Has It Changed Much since 2010?

[The Nal]

The hard booze place round in the acoustic field was a nice touch last year.

[stuartbert two hats]

The hard booze place round in the acoustic field was a nice touch last year.

[The Nal]

Really? What did they sell? That sounds great!

[stuartbert two hats]

I'd love the bar at West Holts to be like the Acoustic field Bar. Black Flag?

[LondonTom]

Scotch mainly. And I think a bourbon or two. Was tucked in at the back of the bar in the acoustic field.

[Gnomicide]

Nice one! I shall go search for it this year, I missed having a swift Bourbon from Bourbon Street of a morning last year!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Options of a decent tot of rum have opened up with rum bars in The Common and in the Dance Field.

Actually, the additon of The Gully and The Blues is probably worth mentioning.

Who knows whether they'll be back again this year, mind.

[Greenelk]

In case anyone was wondering if I really care about tiny minutia such as this, then I do. Perfect stuff :-D How have they changed?

[Slugworth]

They introduced the compost loos near the cider bus. They're fantastic, but there's not enough of them. Massive containers full of sawdust outside with papercups, when you've finished your business, you chuck the sawdust over the top. Less smell, and kept cleaner than most

[stuartbert two hats]

They introduced the compost loos near the cider bus. They're fantastic, but there's not enough of them. Massive containers full of sawdust outside with papercups, when you've finished your business, you chuck the sawdust over the top. Less smell, and kept cleaner than most

[ICGenie]

There's some lovely food around the Greenpeace area. Brains numb, can't remember what that area is called for the minute!

[ICGenie]

Sorry, dupe.

Edited February 7, 2014 by ICGenie

[Gnomicide]

Everyone now knows where the Underground Piano Bar is.

[eFestivals]

Everyone now knows where the Underground Piano Bar is.

but it never used to be where it is now.

[Gnomicide]

but it never used to be where it is now.

[drewsstrat]

The shangri la theme was heaven and hell last year. As you imaging hell was black and heaven fluffy white. You queued up and had to convince the doormen that you were good enough to get in to heaven. Needless to say but I ended up watching a reggae band in hell. It's getting busier after hours there, despite the split with Arcadia and improved access.

Orange chill n charge are now toned down charging tents but more than one. More campsite changes. Avalon stage and cafe right next to each other with terrible sound bleeding issues.

Couple of aesthetic changes above the park.

[pie_and_a_pint]

The beer's more expensive

[stuartbert two hats]

Couple of aesthetic changes above the park.

[UEF]

Where is the bloody underground piano bar? I swear half the people are confusing it with the rabbit hole.

Also, these days everyone gets handed a free Growler in a canvas bag upon entry

[Mardy]

it doesn't really change, does it. I mean not readically, the core is still there. There are some changes every year, but they're prety superficial, mostly.

I had a big break, between 95 and 07, and my first thought on returning wasn't how different it was, but how it was still essentially the same, with a few differences round the edge. But it was instantly recogniseable as the same place I'd left 12 years before

One of the things I love is that we only spend 5 days a year there, which is fuck all, really, but every year when we return, we find it really easy to both get our bearings and return to familiar habits (yeah, I'll meet you by that stall that flogs wax candle boats) while at the same time noticing the minutest of changes (Hold on, that Milk stall that was there has moved 20 metres along the row)

[whateverman]

2010 was a vintage year, so the subsequent ones have had slightly too much to live up to in some regards IMO.

Positives - the dance area has realised that it is miles behind the rest of the festival in terms of energy and creativity and has made a massive effort to amend this - not a roaring success by any means, but a definite step in the right direction. There is good food scattered around the site now (not literally!) - as others have said particularly delicious (and nutritious) munchies in the Greenpeace area. General festival good vibe is very much alive and well. The Common with an Aztec / Latin tilt is a riot of laffs and big beats.

Negatives - Southeast corner (with the exception of The Common) is heaving under the weight of its own success. It's now really hard IMO to have a great time there because of the queues, crowds, and touristic nature of the clientele. Arcadia has moved out - and lost its appeal to me, being used as a diversion to ease crowd flow. Block 9 has moved to a more prominent location, making London Underground a major roadblock. Unfairground has turned into a bit of a predictable tourist parade IMO. But - there's plenty of late night fun to be had elsewhere (particularly Green Futures).

[dingbat2]

Where is the bloody underground piano bar? I swear half the people are confusing it with the rabbit hole.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The biggest change between 2010 and 2014 will be that 4 years back the Sunday Pyramid headliner didn't want to make you tear your own ears off.

[The 38 year old virgin]

Food definitely wasn't as good last year, and the Blue Moon was gone, which I was devastated about, their potato wedges sustained me in 2011.

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[Peroni]

If I'm honest I think the toilets were way worse. It looked like they had private contractors rather than the friendly water aid crew at some of them... a cursory spray of air freshener aint cleaning!!!