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"Following on from my Festival blog post on virtual festivals the other day I would like to respond to the questions asked here about stages and capacity.
For the past 2 years our capacity has been 7,000, not 5,000 (our original quota).
We watched the effects of the increase carefully and felt it had no negative impact at all on the intimate atmosphere, facilities, food and beer queues etc.
In fact the effect was the opposite: the energy of the festival increased without there being any sense of overcrowding.
Tickets sell out every year and many go disappointed, so if we can increase availability without compromising on the atmosphere, we will.
A beneficial side effect is a bigger organisational budget which we hope comes through in what we think is our best lineup so far.
This year we're also trying out a new outdoor stage - The Woods Stage, and a new comedy set-up - Comedy in the Forest.
Facilities, camping etc will increase accordingly.
From our point of view, each year it feels like the spirit of End of the Road is animated, not compromised, by constantly forcing ourselves to come to the festival with fresh eyes."
For reference, Simon's post on Virtual Festivals said that capacity this year was 8500 adults.
So there you go
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