Crystal Palace Bowl - South Facing Festival

[mahoneypepe]

14 Aug Dizzee Rascal

20 Aug Supergrass

21 Aug The Streets

28 Aug Max Richter

27/29 Aug English National Opera

 

They need to rebuild the stage before then as it is falling apart

[sisco]

Just got one for The Streets

[hoils]

I've seen no mention of The Pond in the promotional guff for this. Seems a little disingenuous, knowing how far away from the stage the punters will be. 

[Paul ™]

1 hour ago, hoils said:

I've seen no mention of The Pond in the promotional guff for this. Seems a little disingenuous, knowing how far away from the stage the punters will be. 

I believe there is going to be a temporary stage built over the lake for these events.

[atomised]

The article I read said performances would be on a floating stage on the lake with the existing stage as a backdrop as the structure will not be restored in time 

[Field Commander Jefferson]

Looking forward to seeing who is added to the line ups. Great potential with the park there although I can't imagine the capacity will be huge

[lessthanwill1]

I live nearby and have always hoped they would start doing shows there again! Such a cool location. 

[atomised]

1 hour ago, lessthanwill1 said:

I live nearby and have always hoped they would start doing shows there again! Such a cool location. 

I agree. Not a local but I saw The Cure and Pixies there and it's a lovely venue 

[RaphPH]

Looks like this festival has timed it right due to lockdown rule changes and weather. 

[JohnDIGG]

Looking forward to this! It's near my house after all (big up South London!)

Delighted that Greantea Peng will be playing! Some absolute legends have played this stage in the past......Welcome back

[betharm]

Can't wait for Fat White Family, the comeback set at Big Foot fest sounded amazing online. Got heavy into Katy J Pearson in readiness for this event also, she is brilliant ❤️

[Homer]

Tix have now been slashed. Supergrass and Sleafords £20, Dizzee £25. I've got a link if anyone wants me to DM it to them (... DM me).

[Lunabella]

Does anyone know about stage times for the Sleaford Mods day of this? We need to know when The Orielles are likely to come on to determine wether this is worth getting tickets for, but can’t find any info.

[Gilgamesh69]

On 7/25/2021 at 8:44 PM, Homer said:

Tix have now been slashed. Supergrass and Sleafords £20, Dizzee £25. I've got a link if anyone wants me to DM it to them (... DM me).

Any idea if there are reduced tickets for the WWFM 5th B’day event on August 15th?

[glasto-worker]

On 3/13/2021 at 7:25 AM, hoils said:

I've seen no mention of The Pond in the promotional guff for this. Seems a little disingenuous, knowing how far away from the stage the punters will be. 

 

On 3/13/2021 at 8:28 AM, Paul ™ said:

I believe there is going to be a temporary stage built over the lake for these events.

Last time I was there was in 1985 an Anti-Heroin benefit concert organised by Pete Townshend with Hawkwind and ' wait for this ' Dame Vera Lynn !!! - I kid you not.

http://www.fatreg.com/picsantiheroin/CPalace.html

and by the way ' many did stay for Vera Lynn ' 

I had mates who lived very local and they knew the layout so some of them stayed outside - we walked in and went to a tree near the wall and after so many minutes { before mobile phones } they tossed over the bevy.

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shame about the old stage and we did not mind the lake.

a very bizarre concert seeing it was a Anti-Heroin benefit concert and I would estimate that
a good 70% was out their face on this that and the other.

I think there was 8 of us at it - have not been back at a concert but lots of us used to attend the firework show on Bonfire night which used to be held in the same park.

[mahoneypepe]

On 8/2/2021 at 7:16 PM, Lunabella said:

Does anyone know about stage times for the Sleaford Mods day of this? We need to know when The Orielles are likely to come on to determine wether this is worth getting tickets for, but can’t find any info.

Orielles on at 5.35

[Lunabella]

3 hours ago, mahoneypepe said:

Orielles on at 5.35

Ahh thank you! Where does it say that?

[zahidf]

3 minutes ago, Lunabella said:

Ahh thank you! Where does it say that?

https://fb.watch/79u7Mqvk1-/

 

 

[Guy Incognito]

Anyone got a discount code for this?

[RaphPH]

Quite a few decent priced tickets on Twickets for tomorrow....https://www.twickets.live/event/1420713065309016064

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

I didn't realise there was a thread for this, so just posted in the Tour Announcements thread. 

Tickets available on Central Tickets for Sunday 7th (Corinne Bailey Rae etc). £6.50 each. 

[Homer]

On 8/4/2021 at 10:29 PM, Guy Incognito said:

Anyone got a discount code for this?

I have if you still need - pm me

[Homer]

On 8/2/2021 at 7:16 PM, Lunabella said:

Does anyone know about stage times for the Sleaford Mods day of this? We need to know when The Orielles are likely to come on to determine wether this is worth getting tickets for, but can’t find any info.

 

[zahidf]

I wonder if the Dizzee show will still go ahead given his arrest last week...

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

We went along to the Corinne Bailey Rae day yesterday after picking up the giveaways from Central Tickets. Musically, it wasn't really to our liking so we caught the final 3 acts. The crowd was very sparse by midway through CBR's set - at a guess less than 10% capacity. They'd put down some mud covers on the front 15 metres or so nearest the stage and the entire crowd fitted on there with ample room. You could've put the staff, vendors and their food trucks on there too and still had room to dance. Doesn't really bode well!

On a more general note, the site itself is great. It was smaller than I was expecting and refreshingly laid back in terms of security. The natural bowl gives good views from all around the site and the sound quality was excellent for an outdoor event. The bars looked to have decent options (e.g. various Brewdog beers in big cans, ciders, wines, spirits and a limited cocktail choice) and there were 7 or 8 food trucks, with three offering vegan options (pizza, maki, and hotdogs). There were a lot of toilets too, although I only used the urinals so am not sure of their cleanliness levels.