What's in a (festival) name ?

[Kizzie]

Every year I get asked by non festival types which festivals I am going to or have been to. As I rattle off the names I detect a look of disbelief on the questioners face, then I realise I do sound faintly ridiculous.....Shambala, One Love, Womad, Beautiful Days, Bestival and particularly when we used to go to Endorse-it-in-Dorset.

Which got us thinking about names of festivals and how good/bad or just plain ridiculous they are.

For instance there are some lovely romantic names....2000 Trees, Blissfields and One Love.

Daft names.....said Endorse-it-in-Dorset, sorry Flounder . Bloody Bearded Theory

Horrible names....Leeds, Bestival, Chagstock for instance. Actually anything ending in stock is horrible as is anything ending in fest......Feststock/stockfest. Hmmmm I can see it now.

There's a Brownstock which just makes me think of gravy....or worse.

So what are what are good names or naf names for festivals and which do you particularly like or dislike?

[Kyelo]

I often see people on the Rockness forum claiming it is a 'rock' festival because of the name. Find that odd that people think names should be taken literally, even Glastonbury is technically incorrect as it's Pilton! haha

I hate overly corporate ones like V and TITP, absolutely no thought just pure money making.

Edited April 29, 2013 by Kyelo

[Kizzie]

I often see people on the Rockness forum claiming it is a 'rock' festival because of the name. Find that odd that people think names should be taken literally

[Kyelo]

Yeah, we were talking about how sometimes the name doesn't tell you anything about the festival and sometimes it does. One Love for instance, could it be anything but a reggae festival ?

We mentioned Rockness as I have to admit I thought along the same lines as the Rockness forumites.

[Kizzie]

Burning Man in the US does seem quite apt though as it's in the desert, so not for those who are shy of the sun haha

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Cockrock in Cockermouth. Both names make me laugh but I am easily amused.

[Paul ™]

I like Loopallu which is just Ullapool backwards from the small town it is held in

[Kizzie]

I like Loopallu which is just Ullapool backwards from the small town it is held in

[greenfairy43]

Blissfield's founder's surname is Bliss- which lends itself well to a festival name.

[Katster]

The greatest name by far is bearded theory. Wtf.

[TheParkAfterDark]

We mentioned Rockness as I have to admit I thought along the same lines as the Rockness forumites.