2023 - hopefully not as busy as 2022?

[youngfathers]

After having been to Glasto 6 times previously, my friends and I thought 2022 was noticeably much much busier - and actually really unpleasant at times. Especially in the huge crowd e.g TLC and around Arcadia. Did anyone else think this and is 2023 likely to be more manageable? Hope so as it ruined the magic a bit

[Skip997]

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

I wasn't there last year but this subject was discussed a lot in the aftermath of last festival. You might find this an interesting discussion:

 

[dotdash79]

Everyone put on weight during lockdown so the same number of people took up more space.

We all need to loose the weight

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Everyone put on weight during lockdown so the same number of people took up more space.

We all need to loose the weight

Good plan overall.

Pedant alert - it wasn't the same number of people

[CaledonianGonzo]

In terms of tickets available to punters though it wasn't vastly higher either.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Same numbers, probably the same amount of space, same crowd situations. Sunday of course being most problematic, particularly around the teatime slot and headliner. Moving across site from the Pyramid after Elton could be a challenge. 

There is a dedicated thread already.

[Crazyfool01]

I wonder if we might get the workers wristbands rolled out at some point ? 

[Leyrulion]

Officially it'll be the same numbers as last year. 

There's a few factors that you'd hope will lessen it feeling quite so crowded:

1)It not being the first one back so there's a little less of an "unmissable" quality to it. So people who have staff tickets might go back to just staying for the day or two they need to rather than the full weekend I think they're technically allowed. 

2)That it's the 2nd one back will also hopefully lead to a easing of people trying to bunk in. (Maybe...)

3)Security shortages are hopefully easing so they should have more staff to manage crowds and stop the above mentioned bunkers. 

4) Everyone has last year's experience so they've replaced at least some of the experience lost by people leaving the sector over the pandemic.

5)They also got told to change their risk assessments to look at crowd draw by the council when scheduling acts so that should also help to learn from the issues last year at park/arcadia/Williams  green/avalon.

6) Possibly more food vendors will come back to the scene after having done a year and being able to pay Glastonburys fees so the queues might be a little shorter at stalls.

 

[Skip997]

11 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

I wonder if we might get the workers wristbands rolled out at some point ? 

Not understanding what you mean?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Skip997 said:

Not understanding what you mean?

might have imagined it but wasnt the plan to roll those out to punters too which would aid security  ?

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

might have imagined it but wasnt the plan to roll those out to punters too which would aid security  ?

sorry, not being awkward, but still don't understand

guess it relates to something I've not heard/read

[The Nal]

The queues were a toilet fire. I dont mind the odd crush here and there but its a pain in the swiss when every food stall has a 30 minute queue. Even at off peak times.

[Crazyfool01]

9 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

sorry, not being awkward, but still don't understand

guess it relates to something I've not heard/read

oxfam previously had wristbands with qr codes that got scanned in and out ... so removed the issues around pass out scams 

[Skip997]

5 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

oxfam previously had wristbands with qr codes that got scanned in and out ... so removed the issues around pass out scams 

ah got you now

Only some crew have this, we don 't

spare pass outs go for quite a lot of cash

Shambala have had the QR codes for a long time now, for both crew and punters

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

ah got you now

Only some crew have this, we don 't

spare pass outs go for quite a lot of cash

Shambala have had the QR codes for a long time now, for both crew and punters

yeah so tightening this up would help with excess crowds 

[savethatjek]

If any experienced Oxfam volunteers know, am I refreshing this page on Wednesday morning?

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

yeah so tightening this up would help with excess crowds 

as would reintroducing the Wednesday security sweeps, checking for wristbands etc

didn't happen at all in 2022, maybe lack of available security

[stuie]

12 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

oxfam previously had wristbands with qr codes that got scanned in and out ... so removed the issues around pass out scams 

It was planned for 2020 so maybe this year it will be. 

 

5 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

ah got you now

Only some crew have this, we don 't

spare pass outs go for quite a lot of cash

Shambala have had the QR codes for a long time now, for both crew and punters

That’s the problem they are trying to solve.  There should be no such thing as a spare pass out! It enables wristbands to be slipped off and taken out of the festival to get extra people in.

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, savethatjek said:

If any experienced Oxfam volunteers know, am I refreshing this page on Wednesday morning?

Yes, that’s the right page. 

We have a thread for volunteering posts which may interest you. 

 

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

That’s the problem they are trying to solve.  There should be no such thing as a spare pass out! It enables wristbands to be slipped off and taken out of the festival to get extra people in.

In an ideal world yes, however it does happen for various reasons.

The photos on the tickets should help if the gate steward is on the ball, however crew tickets don't have a photo.

[savethatjek]

3 minutes ago, stuie said:

Yes, that’s the right page. 

We have a thread for volunteering posts which may interest you. 

 

Thank you!! I actually thought this was the volunteering 2023 thread haha

[Leyrulion]

39 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

oxfam previously had wristbands with qr codes that got scanned in and out ... so removed the issues around pass out scams 

 

32 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

ah got you now

Only some crew have this, we don 't

spare pass outs go for quite a lot of cash

Shambala have had the QR codes for a long time now, for both crew and punters

BoomTown had it as well and despite a lot of skepticism at the beginning (it was used for payments on site as well), it worked pretty seamlessly. 

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

 

BoomTown had it as well and despite a lot of skepticism at the beginning (it was used for payments on site as well), it worked pretty seamlessly. 

Boomtown’s effort last year was to cream a commission from all of the traders and to monitor everyone’s purchases.  They’ve had codes on their bands to track entry and exit for many years before they went all controlling! 

Edited January 30, 2023 by stuie

[marathonsteve]

Some of the Recycling Crew had the QR codes on their wristbands so they were just scanned in and out