I went with my kids for about an hour or so tonight ... didn't stay for the fireworks since my daughter had to get up early in the morning for work. The 5 of us milled and looked around but we certainly did not go to every part of the vast spread-out space that various venues were at.

That's my 1st criticism: it was way too spead out. The distance from the parking area ($5 to park wasn't bad) to where a small and large band stage were set up had to have been 7-9 blocks, depending on where your car was parked. See below.



We walked about half-way to the band stages but decided against walking across the grass the rest of the way (too many mosquitos). We hadn't intended to make an evening of it, anyway.

There seemed to be lots of cars parked but it was hard to say how many people were there ... it was so spread out ... very "uncrowded" ... so if you're wanting to rub elbows in a "dense" sort of way (like Bricktown, for example), that didn't happen. Of course, it would have been different where the audience was gathered for the performance going on that we could hear "a few blocks" away.

Plenty of security was present. It cost $3 to get a snow-cone-like cherry thing ... not bad and it was a full cup with lots of jucie-juice on the ice! There were drink and very modest food places scattered around (nothing fancy at all ... don't think that it's going to be like the food you get at the Arts Festival, 'cause it doesn't come close).

Not much to do, that I saw ... there was a children's area with a few rides (like a Tilt-a-Whirl) and climbing and other such things, but we didn't go there. We probably got about a block's distance from it.

I'm glad we left when we did (about 20 minutes before the fireworks) because it would have not been fun getting out of the airpark onto Western ... the only point of ingress/egress, and one-lane each way at that.

I may go again because I think it would be fun seeing the symphony outside ... but my wife might not be up to walking 14-16 blocks (both ways) for the pleasure. If there were a heck of a lot of trams (even if you'd have to pay for the ride) that would negate that problem, but there weren't. I saw just a few, and they didn't carry very many people at all.

The grassy areas were mowed nicely and there was no mud or even soft smushy lawn-type-feel anywhere I walked. But, take some bug spray.

I took my camera but found nothing picture-worthy so I didn't take any pics.

That's about all I have to say. I'm glad the event got started, and it does have potential, but it clearly ain't ready for prime time just yet, in my opinion.