We’re getting somewhat big updates on the Dirtybird CampINN/Home Bass payment debacle, thanks to Festive Owl, the insider festival source. This comes a month after the festival, located at the DoubleTree Hotel in Orlando at the entrance of Universal, charged attendees up to $1,000 in deposits. According to the hotel, the production team (Home Bass) had not paid the hotel for the room packages they had offered to the festival attendees. Although attendees had paid the full price for packages that included hotel rooms and festival tickets, the hotel still charged them a deposit as they arrived at the lobby for check-in. This forced many participants to scramble for new options for a room, booking at different hotels, or sleeping in their cars, as they could not afford the price change.
Festive Owl Update
Nonetheless, it seems like the saga is up for a long haul. Per the insider source Festive Owl, through their social media platforms, Net-30 contractors have not been paid for their services for the festival, which took place during Labor Day Weekend. Moreover, the post states that no CampInn artist relations team has been paid. They have yet to hear from organizers. It goes as deep as artist managers and other CampINN team members having to cover their own lodging, as the organizers never refunded them.
The hotel has officially expressed that Home Bass will not be happening during EDC Orlando week as it has been in the last years. Now, the previously reserved rooms are available to book through their website. And for the worse, people have prepaid for the EDC Orlando takeover, and Home Bass has not confirmed the hotel, lineup, or shuttles for the weekend. With just a little over a month until the takeover, seldom people have received partial refunds. And finally, there have been no official updates from the Home Bass owner, Brian Thomas.
This is a developing story…