The Carling Weekend (Reading) in general

Yes, I know it’s nearly a month ago but there haven’t been many reviews of this years Reading Festival so here’s mine anyway! The Carling Weekend Reading Festival is my annual holiday so it’s quite an event for me each August Bank Holiday. This year it took place from the 27th – 29th August at the usual location comprising several fields in Richfield Avenue, Reading in Berkshire. I’ll go through a few basics with you first. You can buy tickets for the event at all the usual outlets but be warned - it sells out FAST! Weekend tickets which include use of camping facilities cost £105 plus booking fee or you can buy day tickets which are usually ...  Read the complete review

Ah, reading all these pieces about Reading has made me put finger to keyboard to tell you a tale of my experience at this festival. Cast your minds back to 1996. Who was big then? Well, seems I’ve already given you a clue – Cast did indeed play there, and headliners included The Prodigy, Rage Against the Machine and the Stone Roses. In those days one paid £60 for a ticket for the three days (in our case Friday 23 Aug-Mon 26) the festival spanned. Unfortunately this doesn’t include Bed and Breakfast; it’s bring your own tent and find somewhere to pitch it, avoiding the cow dung! So, you arrive in Reading. You’re ...  Read the complete review

WIth this being my first festival, I don't really have a lot to judge it against but going of other peoples reaction it was a good festival. I got to the camp site around midday on thursday and spent ages finding a spot to camp. A word of advice to people going this year, get there early so you can find a good spot. There wasn't much to do for the rest of the day so it was mostly spent sitting around drinking. The next day I went to see Run DMC who really got the crowd into their act. Later on I watched Green Day, who were excellent, and its a shame I was pretty far back so I had to watch them on the screens. After Green Day, I was going to go watch Ash but the ...  Read the complete review

I know this is a little late but heh.....i've only just Joined so here we go:) Thursday All things packed and ready to go, Myself and 2 friends jumped in the car and started the journey up to Reading from sunny Birmingham. I stayed up the previous night to watch the weather forecast and to my delight it said sunny all weekend (I should have known not to trust the weatherman) so off we went. leaving at 09:30 in the morning it was overcast and looked on the verge of rain, but it didnt dampen our spirits. By the time we reached Reading Steve and I had consumed 7 beers each and Paul (the driver) was not amused. Heh. oh well. Just as we were getting into ...  Read the complete review

Reading Festival 2001 – Well I’ve finally written my opinion on the Reading Festival. I’ve tried to make it fairly comprehensive. Anyway, here goes..… - Venue Facilities - Camping - Stages - Bands - Tips for future festies ---------------------- -= VENUE FACILITIES =- ---------------------- - Food and Drink - Toilets - Market Stalls FOOD AND DRINK - Chips, burgers, Carling beer, coke, all incredibly expensive. What more can I say. Well a tad more than that. There are loads of food stalls, both in the actual music arena, in the little "village" just outside the arena ...  Read the complete review