
GuilFest 2011
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July 2011Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey., England MAP
£110 adult weekend, or £120 with camping
last updated: Thu 14th Jul 2011
The toilets were in excellent condition all weekend, although there was some quite large queues for the ladies at times, and even after a night of partying they were still in good order the next day. The weather had closed in and so it was cool under canvas and we snoozed until noon, not getting up in time for the usual trip to the nearby swimming pool.
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Liverpool's The Farm were in a jubilant mood, New International (they wrote a song about Murdoch called 'News International' 20 years ago, see Youtube) are being taken down a peg or two, and the band deliver a hit laiden set with big bangers 'Groovy Train', 'Don't Let Me Down', and the final song 'All Together Now' was a massive song along. The compere described it as one of the best singalongs he'd seen. The Farm over ran but Alice Gold didn't have much setting up to do, as she was without her band. Her bass player had had a car crash (not serious - she told us) and so she had agreed to perform with just her guitar. And perform she did, an impressive and assured delivery made her one of the day's highlights.
Somehow I ended up missing Neville Staple, I was in the right place enjoying Anti-Nowhere League, wandered next door to see Sonic Boom Six, and ended up at Peter Andre! The noise of the assembled throng was deafening! The place appeared to be packed with young teenage girls and their mums all shouting deliriously! Much though I hate to admit it, Andre actually put on a decent show, with dance routines, and songs with a sprinkling of catchy lyrics for the audience to scream along to.
Back in the campsite I could hear Johnny Borrell's new Razorlight line-up playing 'Golden Touch', and a cover of Edwyn Collins' 'A Girl Like You' before encore closer 'America' got a huge singalong from the crowd. That night there was no noisy soundsystems and we stayed up chatting until the early hours, enjoying a more peaceful campsite, however the younger crowd nearer the far end of the campsite appeared to be still looking for that meerkat 'Alan' from the last decade!
review by: Scott Williams
photos by: Karen Williams / Sarah Thomas
GuilFest 2011
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July 2011Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey., England MAP
£110 adult weekend, or £120 with camping
last updated: Thu 14th Jul 2011
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