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Comment on Big Chill: “Even better than Glastonbury” by Ben

Ben — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:40:48 +0000

Better than Glastonbury is quite a claim, I’ve always been tempted to go along maybe il check it out next year

Comment on Thrills and spills at the Big Chill by Lara Golder

Lara Golder — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:01:38 +0000

How lovely. Sounds like you had a fabulous time. Well done you for going it alone in spite of your festival-going-friends making you feel (understandably) anxious. Looking forward to hearing all about your next festival adventure!

Comment on Endorset: Grass roots in a field by sharonw

sharonw — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:14:10 +0000

Yeah you old punkette! I’m sure Rebellion was good but if I was going to an indoor festy I’d rather do it in the depths of winter when there’s nothing else going on….

Comment on Endorset: Grass roots in a field by gail thibert

gail thibert — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:16:53 +0000

sounds like you had a fantastic time and would definately join you with jack if it didn;t clah with rebellion ( i must be one of the punky-type mates!!LOL!) xxx

Comment on WOMAD Gallery by Jon

Jon — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:06:50 +0000

Really excellent pics Simon

Comment on Is Bestival still a family festival? by Wonder Woman In Wellies

Wonder Woman In Wellies — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:55:16 +0000

Alanski – don’t you mean Camp Bestival? Bestival’s not even happened this year yet. We went to Camp Bestival and it was great although I don’t appreciate being asked to pay for parking on top of the ticket price. Bestival is a very different festival though.

Comment on Is Bestival still a family festival? by Alanski

Alanski — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:13:36 +0000

Utterly shameless commercial rip off. Middle class mugs abound with tikes in Boden. Expect to be stung 10 quid for parking and another 10 for a programme that has an incorrect map and numerous missing info.
Go to latitude family field – not as big as kids garden but more magic and avant-garde and interesting than bestial can ever be. Robdabank “curates” the festival which is probably why 120db djs litter the air. Music line up was really lacking too. Thank heavens for the Cuban brothers and Billy Bragg

Comment on WOMAD Gallery by Sir John of Plumstead

Sir John of Plumstead — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:41:56 +0000

Great pictures, really captured the colour and excitement of the performances. The close up of Mim Suleiman is a stand out. Nice work, fella!

Comment on WOMAD: Expanding musical tastes by aine

aine — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:53:56 +0000

Charlton Park certainly is an idyllic location for a festival,and all very safe for kids.
It felt less busy this year, or perhaps just better laid out and the loos were really clean.
Music; mostly great stuff but the occassional assault to the ears!

Comment on Blissfields: “Honey, I’ve shrunk the festival” by donught man

donught man — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:36:52 +0000

Great review, Great Atmosphere, Great Festival. replying to the comment above I actually thought this festival was incredibly tame on the drugs front compared to other festivals where you cant escape the laughing gas canisters. Only issue I had was with the rules about alcohol in the arena which seemed to change from day to day on the amount you could take it. Either have a zero tolerance policy on bringing in drinks from the campsite or let everyone bring as much as they want, the whole nothing allowed thursday (even though the bar was closed) 4 beers friday and 2 saturday just confused and irritated me. other than that quality