indescribable concert had a great time seeing all of the artists.

What an amazing concert! It was my first country music concert. I always wondered what people do at country music festivals... (Rock concerts you mosh, rap concerts you shake it...) I'll tell you what happens at country music festivals... You sing your heart out, dance your ass off, and meet the coolest people! Even the bands I didn't know very well still put on such an amazing show that I didn't want to look away! The venue is the best venue anyone will ever go to. It's so beautiful! And there were rides!! How freaking awesome is that!!! Oh !! And the Foam Party AMAZING!! All in all, fantastic weekend!! A couple of suggestions... Bring your own bottled water. On a hot day you need it, and at 3 bucks a pop you can rack up quite a bill. Also, I recommend bringing hand sanitizer. The bathrooms ran out of soap the beginning of day 2!!

Best time of my life. I have gone both years and definitely will be there next year.

Overall had a great time again this year. Really good line up!

Overall a wonderful experience! Food and drink price absolutely ridiculous. ... Some of the artist, not sure if it was the speakers or what were awful from the top of the grass hill! Lee Bryce in particula....

BEST TIME EVER! so worth it will do it again and again!

I would have had Teri Clark open for Luke Brian instead of Thompson square. you need enough of your own material if you are going to be an opening act. besides Clark did an amazing job. Toby Keith made me love him, I didn't think I would not I did. Luke Brian was great as were Lee Brice and Chris young. get show looking forward to next year

Watershed was absolutely incredible!! Hot weather, hot guys, and country music. I think that's about all that needs to be said.

Watershed 2013 was cool! The lineup this year wasn't as good as last year, didn't stay for Sunday. But other than that, watershed has always been a blast.

Watershed was AWESOME! Was there last year, this year, and plan on going for years to come!!!!! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!

The event was a blast. The lineup was awesome. The venue did a great job. The only thing I would ask for is an ATM for when people run out of cash. The stands didn't have the ability to take cards very often and a lot were cash only.

Great line-up of performers at Watershed again this year! Loved both years and feel lucky that a three-day weekend of amazing country music is at the Gorge! Brad Paisley ended the weekend perfectly, as he put on a show that was truly entertaining and worth the money!

I loved the evening performances. If you like the gorge, you will love this event. Lots of partying, lots of people and lots of sunshine. If you attend all day, each day, by Sunday it isn't nearly as fun. I recommend just hitting from about 6pm - end each day for the prime experience, but then your seating is much further away.

love it! .my only wish is that we had more head liners, .yes to Thompson Square, Luke Bryan, Teri Clark Kip Moore, Lee Brice, Chis Cagle . Chris Young and LOVE Brad Paisley, Love Toby Keith, but the others????really?

I've been to watershed the last 2 years now and it has been along both years.

I took my 8 year old son with me and we had a blast!!!! He loved the rides and the chance to win backstage passes! He managed to stay put during the concert and loved the music!!! I want to know how to get into the Reserved lawn section though!!!!

The line up was great with a couple of exceptions: Shooter Jennings is NOT country - more like heavy metal and screaming. Blackberry Smoke was very disappointing and unenjoyable! We loved watching and listening to all the new comers as well as the headliners. I have to say, seeing Terri Clark, Neal McCoy & Chris Cagle was AWESOME! Toby Keith showed us a great time too!! Camping at the Gorge is a must! An experience you will never forget!!

Best country event I'm the Northwest! Can't wait for next year.

Time of my life is an understatement. My experience is indescribable. Not only were the concerts amazing, camping, partying, and going wild with the other 30,000 people who were there for all the same reason is something that I will never forget

This was the 2nd Annual Event. I went last year and there were definitely more people this year than last. Great lineup of artists. Lots of fun. Premier camping is the way to go. Supposed to have showers just for premier but they were located in a general area so everyone used them. Only time to take a shower without a wait was early in the morning. Otherwise you were standing in a very long line.

It's a great time! You need to start the last show Sunday by 8:00 pm. Maybe make Saturday the later night, unfortunately a majority of people have to work Mondays putting them on the road and home wayyyy too late! Please consider as it could make the difference in going again.

Great music and arena. I had a great time!! Only wish the camping area was closer. had to walk quite a was to arena.

Chris Cagel and Chris Young were the best of the whole event!! Invite them both every year. Luke Bryan was awesome as always. Nice event overall. need some more shade trees on the upper lawn areas.

Absolutely amazing! Definitely worth the money. I recommend this to anyone who likes country music! All the fun stuff inside (rides, raffles, old time photos) were all included with admission, which I thought was a great bonus. Everything was very organized and efficient, and that can be pretty tough when dealing with 30000+ people. Great event over all!