John Peel Stage moving location

[incident]

46 minutes ago, tazbang said:

Can we all agree that the JP tent move was a fantastic success?

Combined with The Wood its got the makings of a lovely little area, especially when the sun is shinning and everyone can relax on the grass outside. Much better than being shoved in the corner of a camping field. Would be nice to see some flags decorating the field, and maybe the holy grail of an outside screen, but overall a big thumbs up (at least from me).

JP / The Wood - Yes.

I do think there's some issues created around the related staff / hospitality area moves - there's now far too many long, straight, walkways with fences along both sides which I think only made the fields further out feel even more isolated.

[mashy]

The new location & new tent are great. Loved it.

A word of warning though to anyone with kids and using the family field at Wicket which we have done over the years.

The new JPS back stage music went on until 04:00am on the Monday which is not great when you have kids and an early morning drive back up North.

A re-think, maybe, but I will give the kids ear defenders to sleep with next year 

 

[arcade fireman]

Yeah this is so much better than previous years. Line up seems a lot better too, spent more time in JP than anywhere else this year. Though that is a little inconvenient given it still involved a really muddy walk through Silver Hayes! 

[dj_tim]

Yeah I loved the new location, having its own little enclosed area in the trees was a great place to chill out. 

[brandycoke]

Also loved new location, and just a 5 min walk from camp, so ended up spending most of my time there.

Saw some bands there that i didn't intend seeing either, and discovered some gems.

Sound was absolutely spot on there too, unlike the Park, which has a similar set  up pa -wise, but was spoiled for me by some completely overpowering kick/bass

[H.M.V]

Love the new location but am I the only one that had a problem with the ground in the tent? Went for John grand had to move location couple of times cos I was standing on rocks or mud or in a ditch it felt. 

Didn't get over as much as I would have liked due to mud. Sacked off bat for lashes cos I was on a bench in West holts.  

[shoptildrop]

42 minutes ago, H.M.V said:

Love the new location but am I the only one that had a problem with the ground in the tent? Went for John grand had to move location couple of times cos I was standing on rocks or mud or in a ditch it felt. 

Didn't get over as much as I would have liked due to mud. Sacked off bat for lashes cos I was on a bench in West holts.  

Bats for Lashes was one of the best sets of the weekend for me, but understand the trek as took us over an hour from back of Paines ground to get there...I didn't bother with Beck as couldn't face the Pyramid so after Band of Horses did the slow trek to the Park to watch Grimes (who was fantastic) instead

[ohvienna]

Really liked the new location and definitely helped with easing the bottlenecking that happened in it's old location. The hill up to it when wet did feel like I was taking part in tough mudder, mind. 

[djdavejohnson]

Loved the new location, and The Wood is a nice touch. Heard there was at least one secret set in The Wood too (think it may have been Katy B). Didn't look like there was a lot of room for a performance, however if the rumour was true then it must have been very intimate.

[not worthy]

John Peel location is much much better, loved it. The woods area felt like Festival Number 6, excellent

[efcfanwirral]

18 minutes ago, not worthy said:

John Peel location is much much better, loved it. The woods area felt like Festival Number 6, excellent

 

It reminded me of Kendal Calling too - they put in something very similar last year!

[NickisGinger]

Went to see Fatboy Slim except it was absolutely rammed! Could of done with a screen outside, plenty of room for one or two.