First time going to Leeds festival (2020) , got questions

[DamienC]

Next years festival will be my first Leeds , and I will be 16 , I obviously want to bring in alcohol, is it easy to get alcohol into the campsite and will I be I’d to gain entry to the campsite with alcohol.

And how hard is it to sneak alcohol into the arena , or be served as I look relatively older for my age  

[ivan]

On 8/28/2019 at 12:50 PM, DamienC said:

Next years festival will be my first Leeds , and I will be 16 , I obviously want to bring in alcohol, is it easy to get alcohol into the campsite and will I be I’d to gain entry to the campsite with alcohol.

And how hard is it to sneak alcohol into the arena , or be served as I look relatively older for my age  

Festivals like pubs don’t want aggro from your parents, the authorities etc for a 16 year old getting ill or worse on their premises.

I think the chances of you getting served are very slim as individual staff can get fined and Organisers can lose their licence.  I know at V Fest years back the council sent kids in the bars to buy alcohol and the supervisor in that bar was in deep trouble as they had sold it.  

I would get someone to get the alcohol in for you , but be very careful where you drink it.

Once it gets dark with thousands of people about you should be ok , but look out for security and don’t be a twat or you will get clocked .

A lot harder to get alcohol in now since they reduced the size of bags you can take in.

[loopy01]

It's pretty easy to get alcohol into the main campsite if you're there for the weekend. Just hide it e.g. inside your sleeping bag or in less-obvious places. It's a lot harder to get alcohol into the arena but there's a few tricks you can do like resealing bottles etc. Last year I cleaned out a sunscreen bottle and poured a load of vodka in there and I got into the arena with it fine. But that's weather dependent... if it's freezing and raining there won't be a reason for you to have a sunscreen bottle with you in the arena.

[Chelsea28]

Hi,

This is the first time going to Leeds Fest I'm 22 and my parents have very kindly purchased me tickets for the weekend, however i am worried as the tickets are purchased under my parents name will I be allowed to collect them or will i need to bring them with to collect or is there anyway i can get the name changed before hand.

 

any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂 

[andyrhodes24]

3 hours ago, Chelsea28 said:

Hi,

This is the first time going to Leeds Fest I'm 22 and my parents have very kindly purchased me tickets for the weekend, however i am worried as the tickets are purchased under my parents name will I be allowed to collect them or will i need to bring them with to collect or is there anyway i can get the name changed before hand.

 

any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂 

I’m not 100% sure but you should be alright as long as you have the confirmation email and ID. Can’t be certain though so I’d check with ticketmaster