Improving the Festival

[Sam Crawley]

What ideas do people have for improving what is already undeniably the world's greatest festival? Here are a few of mine:

1. Do more to improve the main thoroughfare pathways and eradicate all pinchpoints. There are major routes through the festival that get bogged down and horrible year after year - can't more netting or equivalent be laid to help this a bit?

2. The ticket system is already fantastic and hats off to ME and the organisers for this, but how about rewarding festival goers with first access to tickets for the following year?

3. Separating fizzy pop lager from other drinks in the bars to speed things up for everyone. Or how about self service?!

4. More benchy type seating (like that at the back of the Jazz World area) dotted about in random places - when the grass is gone, it's nice to have somewhere to have an occasional rest!

5. Be less ambiguous about when the line-up will be released. Comments by Emily that most of it should be out before Xmas are a little unfair. I don't mind when it is released, just want to know roughly when that will be (to try to manage my excitement levels a bit!)

Maybe I'll collect these up in a while and send them through to the organising office..

[nina3d]

Kittens!

[Paul ™]

Free drugs

[Sam Crawley]

Kittens and free drugs. Both good suggestions and well-reasoned arguments backing them up, thanks guys

[fuzzylogic]

Kittens and free drugs.

[staggerlee]

Selling crates of beer on one of the market stalls! Guess this could make it more commercial but I have ran out of booze so many times and it would be good to be able to stock up, and avoid the bars.

Edited March 15, 2009 by staggerlee

[nina3d]

Sorry. Consider me chastised.

2. I'm not sure I agree that the stress and anguish waiting for the tickets to finally be delivered the Monday or Tuesday before the festival as a fantastic ticket system.

4. Definitely agree with more benchy seating. It's fine when it's dry and you can plonk yourself down on the ground anywhere, but it's a bore trying to find somewhere to rest the weary bones when it's all soggy underfoot.

Is that better?

[Paul ™]

Sorry

Cheaper Drugs

[pezzypops]

What ideas do people have for improving what is already undeniably the world's greatest festival? Here are a few of mine:

1. Do more to improve the main thoroughfare pathways and eradicate all pinchpoints. There are major routes through the festival that get bogged down and horrible year after year - can't more netting or equivalent be laid to help this a bit?

Edited March 15, 2009 by pezzypops

[fuzzylogic]

Kittens and free drugs is all that is needed. I'm adamant about that!

We should petition Eavis.

I'd happily pay a few quid more for the ticket so that when got throught the gates the free goody bag contained the program, the band list thingy, potato tent pegs, a cute kitty and a big spliff!

Edited March 15, 2009 by fuzzylogic

[nina3d]

I'd happily pay a few quid more for the ticket so that when got throught the gates the free goody bag contained the program, the band list thingy, potato tent pegs, a cute kitty and a big spliff!

[Sawdusty surfer]

get the bloody monorail to run on time.

last year thousands of people missed bands they wanted to see because they relied on the monorail timetable.

Also the monorail toilets were a trifle over subscribed and rather unsavoury. they ended up overflowing. if we are experiencing 3.7g in the middle of the night in a slightly wibbly state of mind in a field in Somerset, the last thing we want is raw sewage flowing down the aisle.

[Sam Crawley]

Alright, given the overwhelming public demand, I'll set up a Downing Street petition for free kittens to be issued to all festival-goers! Maybe it can be funded by one day of Sir Fred's pension!

[pezzypops]

get the bloody monorail to run on time.

last year thousands of people missed bands they wanted to see because they relied on the monorail timetable.

Also the monorail toilets were a trifle over subscribed and rather unsavoury. they ended up overflowing. if we are experiencing 3.7g in the middle of the night in a slightly wibbly state of mind in a field in Somerset, the last thing we want is raw sewage flowing down the aisle.

[JackmyJack]

a wider variety of music more Hip hop, dnb, rnb, punk, rock and indie

also more bench areas

and a duck

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

What about a few small temporary biodegradable roads down at the congested areas, maybe made from the potato starch that they make the tent pegs with.

Being able to buy crates of beer there would be fantastic, it would save people's legs dragging them onto the site & would probably make them a great proffit too .. I know I'd buy a few lol

More beer tents and a few more cider busses, & some pedal taxis for when I'm mashed of a night, I'd gladly pay £3 - £5 for a lift from the Pyramid stage to the stone circle.

Edit: The Festy cabs could be sponsored by Brothers.

Edited March 16, 2009 by DAVA

[JackmyJack]

What about a few small temporary biodegradable roads down at the congested areas, maybe made from the potato starch that they make the tent pegs with.

Being able to buy crates of beer there would be fantastic, it would save people's legs dragging them onto the site & would probably make them a great proffit too .. I know I'd buy a few lol

More beer tents and a few more cider busses, & some pedal taxis for when I'm mashed of a night, I'd gladly pay £3 - £5 for a lift from the Pyramid stage to the stone circle.

Edit: The Festy cabs could be sponsored by Brothers.

[daveinafield]

free milk and one pound entry....

5 days entertainment???

[paulo999]

Interesting thread Sam

What ideas do people have for improving what is already undeniably the world's greatest festival? Here are a few of mine:

1. Do more to improve the main thoroughfare pathways and eradicate all pinchpoints. There are major routes through the festival that get bogged down and horrible year after year - can't more netting or equivalent be laid to help this a bit?

[glastofreak]

someone to carry your stuff to and from the car.

[someone]

Let Brothers Bar sell cider in bottles again.

That is all I want.

[Tenner Huey]

Let Brothers Bar sell cider in bottles again.

That is all I want.

[Boris]

and a duck

[micawber]

someone to carry your stuff to and from the car.

[mouth]

They can leave out the potato tent pegs, they just broke and didn't secure any bit of tent. Perhaps we can opt for an extra kitten if we dont want the pegs?