festifreak Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Thursday is smaller stages.. usually with devil kicks dancehall being the biggest. Lots to see and do. Hard to know who is playing without checking each individual act... quite often it's bands that will play again over the weekend... that said there is so much to see that as much time to take it in as possible is desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorje Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Ah thanks festifreak. I'm a bit gutted about the idea of missing thursday night but it'll be nicer to rock up together. I think... Most of the people I'm excited about seeing are smaller groups (of the gypsy/ska/weird/world music kind of persuasion), but if they're likely to play again that's not such a bad risk There isn't anywhere I can view the programme online is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Hello, I'm new here... I've been googling around trying to find out who's playing on Thursday night... My partner's found she can't get away from work in time to get there in time for the 10pm shut-off I could get an earlier lift with mates, but I'd rather travel with her. What is thursday night like? Will I be hugely missing out? And does anyone have a clue who'll be playing?Many thanksDorje xHolly Cook is playing at 7pm tonight, apparently (from her facebook).If you don't know Holly, she does a great take on melodic reggae (while remaining 'credible'). I like her albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5co77ie Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 she also has some great special guests with her - she was fantastic a few years ago at WOMAD and again at Glastonbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyt Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 She was also outstanding at Heaton Park supporting the Stone Roses. Any idea what stage? Leaving in an hour or so - can't wait for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 I guess it'll be at the town hall stage, tho that's only a guess.Holly is meant to be on Steve Lemaq's show this arvo tho, so I'm not sure how that's gonna work to get her to Winchester for 7pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostypaw Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Holy schmoly.Back - feeling sorry for anyone who didn't get offsite before 12 as it then chucked it down harshBut in summary - mental, absolutely batshit crazy mental. Not for kids, not for newbies, not for the faint hearted or unprepared. Unlike anything I've experienced before really. A town full of BOOM and surprise after surprise, one mahoussive party with friends that I giggled and danced around like a mad thing helplessly. No pop - just reggae, ska, folk, psytrance, punk, techno, hip hop and more reggae with one overriding factor - as my newly-found wonderful hilarious friends bellowed as one on friday morning - LET'S GET SOME BASS!!!!!The lows first - some spectacular but not ruinous weather and Shaggy throwing a sulky fit.The highs - too many to mention but top billing goes to Jimmy Cliff for a gobsmackingly energetic performance closing out the Lion's Den Sunday night and the lovely hilarious citizens of Boomtown who made it really very very special. When an insane place like that can go utterly silent for a minutes respect for one of Mungo's Hi-Fi's crew who'd died only days before it's pretty moving shit.Bring on chapter 7 Shout out to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance with whom I volunteered scanning staff/crew/artist wristbands and who were all just lovely people - if you're a local please donate, they're a tightly run charity that really does save lives all the time providing a service the government should be doing! Edited August 11, 2014 by frostypaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swine_Glasto2014 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Unprepared? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostypaw Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Unprepared?If you turned up to it as your first festival expecting just amazing set design, street/interactive theatre fun and some fun live bands you'd be in for a hell of a shock though a mostly good one. Also it's not a particularly sober event to put it lightly - albeit in an incredibly friendly way. It's still a pretty young festival, average age maybe 25ish and they party hard. Edited August 11, 2014 by frostypaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA4 4BY Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Holy schmoly.Back - feeling sorry for anyone who didn't get offsite before 12 as it then chucked it down harshBut in summary - mental, absolutely batshit crazy mental. Not for kids, not for newbies, not for the faint hearted or unprepared. Unlike anything I've experienced before really. A town full of BOOM and surprise after surprise, one mahoussive party with friends that I giggled and danced around like a mad thing helplessly. No pop - just reggae, ska, folk, psytrance, punk, techno, hip hop and more reggae with one overriding factor - as my newly-found wonderful hilarious friends bellowed as one on friday morning - LET'S GET SOME BASS!!!!!The lows first - some spectacular but not ruinous weather and Shaggy throwing a sulky fit.The highs - too many to mention but top billing goes to Jimmy Cliff for a gobsmackingly energetic performance closing out the Lion's Den Sunday night and the lovely hilarious citizens of Boomtown who made it really very very special. When an insane place like that can go utterly silent for a minutes respect for one of Mungo's Hi-Fi's crew who'd died only days before it's pretty moving shit.Bring on chapter 7 :DShout out to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance with whom I volunteered scanning staff/crew/artist wristbands and who were all just lovely people - if you're a local please donate, they're a tightly run charity that really does save lives all the time providing a service the government should be doing! Sure was one hell of a weekend, I left site just after 10am today so managed to dodge the rain. Having missed the Thursday meet it was good to bump into a few eFests people on Saturday, but unfortunately our paths didn't cross, unless you scanned me in of course?! I have some very good friends who work for the Hants & IoW Air Ambulance, one of whom I'm going to End Of The Road with at the end of the month. It was all a bit last minute for me volunteering for bar work this year, but I might look into volunteering for them myself in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner1990 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Got back this morning......woke up at 6.30am and decided to bail straight away to avoid the traffic. Well it was utterly bonkers, 8 lads went (ages from 28-36) and none of us felt out of place, or old (bit of a worry before we went) camped in wild west/old town where it was a bit more chilled. Definatly not for the faint hearted and Shaggy was bloody awful!!! Will definatly try for tickets again next year........although the sanitation leaves a lot to be desired.....hardly any toilets which led to lots of people peeing in the bushes and trees. Edited August 11, 2014 by gooner1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostypaw Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Having missed the Thursday meet it was good to bump into a few eFests people on Saturday, but unfortunately our paths didn't cross, unless you scanned me in of course?! I have some very good friends who work for the Hants & IoW Air Ambulance, one of whom I'm going to End Of The Road with at the end of the month. It was all a bit last minute for me volunteering for bar work this year, but I might look into volunteering for them myself in future.That's good to hear - they had a great time and it makes good money for the charity so they are looking to expand on it next year - go for it! I'll be volunteering again I think, got quite a buzz from all the meet and greet malarkey of it including talking down some irate folk chancing it or being bad-cyclists and felt useful doing the cat-herding activity of being one of the oldies in the group. Only three of them ended up in medical lol (nothing naughty, just high wear-and-tear shall we say)I was only doing lunch covers during the fest so would be a tiny chance and tbh I'm not all that sure I remember what you look like.... - miraculously I was on when Neil and Kizzie came through which was a lovely surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry3 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Thought the sound this year past about 10pm was appalling, no bass to be found which ruined a lot of sets for me Tangled Roots was my favourite addition, couldve stood in front of that polished brown rig all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_man Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 2014 video is go!!http://youtu.be/o0lziFX4-iM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul ™ Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 looked brilliant... Gutted I missed it, next year x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerplunk Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 2014 video is go!!http://youtu.be/o0lziFX4-iM Are you the holder of the horse (avatar)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_man Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Are you the holder of the horse (avatar)? Maybe............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melsypelsy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Was my 1st Boomtown (being used to Glasto, Boomtown is COOOOOOOMPLETELY DIFFERENT) Things I loved.. The madness THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE - they were everywhere and this was lovely (noticeably more friendly than some I have encountered at Glasto) The fancy dress and the performers which stay in character & can completely freak you out in a good way :0)) The night time music The effort that goes into creating such a crazy lil town Things I wasnt crazy about The music during the day... all we could find was reggae and ska (this isnt a boomtown criticism this was just not to my taste & I didn't realise that this was all there would be (unless I was missing something?) The toilets OH LORDY THEY WERE MINGTASTIC in our campsite by Friday AM overflowing. The alcohol restrictions - 16 cans of larger all wend & no spirits allowed as the bars are advertised as being cheap - the bars were not cheap and most were not even open until Friday PM (which I believe is a council restriction?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerplunk Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Maybe............ lol, was just gonna say we nearly met at boomtown - alas only the horse was present and, I think, a friend of yours - spoke like he was anyway. Took a pic - http://www.efestivals.co.uk/photos/boomtown/2014/large/AroundTheSite-BoomtownFair2014-PB21.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random_man Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 hmm I wonder where I was? Would of been good to meet you! You can follow the Horses adventures here https://www.facebook.com/GeorgetheFestivalHorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flounder Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 We had bluegrass, cowpunk, ciderpunk, scrumpy and western on up in Rusty Spurs Club- not one iota of ska!!Was my 1st Boomtown (being used to Glasto, Boomtown is COOOOOOOMPLETELY DIFFERENT) Things I loved.. The madness THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE - they were everywhere and this was lovely (noticeably more friendly than some I have encountered at Glasto) The fancy dress and the performers which stay in character & can completely freak you out in a good way :0)) The night time music The effort that goes into creating such a crazy lil town Things I wasnt crazy about The music during the day... all we could find was reggae and ska (this isnt a boomtown criticism this was just not to my taste & I didn't realise that this was all there would be (unless I was missing something?) The toilets OH LORDY THEY WERE MINGTASTIC in our campsite by Friday AM overflowing. The alcohol restrictions - 16 cans of larger all wend & no spirits allowed as the bars are advertised as being cheap - the bars were not cheap and most were not even open until Friday PM (which I believe is a council restriction?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry3 Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 We had bluegrass, cowpunk, ciderpunk, scrumpy and western on up in Rusty Spurs Club- not one iota of ska!! Sounds like some sort of cider cocktail menu.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostypaw Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Noone wants a pint of cowpunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff_Sav Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 hmm I wonder where I was? Would of been good to meet you! You can follow the Horses adventures here https://www.facebook.com/GeorgetheFestivalHorse Hahaha, Ive just realised who you are. I bumped into you at Bestival last year and got a photo with George the Horse. Good lad he is, a good lad with a good heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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