V Festival conversations

[Phil-itfc]

I keep getting in to the same situation:

Get in to a conversation with someone about festivals and how great they are. I talk about the fact I go to Glastonbury every year. Then they say something like "yeah I've been to V festival a few times festivals are great arent they".

Every time this happens I just smile and agree but the rage burns up inside me and I want to tell them how rubbish V festival is and Glastonbury is 50 billion times better. But I dont want to seem arrogant, patronising or piss on their bonfire.

What does anyone else say in this situation?

[Tenner Huey]

I personally prefer V as it's a smaller site with less walking and the headline acts are current. Blur=about 10 years past their sell by date, and as for Springsteen well he's just a dinosaur.

[eFestivals]

its like Magaluf meets topman meets a field.

A friend once described it as "festival lite", which I think sums it up well. It's good at doing what its trying to do - put lots of popular mainstream acts on and nothing else - but Glastonbury it isn't.

[sifi]

I think it was Peevis that said there was a distinct pecking order in regards to festivals.

1 - Glasto

2 - Every other festival

3 - V-Fest

Still tickles me, that one.

[innerspeaker]

I've been to V for the last 2 years and reading, going glasto '10 and V coz its on my birthday but i can honestly say that i enjoyed V a lot more than reading!

Hopefully glasto is better but i like V!

[BUDDY22]

Taking my daughter to glasto next year 2010 her first time,my wife and i go most years.My daughter keeps banging on how good V is bless her shes only 20,

[grumpyhack]

Never been to V so can't comment on its merits - or lack of. But size isn't everything when it comes to fests so I wouldn't put V down just because it's smaller.

To me it's the atmosphere and the ethos/spirit of a fest that counts. As well as Glasto I go to a number of other smaller festivals which I've chosen because they share the same friendly, relaxed atmosphere that you can find at Glasto despite its size.

I suppose Glasto is really about a dozen quite different fests all going on at the same time. Speak to a group of Glasto goers afterwards and ask what they did/saw and it will often sound as though they went to quite different events.

So there are probably bits of V that you'll find at Glasto. But after reading the posts from a few here they sound like the bits that I avoid.

[ralph250]

And at least V get Faithless !!!!!

[amfy]

My instant reaction to a V line up is always that I think it looks great. Then i realise that i've seen everyone on the bill already and it no longer tempts me.

I've been to V 3-4 times and always enjoyed it - contrary to popular belief I have always found the people to be just as friendly and random, even though the place doesn't lend itself to it as much as Glastonbury does.

However, right now it's hard to imagine what would tempt me to go again.