Here, check out my artist profile on the shambhala website:

[ shambhalamusicfestival.com ]

Also, at the bottom of the about page in the Production credits, I'm listed as the People Department.

[ shambhalamusicfestival.com ]

I can see you have a major sense of entitlement. I don't care who you know that's performing. You forfeited your rights to attend the festival when you publicly admitted that you snuck people in for money. You will not be permitted access to the property. And if you sneak in after that, Security will be on the lookout for you, and you will be removed.

Hope you learned your lesson about posting things on the internet, dumbass.

Sorry bro. You're done.

Funny, I'm working in the Shambhala office right now. Wanna call us? 250-352-7623. I'll answer the phone. :) I've alerted our Production crew and Security about you. Cheers.

Someone actually sent me his full name when they told us about this post this morning. :)

Just goes to show...douchebags finish last.

Wonderful. It would have been easy enough to get him with his name (we're checking ID at the gate this year). Having a visual to give to Security is an added bonus. Awesome.

The style of music at each stage is largely dependent upon the musical tastes of the stage directors. They're like artists, in a way and we're supplying them with blank canvas - we give them complete creative freedom in who they book for their stages. Unfortunately I can't see any of our current stage directors booking those genres of music.

Haha. People always assume we make lots of money when they do the math. But seriously, most of it is in and out of our hands faster than you can blink. The infrastructure costs on building a city of 10,000 people for 5 days is huge.

On top of that, there are 6 full-time and 3 part-time staff year round. And we all have fairly modest wages. :)

Plus we're still paying for all the years the show DIDN'T make money.

Oh, and about our lineup; you may not recognize some of our DJs because they're either locals or up-and-comers. But looking at our lineup, I see quite a few headliners on there.

Besides that, Shambhala is more about the experience and the people than anything else. This isn't your typical rave. It's about the people, the costumes, and the atmosphere just as much as it about the music (have a look at these to get a feel for the festival: [ quana.exposuremanager.com ] There literally is something for (almost) everyone at our show. I could go on about it for ages, but it's one of those things that you can't understand until you experience it for yourself.

The people who are loyal to our show KNOW that the music is going to be good. It doesn't matter who's on the bill or whether they recognize the names.We sold 5000 tickets (1/2 of all available tickets) before we even released our lineup.

If the names on the bill aren't big enough for you, this isn't your kind of show. We're completely non-sponsored which we're extremely proud of (12 years going strong) but that also means we have less money to play with than sponsored events. I'd say we do amazingly well for what we've got to work with. :)

I won't lie. It felt pretty good to post that. I figure if you're going to be that stupid, you deserve to be publicly humiliated.

Hi, my name is Britz. I'm a production assistant for Shambhala Music Festival.

You're actually wrong, volunteers don't have to pay for their tickets. They have to bring us a $180 certified cheque which is returned to them upon completion of their shifts. If they've already bought a ticket, we refund it upon completion of their shifts. I call it 'flail insurance'.

Thanks for the tip. We'll be looking out for you this year, and you'll be put on the permanent blacklist. :)