A top weekend with friends (V Festival)

Member Name: emmi2009

Product:	V Festival
Date:	10/06/09 (22 review reads)
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Advantages: Loads of bands in one place

Disadvantages: The toilets

V Festival is held in August every year at Hylands park chelmsford and one other venue, and i have attended every year since V97! Each year is better although i have never camped as living just down the road the walk is all part of the fun!

If you do camp you arrive on the Friday to set up and then leave on the Monday morning. What i have heard from campers is that the showers and toilets are not to be desired so if you're a bit of a clean freak like me it's probably best not to camp!

Many sites sell tickets and it's always a mad rush the day they go on sale! I've been lucky enough to manage to obtain these every year and have seen some amazing bands over the years including, Green Day, the Verve, Supergrass, Stereophonics, Calvin Harris, James Morrison, Paolo Nutini, Kanye West, The Killers, the Kooks, Sugababes, and well the list is endless really!

There are three stages where bands play and also the Strongbow tent and Bacardi tent...it can take a while to get served but the music is great! When i first went i think tickets were about £70 for a weekend ticket...now about £150 i think we paid for this year! It's well worth it as it is one of the best weekends of the year! Make sure you book the Monday off though as it can be quite a heavy weekend drinking and not getting much sleep!

The toilets aren't great although what can you expect with the amount of people that go?! Try to stick with your friends because if you lose each other it can be difficult to find each other again and mobile phones don't always work that well. Arrange a meeting point if you become separated would be my advice.

There are loads of stalls selling all sorts of memorabilia, food and drink, t-shirts, etc, etc. The police can be seen in uniforms and there are also undercover police to try and stop drugs being used so if someone offers you something unidentifiable don't accept. This said everytime i have been i have seen people using drugs in broad daylight. My best bet is keep and eye on your drinks, stick with your friends and use your intuition - if something seems a bit dodgy it probably is.

Drinks can be pricey and often bags are searched on the way in, some years i have been lucky enough to get away with it but if you are found with drink on you they confisgate it. I would recommend V Festival not just to music lovers but anyone wanting a memorable weekend with friends!

Summary: The best music festival!