please dont bite my head off

[formed a band]

hello, heard great thing about the festival, and intend to come this year, not got a ticket yet but the ticket exchange or a few favours will sort that...

its just that, on reading here there is a lot of pride from the regulars, oft refering to it as 'our' festival, there also seems to be great concern that an increase in capacity may affect the magic of what the festival has had in the past, as its my first EOTR i suppose im one of the extra couple of thousand attendees, will I be considered as 'them'? or is itall encompassing and welcoming?

take care x

[The G-Man]

I think it will be welcoming as long as it is the same amount of people going. As far as I know the increase is less than two thousand but that also includes extra bands, staff, stalls, comedians etc. so not all the increase are campers.

It is my favourite festival ever so fingers crossed it doesn't change too much (or at all...)

[Infinite Jest]

Burn the noobs! Burn them!

Burn anyone not wearing an old-style EoTR t-shirt!

Nah, I think you'll be good. I think part of the worry is that the site will be too crowded (but it's been re-designed, so hopefully that won't be a problem); part of the worry is that there will be people who are coming for the sake of going to a festival, rather than because they like the music. Sure you don't fit into that category .

[perfectpassion]

Ha, it will be sooo welcoming you will never want to leave! I think the point about the increase is that it has happened over a few years not just suddenly

[RedRockRick]

I'm very concerned that the increase in numbers will restrict the amount of rows of vegetables I will be able to have in my usual allotment this year.

[formed a band]

All positive stuff. But no mumford and sons ? Ha xxx

[Sipperana]

Mumford and Sons? God, that's like SOOOO two years ago in EOTR-land. They opened the festival then, when they were totally unknown. They've not been back since.

We call it 'our' festival, mainly I think because it always delivers the sort of festival that we want - small and intimate, non-corporate, relaxed and friendly. We feel a part of it and actually I'd want everyone to experience it, but then it wouldn't be small and intimate. We are all 'us', it's just not everyone has realised it yet

[formed a band]

ha just having a tease about bumford, its amazing how such an average act gets catapulted into the mainstream

I do wishjeff mangum was playing

[123ginge]

I'm in the same boat as you (not actually got tickets for various reasons, but hoping), I'm anticipating very few tickets being sold through the ticket exchange though.

You all seem like a friendly enough bunch

[formed a band]

they do seem a nice bunch, i hear its similar to sonisphere so should be fun

[Infinite Jest]

Sonisphere, you say?

<Insert obligatory Slayer and the Mongoose reference>

[formed a band]

if tinawarien dont do a tribute set to the dead slipknot chap ill be pretty annoyed