Fair?

[sdean18]

This may seem a little childish but is my first Glastonbury and i've noticed at some other festivals there tends to be a little fair, I've not been on a fair for years and just wondered if there is one there as a little somethin to do when bands have finished.

I reckon the waltzers/eggs could be quite fun after several drink-e-poohs.

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

There's so much more to do after the bands have finished you won't be wanting a funfair mate!!

[Kyelo]

Can't remember seeing any last year but surely in a site that size they have some?! Btw what the hell is an 'egg'?

[sdean18]

There's so much more to do after the bands have finished you won't be wanting a funfair mate!!

Edited May 15, 2009 by sdean18

[mario man]

I don't think there is a fair? Although didn't there used to be a big wheel over in the circus fields? My memory....

There's really no need for a fair at Glasto compared with other fests!

[Kyelo]

Haha I know, I just get these random urges when i want to do somethin and i think this is my latest one.

The eggs are like a big wheel but have egg shaped carriages rather than the usual ones which you can spin round all the way. Imagine the london eye but those balls the people sit in spin like a hamster ball!

[hazey_jane]

There's an old-fashioned style big wheel or Ferris wheel- where the little carriages are between the two big circles of it- and it's next to the comedy tent, behind the Jazz World stage. We got there, just as it was starting up so didn't have to queue, if there's a huge queue it's not worth waiting for, you don't see much more of the site than you normally do but it was pretty cool

[paulo999]

Ferris wheel = classy

Funfair = tacky

[mandypants]

oooo I'd love the ferris wheel, it was awesome at Leeds to have birds eye view of the arena and site

[mynameisearl]

I've never seen the Ferris Wheel at Glasto before, or if I have I can't remember it!

That's a shame if you can't see that much more of the site than what you usually do, but wouldn't mind going on it all the same.

[Funkfarley]

There's an old-fashioned style big wheel or Ferris wheel- where the little carriages are between the two big circles of it- and it's next to the comedy tent, behind the Jazz World stage. We got there, just as it was starting up so didn't have to queue, if there's a huge queue it's not worth waiting for, you don't see much more of the site than you normally do but it was pretty cool

[Kyelo]

A victorian style fun fair would fit in with Glastonbury me thinks, would be pretty cool also.

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[sdean18]

A victorian style fun fair would fit in with Glastonbury me thinks, would be pretty cool also.

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[fur_q]

indeed there is a ferris wheel

and there defiantly used to be dodgems but not sure where of if its still there they where in one of the fields around PGC

[muddyslingbax]

There's so much more to do after the bands have finished you won't be wanting a funfair mate!!

[popcornmaster]

There is also a weird, swing thing with a case which spins in the opposite direction

Imagine Hex in Alton Towers scaled down by a million percent and you're nearly there

it was fun after a drink or four mind

If i remember correctly it wasnt far from the ferris wheel

[paulo999]

A victorian style fun fair would fit in with Glastonbury me thinks, would be pretty cool also.

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Edited May 15, 2009 by paulo999

[Kyelo]

Yep... I'd give that a thumbs up.

There's one of those at the Thames Festival every year, and at night, all lit up, it's magical. It has the automated organ, the lot. Lovely just to look at.

[Laura_Babs]

I would love a fair at Glastonbury!

[LusciousLucy]

Its more Victorian stylee with freak shows and burlesque, there was a human Ghost Train a few years back. But alas the swingboats have not been seen for 5 years! There was a maze somewhere out East as well.

If you want a funfair go to one of the commercial fests eg V or Global!

And remember if you want to find these things you have venture far from Babylon...

[cejx]

There is also a weird, swing thing with a case which spins in the opposite direction

Imagine Hex in Alton Towers scaled down by a million percent and you're nearly there

it was fun after a drink or four mind

If i remember correctly it wasnt far from the ferris wheel

[hazey_jane]

The mystic swing! The finest ride in the land,,, just next to the Miniscule of Sound... the worlds smallest nightclub!

[hazey_jane]

Some pics I took from the Ferris Wheel, though I don't have any of it:

[jollynolly]

The dodgems, used to be where the circus is now by the market, I didn't see them last year. The Ferris wheel was always behind the cabaret tent. There are swing boats in the kids field the adult ones have not been there for years

[The Badger Bites Back]

Ferris wheel = classy

Funfair = tacky