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Oshega was beyond amazing! The sound was the best I’ve ever heard. There was great vegan food. The lines for the bathroom were never ridiculous. However most times there was no tp and there was pee all over the seats.. so squatting was always a must. Ended up bringing tp day 2 and 3. Also was never any hand sanitizer or a place to put tampons in the bathroom. Overthan that it was great!
It was amazing, the artists were incredible, the vibes immaculate. My only complaint is the choice of stage for some artists. They should’ve been on bigger stages (Dom Dolla is way too popular for the small stage he was on, it was unliveable in the crowd). The green stage is so far away and hard to navigate with the big crowd. The toilets were not too badly maintained, but end of day was a nightmare, no TP in any of them, looks like they were not maintained at all. Good and drinks were great, overall had an amazing weekend!
Only complaint is that during some sets, namely Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar and Jpegmafia, there were crowd surges and mosh pits that some people were not prepared for. If next year you issued a warning about sets you think the crowd is more likely to be dangerous to smaller people, that would likely not happen. There was a woman who couldn’t have been taller than 4’9 in the middle of the crowd at Kendrick’s set and she was being absolutely tossed around, and from the look on her face she was not expecting that.
Vraiment wow un spectacle mémorable❤️🔥 Les feux d’artifice et les confettis ont rajouté une touche magique.
It was honestly my best day of the year so far. The sets, djs, scenery, river, people, vibe, and music was great. The only problem I do not understand is why there is no official complete video or live streaming. I looked on YouTube and everywhere but I could not find my favorite dj performance that I was in. There were drones and cameras but it's a shame in a city with a lot of talented artists, there is no recording or professional videos except some very short highlights of the whole day in like 2 minutes. I really think that they need to reconsider their policy regarding commercial videos and how they represent themselves, which is very crucial for festivals. Just take a look at other festivals and do what they DO. Use your cameras OSHEAGA!
I have no complaints about the music/acts, they were great, but the venue was definitely overcrowded, especially on the Sunday. Lines for bathrooms and food were hours long unless you were able to cut. Sunday was sold out and people were constantly sneaking in to the venue. I saw a girl crawl under a fence myself, and numerous videos of people pushing over and running through other fenced areas. In the one video they ran by multiple security, who did nothing. Either up and actually enforce your security, or sell less tickets.
Everything was amazing I really want to come back next year
The artists were good and the sound was good wherever you were. Nonetheless, exiting osheaga was a nightmare. I don’t understand why the 50 000 people have to exit through the same door. Also, I was lucky to be behind a fence, where the ground was a bit higher. For most of the shows, I couldn’t see anything. My sense of security was not very high because we couldn’t move and people were pushing. Maybe I’m just not a festival person. However, Kendrick’s show was very good. I’m pretty sure Kim Petras was not singing.
Got the 3-day pass for myself and my partner. Overall, the Montreal and Osheaga experience was great, but I say that with the caveat of having the opportunity to see friends that live in the city, go to restaurants, and eventually be at Osheaga with a few of them which made it an awesome experience. The people at Osheaga are also incredibly chill and fun to be around, and both of us didn't run into any issues. However, if I think about the organization of the festival itself and from what we've heard, I feel like they can do better. My partner has gone in previous years before the pandemic and she said the way the grounds were laid out was much better and even the number of people was reasonable. We had gone just for a day last year 2022 on a Sunday and had hoped this year was different and would be improved. The Friday and Saturday weren't too bad but the Sunday of both this year and last year was an absolute zoo. The layout was also quite odd for the stages on the outskirts, causing a lot of bottlenecks and no staff to manage the crowds, which put us off from wanting to even go to the other two stages after experiencing it the Friday. This definitely sucked as smaller artists and bands are usually there and the grounds the Friday was completely muddy - it had rained the day before but I'd expect the organizers to at least have some preventative measures to maybe put removable floors to place as a small workaround. On top of that, we heard on Sunday that people may have gotten into the festival somehow for free after videos surfacing people getting in without paying, which may make sense on why it was so crowded. I get that on Sundays it is usually the most popular lineup, and I'm not saying people need to have an arm's length of space around them, but from what I've heard across the board from other friends that have gone in previous years before the pandemic, it was much much better. We sort of gave Osheaga the benefit of the doubt with the pandemic, maybe 2022 was just a one-time thing where they wanted to let as many people go, but if this keeps on continuing, I'd have reservations to go.
This was my third ever osheaga, and I was so dissapointed to see the change of layout. Usually the beautiful forest full of benches and hammocks is a perfect reprieve from the sun. Instead this year we got hot crowded walks with ADDED stairs to the far stages. Getting anywhere took 20 minutes, you would lose all your friends and get overwhelmed. Osheaga needs to bring back their old flow of traffic, and frankly sell less tickets. Also getting out was full of bottlenecks, an absolute nightmare. So sad as this is one of my favourite festivals.
Osheaga was one of the best music event you can find. A lot of show, nice artists, different kind of food like stands of poutine, pizza, fruits and more. Also They have a lot of varieties cocktails for everyone taste and different company like Bacardi, Jack Daniel, Absolut… and they are affordable for a event (~12$/drink). Free activities are present all around the park so you can’t really be bored when you are waiting for a show. The most important is that the security is the best, you really fell in security with the guards and they are very reactive when a person don’t fell good during a show. BUT, the big problem is they are really too much people… always feel stuck and surrounded and it’s worst when you are on front on a scene, they push everybody to be more and more closer to the scene. So I really cannot enjoy the show every time I was a lite bit too much closer of the scene. At the end, if you take the metro, your gonna wait at least one or two hours juste to enter.
Can’t even move once in there. Joke of an experience
My first time at Osheaga! Loved the music, food variety, ease of access, and the overall vibe. Things to be improved upon: more garbage cans, Astroturf or wooden planks to help control the mud near the green/Chevy stage, signs that point out the hand wash station from the portapotty as we didn’t see them until day 2 as they are quite far from each other. Small detail, but I also thought the oyster truck would have oysters but they didn’t :( . Thanks Osheaga, cya next year!
Everyone goes to this festival every year and nobody thinks it would be worth to organise more. To enter the festival it is a mess. No directions, no lines, just free for all. And then toilets. This is the worst. There is not enough for the 100 000 People that are there. There are line ups for an hour. RIDICULOUS. Food and drinks are very expensive too. 1 drink is around 12.50$. We got little portions of food for 19$. Absurd. And then you got the People. People are not respectful and pushing everywhere. Doesn't want you to meet your friend in the front and blocking you so they wont have their spot stolen. So overall if you are willimg to wait long lines and get pushed all the time, its for you. Artirts show up and the show is nice.
Loved the headliners and artists this year. Main stage very nice to be at and a lot of space to move around! However, La scene verte et Vallée were absolutely disgusting with excrement toilet smell all over and piles and piles of mud. The road to get there was too narrow, the festival should reconsider the layout to facilitate and hire experts that know how to crowd manage a site to accommodate that many people moving towards same places. Also, the toilet situation on the whole site was also the worst ever this year. The toilets next to la scene de l'île had pee and excrements mixing with soft mud right in front of some toilets. The urinals were also overflowing with pee.
The venue had a lot of potential but fell short in many ways. Buying drinks was easy, but the queues for food were ridiculously long. There also weren't enough porta potties nor enough water filling stations. What I was most disappointed with was the quality of the shows themselves. The sound quality wasn't great and the production value was mediocre. I was expecting the festival to end with a bang, but instead Kendrick finished his set 15 minutes early in a very anticlimactic way. The check-in process, however, was seamless and I thought there were a lot of cool vendors, albeit, not enough.
Great music but the crowd management needs to be improved. It took too long to get in and too long to get out. Strange bottlenecks in the layout of the fences and gates made people come to a standstill and created dangerous and confusing situations where people could have been trampled.
Absolutely amazing experience with the biggest stages being in the perfect spot to see any shows from any angle! Only thing that wasn’t great about the whole experience was the lack of washrooms for this many people. Either waiting in lines for an hour, or having to go through mud and unknown liquids at the portable restrooms were the only options! They need to get more stalls for this many people! Everything else was spectacular including the people, environment and musicians!
Osheaga 2023 was fantastic! I went on the Sunday to see my favorite rapper, Central CEE. His performance was popping! I was also thrilled to see Ross Lynch, Austin my childhood crush. The music was always on point, thanks to all the back stage crew. There was food and drinks everywhere at a reasonable price too. The weather was also fantastic which made the day even better. Let me tell you Osheaga that Montreal gave you a great crowd. Everyone was dancing, had their best outfits on, and making sure to take snapshots of any memories there was to be made. It was my first time and I really loved it. See you next year!
all in all a good time! i felt safe, and had fun. loved the incorporation of brita water fountains to fill up our water bottles. was not a fan of how far the two main areas were from each other. lots of walking that were made worse by the sheer amount of people attending the festival. maybe more routes between the areas could help with that.
