Which Festival?

[chchel]

Have my eye on Brownstock which is very soon, never been but the line up seems ok and again its only local.

I've been thinking I might introduce my daughter to the festival experience but V is definitely not the place...I've seen things that she doesn't need to see yet. I have looked at the Hop Farm one and I think last year there were some free day tickets available.

[TheNewUnion]

There's no doubt in my mind, reinforced by what has been said above, if you want to avoid the dicks you need to avoid the music that (sadly) attracts those dicks. Some great suggestions, Hop Farm might be the one for me next year, but Big Chill always looks good.

[the_hedge]

Download and Sonisphere are great festivals if you don't mind your music on the heavy side. Pretty much chav free as well. Will never return to V after going to those 2.

[gjammer]

I tend to enjoy the smaller festivals but if you want guitar bands where the crowd is good, there is a good atmosphere and there are big names then have a look at Sonisphere. Don't know if that's a bit heavy for what you are looking for but I thoroughly recommend.

[xxtinkerbellxx]

I tend to enjoy the smaller festivals

[rug568]

reading/leeds

reading is my favourite festival (i have been to glastonbury)

[thetime]

reading/leeds

reading is my favourite festival (i have been to glastonbury)

[gjammer]

Exactly the same here. After discovering a few smaller festivals over the last few years I don't think I will bother with the big ones any more. Y Not festival and Strawberry Fields festival are the best fests I've ever been too. They are organised so well and the atmosphere is just amazing, they are everything a fest should be

Edited August 30, 2011 by gjammer

[rug568]

nah if someone want an alternative to the nobheads stay away from reading/leeds as theres more dickheads at r&l.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

he just said he didn't like chavs, and there are no chavs at reading.

Although there are a lot of indie kids, who it can be argued are just as annoying as chavs.

[Flaminglippy]

I stopped doing V 2/3 years ago (for some of the reasons you mentioned)...done IOW and Kendal Calling since...IOW's OK, same kinda size as V but fewer knobheads, generally the line-up are worse though (nowhere near as much choice). Kendal's the one though...great crowds, great line-ups, real ale, lovely setting...perfect. The organisers are really friendly, actually respond to comments on their FB page, they actually still run it like a festival rather than some massive corporate marketing machine. The headliners aren't the level you'd get with the likes of V/IOW etc but they're normally decent and the new band stage has some absolute corkers on. The Cribs were phenomenal this year

Edited September 25, 2011 by Flaminglippy