So in full disclosure I'm an avid camper, but this experience/review is best read for anyone who wants to know what it's like to camp there during a music festival.

This campground is massive. Probably the largest I've been a part of. They said that there were approximately 20,000 campers there per night to see Phish as part of their 2016 tour, where they were playing July 4th long weekend (3 shows total). Besides the space for that many campers, there's also area for merchants and artisans to set up and cater to all the people's hunger, art, and drink needs. It's pretty convenient to wake up in a campground and be able to get hot coffee and breakfast sandwiches and wraps. With that many people, there should be a lot of security, and I'll say that there were a respectable amount of park security on patrol and to assist with questions on the campground areas, points of interest, and facilities. I also personally appreciated their willingness to allow us to build a slip and slide in a safe, roped off area. We also had a fellow camper who needed medical attention on his hand. They had some basic first aid on hand to help the situation, which we really appreciated. There are not surprisingly a lot of cars in the area that have driven in and set up to do car camping. I was one. The security did a pretty good job of diverting traffic to areas to help settle the grounds and campers mostly arriving the Friday in anticipation of the show that night. There was a shuttle service set up to allow campers to get from the campgrounds to the Music Festival grounds. A great option to allow people like me who drove there to avoid the traffic and enjoy the show atmosphere. There were many locations for portable toilets for people. There weren't many options for actual toilet facilities. Nor showers. They were available, but the permanent shower and toilet facilities become overwhelmed with 20,000 guests all at once.

So it's $25/night/person. Then if you want the shuttle, which by the way at the time of booking was advertised on the site as a 'free service' turns out to be $15/day/person. Most people are only there for 2 of the 3 shows, but they are at capacity every night. They also host Dave Matthews Band fans/campers once a year, among some other sold out music festivals and the like. With those attendance numbers coming in and with the admission fees, Lee's Park should definitely have more showers and toilets for guests. I also think there should just be general improvements to the park, as most said the lake wasn't worth swimming in and quite dirty.

Overall, I could have seen it go a lot worse with 20,000 people and the park management did a good job. I think the park facilities need upgrading or expanding and then I believe in turn you'll see more respect from the campers back towards the park.