Reading Festival Afterhours Entertainment

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Hi. This year will be my first year at Reading Festival and I hear alot about how at Reading there are certain liscencing laws. To what extent does this stretch? Is there a curfew and is there simply nothing to do after the bands have played?

[kibble]

The bands finish at around 11:30, after that there's a silent disco, amusement rides and a screening tent* that go to after the music has finished. I think they tend to end at around 2.

*It shows some classic films aswell as other things.

Edited March 27, 2011 by kibble

[Vacant0]

So, ye, basically there is nothing to do after the bands have played.

[thetime]

you should of picked leeds intead

[Vieuphoria]

f**k all sir. Nothing but a Silent disco and a cinema.

If your lucky you'll see a load of drunk teens acting out

[Vieuphoria]

I've always thought it would be a better idea to loose the alternative stage, and have comedians at night in the FR tent. After the bands end until a certain time.

[jazz565]

if your with friends just get f**king drunk! drinking games are the best to do (getting high too but that a illegal)

i recommend ring of fire for drinking games

[FiestaDave]

No much of a fan of the after hours stuff. The silent disco is only worthwhile if your plastered.

Nothing better than sitting round a camp fire with your friends having a few beers!

[chappiepunk]

Nothing better than sitting round a camp fire with your friends having a few beers!

[harderfaster]

there's very little in terms of after hours entertainment apart from on sunday. on sunday there's a wide array of things to do - you can run to your nearest camp and throw their chairs on your bonfire, you can find something metal, climb on top of the toilets and start acting like a gorilla by banging the metal on the toilet roof, you can start throwing stuff at the lights to try and cause a powercut, you can run around in unison shouting alan, bollocks or winning (whatever takes your fancy really), or you can hijack a trolley from the local supermarket and see how many tents you can flatten before somebody beats the crap out of you.

but as mentioned, if you've got a good group of mates and a few beers then you won't need after hours entertainment. get some firewood, chill with a beer and discuss how much better last year at reading was. oh, the cynicism never stops...

[Bisque]

There is the Swap Shop in the alternative stage that went on afterhours last year. Its a disco where you can swap your clothes with charity shop ones being thrown out at you from the stage. Was really good fun, even with just me & 1 other friend but we didn't go back so not sure if it was just on the Friday night. The Sonic Manipulator was outside too.

[Banana Co]

After Arcade Fire, by the green campsite arena entrance, I saw a man run into these bins, flip over onto the floor and then he started to shout at the bins. That was amazing.

[Clemo]

Once you've been on your feet from 11am to 11pm you'll probably look forward to sitting down at your tent for a bit.

but the films looked a decent plan but we never got round to it, stuff like Kick-ass, the new Sherlock Holmes & avatar, even though I'm sure it weren't even out on DVD at the time, but I digress, oh & there was a couple of zombie flicks on to I think.

[Calzum]

After Arcade Fire, by the green campsite arena entrance, I saw a man run into these bins, flip over onto the floor and then he started to shout at the bins. That was amazing.

[Mega Ross]

Silent disco aint bad, we tend to get some tunes on back at camp and party/ go meet other randomers though.

[zeppelin]

always found the actionaid tent is a laugh til it closes

other than that we normally just chill at camp with a fire & drinks

[rexclark]

Is there nothing on in the Leisure Centre?

[FiestaDave]

Is there nothing on in the Leisure Centre?

[RDCL]

wheres the leisurecentre?

sorry if questions obvious, only been to reading once

[Bisque]

wheres the leisurecentre?

sorry if questions obvious, only been to reading once

[Rudzkii]

Reading this is it not a tad unfair that for you guys who go to Reading, you have to pay the same as Leeds but get less "extras"?

Edited March 28, 2011 by Rudzkii

[mrtourette]

wheres the leisurecentre?

sorry if questions obvious, only been to reading once

Edited March 28, 2011 by mrtourette

[mrtourette]

Reading this is it not a tad unfair that for you guys who go to Reading, you have to pay the same as Leeds but get less "extras"?

Edited March 28, 2011 by mrtourette

[Bisque]

I think the ease of access & women makes up for it.