[dhj]

Birmingham, AL (US) must be really lucky with their festival scene. They have several significant festivals every year:

Sidewalk Film Festival

Sloss Fest

Brew Fest

Slice Fest

Secret Stages

I'm not sure if it is the local support or that they're just smaller. I expect we may have had a lot of excellent event organizers with solid experience looking for new jobs after City Stages wound down. City Stages was a 20+ year music festival that was generally successful logistically, but wasn't profitable.

When you think of it, though. If there are 5+ 10-20k attendance festivals every year in every metro area over 500k there are bound to be some regular screwups.

And port-o-potties always suck.