We do our best to accurately represent the starting times of shows, but a Festival with this many moving parts and performers is an unwieldy beast to manage. We publish 10:30 because it's genuinely our goal to get things switched over from earlier shows to ready the building for late night crowds and bars. We'd rather have audiences show up a bit early when we hold the doors for opening than miss the artist they're hoping to see.

We constantly have to make adjustments to respond to audience capacity and the changing nature of live performance. We are in a tight spot with a million city and OLCC regulations that we have to comply with, which accounts for the fencing and security at late-night events. Lines and set-change times are part of live performance and music, and we just try to manage all crowds as smoothly as possible, without dividing people up too much. Thanks for your patience!

@Matt Stangel I think that's really unfair to let a malfunction with a third-party rental speak to some perceived larger problem with festival infrastructure. When you get down to it, you know that TBA's "festival infrastructure" is human. It's a lot of really dedicated unpaid and underpaid individuals volunteering hours and hours to put on the projects and support these artists. We might give off the impression of being large and well-funded and professionalized (maybe I'm projecting), but I assure you it's all smoke-and-mirrors - it's put together with duct tape and a thin coat of paint and countless donations.

We understand the frustrations with delays, and we really try to avoid them. We do give a lot of autonomy over to the artists when we present a project - particularly ones with outside curation like Perforations - and that means relinquishing some degree of control. But seriously, when have any of you ever been to a show in Portland that started on time? Concert, indie theater production, anything? I think we can all count on movies starting on time, but otherwise...

But please let me know if it didn't get resolved with the ATM, and I will check into it on our side if there is anything we can do.