Unit 20 · Language valence: festival control (no code) · q27b

**Gut Reaction:** This is a logistical trap. One shared power budget for two stages plus food vendors is the single point of failure that will kill the event. You are trying to run a high-energy, multi-venue production on a single-circuit breaker. It’s not just tight; it’s dangerous. **Top 3 Risks:** 1. **Power Overload & Blackout:** The simultaneous peak load of stage PA/lighting rigs and high-draw food vendors (grills, fryers, refrigeration) will trip the main breaker. Without a dedicated sub-metering or load-shedding protocol, you risk a total site blackout mid-show, causing crowd panic and safety hazards. 2. **Wet-Weather Cascade Failure:** Rain doesn’t just stop the show; it creates slip hazards, damages equipment, and forces crowd compression into limited covered areas. If the fallback plan isn’t physically pre-rigged and tested, you’ll face a chaotic, unsafe scramble to move stages and vendors, likely resulting in injury or vendor loss. 3 (greedy generation)

**What Breaks First:** **The Power Budget.** With a 40% cut, you no longer have enough amperage to run two stages *and* food vendors simultaneously. The headliner’s Sunday morning slot is the killer: morning shows require full lighting rigs (sunrise isn’t bright enough for stage lights yet) and full PA systems. If you try to run the headliner and even one major food vendor on the same circuit, you will trip the main breaker. The festival dies in the first hour of the headliner set. **What You Do (The Re-Plan):** 1. **Kill the Second Stage Immediately.** * **Action:** Cancel all bookings for Stage 2. Move all remaining acts to Stage 1. * **Why:** This frees up ~50% of the power budget. You now have enough headroom for Stage 1 + Food Vendors + Kids Area. * **Compensation:** Offer headliner-equivalent exposure or fee refunds to displaced acts. Use the saved (greedy generation)