REVIEW BY DAVID TAYLOR AND PHOTOS BY PAM WHISENHUNT Go Venue Magazine. Knotfest Iowa returned to the Des Moines area after a rocky 2021 iteration, this time at a new venue, Water Works Park, where Slipknot played on the Tattoo the Earth tour in 2000. Unlike the one in 2021, Knotfest 2024 was a success. There was plenty of water at the water stations around the area, and many food and drink vendors were available for the attendees. My only critique of the experience (I didn’t participate in this one, but watched every time I walked by) was the line for the merchandise tent was pretty long. I don’t know what was going on with that (maybe the credit card readers were slow), but I couldn’t imagine having to wait for thirty or so minutes and miss some live music.