Festivals in general Reviews

If you are going to a music/art festival, you need to take a few things: tent (and don't forget the tent-pegs!) warm sleeping bag sleeping mat (the ground can be very uncomfortable and cheap tents offer no protection from stones) baby wipes (you may not be washing for 3 days or more so these are a ...  Read the complete review

I've been to Leeds Festival 3 times, although this was now over 10 years ago! I learnt a few things, and now, 10 years older (and hopefully wiser) I'm off to Download this year! My plan is to be prepared, and I would advise everyone else to do the same when approaching festival season. As a person allergic to grass, I will be stockpiling ...  Read the complete review

I was a rather late-starter when it came to festivals, and for the first couple I attended, I struggled to really enjoy myself. Perhaps I'm just a wuss, but the combination of mud, sore feet, dirt, lack of home comforts, and the unbelievably smelly loos, were all too distracting for me to relax and appreciate the music and atmosphere. ...  Read the complete review

Let's face it - the deciding factor of whether to go to a music festival or not is whether it's worth the money. With the average price of a music festival ticket costing £200, it's a big decision to make! I've been to Radio 1's One Big Weekend (a music festival of sorts) and T in the Park in Scotland 3 times. I have camped ...  Read the complete review

With the weather starting to get nicer again it can only mean one thing - the festival season is almost here!!!! Being a veteran of several Leeds and Glastonbury festivals and being the proud owner of a Glasto ticket for this year I thought I would share a few thoughts on festivals, how to survive them and the important things ...  Read the complete review

I LOVE FESTIVALS. There - I've shouted it out loud for all the world to hear. Where else can you meet some of the happiest, merriest people in existence? listen to a selection of the best bands of the moment? or just generally go crazy and soak up the atmosphere?. Festivals are the best events of the year, a time to let loose and have ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I've been to a few festivals, and until a few years ago, the Sesiwn Fawr (Big Session) which is held in Dolgellau, North Wales. This started off as another huge, free festival, held in the town square. Most of the shops shut for the weekend and all roads were blocked, and we had many super summers there. Most of the "big ...  Read the complete review

WARNING- this is a pretty long review. Feel free to get bored and wander off halfway through. I consider myself a bit of a festival veteran at the grand old age of 20, and I’ve been reading some of the festivals in general reviews. I thought I’d take a different spin on it and give a guide to how to survive festivals with at ...  Read the complete review

Having been to many festivals across the UK and Europe, I always return to my local festival, Glastonbury. Having such a festival right on your doorstep is fantastic, big name bands, side-shows, plenty of beer tents and enough weird and wonderful sights to make you think you're in a remake of the Beatles "Yellow ...  Read the complete review

InMe: what can I say? They are the best band ever to hit the universe. I'd been waiting for December 18th for a long time, and trust me, was I glad that I got tickets to see them at the Astoria! As I joined the seemingly endless queue to get in, I was bouncing from side to side with excitement! To think about it, damn that ...  Read the complete review

I only had 3 hours sleep last night and am not feeling on tip-top form…so I don’t expect this op to be my best ever, but having lost my festival virginity last weekend, I want to share the experience in all its gory and thrilling detail…. OK, so I wasn’t a total virgin. I did V2001 for a day last year, ...  Read the complete review

My last opinion was in reply to Jill’s request for everyone to write about their favourite things. I had no hesitation in nominating friendship, the spirit of which is certainly alive and well in a small welsh market town not far away from were I live on the border between England and Wales. For six memorable days every ...  Read the complete review

A band which caught my eye a few months back now, is a Uk based trio called InMe. It was pure luck how these guys got a record label. Performing live at a show under the name "Drowned", InMe's set was delayed due to a broken cymbal. Music For Nations, just caught InMe's last song of their set, titled 'Lava ...  Read the complete review

...But all the best people are! Ah festivals. Love em or hate em, they are here to stay, and I will be attending them until at least I pop my clogs. Where else can you camp in a sea of mud for three days, be completely surrounded by hippes, junkies, rockers, AND clubbers (all at the same time), and get such disgusting ...  Read the complete review

The Urdd Eisteddfod. The biggest annual festival in Wales to date. I love it, I watch it eery year and find it quite funny how the same schools win the competitions every year!!! It is Wales's biggest festival and Europe's biggest youth festival! Held in Cardiff this year between June 3rd - June 9th everyday!!! Some ...  Read the complete review

My first festival (aged 16) was the immense V97 . I was yet to experience the pure rush of crowd surfing and jumping mad to the beats of a tune , I was to discover these on the first morning . An up-and-coming band called Linoleum were on quite early , I thought they were good but no-one paid much attention , in-fact the crowds were ...  Read the complete review

this is a festival for you moshers out there! it comes once a year and it is toally free. Its in hukll and the next one is on the 2nd april. There are plenty of workshops and things to do. My favourite is the breakdancing workshop where you learn to breakdance. I don't know who's playing this year as i ...  Read the complete review

You have to love Festivals don't you, it is the time when thousands of people nationwide flood to the same place for the same reason, to unite behind the same music. You are suddenly surrounded by thousands of like minded people who are following the same music genre, which with my type of music is a great thing to experience. ...  Read the complete review

The tradition of the rock festival is a long one. While our parents were rocking out at Knebworth and Woodstock, our modern day equivalents aren't so bad in comparison. Sure there are the cons of these gigantic events, but the pros do far outweigh them. I'll go through the cons first. It takes a long time to ...  Read the complete review