Bar Locations

[squirrelarmy]

9 hours ago, Smexytime said:

Never been before, are they all cash bars or is it the ticket system like other festivals?

Interesting question, might be something worthy of it's own thread but what do people think about cashless festivals?

It worked really well at Untold and Sziget. Instead of carrying cash which can be lost or stolen you have a swipe card which you can load with cash either through an app or at load points situated around the site. All the bars and merchandise stalls had terminals to use. 

Obviously Glasto is a lot bigger than those festivals plus the infrastructure for a technology based system may not be there plus you have all the little arts and craft stalls which would prefer to deal in cash. It could work for festivals like Reading/Leeds etc where you have a dedicated arena area. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Token systems are designed to fleece punters, so that's a hard no from me.

A contactless system is probably less controversial, but is wholly reliable on its – likely bespoke, so untested at such scale - tech infrastructure and if goes down then there’ll be chaos.  Basically, the potential disadvantages outweigh any possible advantages.

 

[glasto-worker]

33 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Hey old son that's great news..soz I forgot to pm you..  Hope they let you out.. Four toes why did they lose there toes.... Lol

 

reread it " 4 people lost toes " - its due to blood supply - they had none - I am on look out just now waiting to Spot him

[glasto-worker]

51 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I think you're right and I shouldn't ask silly questions first thing in the morning.

 

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

What's the difference between a "walk in bar" and a counterbar?

The Clue is not in the name As some are changing this Year - but they will keep the Bar Name 

[shoptildrop]

9 hours ago, glasto-worker said:

 

The Clue is not in the name As some are changing this Year - but they will keep the Bar Name 

Interesting.... do you think that is to help people have more places to shelter if weather not great?

[shoptildrop]

Also Cornish arms not on that bar list that surely is a must

[Horror85]

This year i am definitely getting about to few more. Ideally like to find a cider that's not too much ( not a major cider person ) and anywhere with good wine lol 

[timbrass]

Power Bar?

The 24hr Breakfast Bar?

 

 

 

[glasto-worker]

2 hours ago, shoptildrop said:

Interesting.... do you think that is to help people have more places to shelter if weather not great?

its all been a fine balance and some of the locations has not changed in 30 years so what ' may have been a dead busy bar then may not be now ' No Bar Operator can stick up bars where they wish so its all been planned out well in advance and I know that there is intentions to change some of them - now staffing requirements are far different for " walk in bars" than Counterbars but there is always the waiting factor and weather will play a big part in it - its a no win situation and there can be a few solutions that have been tried at other events that may or may not creep into Glastonbury - one of them is a half and half - see image - that was at Hyde Park 'Proms in the Park ' so it meant that people waiting was in a covered area but was far faster than a conventional walk in bar where there would be tables and chairs - I have been stuck in Hospital so I cant say if this is planned but it went down well at Hyde park  - funny enough not because it was wet but it was searing sunshine so people were pleased they had some shade when they were buying their champagne at £65 a bottle - { and it was flying off the shelves } but they did get £5 back when they brought the bottle back.  

[billum]

3 minutes ago, glasto-worker said:

We have bars like this at our local Summer Blues fest, and they're bloody efficient! All for this approach, hope it comes to Glasto

[The Clearest Blue]

I used the bars on site a lot more last year than the previous years, I think this was less to do with having more disposable income than it was to do with not be arsed to trudge back across site through the mud to fetch more booze from my tent. I plan to make use of them again this year as they are a great place to sit down for a while, they are filled with lovely cherry people and nothing quite beats a tasty cold pint.

[verrymerry]

I've tried to add some of the ones that weren't on there, if anyone else can name the rest I'll add them, although I've no idea if this is even readable at this point  

[Hugh Jass]

Pretty sure the Solstice Bar had a little indoor bit last year that wasn't there before.

[billum]

24 minutes ago, The Clearest Blue said:

...they are filled with lovely cherry people and nothing quite beats a tasty cold pint.

Love those cherry people, hope they're back again this year, they really know how to get stoned...

[glasto-worker]

25 minutes ago, billum said:

We have bars like this at our local Summer Blues fest, and they're bloody efficient! All for this approach, hope it comes to Glasto

time will tell - there was other types { where people could sit down } but I  know that bar { which was a lot smaller then the others } Outsold all the other bars so they were certainly a big hit with the Customers - when I saw the price list { 2012 } I thought it would not be busy but it was chock a block. 

[John the Moth]

I've tended to use the bars more since switching from driving to coach (lucky in the coach sales three years running now).

May not be worth adding to a pub crawl as it is out of the way, and not laid out in a typical way, but I found the new bar in the wood a rather pleasant experience. Maybe it's the trees reaching out to me.

The new (or moved?) bar in the John Peel field was pretty good to, with a little DJ booth and some real ales 

[McCor]

6 minutes ago, John the Moth said:

I've tended to use the bars more since switching from driving to coach (lucky in the coach sales three years running now).

May not be worth adding to a pub crawl as it is out of the way, and not laid out in a typical way, but I found the new bar in the wood a rather pleasant experience. Maybe it's the trees reaching out to me.

The new (or moved?) bar in the John Peel field was pretty good to, with a little DJ booth and some real ales 

That was our first and last stop every day last year, as we walked from/back to our tent in Darble via The Wood. Did a great Bloody Mary!

[The Clearest Blue]

9 hours ago, billum said:

Love those cherry people, hope they're back again this year, they really know how to get stoned...

Haha whoops, meant chatty people, but I wouldn't be surprised if I bumped into a few people dressed like cherries at the festival.