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[tarff26]

Hi folks,

my girlfriend and I are thinking of going over to Paris in August and I've noticed that the Rock en Seine festival is on towards the end of the month.

Has anyone been to this before and can anyone give tips about what it's like, how easy it is to get to?? Is it better to camp or is it easy enough to get the metro back into the city centre afterwards?

any advice gratefully received

cheers, Dave

[Operator]

tarff26, on Feb 12 2010, 03:08 PM, said:

Hi folks,

my girlfriend and I are thinking of going over to Paris in August and I've noticed that the Rock en Seine festival is on towards the end of the month.

Has anyone been to this before and can anyone give tips about what it's like, how easy it is to get to?? Is it better to camp or is it easy enough to get the metro back into the city centre afterwards?

any advice gratefully received

cheers, Dave

my tip: do it!
really its the most comfortable and coolest festival i´ve ver been to. went there in 2004 and had a hotel room as camping was not possible then and the metro runs all night. meanwhile there is a camping site which is the coolest foreign visitors get picked up at the entry to the site and are personally shown to their little camping spot ...yep everybody gets their own spot, no camping where you want to...and there´s a breakfast service.
but now more about the festival: stage 2 and 3 are not really far apart and you always hear both of them whereever you stand, a small problem, but its ok...just stand on the right side of stage 2 and you wont hear that much of stage 3.
the main stage is nice and big and the grounds offer many places that are a bit higher, so you can even go to the main stage at 11 at night and sit down to watch the headliner without any stress.
the organizers actually booked amy winehouse two years in a row...and she didnt turn up...but apart from that, the lineup is always amazing (see 2005 e.g.) . tickets are priced quite ok (130 euros for 3 days (in 2004 i paid 65 for two days...), but be sure to get the extra camping ticket as well, if you dont get a hostel or hotel! without it you wont get into the camping site.

it takes about 10 - 15 mins to get to the eiffel tower by metro.
if you need to go shopping, there are supermarkets in walking distance (also about 15 mins) and cafes...great place to have a festival in my opinion...

oh and theres always some kind of arts exhibition connected to music...either photographic portraits or in 2007 - craig robinsons abstract/minimalised pictures of some people known to the music world...always cool to have a walk around if theres noone playing you like.

as said...do it!!! and go for a day or two longer to check out jim morrisons grave

[tarff26]

Thanks very much for the reply Operator !

It sounds like a great festival, very different to ones like Glastonbury and T in the Park that I'm used to. To be honest I like the idea of staying in a hotel and getting the metro in/out. well, my girlfriend likes that idea more than I do

any idea when the line-up becomes available, or when tickets are likely to sell out?

[Operator]

i think its actually never been sold out...so you can wait quite a bit with deciding on any ticket purchases, especially if you´re not gonna need a camping ticket. line up´s late this year...i think they always had something on the site at the beginning of the year. but the site deisgn hasn´t changed either (they have a theme design every year which is also cool...makes it all tad more unique in my opinion)
just keep looking sort of once a week...or get on their mailing list, they don´t send any unwanted spam

p.s. i´m not any kind of festival-visitor-recruiter i just really think that rock en seine is a great festival and well organised, i´m going to leeds for the first time this year, so if you have any tips for that, that would be great

Edited by Operator, 23 February 2010 - 04:41 PM.

[tarff26]

Operator, on Feb 23 2010, 04:40 PM, said:

i think its actually never been sold out...so you can wait quite a bit with deciding on any ticket purchases, especially if you´re not gonna need a camping ticket. line up´s late this year...i think they always had something on the site at the beginning of the year. but the site deisgn hasn´t changed either (they have a theme design every year which is also cool...makes it all tad more unique in my opinion)
just keep looking sort of once a week...or get on their mailing list, they don´t send any unwanted spam

p.s. i´m not any kind of festival-visitor-recruiter i just really think that rock en seine is a great festival and well organised, i´m going to leeds for the first time this year, so if you have any tips for that, that would be great

haha it's OK, i didnt think you were on commission or anything for getting folk to attend. Thanks for all the info, it's much appreciated. I'm still definitely thinking of going, really want to go back to Paris this year and this would be something a little different from the usual site-seeing

Never been to Leeds I'm afraid mate, only T in the Park (once) and Glastonbury (4)

[Operator]

great, than have fun, if you do go.
one more thing concerning the lineup: as the festival´s on the same weekend as leeds and reading some groups do all three festivals, so there are some parallels.
in 2004 e.g. brmc had to cancel their rock en seine show and auf der maur who were playing leeds on friday and reading on sunday (or the other way round) spontaneously filled brmc´s spot at rock en sein...

[tarff26]

looks like I'll definitely be going to this now

cheers for all the advice Operator, hope you enjoy Leeds

[Operator]

cool! have fun then
no problem, was a pleasure

[Operator]

http://www.rockensei...m/fr/programme/

[Buglet]

Anyone got any idea when the full line up for this and La Route Du Rock are announced??
I was going to go to a fest in Belgium, but it's all looking a bit too me-tal there at the moment (Iron Maiden ffs), the answer may lie in France, but i'm not sure where yet!

[gingerevans84]

Got my Reading tickets but thinking of going to this instead..partner loves paolo nutini whos on the line up as well..what are the french crowds like? Cant find much information on this festival anywhere, even wikipedia is struggling.

[vinny73]

gingerevans84, on Apr 3 2010, 10:18 AM, said:

Got my Reading tickets but thinking of going to this instead..partner loves paolo nutini whos on the line up as well..what are the french crowds like? Cant find much information on this festival anywhere, even wikipedia is struggling.

I went to this 3 years ago. The crowd is very laid back so you get as close as you want to the stages. All 3 stages are outdoor so the two smaller ones (at 90 degrees to eachother) alternate the bands. Plenty of beer tents plus a wine bar and I think maybe a cocktail tent.

The PAs are very loud indeed - most people had earplugs in. Very easy to get to if you're staying in a Paris hotel - it's the last stop on a metro line and a walk over a bridge.

Edited by vinny73, 03 April 2010 - 07:12 PM.

[diogo]

Very nice line up!

[snipe]

Booked today. Flying in the Tuesday for some sight seeing and the Friday of the festival doesn't do much for me so anyone know of any good clubs/gigs/pubs etc to check out Tuesday to Friday?

[lustofthelibertines]

anyone whose camped here before do you know whether you're supposed to arrive on the actual day of the festival (the friday) or the day before, cos the camping pass is only 3 nights so i assumed that would be friday, saturday and sunday night??
also is there anything you're not allowed to bring like aerosols etc, and are bbqs/campfires allowed??

[edd]

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anyone knows how the camping works..it says 45€ for two people and 90€ for four.. is that per person or per pitch?

Edited by edd, 19 April 2010 - 12:43 PM.

[Toooly]

edd, on Apr 19 2010, 01:41 PM, said:

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anyone knows how the camping works..it says 45€ for two people and 90€ for four.. is that per person or per pitch?

*bump* -

no replies, I'd like to know about the camping details too. Anyone have any ideas?

[edd]

Toooly, on Apr 26 2010, 05:25 PM, said:

*bump* -

no replies, I'd like to know about the camping details too. Anyone have any ideas?

I emailed the official site, they said that it is per pitch, so it's shared between however many people are camping..obviously with three people you would have to pay for a four person pitch.

[lustofthelibertines]

i'll answer my own question
i just printed out my tickets and they've got all the rules and regulations - no fires, bbqs or camping stoves; how are we supposed to eat?!
anyone know of the nearest supermarket? there's no way i'm eating festival food non-stop, it's gross and rediculously expensive, i've google mapped it and there appears to be a lidl about a half hour walk away? anything closer?

[Toooly]

lustofthelibertines, on May 5 2010, 03:21 PM, said:

i'll answer my own question
i just printed out my tickets and they've got all the rules and regulations - no fires, bbqs or camping stoves; how are we supposed to eat?!
anyone know of the nearest supermarket? there's no way i'm eating festival food non-stop, it's gross and rediculously expensive, i've google mapped it and there appears to be a lidl about a half hour walk away? anything closer?

I have read that you can walk to shops and "amenities" in approx 15 minutes.

Does it say what days you can camp? For instance, can you go on Thursday night so you're all set up for the first day on Friday? As you would at Reading for example ?