Plenty to do (Festivals in general)

Member Name: Felis

Product:	Festivals in general
Date:	06/05/09 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: Music, other entertainment

Disadvantages: Rising costs

I've been to Glastonbury from 2002-2008 and V Festival in 2001 and 2005.

I've always enjoyed going to Glastonbury. The atmosphere is fantastic, everyone is very friendly and there are so many different types of people there. If you find yourself falling over in the crowd while watching a band, people will help you up straight away. As you can go from the Wednesday, a couple of days before the bands start, it really gives you time to explore and see whats around. There's so many stalls, there's plenty of entertainment throughtout all the days with caberet and circus tents as well as a speakers area with politicians and various people talking about important issues. I have enjoyed every Glastonbury Festival I've been to, although I feel more and more people are going that aren't interested in what Glastonbury is about and just go because it's the thing to do rather than going to see bands or see what else is on offer. I am afraid Glastonbury is slowly losing its appeal.

That's the biggest problem with the V Festival, it seems to be full of people who aren't really interested in anything except going for a day out so they'll talk through the bands and generally be annoying. You also can't see what is on without paying a few pounds when you go in for a programme, it has always seemed very poorly organised as well with long queues and unfriendly staff. I would only go to this festival again if the line-up was too good not to go.

In general festivals are a great way to spend a weekend. I love music and this is what festivals are all about. I also love comedy and you get to see a lot of comedians. There's usually other entertainment as well. Camping is usually fun when you have a group of friends around as you can have a camp fire and sit around it and have a few drinks.

The only negative is the costs rise a lot year on year for festivals but then concerts in general are also rising. The fact that you get to see so many bands for that cost makes it worth it.

Summary: Festivals are a great way to spend a weekend if you enjoy music