Site Changes 2023

[Boomtowner]

On 3/18/2023 at 4:54 PM, efcfanwirral said:

Yeah I'd assume it'd be replaced by camping. We camped near it but never made it up there, bit of an odd location really, you had to specifically go to it rather than stumbling across it 

I suppose it depends on where you camp. Had a couple of years camping South Park, one year directly opposite the cars. Saw a very drunk Johnny Depp introducing Withnail and I. It was never rammed but it always had people around. It was only a 5 minute stroll from the Park entrance. You could say the same for the woodland area near the JP tent. Last year we were in the CV files so it was quite a trek and we didn't bother.

[panasonic2011]

What about Guilty Pleasures??

Love Thursday night in there after Baggy Mondays!!

[Boilingtent]

This will be unpopular but as someone probably considered "young" and having attended 6 times since 2010 its not an area that ever really registered. Amyl and the sniffers were good there in 2019.

[Skip997]

Just now, Boilingtent said:

This will be unpopular but as someone probably considered "young" and having attended 6 times since 2010 its not an area that ever really registered. Amyl and the sniffers were good there in 2019.

TBH I wasn't really aware of it either.

[Fred Zepplin]

Just now, august1 said:

The tent doesn't get the capacity it should be getting Fri-Sun. Moving it out the way isn't the answer 

Definitely this.

 

Over the years I've seen some fairly big bands in there when the main stages have been on and the crowd has always been very small for the size of the act. If money has to be saved not paying for this will make a fair saving.  

[drunk pumpkin]

48 minutes ago, ProperTea said:

I am hoping that rather than this just being a budget cut, it's actually part of the solution to the overcrowding problem and acts that were on in William's Green will be spread further afield or somewhere new (perhaps somewhere in Woodsies for example?)

I hope you're right. If that's the case then I'll be happy exploring other areas and venues

[Justcalledtosay]

I don't see why the usual WG bookings couldn't be spread across tents at BBC Introducing, Leftfield, Woodsies, Acoustic or Avalon. Put 2 bands on per tent with a DJ to fill before, in between and after. Spreads the crowds.

[Joshuwarr]

Unfortunately Williams Green in my experience would pull in big crowds on Thursday and then they'd struggle for the bands I saw there during the weekend. That said, it was always a nice area to chill in no matter what day.

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

I've never seen anything in Williams Green tent

[Crazyfool01]

chin up gang ... 48 days 🙂 

[Monty Pythagoras]

I'll be honest I couldn't even point out the area on a map

[sadimmock]

It’s a real pity to loose Williams Green. Saw some great bands there over the years and I can’t really see a place for many of them elsewhere (would get lost on the Park or John Peel). 
 

If we assume it’s because of budget cuts then it seems bizarre to then spend money funding a new installation, even if it does re-use the cars. 

[Losing my hair]

I'll be sorry to loose the WG tent, I've seen some great bands in there and it's been really busy - Big Moon, Lets Eat Grandma, Boy Azooga, Fontaines, Snapped Ankles, Black Midi. For a lot of bands it's been their first Glastonbury gig. I just hope that there's a space found for new bands other than just BBC Introducing.

That said, change is good - the festival has to evolve or die.

[Crazyfool01]

we still have no news whats to go in the cinemacarmaggedon field .... maybe a tent of some kind ? removes a bottleneck 

[gooner1990]

3 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

we still have no news whats to go in the cinemacarmaggedon field .... maybe a tent of some kind ? removes a bottleneck 

or it may just revert back to camping?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, gooner1990 said:

or it may just revert back to camping?

entirely possible .... seems like quite a few of the crew areas are joining to form one big campsite now .... so that might be there ?

 

[Colorblindjames]

Replacing a good stage with a bunch of old cars doesn't seem great to me. Looks like more cost savings to the detriment of up and coming bands. 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

A lot of the people who like WG and those who think it needs an overhaul are actually on opposite sides of the same coin, I feel. Both agree the crowds are not big enough/the band's would get lost on bigger stages.

Isn't the ideal thing to save money on an area that's not delivering and have those bands maybe on a smaller tent, somewhere else?

I still feel like Woodsies will be bigger than just the Woodsies tent and the Woods, so maybe there.

Edited May 4, 2023 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[Ashl]

I'm still hopeful they will do something with Woodsies/BBC Introducing make that more into a wider "New Bands" area, I loved my experiences in that tent (when in there) but I think I've only seen The Smyths and last year W.H. Lung in there Friday to Sunday inside the tent, and the Thursday stuff in recent years I've not bothered with due to it being silly. 

[Ashl]

2 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

A lot of the people who like WG and those who think it needs an overhaul are actually on opposite sides of the same coin, I feel. Both agree the crowds are not big enough/the band's would get lost on bigger stages.

Isn't the ideal thing to save money on an area that's not delivering and have those bands maybe on a smaller tent, somewhere else?

I still feel like Woodsies will be bigger than just the Woodsies tent and the Woods, so maybe there.

We've basically just agreed on the same thing, I'm guessing the problem is going to be the bands cost rather than the cost of a small tent on site to any such plans, but I really hope they do, I always think the BBC introducing sets (Another stage that I think I've only seen two bands Fri -> Sun on Circa Waves and Red Rum Club) are too short and not enough going on to head over that way unless I'm already at John Peel/Woodsies so if there was more generally there all acts would win.

[Losing my hair]

29 minutes ago, Ashl said:

We've basically just agreed on the same thing, I'm guessing the problem is going to be the bands cost rather than the cost of a small tent on site to any such plans, but I really hope they do, I always think the BBC introducing sets (Another stage that I think I've only seen two bands Fri -> Sun on Circa Waves and Red Rum Club) are too short and not enough going on to head over that way unless I'm already at John Peel/Woodsies so if there was more generally there all acts would win.

That was the thing with WG - you could pop in and see a band whilst circulating between Pyramid, Other, West Holts and Glade. BBC Intro and JP (as was) are out the way and you have to make an effort to go there.

Need to make the new Woodsies thing an area, like the Park, not just a tent in a field.

[gooner1990]

Williams Green was a good place to chill out I thought when the main stages were on, have a beer, have some food and then go and get back in the thick of it.

 

[Aragorn]

1 hour ago, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:

I've never seen anything in Williams Green tent

Everything Everything were amazing there a few years ago. A real glasto moment for me 

[al_coholic]

Club de Fromage was great in WG. I hope they are still onsite somewhere. 

I was wondering if they might move Arcadia to where Cinermarmageddon (or however you spell it) was to get rid of the bottleneck at the bottom of The Park

[august1]

1 hour ago, Colorblindjames said:

Replacing a good stage with a bunch of old cars doesn't seem great to me. Looks like more cost savings to the detriment of up and coming bands. 

I seen a comment saying why is a music festival replacing a music stage so someone can have a mess around with some cars. No way would the festival allow a newbie to come up with the idea but an old long standing friend of the festival gets away with it..

Don't agree entirely but not far off