First timer - help!

[the wonderwhy]

What are you guys on about? I just plucked a random name out the air...

[justanothername]

TERRIBLE LIE!

[justanothername]

What are you guys on about? I just plucked a random name out the air...

[Superunknown]

This got off topic more quickly than I expected.

What I'm really impressed at though is it got to Ian Watkins in less than 2 pages.

[glasto-worker]

Hey, firstly welcome to the forum!

To answer your question, your festival ticket doesn't have your name on it so isn't an issue - they scan it when you enter the site and actually take it off you in exchange for a wristband.

To get the Over 18's wristband you have to go to a tent outside of the arena and show ID. They are quite strict so make sure this ID will actually work but tbh you shouldn't really use it as it's not legal + why would you want to buy the expensive pints in the festival when you can just as easily bring cans into the campsite which clearly costs considerably less.

In addition, the over 18's wristband doesn't even work all the time as the bars are run by the Worker's Beer Company who, while closely working with the festival, are under no obligation to actually accept the wristband as a form of being 18+, so could very well ask to your actual ID at the bar (they ask for additional ID a lot).

Hope this has somewhat answered your question but fire any more my way if it hasn't.

[Babyquack]

Babyquack advice is sound - I work for the WBC so I have 25 years experience of working at festivals -

[6t6o6m]

Love being old.

[glasto-worker]

I was just mimicking advice from yourself Brian!

[GeoHall]

was 18 at reading last year, went to go get a band and they didn't think it was me on my ID! shows how strict it is, refused to give me a wristband, it wasn't even fake!

[Babyquack]

Cheers - Problem is that when your Young you don't really think how your actions can affect other people - These days before anyone can set foot inside a bar to work - they have to sign a legal contract so really they have volunteers by the Balls - I was at Hyde park in 2006 when a joker was making up fake ID outside the bloody gate but lucky enough they failed a UV Scan so they were dead easy to spot - by the time the Police were on the case the joker had vanished.

[Gucci Piggy]

That's true. I've worked on the door for a few bars/venues in Reading now (SIA licensed but mainly do inside work) and it's true that security/bar staff would rather turn you down and away if there's even the smallest shred of doubt even if your ID is actually real as the implications are far worse for the person who illegally serves you/lets you in than the underage person..

[Babyquack]

Having been out with a 17 year old mate in Leeds after Editors I know this all too well. Luckily we found some shitty underground bar/drug den where the bouncer was giving directions, so my mate could sprint past him, down the stairs and into the toilets. Brill.

[Gucci Piggy]

On all the bars/clubs/venues in Reading we always have three doormen just in case people try to pull off tricks like this

[PDAD]

On all the bars/clubs/venues in Reading we always have three doormen just in case people try to pull off tricks like this

[Babyquack]

There would be absolutely no point in going to a club in Reading without ID. My hair is so much shorter in my driving license photo than it is now and for that reason alone, the bouncers often give me a funny look and call over their mate for a second opinion.

[PDAD]

Sounds about right. I've heard from some of the older doormen that it used to be more lax but a few years ago the council began to force them to clamp down and that's the way it's been ever since.

[Babyquack]

Fair enough. That makes sense, it's certainly one of the strictest places i've been out in.

[PDAD]

Tbf, it's one of the safest I've ever been to and there's hardly any shit going down (at least whenever I'm on shift).

[Babyquack]

Yeah i'd agree with that. Are you a bouncer in Reading?

[PDAD]

haha yeah I've only been on the door a handful of times tbh as I prefer to be inside. Rarely do club nights too. Normally just gigs/bars

[Babyquack]

Haha fair enough! Being a Uni of Reading student, you must hate us

[PDAD]

haha, I only work a few week nights as I have another job at the weekends in Bracknell but yeah, thursday and friday nights are the worst My bf is at Reading uni though so I know a fair few of the people coming in

[Yellow_Fellow]

hey i live in Reading too

cool

[rawaudioinput]

No you don't

My brother lives in Earley/Proper Reading, you're just posing

[Babyquack]

Thursday Q is very busy yeah! That's good, although with exams finishing in a couple of weeks, i'm sure you will have a lot of post-exam piss ups to deal with