Woodward Reservoir park to host 'Dream' festival. Less than 5,000 expected.
Another spring music festival is planned at Woodward Reservoir Regional Park in eastern Stanislaus County.
The regional park will be the setting May 10-13 for an All Day I Dream Music Festival, according to the county parks division.
County supervisors were expected to give routine approval to an exclusive use permit for All Day I Dream Events Inc. and Deep Blue, LLC to hold the three-day festival.
All Day I Dream festivals featuring electronic music artist Lee Burridge have been held in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Brooklyn and Toronto.
From 2,000 to 3,000 are expected to attend the Woodward Reservoir festival. The event producers have not disclosed the lineup of bands and other entertainment for the May event.
“We don’t want to announce anything quite yet,” Executive Producer Bo Mohazzabi said Tuesday.
He did say the festival will have a health and wellness theme. No information on ticket prices was available.
The county expects to take in $110,000 in revenue from the All Day I Dream festival by charging a $5-per-person fee each day, along with fees for exclusive use, staff costs, vendors and sound monitoring.
Officials could negotiate with All Day I Dream Events Inc. for holding more events at Woodward if the festival complies with the permit requirements and things go well with the May event.
“This is a great way to keep the parks system alive,” said Festival Producer Lisa Sunde. “We try to leave the grounds better than we found them, so we can come back.”
The county has marketed Woodward park for music and art gatherings to boost admissions, starting with the first Symbiosis Gathering in 2013. Last month, the county approved an agreement with Serenity Gathering LLC for a weekend festival April 27-29.
Celebrating the spring Equinox, the Serenity Gathering and Music Festival is expected to feature world, electronic and dance music and other entertainment.
This story was originally published November 21, 2017 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Woodward Reservoir park to host 'Dream' festival. Less than 5,000 expected.."