DDave Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, Guy Incognito said: I don't mind that. Well and truly had all its indie kicked out of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdm22 Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Cool. Don't need to bother with this one again then. It will likely sell but I do wish they went back to their earlier line ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Much better than last year’s effort, not sure I’ll bother though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 I'd go on the Sunday, but we are away so a decision is not an issue. Still a bit shite really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetmark Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 2 headliners i really want to see but nought else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 What's it like getting away from there on the Sunday? I really want to see Grace Jones, but would need to get back to Paddington by 2330 thanks to the sorry lack of late trains at weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Damsonz said: What's it like getting away from there on the Sunday? I really want to see Grace Jones, but would need to get back to Paddington by 2330 thanks to the sorry lack of late trains at weekends. You should be fine (and Grace Jones will be good). It has finished at 10:00 on the Sunday the last few times and then it's only around a 10 minute dash down the hill to Lewisham station. You can get to Paddington in under 45 minutes from there (really!), with trains every 10 minutes to London Bridge (it's Lewisham - Lon. Bridge - Baker St - Paddington.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Fishman said: You should be fine (and Grace Jones will be good). It has finished at 10:00 on the Sunday the last few times and then it's only around a 10 minute dash down the hill to Lewisham station. You can get to Paddington in under 45 minutes from there (really!), with trains every 10 minutes to London Bridge (it's Lewisham - Lon. Bridge - Baker St - Paddington.) Brilliant, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 4/10/2019 at 8:06 AM, Fishman said: You should be fine (and Grace Jones will be good). It has finished at 10:00 on the Sunday the last few times and then it's only around a 10 minute dash down the hill to Lewisham station. You can get to Paddington in under 45 minutes from there (really!), with trains every 10 minutes to London Bridge (it's Lewisham - Lon. Bridge - Baker St - Paddington.) I was just checking train times and .... "Travelling to the ONBlackheath festival? Lewisham & Blackheath stations are closed on Sun 14 July, so please use Maze Hill station instead to reach the festival." You couldn't make it up. What a way to treat people. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Damsonz said: I was just checking train times and .... "Travelling to the ONBlackheath festival? Lewisham & Blackheath stations are closed on Sun 14 July, so please use Maze Hill station instead to reach the festival." You couldn't make it up. What a way to treat people. ? Maze Hill is fine, it’s only a short walk to the common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Another one I’m keeping an eye on for cheap tickets seeing as it’s only 15 minutes walk from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Damsonz said: I was just checking train times and .... "Travelling to the ONBlackheath festival? Lewisham & Blackheath stations are closed on Sun 14 July, so please use Maze Hill station instead to reach the festival." You couldn't make it up. What a way to treat people. ? Yeah - that's shite, but you'll still be fine. As HJ said, It's not much further to Maze Hill (it'll take about 20 minutes and it's downhill to the station) and they seem to have plenty of trains on. Also, Grace is scheduled to finish at 9:45, so you won't need to miss the end. Hope she's still on good form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Set times: Saturday Main Stage Jamiroquai - 20:45 - 22.15 The Roots - 18:45 James Morrison - 17:00 Jacob Collier - 15:15 SG Lewis - 13:30 Second Stage Soul II Soul - 19:30 Incognito - 17:30 Swing Out Sister - 15:45 MF Robots - 14:00 The Family Playground Andy and the Odd Socks - 17:15 Science Museum Greatest Hits Show - 16:25 Bubble Show - 15:40 Comedy Show 4 Kids - 14:30 Pop Bingo - 13:20 Boppin' Bunnies - 12:30 Sunday Main Stage Grace Jones - 20:15 - 21:45 Rag N Bone Man - 18:15 UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro. - 16:30 Morcheeba - 14:45 Newton Faulkner - 13:00 Second Stage Brand New Heavies - 19:00 ASWAD - 17:15 Laville - 15:30 Yakul - 13:45 The Family Playground Sooty's Bake Off - 17:30 Bubble Show - 16:45 Science Museum Greatest Hits Show - 16:00 Mister Maker - 15:10 Sam Copeland - 14:45 Sooty's Bake Off - 14:05 Jim Smith - 13:10 Boppin' Bunnies - 12:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 My 18 month old goes to Bopping Bunnies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Fishman said: Yeah - that's shite, but you'll still be fine. As HJ said, It's not much further to Maze Hill (it'll take about 20 minutes and it's downhill to the station) and they seem to have plenty of trains on. Also, Grace is scheduled to finish at 9:45, so you won't need to miss the end. Hope she's still on good form. Grace will start and finish late. And be brilliant. It's what she does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonker Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 17 hours ago, Damsonz said: I was just checking train times and .... "Travelling to the ONBlackheath festival? Lewisham & Blackheath stations are closed on Sun 14 July, so please use Maze Hill station instead to reach the festival." You couldn't make it up. What a way to treat people. ? What a fucking ballache - I was thinking of picking up a couple of tickets for Sunday as well. Now it's a fucking nightmare from Denmark Hill, so think I'll skip it. Pity, would have been good to see Grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 How can something billing itself as a family festival only allow you to take an A4 sized bag in. That will surely be a disaster at the gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, John L said: How can something billing itself as a family festival only allow you to take an A4 sized bag in. That will surely be a disaster at the gates. Stupid rule. All because they can't be bothered to check people's bags properly in this age of terrorism. And OnBlackheath have massively screwed up by not advising Southeastern on the dates for this year to stop them from running the engineering work that weekend. What a mess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 9 hours ago, John L said: How can something billing itself as a family festival only allow you to take an A4 sized bag in. That will surely be a disaster at the gates. And no re-entry! All those local people wanting to take their little kids home and come back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 4:17 PM, wonker said: What a fucking ballache - I was thinking of picking up a couple of tickets for Sunday as well. Now it's a fucking nightmare from Denmark Hill, so think I'll skip it. Pity, would have been good to see Grace. Maze Hill and Greenwich really aren't that far away plus they're both downhill. Like 10/15 minute walk? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonker Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 58 minutes ago, Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese said: Maze Hill and Greenwich really aren't that far away plus they're both downhill. Like 10/15 minute walk? I've just looked it up and unfortunately it's not on the same line as Denmark Hill and quite a diversion to get there, when one of the big positives was the convenience for getting to the site. Thanks anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 11:14 AM, xxialac said: Grace will start and finish late. And be brilliant. It's what she does... That sounds all too likely. I don't want to miss any of Grace's set, nor do I want it to be marred by worrying about missing the last train. So I've decided to play safe and drive to Reading as there are plenty of later trains back to Reading, so we can saunter back to Paddington without any pressure. It's a PITA, but it's a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDave Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Fucking hell, gutted I missed this one! Edited July 13, 2019 by DDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 25 minutes ago, DDave said: Fucking hell, gutted I missed this one! They still have Lemonade though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damsonz Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 I only went to see Grace, she was sensational and I had managed to get to the front so didn't really care about anything else. Enjoyed Rag'n'Bone Man while waiting for Grace, and UB40 earlier were OK but would rather they'd played more of their early stuff. Disappointing that Aswad were on in the second stage tent before UB40 had finished, lot of people wanted to see both so that was crap scheduling. I didn't have a problem with toilets, there were indeed big queues at the loos by the second stage tent but I walked on down past the food stalls and there were loads more loos there and no queues at all. I wasn't drinking as I had to drive, so not inconvenienced there either. Thanks @Fishman for the travel advice, spot on and we actually had acres of time, ending up on the last train that would have got us nearer home after all! But to be on the safe side we travelled from Reading as there are later trains. Just meant a longer drive home but worth it for peace of mind. The whole business of no readmission plus the restrictions on bag size didn't affect us, but must have inconvenienced people with children especially. One annoying thing was that some people had brought those inflatable sofa things into the main stage area, and they took up masses of room. If they're not allowing people to bring chairs in, those things should be banned too. Send some stewards round with pins on long sticks ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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