ROTHBURY FESTIVAL

[JD]

The inaugural Rothbury festival is set for July 3-6 at Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, just north of Muskegon.

For more information on the festival, go to ROTHBURYFESTIVAL . com.
Here's a by-the-numbers breakdown of what fans can expect during the weekend.

Three -- The number of stages -- Odeum, Ranch Arena, Sherwood Court -- on which main acts will play, located so simultaneous music can take place throughout the weekend.

"At this size of a festival, there's no way to see everything," event producer Jeremy Stein said. "That shouldn't be the goal, really."

Smaller, less formal stages will host other types of performances.

2,000 -- The number of acres, roughly, on Double JJ land.

80 -- The approximate number of acres devoted to the stages and other festival entertainment.

200 -- The approximate number of acres set aside for camping.

20 -- Minutes it takes to walk from one end of the festival grounds to another.

50,000 -- The capacity of the event.

74 -- The number of artists currently booked, though more could be announced. Top acts include Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Widespread Panic, 311, Snoop Dogg, Primus and Modest Mouse.

Zero -- The amount of waste organizers are hoping the event will produce -- or as close to it as possible -- through composting, recycling, energy choices and carbon-offsetting.

Tickets are $250 for the concert weekend.

[jamze132]

Not one band in that mix that I would pay to see.

I have been to festivals in Europe and they are a blast. And 50,000 is quite small. I attended the Hieneken Jammin' Festival here in 06' where Metallica, The Darkness, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Lacuna Coil, and a couple other scrub bands performed in front over 60,000 people in a relatively small area.

Went to Donington a couple years ago, WOW! 70,000 drunks a cheering for the same thing, what a great time!

Monsters of Metal in 06 was also a blast.

[Dujek]

Not one band in that mix that I would pay to see.

I have been to festivals in Europe and they are a blast. And 50,000 is quite small. I attended the Hieneken Jammin' Festival here in 06' where Metallica, The Darkness, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Lacuna Coil, and a couple other scrub bands performed in front over 60,000 people in a relatively small area.

Went to Donington a couple years ago, WOW! 70,000 drunks a cheering for the same thing, what a great time!

Monsters of Metal in 06 was also a blast.

Donington is always a blast. My brother lives just on the road out of Long Eaton up to Donington Park, so I use visiting him as my excuse to go over.