97x BBQ

And let's not forget Young the Giant! Had an awesome time listening to some of my most favorite bands! The park was a nice setting at well. Loved it! Awesome time!

good show and beautiful weather, lineup was great!

The 90 7X barbecue was amazing!! Great music from every band. It was super hot out, but with the vendor booths and games I hardly noticed. The one thing I would improve is add food trucks! There are plenty of really good food trucks in the area but none were represented in this event and the food that was there was not so good.

Had a great day at the 97XBBQ. From the start to the end. The opening act was local to the Tampa area which was a great way to kick off the concert. Each act was just as good as the next. The VIP area was totally worth every penny! Getting the opportunity to have a shaded area, with waters available definitely made the hot day tolerable. The 97X staff were all friendly and very helpful throughout the event. Major props to the security, Police and EMS. They all worked their tails off to ensure everyone had a memorable time.

Honestly the line up could have been better but it all comes down to the group you go with. I went with people who don't mind the heat and are a bit on the crazy side, which made for an unforgettable day! I got every year and it's always fun! I definitely recommend it. P.s. Please don't come if you are like 13, it's not a place for preteens and lower.

Really enjoyed the music! Timeline was managed well. We purchased VIP tix: could've been more seating available, and a better sight line. Many fans in the tent didn't work and food service was S-L-O-W.

This concert gets better and better every year. The lineup is always fantastic and Vinoy is a great park. Until it's 95 degrees out. There's no shade to speak of and being by the water doesn't provide the breeze you'd think it would. We got tickets for the VIP section this year ($60) and it was way oversold and not what we were expecting. They advertised free food and drinks but the food was served at lunch and dinner and if you missed one (we came at three) then too bad. Drinks were just water and soda, no beer or alcohol. And the tent they had to the side of the stage was packed the the brim. Not even 100 seats for about 300 people. If they could shade the area better it would benefit this event tremendously.

The Wombats had some techinical difficulties so they had to cut their set in half. I really wanted to see them so that sucked. Even bands that didn't have technical difficulties didn't start on time. Usually 97X events run smoothly and on time so this was not normal. It also would have been nice if someone announced The Wombats were having issues prior to them coming on stage and announcing it themselves. Everyone in the crowd was wondering what was going on.

I only went to 97x to see nevershoutnever! They did great and I actually got to meet christofer drew. They're really nice and I had a lot of fun. Also, there was a photo booth that was really cool and most importantly, a monster give away thing! They were giving away monsters to everyone.They had w bunch of different flavor and u could drink as many as u wanted!

Super hot, but intend a great time. I definitely recommend buying VIP, it's worth it for the 2 meals and the shade.

Paid for the VIP Lack of seating big minus Free water and nonalcoholic beverages big plus Food did not eat line was way too long 2 hours

considering that it rained, they handled it very well. all the bands were good and they continued to spray water on us since it was so hot.

VIP was misleading and a waste of money at this venue. Over sold, no seats available until the last 20 minutes of the day when most of the crowd left. That was the whole reason we paid for VIP. I can sit on the ground anywhere free of charge. The music we were able to hear after the storm rolled through was great though!

The Backyard BBQ was an amazing event. Great music, beautiful venue, big fun for all of us!

Bands were great the venu was hot. Vinoy Park has little tree cover and every bit of shade was being utilized by attendees. many people were turned around at gate for having chairs, umbrellas, coolers etc... was not posted well on website for info about the venu. We had to leave a hydro flask at gate even though we offered to dump the water out that was in it. We just wanted it to keep waters we purchased cold. Waters were $3 a pop for a small bottle and I would be willing to bet more money was made on water than beer that day. Show was good just wish it was cooler outside or more shade was available. We saw a good amount of people fall out due to the heat. We sat under a tree with about 100 people to the left of the stage so we never really saw the bands so I coukd have done better by sitting in my pool at the house listenibg to live radio version...

THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR ATTENDING THIS EVENT AND WE LOVED IT AGAIN! THE STORM THAT CAME THROUGH PUT A DAMPER ON THINGS BUT THEY CONTINUED PLAYING ONCE IT CLEARED UP. WE DROVE 6 HOURS FOR THIS EVENT AND WILL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

Good event. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. T

Great event - great bands - will do VIP again! Shade, cheap beer, good food, and up-close to the bands!

Amazing day! Great music and atmosphere! Best time I've had in recent years!

Amazing shows performed. Bastille and the 1975 were amazing.

No bad reviews at all it was so much fun I loved the line up and all the food and activates there was especially the music

I thought all the bands except Bastille were incredible. I just thought Bastille was lip singing and just jumping around the stage than actually performing. Vinoy Park was beautiful and great place to have an all day concert.

Had a great time. Good food & Music. Lots of space.

I have to admit I had an absolute blast! My daughter was so excited to see that Matt Healey was real. We met a new friend and got some great pics! The venue was awesome, people were nice and the weather was perfect. We paid the $20 for tickets being as be do not live there. Traveled 5 hours to see this and it was %100 worth it! Only bad part was getting a parking ticket along with the other 100 people parked along 4th.

Show was timely, organized, and well done. It was also good to see VIP done right. Huge tent with shade, free sodas and water, reduced price beer (made back the money for VIP with this alone), and a chance to meet the artist. I enjoyed myself significantly, and I know many others did as well.

Good event well organized. Plenty of food and drink opportunities with a fair number of bins to throw trash. Also a good aspect was the large number of toilets.

The atmosphere is pretty good here. I'm not usually a concert person, large crowds make me nervous. However, it was so chill and there was so much space that I got used to it. There are lots of great food and alcohol choices. There was a great lineup, but we went primarily to see Bastille. Dan was awesome. He even walked through the crowd and performed on a smaller stage for part of one song, then walked back through to the other stage. It was awesome. What a great show!!!!

They really do treat the VIP's great! I could never go to another event without being a VIP. They have spoiled me. The concert was great. The bands were great. Vinoy Park is the best setting you could possibly have. This was an amazingly fun time. I am 52 and I went with my 19 year old daughter. We both had a great experience.

The entire show was awesome. I especially liked Sir Sly Bad Suns Kongos who are fabulous But Bastille what can u say but that they were the delicious icing on a cake saving the best for last.

This was the first concert I have ever been to and honestly, it was awesome! The bands were unbelievable, the food was awesome, and the other activities (volleyball/ rock climbing) were so much fun! The setting in St. Petersburg's gorgeous Vinoy Park made the whole experience even better and I can't wait until next year!!! Only thing that would have made it better would be if the porta potties had toilet paper LOL

Having to constantly doge crowd surfers or lift them up or let them fall ruined the entire concert experience. I was unable to enjoy any of the performances because of crowd surfers. The lack of control on the crowd surfers was disappointing. I will never attend another one of these events as long as crowd surfing is allowed.

It was amazing! Wished the shirt was less expensive but the 1975 were amazing and the event extremely awesome! Can't wait to attend next year!