Transformational Festivals

excerpt via TomorrowLand vs TomorrowWorld by Jacob Marmor

"Things may be in full swing with Tomorrowland in Belgium but here in the USA things are just gearing up in preparation for Tomorrowworld. Shawn Carter, the man who is managing the Tomorrowworld project, spoke to Billboard. He says that Tomorrowworld will be very similar to Tomorrowland:

[...]Also, as you see around us [at Tomorrowland], we’re nestled in between many houses and local businesses, and there’s little scale to grow, which is one of the reasons why we’re bringing [Tomorrowland] around the world.So [the farm] is a very, very large space. It’s 30 minutes away from the airport, 20 minutes from the city, so it’s very easily reachable, but also unlike here, it’s very secluded. One of the secret benefits of the whole thing is that you’re really in another place. Here you’re around lots of houses and cars and people, and if you’re at one of the other festivals in the U.S., one of the bigger ones, you’re generally in the city or in a very dry place. So you’re always reminded that you are kind of in civilization. And what makes TomorrowWorld pretty special in that sense is that you’re really on another planet.

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Something that was very important to the organizers when coming to the USA was to make the festival 21+.

"I think one thing was, for a couple of reasons, a very important decision was the age restriction. We’re the only U.S. festival this size that is a 21-plus festival. The first reason that we did it was we really want the experience to be complete. So when you come into this event, we don’t want you every day to have to have a new check of your ID. We don’t want to ruin the experience. You’re in a dreamland, a fantasyland, so we really want it to be pure." "

source: http://www.youredm.com/2013/07/27/tomorrowland-vs-tomorrowworld/