Actually love the undercard - some absolute gems. But apart from The National I’ll struggle for (music) headliners.
Plenty to do in theatre/circus though!
Yes, I think we are - but I the email they sent is standard wording from the festival, and I think it's the wrong way round! We should be paying £150 as our donation and the ticket cost is a security deposit that we get back. I think someone in the festival office has got it confused! Have emailed Fiona at the Festival to check (but may not get a reply until next year, I realise, as she's always super busy!)
The £150 is a charity donation, though. It goes to the charity I work for, not to GFL. Last year (and every other year I've worked) it's been £150 to charity + the cost of a ticket as a refundable security bond. I'm therefore assuming someone's sent the email wrongly. Or they're taking the piss.
My charity sent me the exact same wording, so it's obviously the standard message from the Festival.
I'm not entirely sure why we're being charged the same price as a ticketholder, TBH, and have queried it, as I'd expect it to be the other way round (as in, get the £355 back and the £150 is the cost to attend) as it was in previous years.
Done - best of luck!
I think you might find you need an older ‘oldest’ group though! You’ve fallen for the assumption that most festival goers are young…
Backstage at Acoustic, because it’s run by a load of folk who run one of the best pubs in Stroud.
Loved the Open Arms, but the Avalon Inn will always win just for the ridiculous novelty of going upstairs.
Exactly this.
I don’t think I’ve seen a performer enjoy themselves so comprehensively since Lionel Richie did his entire set with a massive grin on his face.
Nothing short of Arise, Sir Rick is good enough as far as I’m concerned.
Not overheard, but overseen - a bloke in high - vis pushing a wheelbarrow at quite the urgent pace up Muddy Lane. Said wheelbarrow contained a single toilet roll.