Unfortunately it was yet another summer festival that got rain, but thankfully none when I arrived, none when I left, and very little during the festival days when I was there (thursday evening to sunday morning), but it rained apparently a lot on sunday afternoon to the point that the festival prevented people from driving out per some local order, and honestly that felt very questionable. Thankfully I did get out before that happened.

I can report that I didn't get wet, yes! :)

Festival Grounds

the google GPS location was not quite correct, but it wasn't too much of a drive around

getting in took many hours for those who arrived earlier, but thankfully by arriving later, entrance and security were pretty fast

the box office was quick

security was also pretty quick when I arrived (apparently kind of bad and slow earlier)

This is where I owe huge thanks to Bel étoile for getting me the last 4 person tipi. I had way too much gear to carry (and honestly it was not fun to drag all the way from the parking lot in dirt and uneven ground), I had no room extra camping gear, but once there, the tipis were well located related to the festival.

tipis were spacious enough

ready to party!

real showers without long lines, as well as plenty of toilets

Plenty of food options, and they took real money! (some even took cash, just like Ozora)

yum!

Plenty of shops and nice art at night:

All in all the domes and stages were nice and pretty:

even some games

mikado!

fun talks

there was a lake, but it wasn't safe to bathe in

mainstage

Power-wise, which is a concern for me given how much power my outfit, needs, there were a few plugs running sometimes, where I was able to recharge my battery packs a little, but nothing easy. At least it was better than tomrrowland that had absolutely 0 power for campers.

It did rain a bit during the 2nd day, creating mud. The organizers nicely spread some hay to help:

People and Mdose

water theme, some came disguised as jellyfish

The highlight, however, was the audio walk with Aiz. It was a very cool experience, role playing-like with a full story narated while walking around the festival, and doing silly things that no one understood because they didn't have the headphones with the story:

Aiz has both an impressive setup and really good acting skills

Festival Days

I got to see Okapi again, with his hilarious video game-like music

mainstage was Ozora-like, just smaller

video summary:

Final Thoughts/Conclusion

All in all, Hadra was enjoyable, and definitely a worthwhile alternative to Ozora that is easier to get to and experience. Also it did not seem to suffer from the theft issues at Ozora. The main downside is unless you were in a wheelchair, you could not drive your car next to your campsite like Ozora, or Nature One, you had to suffer a long walk with luggage in poor uneven terrain, which is an issue for me when I'm carrying 80kg of luggage due to computer, photography and my LED gear.

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