The only music festival in the world that allows you to listen to live music while floating on the river is this weekend.
The fifth annual Float Fest music festival is July 21-22 and while thousands are going for the music, many more are going to make sure the river is clean before, during and after the festival.
Partners will work together to encourage ways for guests to float responsibly, assist with trash pick up, as well as do a deep river clean up.
“The San Marcos River is a sacred gem to us and is essential to our community,” said Marcus Federman, founder of Float Fest. “Floating the beautiful river is a Texas tradition, yet we want to keep the river alive and clean. We’re thrilled to continue to host fans regionally and nationally, but doing so in a way that is the most effective and sustainable. Thank you to our partners for their efforts in continuously supporting the cause.”
Additional festival efforts include:
· Cooler Checks at the tubing shuttle pick up tent. No glass or styrofoam is allowed on the river.
· Float Fest Staff will be at the river entrance to assist tubers into the river with their coolers, bags, and additional items.
. Float Fest staff at the river exit taking tubers mesh bags and disposing in trash receptacles and providing assistance with tubers as they exit the river.
· Two River Clean up stations will be set up along the float with 40 staff members to take trash from tubers as they float by. There will also be lifeguards at these stations.
· A “Human Net” just beyond the river exit consisting of 4 people will collect any remaining floating debris that might make it past the exit point.
· Top Water Clean ups via Kayaks and Canoes will assist on Saturday morning and evening, Sunday morning and evening, and Monday morning and evening. Before, during and after the event.
· Kayak and Canoe Team will make regular trips all day Saturday and Sunday during the festival times into the evening on the river cleaning up trash and helping tubers as needed.
· Divers will do a river bottom clean up on Tuesday following the festival. They will focus on any remaining debris and anything that sunk to the river floor that might have been left behind.
Guests are recommend to leave their important belongings at their car or campsite upon arrival. Items such as phones, ID’s, cameras, sunglasses, etc can and will possibly get lost in the river. If guests choose to bring personal items on site, Float Fest team asks that they are secured on them tightly somewhere where they can’t get lost, sink, or float away.
Float Fest, the only festival in the world to combine the Texas tradition of floating the river and live music, will offer attendees a highly curated mix of alternative, rap, indie rock, and EDM performers. This year, the Texas event will feature two main stages and offer fans a chance to catch every moment of main stage action with non-overlapping sets. 2018 Float Fest headliners Tame Impala, Bassnectar, Snoop Dogg, Modest Mouse, Run The Jewels, Glass Animals, and Lil Wayne will close out the fest each night, performing popular crowd favorites. Float Fest will also host popular local and regional bands to showcase their talent.
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