Old_Johno

Even majority shareholders carry a lot of weight as in, do what we say or we will take away our big pot of money and good luck to ya, be as creative as you want though… we’re not here to influence, totally your decisions… They are probably going to want to push for max capacity next year, which is a shame as the crowd this year had far fewer dickheads than 2019.

It makes sense for food traders because they’re mostly independent. bar staff could be doing it to take drinks at the end of their shift, think someone said they’re not allowed to actually do anything at the festival though? They camp offsite and get escorted on for their shift only

All the stands pay 20% back to Boomtown, on top of their pitch fee so sticking extra stuff on would counteract that

I had a blast. Really a great time, everyone’s covered off most of my thoughts so far. Sound was spot on everywhere we went, themeing was banging. no one mentioned orchid which we stayed in, so I’ll jot about that, there was tons of showers which was a god send for washing off the dust, toilets were great and clean. Food was a rubbish in Orchid, (when they could be bothered to open), the one coffee place wasn’t enough for 5000 people with the stove ban and the 2 kettles kept breaking. Someone told me had some issues on main site so just kind of forgot about Orchid to concentrate on everything else. We didn’t have an eco bond point anywhere so just had accept that loss. The ‘closer carpark’ was massive, so unless you were there early weds then you were basically the same distance as other Carparks to other camps. Took us over half an hour to walk in to the edge of orchid just through the campervan field. security were non existent most of the time up there, loads of people got robbed, and they weren't checking wristbands in the evenings so loads of people were just walking up for a shower. They shouldn’t have stuck all the extra tickets up for sale in the last couple of weeks, we paid a premium to have a more spacious campsite but it was just as packed as everywhere, hilltop was actually way less busy. I’d rather they did it smaller and put it where reserved camping used to be, however I’ll probably just buy a solar shower for next year and not bother with it because non of the other ‘perks’ materialised. we tried to get involved with the story stuff but seems we kept ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time, or had missed an earlier clue so didn’t manage much, we did all of the tusk invention stuff and got a nut on a piece of string that but the actors then kept sending us back and forth to each other and didn’t seem to be able to do much else. The stuff we did do was a bit disconnected rather than one long joined up thing. Lots of the stuff was late/ never seemed to be open, so it’s kinda hard to follow without spending all your time on it. there was quite a lot of stories about people being double charged/ extra items added to their wristbands, would prefer to have a screen with a scanner that we can tap rather than someone holding a phone screen you can’t see

Just got back from Boomtown so time to start obsessing about shambala. shout out to my liver putting in a big August

Feel like Boomtown could drop back down to a lower capacity, 2,000 trees bought the festival back after selling it to run it the way they wanted and reduced capacity, shambala is my favourite m fest and that’s only 15-20k

To be honest half the ticket for sale are from 1 day old Facebook profiles that are looking to scam people

My only problem with the line up is the gate keeping from the ‘maybe Boomtown’s not for you’ crowd. It’s divisive and not helpful, not everyone follows everything lak and co post on social media, and there’s loads of first timers so people do have some allowance to moan. I personally think it’s the best line up for the last 4 fests, I didn’t go to the headline slots previously anyway. Apart from chase and status which was not as good as other times I’ve seen them. It’s a delicate balance between alienating new punters and attracting the dreaded ‘wrong crowd’

The Boomtown source rumours page is updated with everyone from the leaked messages

If I was an egotistical vlogger and I’d snuck in, I would definitely have anticipated not having both my wrists in the video, and be showing them both off. Although even then you can get your wristband off with the plastic bag and string method. If I’d genuinely snuck in I’d be keeping the lowest possible profile, not boasting to random people.

If you rewatch the video, between 2:35 and 2:45 he pauses, rotates his whole body to the left and stops walking, obviously having his wristband checked, then carries on.

There’s camp orchid tickets for sale on the official ticket sellers site, they’ve added capacity

Yeah people complaining about the line up is one thing but basics like that are bizarre

Secret garden party is currently getting torn a new one on socials. Poor crowd control, weak line up and massive queues seems to be a common theme. Toilets went to shit. bristol harbour festival and Bristol pride had overflowing toilets from mid afternoon and way too many people. Is there some kind of industrial toilet shortage? Or have we just forgotten what festivals are like.

I’m less worried about sound bleed and more worried about overcrowding, makes me think there won’t be any ‘big’ headline acts, it’s hard to tell how big the main stages are going to be, but they won’t be as big as lions den that could accommodate half the festival at once. Everyone at Glastonbury was moaning about crowds because the line up had fewer big clashes the stages were either rammed or empty

If you go on the Boomtown fair subreddit that’s probably your best chance, there’s a mega thread for buying and selling. Someone stuck up two wristbands yesterday and they sold in 4 minutes, I've also seen people offering over £100 per wristband so demands crazy. good luck!

Parking is £40 cash on the gate if you haven’t bought a parking pass in advance. Yeah same as Glastonbury there’s no arena, there is a limit on how much alcohol you can take in though. 16 x440ml cans

Got my parking permit today, so keep an eye out for them in the post!

Last 2 years have been near perfect weather which is probably the single biggest factor, wait for a year when it rains for 4 days and then see how many people pack up a soaking wet mud covered tent. Attitudes are changing, but its mostly weather

I haven’t seen anyone selling only the camp orchid upgrade, I’ve only seen them packaged together with tickets. You could try buy one with the upgrade and try sell yours. Bit of a big gamble though. The buying and selling thread on Boomtown’s subreddit has loads with entry

Anecdotally, there’s always been an element of this with all festivals, the pays not great to run a smaller stage so the crew get 15 crew bands instead of the 10 they actually need for the build, and sell the rest/ give them away as a perk. It doesn’t ‘cost’ the festival anything directly pre festival when there’s no cash flow, and keeps the crew happy. If money gets tight for the organisers they start clamping down on stuff like this as they’d rather have the extra cash from ticket sales, rather than happy crew. Gotta be a bit of balance.

I only heard of 1 confirmed fence jumper first hand who climbed over into the wateraid camp and went to the first aid tent there after hurting their ankle. Not sure they added to the numbers. In terms of food queues I’ve only been to Shambino last year, and radio ones big weekend this year, both were suffering with too few/ inexperienced staff and long waits for food. Normally you’d get a few returners but they all lost their staff during covid

My mate runs a festival clothing stall, at festivals all over the UK, and he’s making a fortune on cheap bucket hats at the moment, forget band T-shirts, sunglasses, studded belts or fancy dress. £15 for a £2 hat.

We went on the Saturday and we were pleasantly surprised. In all honesty thought it was going to be shite, must have been my festival snobbery at play. Calvin Harris smashed it, and saw some other great stuff throughout the day. Only downside: Bar, food and toilet queues were ridiculous, worst I’ve ever seen at any festival, and all the urinals were all overflowing by 5pm. Ladies queue was half an hour at most points. Looks like they underbooked.