r/WholeFestival

Hey,

Is anyone going to Whole Brazil? How is planning going? Does anyone know where the festival itself is? I can't see any specific location provided, so right now I'm assuming it's in the city proper.

I'm looking at hotels during the dates and it looks like F1 Grand Prix is also that weekend, so a lot of hotels are ALREADY sold out months in advance. Seems like a bad idea to have had it on such a busy weekend with another major event competing, but sure they had their reasons. Might just get an AirBnB.

Any other insights/tidbits are also appreciated. Thanks

Anyone notice how the most recent promotional video for the next Whole seems to feature mostly FLINTA people and POC? I certainly appreciate the representation but this absolutely isn’t a representation of the demographics at the festival where FLINTA people make up 20% of the festival at most. Whole cannot control who buys tickets to the festival but they certainly can give an accurate representation of what it actually feels like, not the vision they have for the festival. This would certainly reduce the mismatched expectations of many groups of people that get shocked when 80% of attendants are cis gay men.

The setup last year, small, low to the ground, tucked in the corner with room for maybe 3 people (it was basically inside the perimeter fence), made the area a lot more social and allowed it to fit a larger crowd. This year, I found the booth was way too huge and drawing too much attention to itself. Because it took up so much space, we were packed like sardines most of the time I was there. Did anyone else prefer the setup from previous years?

Does anyone know the link to request the weezpay refund?
Can’t find anywhere. Is it too late?

Thanks