New Festival Republic 38,000 capacity event in Victoria Park, Leicester - Sept 16th & 17th

[gregory]

Edited April 14, 2023 by gregory

[Neil]

thanks gregory, will ask my liecester friends what they know.

[Neil]

19 minutes ago, Neil said:

thanks gregory, will ask my liecester friends what they know.

they know its in the mercury

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/bid-new-two-day-music-8346863

[Neil]

radio2 live weekend i think.

Edited April 14, 2023 by Neil

[retromoz]

Just....bring back Summer Sundae, innit.

[gregory]

2 hours ago, retromoz said:

Just....bring back Summer Sundae, innit.

Amen! Everyone does (alleged) fraud these days, who cares!

[SweepingTheNation]

14 hours ago, retromoz said:

Just....bring back Summer Sundae, innit.

Nottingham has Splendour and Dot To Dot, Derbyshire has Bearded Theory, Y-Not and Download (on the border but a Derbyshire postcode)... does Leicester/Leicestershire have anything?

[Neil]

18 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Nottingham has Splendour and Dot To Dot, Derbyshire has Bearded Theory, Y-Not and Download (on the border but a Derbyshire postcode)... does Leicester/Leicestershire have anything?

it has the wife-beating kasabian.

[incident]

3 hours ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Nottingham has Splendour and Dot To Dot, Derbyshire has Bearded Theory, Y-Not and Download (on the border but a Derbyshire postcode)... does Leicester/Leicestershire have anything?

Not sure why the postcode is relevant - the vast majority of the Download site is in Leicestershire - just a campsite and some parking across the border.

Glastonbudget is apparently still going as well.

[SweepingTheNation]

2 hours ago, incident said:

Not sure why the postcode is relevant - the vast majority of the Download site is in Leicestershire - just a campsite and some parking across the border.

Glastonbudget is apparently still going as well.

Fair point, I actually couldn't remember where the site is and realised I could stretch it to prove a point. Leicestershire also has 110 Above, which appears to me to be an attempt to do a Superstruct-type mainstream-indie festival on a low budget. Point remains, though, that if you want something non-specialist with artists people have heard of the rest of the east Midlands has it sorted.

[gfa]

6 hours ago, Neil said:

it has the wife-beating kasabian.

The kasabian who kicked him out and now tour without him...

[pryce]

23 hours ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Nottingham has Splendour and Dot To Dot, Derbyshire has Bearded Theory, Y-Not and Download (on the border but a Derbyshire postcode)... does Leicester/Leicestershire have anything?

also has one of my fav small city fests Handmade Festival

although this year is the last ever and the smallest, but it has Maybeshewill who are incredible live.

 

 

[emmanuel]

West Midlands has Supersonic, Moseley Folk Fest & Godiva and some ~day events in Birmingham that look much like Dot To Dot, but nothing like the "big cities".

I was at Summer Sundae & Lunar Festival a few times and a recurrent theme for all these events is a crowd often much smaller than capacity but dedicated attendance.

Edited April 17, 2023 by emmanuel

[thetime]

11 hours ago, emmanuel said:

West Midlands has Supersonic, Moseley Folk Fest & Godiva and some ~day events in Birmingham that look much like Dot To Dot, but nothing like the "big cities".

I was at Summer Sundae & Lunar Festival a few times and a recurrent theme for all these events is a crowd often much smaller than capacity but dedicated attendance.

West Midlands have always struggled with festivals, and making them a yearly festival. They had V fest but other than the folk festivals that do well, there is not much happening. Even Wireless is hit and miss, they sometimes have it and sometimes they do not.