Dark Lord Day 2017
Date: May 13, 2017
Contents
Overview
Dark Lord Day 2017 is scheduled for May 13, 2017. The festival was moved back two weeks, from the usual last weekend in April, in hopes of better weather. The date was announced on October 13, 2016.
The website update went live on March 10, 2017.
Details
The festival hours are: 9AM – 9PM
Wax Color
Green with sparkles
Group Sales Schedule
- Group A - 9:00am - 11:00am
- Group B - 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Group C - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Group D - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Group E - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Tickets
Tickets cost $180.00. Down $20 from 2016. However the tickets no longer include $40 worth of food/drink vouchers. Included with the ticket:
- Entrance to the festival grounds.
- 4 bottles of 2017 Dark Lord Imperial Stout.
- 1 bottle of a rare Dark Lord variant or 2 bottles of vintage Dark Lord
- You will receive a commemorative tote bag with your allotment.
This notice was added to the ticket sales site the day before tickets went on sale:
A variant will not be guaranteed. It will be a variant or 2 vintage bottles of Dark Lord beer.
Tickets were again sold through etix.com.
Tickets went sale on Saturday March 18, 2017. At noon Central time. After a few minutes the site appeared to crash for many people. Slowly the site became available for more and more people and they were able to complete checkout. While the site would often report that no tickets were available, tickets did not completely sell out for several hours, with some people able to purchase Group E tickets after 5:00pm.
Bands
- Amon Amarth
- Goatwhore
rumored:
- Powermad
- High on Fire
- Black River
Press Coverage
- http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/fast-selling-dark-lord-day-tickets-go-on-sale-saturday/article_2d3b3672-3411-55ca-8379-27de1afab88c.html
- https://oct.co/articles/todd-haug-finds-himself-three-floyds
This page is a work in progress as information becomes available.
