We had a great time again at Wychwood this year (3rd year in a row) already booked for next year.
The Good -
Music - As always a great mix of music from the glorious retro-uptempo Beat to the dirty pop of Ten Bears via electronic princess Little Boots through the anthemic Revere to master fiddler Juldeh Camara (+JA). There was even some grungy rock from The Witches. I doubt there's a more varied musical selection at any other UK festival. Well done, especially to the Doghouse Promoters and Tom Robinson's net sessions - a very high standard of music selected by them both in the Hooky Tent.
Food and Drink - A great selection again (though I missed the Wickwar beers - what happened to them?) and good prices compared to most festivals I've been to. Great having a bar in the main arena - saves spilling beer on a long walk. I Missed the frozen margaritas this year - slush puppies for Adults!
Recycling - It's not only the cleanest music festival I've been to, It's the cleanest event I've ever been to. Well done to the staff and the public for being responsible and USING THE BINS!
The Bad -
Those black folding chairs in the beer tent - if you didn't sit on one you were lucky.
Main stage Friday volume - way too loud - it got better by saturday but it should have been right from the start.
The Big Top Stage - could it be any hotter? It's fine with 20 people but when it's full I could roast a duck. More openings please if it's the same weather next year - especially for the poor people on stage.
Drinking Water Taps - I eventually found one. Although it's nozzle could have doubled as a shower, this made it easier to find where the tap was located by the stream coming from it.
Seating near the food areas - much better than previous years, could do with a few more benches though.
Kids on bikes in the main arena - why?
Band Times / Names - when entering the festival everybody should get a time sheet or have a big poster on the front of each stage (in fact I'd like a PDF one before so I can put it on my phone/camera) I don't want to spend £4 for an incomplete time listing and band bios I've read online already. If you want to make money have a SMS text - service with band times on.
The healing gardens - this is really down to them but do they want to be stuck next to a rocky bit of concrete near to the (quite loud) main stage. I'd imagine it's quite hard to relax with a massage and being pounded by bass.
Website band line up - It's a basic piece of marketing but it was REALLY longwinded to find out who was on at this years festival. I bet you lost a fair number of customers this year by hiding your best asset deep in the website.
Home page - click - Lineup - click - Friday - Click - back to lineup - click - saturday - click - back to lineup - click - sunday etc etc...
Or
Homepage with poster of whole lineup on (like Reading festival's Iconic 'Yellow' poster)
I'm Ugly ( I didn't get around to..)
Any of the Workshops - I hear they were great
The Silent Disco - I didn't hear anything (ho..ho.. er no)
The Camping (I'm local... but it looked nice. Glad to see more security though)
The Comedy - just too tired
The EA tent - I have no problem with them. Everything in moderation.
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We had a great time again at Wychwood this year (3rd year in a row) already booked for next year.
The Good -
Music - As always a great mix of music from the glorious retro-uptempo Beat to the dirty pop of Ten Bears via electronic princess Little Boots through the anthemic Revere to master fiddler Juldeh Camara (+JA). There was even some grungy rock from The Witches. I doubt there's a more varied musical selection at any other UK festival. Well done, especially to the Doghouse Promoters and Tom Robinson's net sessions - a very high standard of music selected by them both in the Hooky Tent.
Food and Drink - A great selection again (though I missed the Wickwar beers - what happened to them?) and good prices compared to most festivals I've been to. Great having a bar in the main arena - saves spilling beer on a long walk. I Missed the frozen margaritas this year - slush puppies for Adults!
Recycling - It's not only the cleanest music festival I've been to, It's the cleanest event I've ever been to. Well done to the staff and the public for being responsible and USING THE BINS!
The Bad -
Those black folding chairs in the beer tent - if you didn't sit on one you were lucky.
Main stage Friday volume - way too loud - it got better by saturday but it should have been right from the start.
The Big Top Stage - could it be any hotter? It's fine with 20 people but when it's full I could roast a duck. More openings please if it's the same weather next year - especially for the poor people on stage.
Drinking Water Taps - I eventually found one. Although it's nozzle could have doubled as a shower, this made it easier to find where the tap was located by the stream coming from it.
Seating near the food areas - much better than previous years, could do with a few more benches though.
Kids on bikes in the main arena - why?
Band Times / Names - when entering the festival everybody should get a time sheet or have a big poster on the front of each stage (in fact I'd like a PDF one before so I can put it on my phone/camera) I don't want to spend £4 for an incomplete time listing and band bios I've read online already. If you want to make money have a SMS text - service with band times on.
The healing gardens - this is really down to them but do they want to be stuck next to a rocky bit of concrete near to the (quite loud) main stage. I'd imagine it's quite hard to relax with a massage and being pounded by bass.
Website band line up - It's a basic piece of marketing but it was REALLY longwinded to find out who was on at this years festival. I bet you lost a fair number of customers this year by hiding your best asset deep in the website.
Home page - click - Lineup - click - Friday - Click - back to lineup - click - saturday - click - back to lineup - click - sunday etc etc...
Or
Homepage with poster of whole lineup on (like Reading festival's Iconic 'Yellow' poster)
I'm Ugly ( I didn't get around to..)
Any of the Workshops - I hear they were great
The Silent Disco - I didn't hear anything (ho..ho.. er no)
The Camping (I'm local... but it looked nice. Glad to see more security though)
The Comedy - just too tired
The EA tent - I have no problem with them. Everything in moderation.