This Year's Festivals

also the love parade sooncome - free cider and plenty muffin

Either that, or I may start my own festival called "Old Fart's Bloody Racket In A Field" or something...

Harumph!!!!

Old Fart!!!!

Hopefully the land will be in progressive hands by mid-July, which will give me even more reason to enjoy it.

Hello! The fields are beckoning me. What are some good festivals this year? Preferably something fun, not too expensive, decent lineup that will appeal to normal people (as well as music dorks like me), preferably UK or Europe at a stretch and not sold out. I went to Boomtown Fair last year, which, despite being aimed squarely at the Brighton/Bristol dreadlocks and trustfunds brigade, was actually very well executed, varied and a lot of fun. Tickets are into fifth tier now though unfortunately.

i'm looking forward to http://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk, a friend of mine was going on and on about green man festival last night and it did sound pretty cool, seem to remember that king loser lot you like are playing

*king creosote

Supernormal line-up is brilliant, but I'm at a wedding that weekend (and too skint to go anyway, really).

I mean, I was gonna go through and give you some tips re: who to look out for, but the fact is ALMOST EVERYONE is fucking amazing on that list.

http://sunwaves-fest.ro/

https://www.facebook.com/SunwavesFest

yup! have you been before?

blurt just added, awesome, missed them earlier this year and yeah agreed, line-up is proper good. loads of friends playing too so it's gonna be a mega fun weekend :)

xxpost

Yeah, I'd be tempted by Green Man but it seems a bit tame. I've heard of like, two bands on the lineup for Supernormal but it seems good. Not sure it's exactly what I'm looking for sadly. Dammit, if only I was able to go to Bloc.

Never been to Supernormal, think I was only made aware of it last year? And if you have loads of friends playing then I imagine we have at least a few friends in common...

Think the main one I'm howling with despair about missing is Sylvester Anfang II - I've still never seen them, whereas most of the bands who I think are awesome I have at least seen one or two or more times before.

do not despair! sylvester anfang are playing at the albert or somewhere in august, remember seeing them on the resident listings the other day

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's true!!!!!!!!!! Haven't actually heard them but their name had been stuck in my mind anyway from.... uh somewhere or other

So this seems to be the only apt thread in which I can celebrate the fact that my band are playing Supernormal this year. Whoop!

http://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk/

I only heard about Supernormal straight after I bought tickets to Boomtown Fair which is a bit of a posho dreadfest but I've a lot of friends going (my mate's band is playing) and to be fair once you get over the initial shock of having to hang out in a field with tie-dye types is actually a lot of fun.
I'm also going to this the following week: https://www.atpfestival.com/events/jabberwocky2014.php which looks great except it's in the fucking Excel centre in the middle of August. Somehow I don't equate seeing Electric Wizard in the sweltering summer heat of a corporate exhibition hall...

I will go to Supernormal next year for sure though.

There is word on the grapevine that this might actually be the last Supernormal, but I've only heard it via rumour mill, no official sources. So it could be bunkum.

Damn. Why though? And if so what alternatives would there be? I think I only first heard about it last year and it's really great that a fest like that exists.

Oh wow, congratulations Emily!! Was actually looking at that yesterday and thinking about going for once, don't think I noticed your lot on the bill before though.

Not sure, as I say I've not heard it through official channels. Festivals do come and go, though, particularly in this climate of niche fests all over the place. There are a few other things I'd consider going to but the music is approached differently. Like, Sin Eater would share a few bands but it concentrates on the 'weird folk' element. Kind of giving up hope on getting on the Indietracks bill, which is a shame as I may end up not going this year if I don't.

And yeah, Jabberwocky looks pretty good, though Boomtown Fair looks like a nightmare.

xp thanks! Come!

really can't say enough good things about Supernormal. thought I was done with things where you camped in a field for a weekend but I had such a good time last year. they sold all their early bird tickets in literally 15 minutes last week, although there might have been 10 of them or something for all I know

most of the stuff I read about Boomtown makes it sound objectively upsetting, as opposed to it not really being my thing

Oh, Dead Rat Orchestra are playing Sin Eater and they're great. I'd love to go to that.

No, Boomtown isn't really an Ilxor-friendly festival I can imagine. Mind you it's okay for a certain type of Glasto vibe you don't really get at Glasto much any more and I like reggae so... Anyway I'll stop defending it, I know it's a bit shoot...

i would like to go to a supernormal/sin eater type of festival. more interested in experimental/leftfield music as opposed to folky stuff. any other suggestions?

Sin Eater should be a festival made up exclusively of bands with SAW pun names

eg. Stock, Hausen & Walkman
Smell & Quim
Minologue

Hahaha. I have driven some friends up the wall by insisting on calling it the Sinitta festival. I haven't actually been myself but it's certainly one I'd consider.

is Sinitta actually a Pun I Had Missed?

seems it's her real name. her parents still not off the hook though

i would like to go to a supernormal/sin eater type of festival. more interested in experimental/leftfield music as opposed to folky stuff. any other suggestions?

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not been myself, but Tusk in Newcastle

DL, if you're into city centre things (which I would call 'weekenders' rather than 'festivals', just to distinguish) then Supersonic in Birmingham might be up yr street? It's another one I've always looked at but never made: http://www.supersonicfestival.com/

Or come to Colour Out of Space next time.

Or travel to Belgium for Kraak.

But I can't think of any other camping/chalet type festivals that meet your criteria at the moment.

oh i'm not fussed about camping necessarily, but these look cool. Thanks E.

Oh I should go to Supernormal seeing as I live like ten miles away, but I don't do camping, so I've spent the past 3 years being grumpy because I thought it was in a village with no public transport after 5pm and no B&Bs, except it is actually possible to get off the site after dark after all apparently, or so someone only told me last month.

(I just didn't realise that partly because in the first year they didn't list any transport/B&B options on their website but mainly because I am dumm.)

Kind of old lazy for the festival thing now though but maybe it will be fine if I tell myself it's just two all-dayers in a row, in an inconvenient location, with mud and not very good toilets

bought a ticket for supernormal, what the hell

Def gonna try Supernormal next year if I can. Anyone going to Jabberwocky in London?

i don't know what that is!

this one in cambridge looks really good:

http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/annual_music_festival

Yeah, the Cambridge thing looks good and Supernormal has some fairly unmissable acts on at it (Sarah Angliss, Sam Underwood, Richard Dawson, Graham Dunning to name but a few). As usual, I have managed to avoid all of them by working too hard.

Jabberwocky's an ATP things with a pretty nice line-up. Shame it's at the Excel centre though :-/ http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jabberwocky2014.php

the ex! <3<3<3

probably a band to see in a smaller venue though

Nick! Yay! I am now playing twice at Supernormal, though you probably won't want to see the first act I'm playing with as, hmm, I'm pretty sure you don't dig his stuff. Everything is clashing horribly badly with everything else, too, though not sure it's something I can get mad about as I want to see a good 90% of the acts, so of course it's going to clash.

That Wysing Arts thing *does* look really great, too.

had a few seconds wondering why Nick had a pet name for the Excel Centre there

Supernormal is gonna be a bit rainy by the looks but fuck it I'm just gonna lean into it

haha!

stoked for slum of legs, how yr launch gig go e?

Good! Think we played well, the other bands were great, people came and we actually sold records, so about as good as you could hope for, really. I played so craply at Indietracks, though, think the heat and the pints of wine didn't work together so well - we still went down pretty well, figure that's the joy of a six-piece, everyone else can cover for me, heh.

*must remember you can't take glass bottles onto Supernormal site*

Sort of shamed to admit but I actually had a very good time at Boomtown Fair.

never had of that one dog latin.
good line up.
may have to check next year as having done camp bestival 3 years in a row, beginning to feel its time for a change.

Boomtown has its fair share of white dreadlocks, tribal tattoos and electro-swing LARPer-types but it's also one of the most imaginatively executed ways to spend a long weekend. They turn the Matterley Bowl into a literal toon-town you can wander around with built facades hiding areas you can go into with live actors. There's a big onus on fancy dress/dressing fancy which initially put me off, but it's best to just hang up your inhibitions and embrace it. There's funfair rides and it's got the Arcadia spider too which is def worth a watch. Some of the stages are incredible-looking as well - a giant temple in the Lion's Den area, a pirate ship, a wild west area and a huge stage-cum-boombox elsewhere. The music wasn't necessarily up my street - lots of comedy klexmery folky shite fogging up the place, but when it comes to dub and reggae there's enough to fill your boots and I especially enjoyed the Wailers and Easy Stars. It had a reputation for being a very druggy festival but more recently they've clamped down. Weed is tolerated on the whole, but that's it, and they do have a family area now too.

Been twice now and both times I was ready to cringe and have a bad time but as soon as I've gotten there I've found myself overwhelmed at how exciting and vibrant the whole thing is.

if the CB line up is crap next year, then this sounds like a definite contender for me and the kids.
ta.

Fish Police are fucking brilliant. If I could rewind Supernormal I'd have got up and danced rather than just sitting their open-mouthed wobbling my legs a bit.

So...

If I were to go to a festival in the UK this year, where should I go?

Supernormal is actually happening again, despite rumours of its demise. I think they've rejigged the organisers and it might be a different site (? maybe ?) but it will happen.

I am very tempted by Supernormal but not sure if I could convince friends to come. Strange question, but what's the atmosphere/vibe like compared to other (i.e. more mainstream) fests?

it's on the same site as last year

it's relatively small and very friendly and my impression is that you can go there and be relatively sedate and/or with kids, or spend most of the weekend getting wrecked, without either group having its enjoyment spoiled by the other

yeah, i just wanna party, i don't wanna hurt nobody etc..

Festival number 6 was fantastic last year. The line up was good but it's really all about the Portmeirion setting, not many finer places to lose yourself for a few days. unfortunately this year's first wave of announced acts is pretty uninspiring.

if i was anywhere close to bradford...

http://oi59.tinypic.com/289e69f.jpg

I might be going to that...

as a performer?

have applied to play at Supernormal. Can't afford any festivals this year :-(

http://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk/news/first-acts-announced-for-2015/

wot? no disco zhivago?!

I went to that one in 2012, it was great.

feeling the way this became 'rolling Supernormal with cursory mentions of other less good weekenders' thread

in the interest of spurious notions of balance....

I'm going to this http://lunarfestival.co.uk/ lol 6Music and all that but some interesting acts playing. I'm also probably going to this http://www.festivalnumber6.com/ yes I am middle aged, but a really good DJ line up I think

http://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk/news/ar-kane-for-supernormal/

*brain explodes*

I'm playing Supernormal I'm playing Supernormal I'm playing Supernormal

(the thing for Threadfest didn't come off and I'm super bummed esp as my friend went and apparently Circle were amaaaaazing)

w0000000000000000000t! nice work em!

Anybody doing Eaux Claires?

Thanks for the Pernod, Nick.

*ouchmyhead*

Anyone going to Temples festival in Bristol?

I am.

Cool, I'm reporting on it so I'm going to be sweating it out there all through the weekend. gimme a shout if you want to meet up. my email is my username at gmail.

Will do. Based on the last couple of years it's worth getting out into the daylight every now and again.

yeah it's a shame it's happening in mid-summer. why not the frostier months??

this is happening about 800m from my house, hmmmmm:

Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds • The Horrors • Hiatus Kaiyote • Gaz Coombes • Songhoy Blues • Turin Brakes • Natty • Sage Francis & B. Dolan

• Gaz Coombes •

A must?

Considering some sort of complaint to the council tbh

you don't want to appear as some kind of festival Supergrass though

Give them a rocket from the Coombes

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2019/08/22/so-we-took-our-cancer-child-to-a-music-festival/

https://i.imgur.com/0BhbPpI.jpg

this doesn't even look real as there seems to be too many good bands on one bill.

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2020/02/11/cruel-world-morrissey-bauhaus/

so i'm pretty sure that i'm going, how could i not?

I saw that earlier, and assumed at first it was just for a club night where those records would be spun, lol

Festival Lineup With All Old Bands Not Posted in "Worst Ever Festival Line Up" Thread

that lineup is berserk but I'm hoping DEVO and Blondie picket the stage and don't let Sodchops on

"Jay Aston's Gene Loves Jezebel" had me pondering the ex-Bucks Fizz singer fronting a reboot of said band

my friends really want me to go and im having conflicting feeling about this. if Morrissey was not the headliner this would be a much easier decision. i'm also not a festive type of person and i saw Bauhaus last November anyways. i have singed up for the per sale code so we will see.

i got a presale code and just went in to buy tickets, they are $185 each with service fee but not including parking.

i know someone who went to a Chargers football game there and they charged him $100 for parking and i can see this being the same...

Lol, this is the first I'm hearing that StubHub Center (formerly Home Depot Ctr) is now "Dignity Health Sports Park."

Digntas, more like..

(no idea, really!)

This apparently sold out in under an hour.

It's a decent lineup, kidding aside

Wow, that is a faster sell out than "Just Like Heaven." so of course there will be a second date on Sunday.