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I guess the likes of the local tory Alan B'Scard have already given up their idea of being the thrifty party - mind you, it's rather difficult for that to be believed when the local tory MP thinks that taxpayers should be buying him a duck house.
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BGG is now cancelled, but we will be looking at getting a group of festival organisers together ( possibly with the AFO - Association of Festival Organisers) once the season has finished, to look at the potential impact that this has on all festivals. Anyone wanting to be in on this, please PM me ( Medina I suspect that you'll be up for this) and we'll be in touch.
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LOL!Don't worry Strudders, the organiser has put in a buffer zone to protect us from nasty nimbys like Privett!!
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Never been to Glastonbury then...... half a mile is not problem at all. the only thing I would question and question that only Peter could answer is regarding security at the camp-sites during the headline sets.
I would hate to think they are so far from the control of the organisers that they become rich pickings.. but as the mantra goes, never take anything you can afford to lose....
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We went to Stokes Bay last year - the line up was magnificent, the beer terrible. We are hoping for better beer this year.
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As Organiser of the Stokes Bay Festival which is also next weekend we'll certainly do anything we can to help... just as I know the Endore-It-In-Dorset organisers are also offering to do.
For starters we can offer reduced price tickets to our own Festival for those seeking an alternative next weekend but I've also emailed the BGG info line to see if we can do more than that - similar maybe to the Big Chill / Sunrise link-up last year.
Stokes Bay is smaller than Big Green Gathering but just as relaxed. We also have a few old BGG favourites such as The Groovy Movie solar-powered cinema plus music from the likes of The Zutons; The Proclaimers; Seth Lakeman; The Saw Doctors and Adrian Edmondson.
We'll post details of cheap tickets etc. on the 'News' page of our own website http://www.stokesbayfestival.co.uk by teatime Monday but I hope I can speak to the BGG organisers before then so we can hopefully arrange something that helps them as much as it helps their audience and ourselves.
Having also had council problems I know how they must be feeling right now.
If other festival organisers can help one another, we should do so.
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As Organiser of the Stokes Bay Festival which is also next weekend we'll certainly do anything we can to help. For starters we can offer reduced price tickets to our own Festival for those seeking an alternative but I've also emailed the BGG info line to see if we can do more than that - similar maybe to the Big Chill / Sunrise link-up last year.
Stokes Bay is smaller than Big Green Gathering but just as relaxed. We also have a few old BGG favourites such as The Groovy Movie solar-powered cinema plus music from the likes of The Zutons; The Proclaimers; Seth Lakeman; The Saw Doctors and Adrian Edmondson.
We'll post details of cheap tickets etc. on the 'News' page of our own website by teatime Monday but I hope I can speak to the BGG organisers before then so we can hopefully arrange something that helps them as much as it helps their audience and ourselves.
Having also had council problems I know how they must be feeling right now.
Medina - http://www.stokesbayfestival.co.uk
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Saturday 25 July - The site build begins!
Our circus-style 'Big Top' starts to rise.
More photos to follow.
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Probably no-one. They just make it up.
Our main stage 'Big Top' arrived onsite at 9.30 this morning. The tent pegs are going in as I write. It's a gorgeous day with the sun shining and the fields look great. All we need now is for lots more people to buy tickets and come and enjoy five days of great live music at one of the safest and most relaxed festivals of the summer.
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Having checked with my INFORMED contacts, NO agreements have been made with the Police.
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Just taken delivery of the keys and set foot on both fields. Gorgeous in the sunshine with a fox lazing in one corner of the campsite field near the stream. First infrastructure arrives over the weekend so will try to post some photos here as the site starts to take shape.
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OK, I stand corrected on Walpole Park, don't mind being proved wrong. But the rest of the 'rubbish' still stands.
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P.S. As for the latest rubbish from Desiderata, I started the Festival on Walpole Park back in 1991.
You can't even get your facts right on that!
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As understand it this field is already used by the camping and caravanning club and therefore is clearly suitable for camping and there is clearly a precedent.
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I'm sure you would agree that it would be a bit difficult discussing a non-existent festival.
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Is a festival forum really the best place to be having your personal/political spats?
It's all a bit playground really isn't it?
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How's the weather over in Tolpuddle? We know the same people, it would seem.........
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Silly boy Peter! I might be many things, but Alan I ain't!
My bite is far worse than my bark.
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P.P.S. And having just read Alan Scard's earlier rant, I fear that he's either on something illegal or else he's showing himself up to be the complete nutter that we all know him to be!
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For those who don't already know, 'Olgrumpyfy' is Alan Scard (a.k.a. Alan B'Scard), Chairman of Gosport Conservative Association and self-appointed spokesman for the Friends of Stokes Bay.
Mr. Scard has spent the last two years trying to stop this Festival from taking place.
He actually lives two miles away from the existing site so it doesn't affect him in any way at all, save for his personal hatred of the festival organiser (me!).
His continuing negative posts should be viewed in that light.
P.S. And he's completely (no doubt deliberately) wrong on his location and description of the Festival site! We are not at Brune Park School. We are on the playing fields of the Bay House School which is right by Stokes Bay. If Mr Scard can't even get that right, what hope is there for the poor old boy?
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I am not against music festivals as such - in fact I attended last year's festival every day - the problem is where the festival is sited.
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Here we go again!
Last year this board was hijacked by local NIMBYs and Conservative Party officers including 'Olgrumpyfy' (subsequently revealed to be Alan B'Scard, Chairman of the Gosport Conservative Association) and 'Adelaide' (his wife) who tried and failed to stop the Festival taking place.
And now they're starting again!
Note that Paddington and Privett are both new members. Neither have posted anywhere else on efestivals. Note also the remarkably similar style between Privett's post and those by Olgrumpyfy last year. Their sole concern is to try and undermine this festival and stop it taking place.
Well they failed last year and they'll fail again!
Don't they realise that people who post here all year round are not stupid. We can recognise a NIMBY festival opponent with a personal / political axe to grind a mile off!
Paddington, Privett and any other newbies who surface here solely for the purpose of slagging off this festival actually help promote the festival by making this thread more entertaining to read.
That boosted our ticket sales last year and I'm sure it will again. Thanks guys and gals!
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Ticket prices for kids at £45.00 when they are 6 + £20.00 each for them to camp !!
OK - I know there are some concessions for under 12's available at the moment - but this is extortionate !
Think the organisers have got this dreadfully wrong
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And hopefully you'll be playing Stokes Bay again as well as we finally got around to emailing your leaders today (Tuesday)
Sorry it's taken so long but we had to deal with the usual band of NIMBYs before we could confirm any more bookings for the Festival.
Having now successfully dealt with Alan B'Scard (a.k.a. Olgrumpyfy) and his miserable bunch of NIMBY cohorts I'm not brave enough to take on 20 samba drummers as well!
So... if you'd like a booking... hope someone will reply to my email quicker than I replied to yours!
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