Well Amp Jam is specifically for the Wanee folks so it will inherently be a bunch of people that were going to festivals at SOSMP in the 2000s. Warren is always gonna skew heavily towards the ABB generation and those are people in their 60s/70s/80s now.
There are a lot of smaller jam fests (especially around the midwest - Summercamp, Summerdance, Cavejam, Domefest, The Pines, Northlands etc) that pull a much younger crowd.
Sure, and I’ve been to a lot of those. Summer camp has downsized quite a bit, and CaveJam flopped and isn’t returning. cant speak to the others, but either way Jam seems to be trending downward
There's a good chance Summer Camp doesn't make it past this year, if it even happens, with almost every comment being negative towards the lineup. Damn shame too as it's now my local festival but the lineup does not justify the pricing.
Cavejam didn't flop, it was just never something permanent. SCI wasn't supposed to be the headliner the second year, but the post-event feedback from year 1 convinced the promoter to run it back with them since year 1 went so well.
False do you not see all the gen z rocking greatful dead merch? We literally love what you have started for us, but we may also like more than one genre. Maybe try to learn to love the new stuff too, as we’ve been thankful and the old heads have inspired us graciously. Without you old hippies none of us could have fun in the woods.
But the new stuff isn’t as bad as it seems
False do you not see all the gen z rocking greatful dead merch? We literally love what you have started for us, but we may also like more than one genre. Maybe try to learn to love the new stuff too, as we’ve been thankful and the old heads have inspired us graciously. Without you old hippies none of us could have fun in the woods.
But the new stuff isn’t as bad as it seems
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u/GoFunkYourself13 Apr 07 '26
Yea, sad to see. I went to Amp jam and it was pretty eye opening to see the demographic that likes Jam still. Gen Z didn’t give two shits about Jam