# Anyone been to Cornerstone Festival? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-cornerstone-festival/651041 "2013-02-22T03:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-cornerstone-festival/651041/1 "2013-02-22T03:05:49Z")
I’m thinking there might be a chance since this is a Chicago based board. I’ve gone for the past 23 years, out of the festival run of 29 years, have a nice display of all my wristbands. The land has been sold so it’s pretty final that it’s not coming back, so I was just curious if there was anyone here. It’s been a bad year for Christian music festivals. Ichthus is defunct and liquidating, and Purple Door is on a serious hiatus at the very least. And there’s a rumor going around Sonshine is in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-cornerstone-festival/651041/2 "2013-02-22T04:15:05Z")
I went in 2000 (“C2K”), and am extremely glad I did, though the band lineups in subsequent years weren’t as impressive so as to tempt me to return. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-cornerstone-festival/651041/3 "2013-02-22T04:44:17Z")
Yes, 2000 was probably the zenith, although the years before had good lineups, and the years afterwords I started to enjoy it more as I met people and returned to camping after a few years of staying in seedy motels. I felt like setting fire to my tent the last day like they do on Survivor, since I knew I’d never sleep in it again.