GRIDLIFE MIDWEST 2020 UPDATE - EVENT CHANGES FOR OCTOBER 1-4
GREETINGS GRIDLIFE FAMILY,
The GRIDLIFE team has been hard at work to adjust and push through this challenging season both on the motorsports, and festival side. Through close cooperation with facilities, and our community, we have been able to safely and successfully pivot our motorsports experience to adapt to this moment in time. But, as the season draws to its conclusion we have one more pivot to make that will affect the #GRIDLIFE Midwest festival.
Originally, we moved the Midwest festival to October with the hope that the state of Michigan, and the country as a whole, would be in a place where we could produce the #GRIDLIFE Experience as we know it without compromise, with full production. But due to the current state of the Covid-19 Crisis we are forced to make changes to the GRIDLIFE experience this year both for the safety of our community and to comply with restrictions, and regulations that are currently in place for the state of Michigan. Here is what to expect from the October 2020 edition of GRIDLIFE Midwest.
THE FULL MOTORSPORTS EXPERIENCE
The GRIDLIFE Motorsports experience will remain largely unchanged for this event. We have already confirmed an incredible Drift lineup from Team Falken / Ryan Litteral / Ryan Tuerck / Chris Forsberg and MORE, along with a stacked lineup of GRIDLIFE Time Attack and GLTC action for the weekend. Additionally, for the first time we will be running the track at night and bringing the #GRIDLIFE NightShift sessions to the midwest!
NO FESTIVAL STAGE FOR 2020
We know this is a big one, but with the music industry at a halt and social distancing in place there is no possible way for us to execute the music portion of the event safely and legally at this time. As with our Alpine Horizon event, music will still play a part of the experience with our GRIDLIFE RADIO broadcast that can be enjoyed from your paddock or camping space.
BARS & ALCOHOL
There will be no alcohol sales at GRIDLIFE Midwest 2020, per social distancing restrictions in 2020. This means there will not be a trackside beer garden, on-site bars, or event happy hours this year. Attendees 21+ are permitted to bring their own to enjoy at their respective campsites
LARGER CAMPING SPACES
With the campgrounds now being expanded to the concert grounds, attendees will be able to spread out with new expanded camping spaces providing more opportunity for social distancing. We are also removing our fire pit rules, and allowing attendees to have fires in their sites for a more traditional camping experience.
OPEN TO EXISTING TICKET HOLDERS ONLY
As of today, no additional tickets to GRIDLIFE Midwest 2020 will be available for purchase. If you have already secured your tickets you are good to go. No additional tickets will be sold.
FIRST ACCESS THE FULL 2021 GRIDLIFE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE.
For those of you that choose to hold on to your existing 2020 tickets, and support GRIDLIFE through this incredibly challenging year, we want to ensure that you are first in line for the full return of the complete GRIDLIFE Midwest Experience in 2021. We will be giving everyone that attends GRIDLIFE Midwest 2020 first access to presale tickets for the Midwest Festival’s full return in 2021.
FULL SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE
Safety of our attendees is our absolute priority. We will not produce an event that places attendees at unnecessary, or heightened risk. We want to protect our community and this event’s future at all costs. So we will have a full and comprehensive distancing, masking & other protocol in place for the duration of the event.
REFUND PERIOD
We are opening up a refund period for all ticket types for the next 15 days through 11:59pm EST September 11th. To request a refund simply fill out this form and the face value of your ticket purchase will be returned to the original purchaser’s card.
Over the past seven years the GRIDLIFE Midwest Festival experience has become recognized globally as the pinnacle of grassroots car culture and festival immersion in North America. At the heart of this is our community of drivers and attendees that make this experience so incredibly special. We look forward to the moment when we can safely and legally return to that experience, and rest assured when this is all over we will light up the GRID like never before! Thanks everyone for your support, stay safe, stay sane and we will see you all soon.