Kat Country Fest

Fix the damn parking situation. 3+ hours to get out is ridiculous.

Florida Georgia Line put on an amazing show! Not just great singers but awesome performers! They definitely knew how to work the stage and get the crowd involved. I will definitely go to another Florida Georgia line concert in te near future!

The performers were amazing!! The venue, however was terrible. The planning for the food and drinks was horrible - the lines for beer and food were 30 minutes+. And since I planned well to get to the event early, I then had to wait in line to get onto the main road from the parking lot for TWO HOURS. That is ridiculous and bad planning. If the venue is unable to handle that many people, then it shoulnd't have been so fucking big. What a horrible location. Anywhere but there. I would totally see that show again, but I would never pay to go to the Westfair Amphitheater again.

Sat in traffic for 4 hours only to get to an event that was supposed to be country music but ended up being covers of rap songs! Very disappointed!

It was a beautiful venue, great bands, terrible traffic. Waited close to an hour just to park. Would recommend a few more beer tents due to long, long lines. (The one down in the middle of the venue had a great system going and were very fast). The concert was over at 11:30 yet we all waited 2.5 hours just to get out of there. I drove from 2 hours away to see these bands and was really frustrated about the directing of traffic on the way out. Wasn't there another exit you could have used and alternated traffic?

The bands that i saw play were good. The traffic was terrible and I missed a lot if the concert because of this. We sat in a vehicle for over 2 hours and were late for the concert. We also waited for another 2 hours trying to get out of the concert. The entering and exiting situation needs to be fixed. It takes way to long. I will not attend another event at this place because of this. They also ran out of beer veru early in the night. I was not impressed. The only reason I gave this review 1 star is because I liked the bands that played.

I didn't feel that the event was organized enough for the number of people that attended! Taking 3 hours to leave is beyond ridiculous!

It is a good thing Florida Georgia Line was great! Because I spent most of my Friday night either in my car or waiting in line for the bathroom, ID badge, or beer. I live 40 minutes away from Westfair and it took us almost 3 hours to get there. Then they stuck us way back in the corner parking by the horse stables and we were one of the last cars to get out of there. We finally started to move out of the lots at 2AM. Ridiculous parking! They could have used some more beer tents too. And maybe a mixed drink tent for those that can't drink beer. Other than that the concert was great and made it worth the waiting! Overall experience could have been better if it would have been a little more organized.

The show was great! Liked having four different singers/bands

The event location was great, FGL was amazing.. but we didn't make it for the two opening acts because we were stuck in traffic for three hours on the interstate!! Was there any warning for this?! Please do not go back to this location unless you have a better plan in mind. People had to stop and pee along the interstate because we were stuck there for hours! A one hour trip turned into a 3.5 hour trip.. A little warning would have been appreciated. There needed to be better security enforced. There were so many people that were way too drunk and were puking and falling over.. The beer and bathroom lines were outrageous and after standing in line for 30 minutes, the beer stand we were waiting for ran out of beer. A little better planning next time around!

I was excited for the line up for this country fest but unfortunately only got to see the last hour. The planning by Westfair was an absolute joke! I had a 57 passenger bus take people from Lincoln and we picked up some people in Omaha at the Waterfall bar on 168th. It took over 3 hours to get from there to the gate at Westfair. Once at the gate one person told us to go one place and someone else told us to go to another. Inside it took 40 min to get a beer. I would never go back to Westfair! EVER!!!!

All the bands were great as expected however the venue was a terrible choice. The beer lines took over 45 minutes each time and they ran out of beer before Florida Georgia Line even went on stage! Leaving took several hours just as getting there due to compete traffic stoppage and a stand still on interstate/ highway.

They didnt put on a performance i was expecting at kat COUnTRY fest it seemed more loke wanna be rappers and i didnt come to listen to hip hop i was very disappointed.

Getting into the event was awful. It took us three hours to get into the event. When we finally got in Greg Bates was just going onstage. The acoustics and feedback were so bad you couldn't even make out what he was singing. Sound was better when FGL went on but we only stayed for four songs as we did not want to be stuck in traffic for another three hours. I would not recommend this venue to anyone nor will I be going back.

The bands were great but the venue was AWFUL!! Will NEVER go back there again. And everyone I've talked to agrees. BAD parking, awful traffic, lines everywhere! They should have capped it or added more beer tents and atms. It was ridiculous!! Will NEVER go back to ANY concert that's at WestFair!! Should have done it at Stir!!

Amazing concert! I'd have to say it could be the best concert I've attended but since it took us 2 hours to get out of the parking lot, I wouldn't go to this specific amphitheater again! But I'd definitely go see all 4 artists again!!

The west fair set up is horrible, for one the traffic, one main road in and out of the place, for 16,000 people... Just doesn't work, also only two beer lines for that amount of people is just horrible, and no orginization at all... The only good part of the night was the music. Never will go back to west fair.

The concert is self was amazing, however I would not recommend events at the westfair Amphitheater. The traffic after the event was horrible cars were stuck in the same place for two and a half hours after the event because the Iowa state troopers would only open one gate. It was clear that they had not done this before. Once we were out of the gates traffic moved smoothly. They Officers were also extremely rude and very unprofessional. They really brought down the whole event.

Waited for the " country" part of the music from Fl. Ga. Line all I heard was hip hop and red neck rap. And parking was horable. Took 3 hours just to get off the fairground . Will think long and hard before I go to a KAT event again.

This was my daughter's first ever concert!! Her and I were front row and had a GREAT time!! She really enjoyed every bit of the experience....can't wait to take her to her next concert!!

First there acts were good. FGL was not. Too much rap style and repetition of songs.

this was awful. I was unable to even get a mile from the exit to get on the hwy to west fair. awful planning, you should have limited the tickets or moved this event. the roads and venue cant handle this many people. i was very disappointed as i had to drive from lincoln to council bluffs for this only to turn around. i will never go to a concert at this venue again. i will go out of my way to make sure people know how horrible this expierence was. i demand my money back, i purchased two tickets at $25 each.

This event definitely needs better planners. It took us nearly an hour longer than it should have to get into the venue. Only having 2 beer tents for thousands of people was ridiculous as well and then running out before the main act even got on the stage. The parking situation was horrible. It took us over an hour to get out of the parking lot. Some people we know were stuck for 4 HOURS. I won't be heading back to this venue for a popular band again until they get their logistics cleared up.

The performances were exactly what I expected, great concert! Parking on the other hand a nightmare, 3 hour wait just to get out.

The concert was amazing!! The only thing I didn't really care for was the traffic issues. Other then that it was a really good event!

Nice lineup of artists. Openers did a good job of getting the crowd involved and playing their hit songs. I was slightly disappointed with FL-GA Line that they covered so many songs. They have a great set of songs and did not play a handful of them. They still put on a great show and I loved when the crowd went crazy for "Cruise". Great venue but traffic and parking were horrendous. We sat in traffic for a long time and missed part of the Tyler Farr set. Not impressed with the beer stands. When there are 16,000 fans for a Friday night summer concert, there needs to be better arrangements.

The traffic was absolutely AWFUL! The interstate was backed up all the way from the Westfair exit in Iowa to 84th Street in Omaha on I-80 due to an accident (which isn't anyone's fault), but the alternate route (Broadway St in CB) was backed up for nearly an hour and a half. It took about two hours to get to Westfair when all said and done due to the traffic. Once we got to Westfair I thought it was odd that there wasn't anyone scanning tickets (they were just throwing them in a bin). So, really anyone could have printed off several tickets from just one purchase and came in with several friends who didn't pay. Then the line to get wristband for alcohol was ridiculous. I think there should have been more than one tent for wristbands. Then the fact that the beer tent was located directly in the middle of the arena didn't seem logical to me. I think have several tents dispersed throughout the arena would've made the center of the arena more manageable to get through. I felt as if there were WAY too many people for the size of that arena. It was definitely oversold. As far as the concert is concerned, I thought the first two artists were great. Didn't get to see much of them though because of the chaos of getting into the arena, getting wristbands and then beer. Once Florida Georgia Line came on I was actually highly disappointed. The music they play on the radio seemed much different than the way they were playing/singing. They seemed as if they were going for the R&B type when this was supposed to be a country concert. I like R&B, but when I'm going to a country concert that is put on by our #1 local country music station, I expect to hear country music. It was just disappointing that the festival wasn't at all what I expected it to be. It was way too crowded, the processes were not thought out correctly, and the music wasn't great.

Getting to the event was a nightmare so we missed Tyler Farr and part of Jon Pardi, but Greg Bates was great and Florida Georgia Line was amazing. They sounded great. Not a lot of flare, but they didn't need it. Crowd loved them. Would definitely see them again!

The concert was very good, I liked the set-up of the theatre. The parking took quite a while coming in and going out, maybe more parking is needed or a better system.

If the band was rated on performance then they did a great job. But if they were rated on country music, they need to rethink their music playlist. Much came across as trying to break in the rap/ pop music. They need to remember who helped get them where they are today. Country fans are loyal when we go to a country concert that is what we want to hear. The biggest disappointment was after the concert. It took 3 plus hours to get out of the parking lot. As a single mother with an 8 year old it was stressful due to all the drunks. But i tried to make the most if it as an adventure and camp out. Too bad it took so long to get everyone out if the venue.

The concert was great. However, getting out of the parking lot at Westfair WAS A JOKE! We spent an hour and a half sitting still in the parking lot before being able to leave. NEVER AGAIN, regardless of the band they bring there.

I was so excited when I heard Florida Georgie Line was coming to town and immediately started pricing tickets. Did not at all consider the possibility they were going to keep selling the tickets until the place was fence to fence packed with people. It was ridiculous... 16,000+ people. I only live a few miles from West Fair and it took our group 2 hours to get there.. And we even waited until the first person played so we wouldn't have to wait in line. Boy were we wrong. We missed the whole concert except for Florida Georgia Line. Not at all worth it because then we only stayed for maybe 5 songs and had to make our way out of there before everyone and their mom rushed to leave. Will admit they were crazy awesome live, but I will pay for more expensive SEATS at a REAL concert instead of wasting money to miss the whole show and stand around.. Couldn't even enjoy a beer because that line was a disaster and people kept pushing in front of us to grab 4 at a time. Never again will I attend a concert out at West Fair. They really needed to make the max amount of people a more enjoyable amount like 10,000 or less instead of seeing us as dollar signs and packing us in like sardines. Gotta be your own judge of course, but keep this in mind the next time you are thinking of going to a West Fair concert.

Probably one of the best concerts I have been to. Every act was awesome. Second time seeing tyler farr who was great. Was really close to the stage was an awesome concert!

We sat in traffic for 2 hours before the event. Parking was hell!!!!!!! We finally got into the event at 7:30, just to see the first band pack up! The sound was horrible, you couldn't hear the bands sing. The beer lines were horrible. There was no limit to how much each person could buy and they were not checking wrist bands.

Bands were awesome but the location sucked. Did not seem well thought out or organized at all. Took over two hours to get out of the parking lot.

Florida Georgia Line were fantastic entertainers!!

Concert was an Party for sure, would do it again. However traffic and parking was terrible.

Fun atmosphere! Great performance by Tyler & Brian! Lots of great songs of theirs and fun cover songs.

Only bad part of the whole night (besides the traffic which was ridiculous) was that they ran out of beer before the headliner had even started!!! Bad planning on your part!

The concert was great but the wait to get in and out of the concert was absolutely terrible!!!! They need to figure out something different for getting traffic in and out of the amphitheater. We were only a few miles away and it took us 2 1/2 hours to move 2 miles and then park our vehicle. Florida Georgia Line was totally amazing!!!!!!

We were very disappointed in most of this concert!! First disappointment was the traffic control. Why in the world didn't they have us going into the main entrance to park rather than having everyone going to the other road & going all the way around?? Stupid!! We had a handicap sticker & figured we would be directed into the main entrance but we had to go along with all the other vehicles, then were directed right back up to the handicap parking right inside the main entrance!! They have never parked like that out there!! There was only one ATM machine & my husband had to wait in line for over an hour & missed Tyler Farr entirely, he could only hear it. The speakers were way too loud when Greg Bates first came on, we couldn't hear the words to the songs!! It got better after a couple of songs. We left before Florida Georgia Line came on because someone behind us dropped a cigarette & my husband put his hand right on it. We were sitting on the ground since we weren't allowed to bring chairs in, which was another stupid rule!! We'll never come back out to Westfair again!!

The music was decent, however, there was way too much time between each act. The worst part of the event was there were only 2 ATMs of which only 1 worked. I waited in line for over an hour to get cash because every food/drink vendor was cash only. This was completely unacceptable for an event of 16,000 people. If you are only going to provide 2 ATMs you had better make sure they will be available and have a technician on hand that actually knows how to fix them. The beer lines were also extremely slow and inefficient. Final complaint is Gina's voice announcing was very unpleasant. She sounds great on the radio but has an eardrum piercing voice over the loud speakers. Sorry Gina, I'm still a big fan!

The concert itself was great! But the traffic getting there was horrible! And it took 2 hours to just to get out of the parking lot afterwards!

Overall I enjoyed this concert. But I think I spent 3 hours waiting, between the beer line and parking. (Only bought 1 beer) The one thing that really bothered me was Florida Georgia line crossed over into the rap music genre for about half of their playing time. I understand this is their sound and who they are. I respect that. But I am disappointed that for the first "Kat Country Fest" I was listening to rap and hiphop covers. Not really my ideal country music concert. Had I been properly informed about what I was buying, it wouldn't have bothered me one bit.

Great concert, terrible parking! Took over 2 hours just to leave the parking lot following the concert

First off, I do like quite a bit of rap and R&B and listen to it probably 3+ hours a week...but. I thought I was going to a country concert put on by a 100% country radio station. Turns out FGL wanted to play rap for 1.5 hours. They played 1 of their country hits and 2 country covers in the first 1.5 hours. As we were leaving the rap concert early, we did hear 1 other country hit of theirs. I was actually cool with the first 20 minutes or so of the rap, but wow... Not sure if they are trying to break into the rap scene or not but at least tout it as a rap show instead of cramming it down our throats. Especially when we wanted COUNTRY !

Parking was horrible. We got to the car at 11:30 and did not leave until 2:00 AM. Line for beer were way to long.

Entire concert was amazing, spending 2.5 hours trying to get out of the parking lot after the concert was not.

The venue was very poor and this event was oversold. Too many people for this venue, they were not prepared for the amount of people.

The Westfair Event Center was very hard to access, and it took us so long to drive in and park that we didn't get to see Greg Bates and the other opening bands. It was dark out. However, Florida Georgia Line was incredible. They had great energy, and played every single song on their album plus more. Many artists will only play a few hits, but FGL really played a long show that everyone was dancing and singing to the entire time. I would love to see them play again.

Are group started out super excited to go to the Kat country Fest. And the ticket price was a steal for only $25 bucks a pop, for four bands! We always loved hearing FGL, Greg bates, and Tyler farve on the radio so we couldn't wait to see them in concert. After getting through the gate and seeing that beer was $6 a glass that was a bummer but not totally unexpected. We waited over half and hour over the scheduled time to start, we were all still pumped though they were playing good country songs through the radio while we waited. First band came out and he was good, sound quality good, the whole shabang, and he was only the opener! Second band good as well, third.... Someone must have messed with the bass and speakers because my ear drums felt like they were about to bleed! And inbetween him and the final act FGL all they played was Rap and Miley Cyrus! Once FLG finally came on after what felt like an eternity the sound qulity got WORSE, and if that wasn't bad enough they only sang about 3-4 of their own song then started to rap other artist songs! We left when that started and so did many others. We went to see a country concert NOT a rap show. The only way my husband, friends, I will go to another country show there is either another station hosts it and FLG is NOT there!

While the performances were happening- it was about the best show I've ever been to! The time the gates opened/performances began on the tickets was misleading however, so that was frustrating (rushing to get there...... just to sit for 2 hours). Also parking was atrocious! After the show we waited in the line of cars for 3 hours before we could leave the parking lot! Loved the concert, would see all of the performers again any day- LOVED Florida Georgia Lines! - but I was not impressed by the set up/management of the rest.

Concert was awesome! Had a great time! Bands were worth it! Loved FGL...

The 90 min of Florida Georgia Line was great. Everything else was awful.

The concert was absolutely amazing! This was my second time seeing FGL and tickets only being $25 for 4 different performers was unbeatable, FGL definitely knows how to put on a show. The only problem I had was with parking which is why I gave 4 starts instead of 5. It took us 2.5 hours after the concert to get moving. I love outside concerts and it was a great venue it just sucks when it is that late and you have to wait in your car for 2.5 hours to head home and you see cops driving around on little cart things doing nothing. FGL definitely deserves 5 stars, but the parking system hurts the rest of that!

The venue was solid, but far to many ppl for the amount of bathrooms, beer tents and such. Parking was fine, but brutal getting there.

This event was incredibly poorly managed. It was oversold and impossible to reach. Ten miles of interstate was slowed to a crawl, reaching all the way in to Nebraska with a slowdown. A fifteen minute journey from downtown Omaha turned in to two and half hours, and the return home left us stranded in the parking lot for nearly three hours before we could exit the venue. I would never return to this venue and want the five hours of my life that were wasted back.

Too many tickets were sold for this event. Traffic was a nightmare. Next time think of a place to hold this event with more than one way to get in and out. We thought it would be more country music. Disliked FGL and all the rap. Would not go again. Live and learn.

Waited in traffic forever to get in and then it took 35 mins just to get a beer! Not executed well enough for that many people

Kat Fest was not a well oiled machine. Waiting in line for 3 1/2 hours to exit the parking lot. Not acceptable. We spent most of our time the the car. Could not hear or see the bands. I would never go back to KatFest or the venue.

The concert was amazing!! I had a lot of fun the only thing was leaving was a nightmare it took 2 1/2 hours to get out of there. I had been to plenty of concert and games but never has it took that long to get out.

I heard the concert was great but a lot of people including my self and others traveling there did not make it to the concert due to traffic.

FGL was awesome, but I wished they would have played little longer or at least have done and encore!!! TRAFFIC WAS HORRIFIC!!!!!!!!!!! Took over 2 hours to go 4 miles!!!!!!!

Well I got stuck in traffic 3.2 miles away from the venue at 630, and did not get into the venue until 945. When you are expecting 15,000 people to attend there should be a better plan for entering and exiting. I was able to see Florida Georgia Line who put on a great show, but if the event is held at the same location I will NEVER attend again. Also, having 2 beers tents for 15,000 people is ludicrous. If you want to staff an event that poorly, then allow people to tailgate themselves.

Concert was amazing if you are looking for a mix of hip-hop and country. Played both genres and had tons of energy. The venue was not able to handle this size of crowd. Hours of traffic delays, ran out of beverages, and nothing to transport people back.

I never even made it to the show because of traffic delays. By the time I would have made it to the fairgrounds, parked, and got into the show it would have been 1/2 over. Then we would have had to spend a couple more hours leaving and returning home. Being stuck in traffic for 2 hours and going about 5 miles was so frustrating that it made me not want to even go the rest of the way to see the show. I will never buy another ticket for this venue. I had never seen anything so congested and what appeared to be unorganized in my life. My mother and I did not attend due to all the frustrations.

FGL and all openers were fantastic. Definitely think the venue needed another beer line and more porter potties. The lines were too long to be worth it.

This event was very unorganized. Three beer tents and one ATM line for 16,000 people. Hardly anyone was even pouring drinks, you could stand in that line for the entire event, all 4 bands and not get one drink. Florida Georgia Line is not a country group. They were up on stage in bro tanks, wearing chains and grabbing their crotches. They played a good 40 mins of rap/hip hop covers without playing any of their own songs. Greg bates was great.

It was not what I expected needs to do less covers of other bands and more of the original songs.

I will never go to another Kat country feat concert ever again. It took us an hour an half just to park before the concert and 2 and a half hours to get out of the venue parking lot. If be so embarrassed if I had anything to do with this joke of a concert. Everyone I've talked to said it was the worst concert experience they've had. Next time have it in Omaha where educated people can put the concert together.

I got to the Iowa Western exit at 5:30 on Friday, and did not enter the concert until after 8:00 due to the traffic issues. I doubt I will attend another concert at Westfair unless I take off work early and get there when the gates open.

There was too much time between sets,sound system was not set up correct sounded horrible at times. FLGA Line was disappointing felt like I was at a rap concert. We left early.

Way too many people. Didn't serve any alcohol besides beer. The parking attends were extremely rude. My pregnant friend got elbowed in the back by a drunk guy who couldn't stand up. Glad i only spent $10 on the tickets. I would not attend a concert there again.

The line to wait to get into the parking lot was horrible and the wait to leave the parking lot was even worse. They ran out of beer at 9:30pm. I think it was unorganized.

Traffic was terrible, terrible location, terrible acoustics, hell they ran out of beer???

It took us about 45 min to park when we got there and 2 HOURS to get out of the parking lot after it was over.. very unorganized !! There was 5 or 6 lines of cars trying to get out the sameway.. wont go back to westfair ampitheater..

The venue itself was very difficult to get into and out of. I thought the horseback riders and staff did an excellent job but the location made it just awful. The beer tent either ran out of beer or closed before the main band even began to start. As much as I love Florida Georgia Line on the radio, in person I did not. When you purchase tickets to a country concert, that is what you expect to hear. I'm not sure why they have so much rap adopted into their live events but had I known I wouldn't have purchased the ticket. We left early.

Worst concert venue ever! 16,000 people, 16 porta pottys, and 8 bartenders. What a ridiculous waste of my money. I came to see my favorite country artists play my favorite COUNTRY songs but instead they played RAP songs stolen from JayZ, 50 Cent, and etc.... Don't get me started on the traffic. West fair should be bull dozed down

Not enough bathrooms Ran out of beer, use cans instead of leg beer Florida Georgia lines set list consisted of way touch rap.. They did a good job .. But I'm a country fan .. And honestly I was unimpressed.. Overpromise and under deliver