Event Site--Rothbury

The site for the music festival in Rothbury, Mich. over Fourth of July weekend is a professional site with entertaining elements that make visitors eager to attend the event.

The site has an overall calming feeling with bursts of excitement from its interactive features.

The color palette is made up of subtle earth tones, which stem from the background picture of a forest with a stage made out of trees.

In the the woodland stage there is a scrolling menu listing the several musicians scheduled to perform so far. It is the first glimpse of the site's interactive features. The most impressive feature is under the gallery tab where there are amazing photos and videos from the first-ever festival in 2008.

The site also has an easily accessible navigation bar. The bar is informative and helpful with its extended ways to learn about the festival and how to plan your festival experience.

Traveling through the different tabs on the navigation bar, the color palette remains the same, but each border picture is a different moment from the previous festival. Visually, it provides both continuity and surprise. The subtle change makes the transition easy to understand while still keeping your attention.

I think the site clearly explains the event and how to participate while exciting and entertaining the viewer. I think this combination achieves the goal of an event site.