Standon Calling 2022

[DomDom1984]

The Thursday goes into my "I'd pay a day ticket for that in Glasgow" list. Looks like a grand ol' time.

[gregory]

On 3/24/2022 at 5:01 PM, gregory said:

a few new bands added and stage splits 

This was all announced by the 24th of March last year, anyone find it weird that very little seems to have been announced this year (commparatively)? 

[gregory]

Still hardly any acts announced, I think 35% of the live acts must be missing still. Weird 

[FestivalJamie]

The line up this year for standon this year is sadly tragic

[european_son]

I'm not unhappy with the lineup (given I'll be managing a six-year-old too, there's probably enough stuff I want to see - Human League, Nuha Ruby Ra, Self Esteem, The Big Moon), but I'm definitely concerned about how little info has been coming out from organisers in recent weeks/months regarding stage splits and the like.

And while I know Google ads are what they are, I'm being BOMBARDED with Standon ads these last couple of months, which raises questions about ticket sales (though, they're on "Tier 5" so maybe I shouldn't be so worried?).

[neil999]

They just released the talks on the lawn stage on their Instagram page,bot very exciting but stuff still happening,thr lack of adage splits is v annoying,I suspect their will be some comms this weekend as they will want to cash in people glastonbury excitement...

[gregory]

Seems like they have filled a bunch of the empty main stage slots with BBC introducing acts, and are just going to have less acts per day than last year

[freeak]

I'm happy that Self Esteen is headlining but the lineup is definitely weak this year compared to last year. It was going to be hard to have a line up comparable to last year's as it was so good.

[european_son]

Just flagging that the "get 5% free bar credit on cashless topup" ends at midnight tomorrow (see below), as organisers seem to be way less on it with the comms this year so some people may miss that.

(I missed the 10% deal which ran till May 31, annoyingly).

Standoners! Fancy some drinks on us? To celebrate the festival drawing ever closer, top up your cashless account before midnight on 4th July and you’ll get 5% back as free bar credit*. To receive 5% back, simply top up one of the amounts below:

£100 = £5 free bar credit
£150 = £7.50 free bar credit
£200 = £10 free bar credit
£300 = £15 free bar credit
This is a limited time offer, so don’t miss out! Start loading up your festival spending money to turbo-charge your day or weekend of summer fun at Standon Calling.

*This offer is available even if you have already topped up!

 

EDIT: Standon being Standon, on the top up site you can't actually top up by £200 in a single transaction so 🤷‍♂️ if that's what you're looking to do.

Edited July 3, 2023 by european_son

[neil999]

Still no full stage splits grrrr dunno why they have announced the main stage and not the others, unless they are still adding bands... 

[freeak]

They do now have day splits for electric willows on Instagram there are 10 recognisable artists compared with 15 last year....

[neil999]

App no out but with no new Info on it😔

[freeak]

You can see who is playing the main stage or laundry meadows through the app, but no set times yet

[gregory]

51 minutes ago, freeak said:

You can see who is playing the main stage or laundry meadows through the app, but no set times yet

Taking away the cowshed (third live music stage), and filling tons of the main and laundry stage gaps with BBC introducing acts hasn't helped an already quite poor lineup hey..

[european_son]

I know Standon has always been endearingly awful on comms, but it's especially bad this year, isn't it?

More generally it feels like every festival/one-dayer has really been dragging its feet on lineups, splits and timings announcements this year.

[european_son]

FYI:  No formal announcement yet but it seems as though set times are now on the Standon Calling 2023 app.

[freeak]

Good spot!

[sisco]

£25 weekend tickets going and £7.50 per day!

[freeak]

2 hours ago, sisco said:

£25 weekend tickets going and £7.50 per day!

Available where?

[sisco]

7 minutes ago, freeak said:

Available where?

Show film first

[european_son]

*whispers* a few back available on SFF...

Not the sort of thing I could personally leave to the last minute like this but it's making me think I should keep my eyes open more generally.

[freeak]

The standon calling website advises 

• Gas stoves and BBQs are allowed as long as they are elevated from the ground. However, gas bottles weighing more than 3.9kg are not permitted. Additionally, the use of briefcase stoves and disposable BBQs is prohibited. Please note, we reserve the right to prohibit all stoves and BBQ units at short notice in the interest of event safety.

However the app says that gas stoves are not permitted...

Festivals have banned stoves last year due to the heat, which is not an issue for standon this year. There is also the issue of people chucking them onto fires and reading and Leeds but I do not think that is a problem here that means they should be banned. If they are banned then seems to be a money grab like the 12 can beer limit to get attendees to spend more 😞

 

[brendan84]

Anybody want need 2 day tickets for today Friday 21st ? Can't make it now . Going for free. 

[neil999]

Had a great time with the family again, definitely more commercial now.. But didn't stop us enjoying it

One thing tho, the lack of security was unbelievable... Didn't have wrist band checked once the entire festival! never known anything like it... Surely thats gonna cause them licensing problems? 

[european_son]

Our third year in a row with our now six-year-old...

We all had a really great time despite the relatively weaker lineup/fewer acts (and no Uni of Beds tent), the Saturday/Monday morning weather, the swathe of admittedly adorable ruffian teens in bucket hats, and what feels like even more grasping on all the prices every year.

Plus I really wish the organisers would up the comms in the leadup and at least give the impression of listening to feedback and making us part of the conversation.

So it's the usual wrinkles/moans, but fun was definitely had and we'll probably be back next year. Only a 15-20min drive from home which is a big pull factor.