Ericsson Homelands (Winchester)

I am writing this comment after visiting both Homelands 2002 and the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System. Whereas I thoroughly enjoyed both events I have to say that Homelands wins hands down over Gatecrasher! The festival was very well laid out in a circular format which meant you did not have to walk far, although there only appeared to be one main gate there was very little time spent queuing to get in and when it was time to leave the buses back to Winchester station were well organised with very little wait time. Bars were plentiful and service was fast, efficient and friendly. Oh yes, and the music was of course, SUPERB! Basement Jaxx headlined and ...  Read the complete review

I have been to homelands for the last 3 years now and have had a variable experience of the festival scene. There are various tents from various clubs reflecting a huge choice of dance music from Drum n Bass to tribal Trance. The cost is around £45 a ticket plus with Ticketmaster (I hate them) plus booking fee. Getting to Winchester by car is simple and the directions are labelled on route, parking the car was easy as well. There is a big walk up the hill then you find the bowl where tents and fair ground attractions await you. The first year was perfect, good music, good atmosphere, and great weather. The pick of the evening for me was ...  Read the complete review

My previous experience of Homelands involed rain, mud, torn ligaments and the loss of my wallet. It may be hard to believe that so much dark luck could befall one person in one day but unless I was suffering from the unreality of fungus, the gods of misfortune were happily proding me with their big toes. So when the opportunity arose to head back down to Winchester for Ericsson's Homelands 2001 my immediate reaction was cold sweat and shakes as I sat in the corner rocking back and forth. This time however I was determined to have incident free good time, and with a line up including Orbital, Danny Tenaglia, Sasha and arenas provided by The End, Radio ...  Read the complete review