DRINKING IN BARS

[LostRiot]

Surely if there's a stage it's worse as you might want to see the thing that's on at the stage, which you paid for with your ticket price though right?

[Beniboy]

Can you get decent wine in any of the bars? I strongly suspect not, but you never know.

[future_shock]

Can you get decent wine in any of the bars? I strongly suspect not, but you never know.

[LostRiot]

Can you get decent wine in any of the bars? I strongly suspect not, but you never know.

[glasto-worker]

My pub doesn't charge £200 to get in.

[Cooter]

don't agree with that at all, fair enough in the real world but at Glasto I'd hate it to get like that. A step in the wrong direction imo.

[morph100]

Can you get decent wine in any of the bars? I strongly suspect not, but you never know.

[FunkyDenz]

There were a couple of bars near the Meeting Point last year which were discouraging people coming in with their own drinks. They were showing the football in the bars (Holland v Cameroon iirc). Other bars earlier in the day showing the Italy v Slovakia match had no issue with us taking our own cans in.

[Wooderson]

Yeah.

And it's one in one out

And you're not on the list.

And no trainers. And that includes wellies.

*opens velvet rope for Peaches Geldoff* Evening ladies

[DeanoL]

The Bars are not charging you £ 200 in fact they have to pay a lot more than that for the rights to sell - if I am a Customer and have bought a drink but I cant get a seat because its being taken up by people drinking their own drink I would be annoyed and I am sure I would complain - sure if there is loads of space then there is no problem but when its busy people do have to think about the Customers who have bought drinks in that specific bar.

As there is several operators this year { and last } each operator will have their own policy so just because one bar does not mind does not mean they all will not mind.

When busy the seats and tables are for Customer use only.

[glasto-worker]

This sort of ridiculous territorialism is a huge step backwards and needs to be stamped on swiftly and harshly.

If you can't turn a profit on a bar at bloody Glastonbury without allowing people to sit down wherever they want then frankly, you're in the wrong business.

[DeanoL]

The Brothers Bar has no tent, seats or special areas. It is one of the busiest on site. Personally I'd just drop the concept of 'bars' to be honest. Make them regular stalls, hire out only the actual bar area, and keep the tented areas separate.

[Bisque]

Had no problem taking my own booze in any of the night club type bars in Shangri-La, even the ones with queues (& security?) at the weekend.

[pman]

The Brothers Bar has no tent, seats or special areas. It is one of the busiest on site. Personally I'd just drop the concept of 'bars' to be honest. Make them regular stalls, hire out only the actual bar area, and keep the tented areas separate.

[ukslim]

I don't see the point in going to a festival with the variety of stuff that is on offer then go & drink in a bar?

[*Stevie B*]

Chameleon Bar didn't like it. Ended up just pouring our cans into the plastic cups outside, then they couldn't really do anything about it. Had a great night in there enjoying the tunes.

[jameshunt]

The Brothers Bar has no tent, seats or special areas. It is one of the busiest on site. Personally I'd just drop the concept of 'bars' to be honest. Make them regular stalls, hire out only the actual bar area, and keep the tented areas separate.

[Spindles]

To be fair, I loved the brothers this year, but the mess. It was too dark and my photos are illegible, but at midnight on sunday, when the place was a crap hole and the tables were piled high with litter there was a completely empty brown top recycling bin less than 10m away. Those bins hadn't been emptied for hours and one was still empty, which sort of made it look as though the entire clientelle had made a conscious decision to never use it and to make the place as crappy as possible.

I liked the bread and roses again this year, spent a couple of nice shady hours in there.

[pman]

You can go and sit in a field in normal life too -- but it was still nice to chill for an hour in the viewing area.

And most of the bars had entertainment of one sort or another.

[DeanoL]

Why?

Many of us like an ale or several served from a cask kept at a decent temperature. Many of us also like a nice shelter from the rain, or even the sun, when we drink said ales. Often the atmosphere in the bars (at least the ones I tend to spend time in) is fantastic and they are great places to unwind. How is that un-Glastonbury like?

Note: Not everyone wants to get soaked whilst drinking so-called cider from the Brothers Bar. Nor do we all throw our cups and food plates in the mud when we've finished.

[jamiejc]

Rather than start a new thread, thought I'll post here for the new Brothers advert looks very cool...

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150705525405557.715434.14569420556

Edited July 13, 2011 by jamiejc

[ukslim]

Because then you don't get any problems with people not being able to sit together because a bar man is arsey because some of his mates did want to drink so-called cider...

[1mills]

Chameleon Bar didn't like it. Ended up just pouring our cans into the plastic cups outside, then they couldn't really do anything about it. Had a great night in there enjoying the tunes.

[DeanoL]

Something tells me you're not talking about Bread & Roses, or the Bimble Inn, or the Avalon Inn, or Bourbon St...

You're talking about fundamentally changing how bars are allocated, because of one place.

[jameshunt]

Like I said, that's not the ideal solution, the ideal solution is just to not let the bars do this. If it's only one then that shouldn't be too difficult. Obviously it'd be nice for people not to take the piss, but any bars running entertainment shouldn't be doing it.