Lizzim Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 Listening to chemical brothers, and checked my email. It must be a sign. I've got a spare room but wrong side of Edinburgh. Shame tram won't be finished by August -at the moment I can't even get my car near my house and even pedestrian access is not a given!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wonderwhy Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Where do we reckon the best place to stay for this is? Out torwards the airport? Will the tram be functional for getting to/from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcrawler Posted February 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said: Where do we reckon the best place to stay for this is? Out torwards the airport? Will the tram be functional for getting to/from? They have some ticket packages with some hotels right at the airport but they're pretty expensive, though I suppose Edinburgh in August always is. It looks like the last tram from Ingliston leaves at 23:09, which might be cutting it fine after the headliners as it seems like the curfew is 11. Someone local might have a better idea but I'd be surprised if there aren't buses from the airport into the city centre at that time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 16 hours ago, Memory Man said: On reflection, they could have called this all points east scotland, as thats basically what it is. all points north? that might come about one day as the guy running ape is a scot the guy who started rockness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wonderwhy Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 hour ago, kingcrawler said: They have some ticket packages with some hotels right at the airport but they're pretty expensive, though I suppose Edinburgh in August always is. It looks like the last tram from Ingliston leaves at 23:09, which might be cutting it fine after the headliners as it seems like the curfew is 11. Someone local might have a better idea but I'd be surprised if there aren't buses from the airport into the city centre at that time too. Cheers. Found some airbnbs out towards the airport way so might just walk or taxi it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauladam Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 has anyone mentioned the close proximity to the airport - anyone concerned about aircraft noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merago Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Checking reviews of other events held there I've not seen any mention of complaints about noise from the airport - some of the events were the likes of Scotfest that included music, and others involved camping. I'd have expected at least someone to mention unwanted noise if it was an issue. So, fingers crossed it's all good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kingcrawler Posted May 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 Shame about Massive Attack pulling out but I was expecting that to happen after they pulled out of their earlier dates. Idles seem a strange replacement for that day given it's mostly electronic acts. I still haven't bought a ticket yet, definitely going to go on Sunday but waiting for more acts before deciding on the other two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndenis Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 Getting plenty of efests ads about this 🙂 . Nobody I know is that bothered. It's like they've got the blend of acts on each day slightly wrong or something. I know Primavera preplaced Massive Attack with Idles but it's not an intuitive substitution. Not sure Idles are very "big" in Scotland at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Energy Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Bump! Am I the only person going to this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merago Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Artificial Energy said: Bump! Am I the only person going to this? Nope. I'm going, and can't wait for it! I know of a few others that are going all weekend and a whole raft of folk going just on the Saturday too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnmentaluk Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Was looking to go on Sunday, anyone know what the capacity is , and how is it selling, just wondering to hang on till the week before to see if any discounts or 2-1 come up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merago Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Capacity is apparently 15,000 (although the arena part alone of the venue itself can accomodate more than double that according to the Royal Highland Center's website). DF haven't really said how ticket sales have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adequate8 Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 4 hours ago, merago said: Capacity is apparently 15,000 (although the arena part alone of the venue itself can accomodate more than double that according to the Royal Highland Center's website). DF haven't really said how ticket sales have been. RATM is selling badly apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 5:25 PM, merago said: Capacity is apparently 15,000 (although the arena part alone of the venue itself can accomodate more than double that according to the Royal Highland Center's website). DF haven't really said how ticket sales have been. Surely its more than this, 15k should have the sat/sun sold out i’d have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfire Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 I seem to remember it was about 30k capacity when it was announced but I can’t seem to find any evidence! I’ve got RATM tickets but been holding off for cheap/free tickets for connect itself as I’ve seen most of the acts in the last year or so (Latitude 2021, Primavera/Glastonbury 2022). I think a lot of people who love any of these bands will have seen them somewhere else. I think this festival has been totally misjudged which is a real shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merago Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 The press releases at the time the festival announced said 15,000 capacity. The arena itself, as I say, looks to be able to hold considerably more than that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannybruck Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Rage cancelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fools_gold Posted August 20, 2022 Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 any last tickets going for here? £180 is a wee bit strong for me but any cheaper ones would do me totally for the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_87 Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Anyone else looking forward to this? I'm going all 3 days. Hopefully not too many teething problems with it being a "new" festival. Anyone know the site set up? Will it be grassy underfoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_87 Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 https://form.jotform.com/222363419254959?fbclid=IwAR0TLQTMnN6MeceGBKbmQ8bQWxT3Tw77ECsfG2ElV05CD295ukLxzDbcS94 10 pairs of Friday tickers to win if anyone is interested... not selling well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcrawler Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, mark_87 said: https://form.jotform.com/222363419254959?fbclid=IwAR0TLQTMnN6MeceGBKbmQ8bQWxT3Tw77ECsfG2ElV05CD295ukLxzDbcS94 10 pairs of Friday tickers to win if anyone is interested... not selling well? I think Friday has always been the weakest day and Massive Attack dropping out didn't help. Idles are big act these days but also pretty easy to see and there isn't really much crossover with them and the rest of the acts playing, so I'm not too surprised it's struggling. I wonder if this will be like some previous DF competitions where everyone seems to win to fill the place out a bit more? Hopefully the other two days have sold well enough, I'm only going on Sunday but having this every year would be a great addition to the summer events we have up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenfire Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 I won tickets through the Gigs in Scotland comp for tonight. Really excited to see Idles and Jon Hopkins again but looking at the line up before them, it's no wonder the day didn't sell well. Considering it isn't a holiday today, I bet the site is very quiet until about 4/5pm at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannybruck Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Edinburgh is also prohibitively expensive in August for anyone not living in the area already. I'd have loved to travel up from London for a couple of the days but it's easily nudging £200 a night on a hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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