Boardmasters 2024

[Will b]

Sammy Virji I think

[Will b]

[gfa]

very solid tbh

[greggwhite99]

Hi Everyone, 1st time at Boardmasters this year, is there anywhere to buy ice in the festival?

[MilkyJoe]

Not sure how Bicep are going to go down in daylight? Surely the Chroma show relies on heavy visuals?

[gfa]

On 7/14/2024 at 12:23 PM, greggwhite99 said:

Hi Everyone, 1st time at Boardmasters this year, is there anywhere to buy ice in the festival?

there's a few off licensey kind of stores - can't remember if they sold ice though someone else may be more help

 

The town also has supermarkets, easy to get to on the bus (but obviously takes at least an hour round trip so less ideal)

[Skip997]

On 3/28/2024 at 4:23 PM, gfa said:

very solid tbh

Yea good line up

 

Oxfam places still available 

 

Is Boardmasters full of youngsters 

[Dukey]

9 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Yea good line up

 

Oxfam places still available 

 

Is Boardmasters full of youngsters 

It’s a mixed bag - naturally a lot of youngsters but a fair few in their late 20s, 30s + etc  

 

[gfa]

On 7/19/2024 at 9:00 PM, Skip997 said:

Yea good line up

 

Oxfam places still available 

 

Is Boardmasters full of youngsters 

Its like Reading / Leeds but with slightly more older people. Definitely 80-90% gcse / a level / uni students

[Skip997]

10 minutes ago, gfa said:

Its like Reading / Leeds but with slightly more older people. Definitely 80-90% gcse / a level / uni students

Cheers 

[Dukey]

Set times are out, seems to only be 5 bands and an opening DJ set on the Saturday main stage, surely that’s not right? There were 8 bands a day last year but Saturday and Sunday only have 6 and Friday has 7…

[gfa]

Bicep just pulled out due to personal reasons and been replaced by Leftfield

 

Late notice for sure but people are not going to be happy about that!

They were clashing with Chase & Status anyway i guess

[Furq]

On 7/25/2024 at 10:25 AM, gfa said:

Its like Reading / Leeds but with slightly more older people. Definitely 80-90% gcse / a level / uni students

Promoted as a "family festival" in some places. Laughable.

 

Doesn't sound much fun for parents...

[charlierc]

Even made the news this morning that a crowd surge had left some people injured. Which is a bit of a scary thing to get caught up in.

[Furq]

Rampant drug use too, apparently. No bag checks...

[Skip997]

9 hours ago, Furq said:

Rampant drug use too, apparently. No bag checks...

It’s a festival 

[she bangs the drums]

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/boardmasters-mother-describes-festival-chaos-as-she-helped-boy-delirious-with-pain-after-crowd-surge-13195073

[clarkete]

2 hours ago, she bangs the drums said:

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/boardmasters-mother-describes-festival-chaos-as-she-helped-boy-delirious-with-pain-after-crowd-surge-13195073

 

"They were told to take him to the main welfare tent, she said, but "no one knew" where it was". 

 

That seems pretty extraordinary doesn't it and clearly an issue for many situations that most occur every year?

[she bangs the drums]

5 hours ago, clarkete said:

 

"They were told to take him to the main welfare tent, she said, but "no one knew" where it was". 

 

That seems pretty extraordinary doesn't it and clearly an issue for many situations that most occur every year?

That does sounds worrying.  It also said Sam Fender set needed to be stopped because of crowd concerns.

 

This is a festival that has grown significantly in numbers, so it will be interesting to hear from regulars whether the organisation has suffered with this growth? 

[Furq]

On 8/10/2024 at 9:25 PM, Skip997 said:

It’s a festival 

It's a festival with no bag checks. And poor security.

 

And even poorer first aid, by the sounds of it.

 

Grim.

Edited August 11 by Furq

[gfa]

The bag checks were insane when i went a few years ago, mostly looking for alcohol beyond the can limit but still.

 

Its basically just SW england's reading at this point. thought it was a bit of a dive when i went and its a mission to get to from most places

[AlexR]

On 7/25/2024 at 10:25 AM, gfa said:

Its like Reading / Leeds but with slightly more older people. Definitely 80-90% gcse / a level / uni students

92% of the campers this year were aged 16-19

[Dukey]

I went this year (I’m 30) and felt old compared to the audience. Wasn’t too impressed - went last year and thought it was great but this year was poor. Thankfully we booked the pink moon camping so was away from it all. 
 

sound was horrendous for Chase and Status and Stormzy - Sam Fender and The Streets both got cut short and there were 3 less bands in the main stage on the Saturday / Sunday. 
 

Won’t personally be returning. Shame as location is amazing and I think for the younger demographic it’s a good festival. 

Edited August 12 by Dukey

[giantkatestacks]

Just reading about the crowd crush in The Times. Horrendous lack of foresight and crowd control. Sounds like they were very close to major problems. 

[Will b]

I worked with Oxfam this year, we didn’t have any say over bag checks / crowd control but some comments:

 

the new point stage is good but too small (or how about stop putting massive acts like shy fx or Sammy Virji on the smaller stages). 
the sound on the main stage was not good they need to fix that 
The medicaltents were really east to find - there were 2, both were massive, one next to the main stage and another in the middle of the campsites - and the big screen on the main stage told u where they were so idk what that news article comment is about lol 

it’s a festival for gcse and a level leavers - there’s gunna be lots of drugs. And The medics did a really good job at responding to anything that was discovered. Also I did a night shift in one of the campsites and the 3 people I found off their heads and unresponsive were all over 25 (I’d guess) soooo…

toilets were much better this year than previous ones 

sam fender stopped his set multiple times bcs of crowd concerns that you’d find in any festival set ever (ie people feinting or falling over - fair play to him for making sure it was sorted out he said he’d had issues in the past, but it wasn’t o out of the ordinary - he just brought attention to it a lot) 

 

shame about bicep but Leftfield we’re amazing (although they only played to abour 200 people) 

maisie peters gets better every time I see her 

that Sunday wind bloody hell!

Edited August 28 by Will b