Four days of bass music in the mountains. 400 tickets, no more (≈480 people on-site with 64 artists + 16 crew).
Tier I prices hold until we clear breakeven. After that, Tier II for the rest.
Note: 21+ event. BYOB — no bar, no alcohol sales on site. No refunds (transfers allowed — name swap via email) except in the event of full cancellation, in which case every ticket is refunded automatically through Stripe.
Strictly prohibited: Glass, weapons, fuel generators, and illegal items.
Four phases, one growing pool. Phase 1 covers the required costs + the Anchor Artist's $1,000 pre-sale booking guarantee — clearing this confirms the event (Breakeven / BE, ~96 tickets). Phase 2 (BE → 200 tix) starts artists, ops, ambiance, the 2027 Seed, and reserves the full $7,000 Sound Upgrade (dedicated bass-system specialist for all four days). Phase 3 (200 → 300 tix) activates Security and tops every fund off at its final ceiling. Phase 4 (300 → 400 tix sellout) is pure festival surplus — every dollar past 300 tix is profit on top of every commitment. Every number below updates live with every ticket sold.
Every ticket sale has these contractual obligations paid out first — they go to outside parties on each transaction and never enter any phase pool. By the time we hit BE (~96 tickets sold of 400), about $8,180 has already flowed through to the parties below. At sellout (400 tickets), roughly $33,900 will have flowed off-the-top — that's a separate stream from everything in the phase pool.
After the per-ticket obligations above are paid on each sale, the rest of every ticket dollar fills this Phase 1 pool — Legal/Insurance & Permits (Tier I baseline), EMT, the Anchor Artist's $1,000 pre-sale booking guarantee (locked-in headliner committed before launch), and the start of a Contingency Reserve that keeps growing through Phase 2 and Phase 3. The pool fills to $9,200 by the time ticket sales reach ~$17,378 gross (Breakeven, ~96 tickets out of 400). Clearing this pool confirms the event.
Once BE clears, every fund's ceiling rises as more tickets sell. Phase 2 (BE → 200 tix · ~$39,800 gross) starts artist pay and reserves the full $7,000 Sound Upgrade by 200 tix. Phase 3 (200 → 300 tix · ~$61,000 gross — Security activates here) tops every fund off at its final ceiling. Phase 4 (300 → 400 tix · ~$82,200 gross) is pure festival surplus — every dollar past 300 tix is profit on top of every commitment we've already locked. Every progress bar below shows each fund vs. its final ceiling at Phase 3 close.
All 64 ticket-funded slots — Bowl Daytime (28) + Bowl Evening (8) + K Lodge Afters (28). Each slot grows continuously from $0 at BE through the per-phase ceilings as attendance climbs. Phase 2 (BE → 200 tix): pool funds artists up to $7,000 total. Phase 3 (200 → 300 tix): ceiling lifts to its full $14,000 — that's every slot at its final cap. Phase 4 (300 → sellout): no further artist increase — additional sales are pure profit. Per-stage Phase 3 (final) ceilings: Bowl Daytime ~$4,933 · Bowl Evening ~$7,201 · K Lodge Afters ~$1,870. The Anchor Artist's $1,000 booking fee (Phase 1) counts toward their slot's ceiling — they earn the larger of the two as the curve scales. Open the per-slot table at the bottom of the page for live values.
Reserves linearly across Phase 2 (BE → 200 tix) — a dedicated bass-system specialist travels out to bring serious low-end coverage across all four days. Flat $7,000 contract regardless of attendance, fully funded by 200 tickets sold. Stays flat at $7,000 through Phase 3 and Phase 4. Below BE the bucket stays at $0 — house Subphonic rig handles it.
The festival's deep safety net for true unexpected events. Built first in Phase 1 ($0 → $4,600 by BE) and then keeps growing: $5,500 by Phase 2 close (200 tix), $8,000 by Phase 3 close (300 tix — final). Phase 4 doesn't add to it; we've built enough cushion by 300 tix that any further surplus flows to profit. Experience & Ops is the primary day-of operational reserve; this Contingency sits underneath it as a deeper backup.
Primary day-of operational reserve. Barriers, decor, signage, crew meals, on-site ops, and the first-line cushion for unexpected costs the weekend throws at us. Activates in Phase 2 and tops off in Phase 3 — bigger crowd, bigger ops budget. Phase ceilings: $2,200 at 200 tix, $5,000 (final) at 300 tix. Phase 4 holds it flat — additional sales are profit.
Installations, interactive art, non-music performers, and workshops that shape the feel of the whole weekend. Activates in Phase 2 and tops off in Phase 3. Phase ceilings: $2,500 at 200 tix, $5,000 (final) at 300 tix. Stage sound & lights scale automatically via Subphonic — this fund is for everything around them.
Activates at 200 tickets sold — once we cross into Phase 3 the headcount is large enough that dedicated overnight security becomes a hard requirement. Funds a professional security crew for all four nights. Builds from $0 at the Phase 3 boundary (200 tix) to its full $5,500 by Phase 3 close (300 tix). Below 200 tickets the bucket stays at $0 — staff + volunteer coverage handles it.
The foundation for next year's festival, built up alongside every other fund. Activates in Phase 2 and tops off at $4,466 by Phase 3 close (300 tix). Anything Phase 4 contributes flows separately into the Festival Surplus card below — that's the team's call post-event whether to pour it into 2027 or elsewhere. Final 2027 Seed allocation (artist fund, organizer comp, community reinvestment) decided post-event.
Activates at 300 tickets sold. Every commitment — artists, sound, security, ops, ambiance, contingency, anchor booking, 2027 seed — is fully funded by Phase 3 close. From 300 tix to sellout (400 tix), every additional pool dollar accrues here as festival surplus: pure profit on top of every promise we've already kept. At sellout it tops off at ~$11,266. Final allocation (organizer comp, deeper 2027 seed, vendor & crew bonuses, community reinvestment) decided post-event with the team. The festival proves itself profitable — and we share the upside.
Per-ticket obligations (venue, Subphonic, Dome, Stripe, affiliates) are paid off the top at the moment of sale and never enter the pool. The columns below show how each dollar of net pool splits inside each phase. Each column totals 100¢. Addons & merch top up the same pool — they don't carry per-ticket obligations, so their net flows in too.
Each phase column sums to 100¢ of that phase's pool delta. The Anchor Artist booking ($1,000 in Phase 1) and the Sound Upgrade ($7,000 in Phase 2) are flat contracts — once reserved they hold through every later phase. Phase 4 carries no further commitments: every dollar past 300 tix flows to Festival Surplus. Actual allocations are deterministic: every fund hits its phase ceiling at the phase boundary regardless of rounding.
Every slot starts at $0 at BE and scales continuously through Phase 2 → Phase 3 toward its final ceiling at 300 tix. Each slot's per-phase ceiling = its base ceiling × the active phase's artist-fund ratio. Per-stage final ceilings (P3 close): Bowl Daytime ~$4,933 · Bowl Evening ~$7,201 · K Lodge Afters ~$1,870 = ~$14,000 across all 64 slots. The Anchor Artist's slot pays them the larger of their slot's scaled value or their $1,000 pre-sale booking floor — they earn up to their slot's full ceiling like every other artist. Values update live as tickets sell.