Syd for solen 2024

[Daniele82]

Hi! someone know price of beer & cocktail in SydForSolen 2023 (copenaghen)? thanks

[FrogLobster]

On 3/29/2024 at 2:39 PM, Daniele82 said:

Hi! someone know price of beer & cocktail in SydForSolen 2023 (copenaghen)? thanks

Expensive; as is the case for everything in Copenhagen. 😄

Last year for the Aphex Twin day there was alot of people chilling in the park outside the fest with cheap supermarket alcohol before heading in to the site. 🙂 but festival/event security is notoriously very lax in every event in Denmark so quite easy to sneak stuff in. I even got caught sneaking a bottle of spirits into Roskilde Fest and the teenage security guard shrugged then let me keep it. 😂

The location this year is different and a bit further out of the city centre so not as many supermarkets nearby.

Edited March 30 by FrogLobster

[Daniele82]

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Thanks, but beer something like 60 dkk or more?

[Daniele82]

At what time festival closed? there are djset after concert?

[FrogLobster]

2 hours ago, Daniele82 said:

Thanks, but beer something like 60 dkk or more?

I don't drink alcohol so not sure of the exact bar prices. But id perhaps say it would between 60 and 80. Im going to some danish fests in June so will report bar prices then; itll likely be very similar. 🙂 

Edited April 9 by FrogLobster

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

The Saturday bill is probably the best day line-up I've seen this year, so planning on booking three days in Copenhagen and attending the last day of the festival. 

Could anybody who's previously attended let us know what the drinking / bar situation is like? I know they have stricter licensing laws in Nordic countries and in certain festivals you have designated drinking "areas". 
 

[FrogLobster]

1 hour ago, BOBBY_FIRMINO said:

The Saturday bill is probably the best day line-up I've seen this year, so planning on booking three days in Copenhagen and attending the last day of the festival. 

Could anybody who's previously attended let us know what the drinking / bar situation is like? I know they have stricter licensing laws in Nordic countries and in certain festivals you have designated drinking "areas". 
 

Ive been to a few dozen festivals in Denmark and i've rarely seen designated drinking areas; people drink wherever.

 

Only exception is if its the occasional fancier festival bar where they serve wine and cocktails in glasses.

Edited April 16 by FrogLobster

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

49 minutes ago, FrogLobster said:

Ive been to a few dozen festivals in Denmark and i've rarely seen designated drinking areas; people drink wherever.

 

Only exception is if its the occasional fancier festival bar where they serve wine and cocktails in glasses.

Sounds good - thanks. I think it may have been Way Out West in Sweden where I saw designated drinking areas mentioned. Obviously a different country but was unsure whether it may have been a cultural norm for countries in the region 

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

Set times have just been released, the Saturday is going to be superb. Got everything booked last week – can’t wait!

Edited May 31 by BOBBY_FIRMINO

[Duffs1]

I’m also all booked for the Saturday night! Coming from Dublin and wondering what time the site closes? Will the Metro still be running early morning? 

[Mr. B]

Metro is 24/7 in CPH 🙂

[FrogLobster]

On 6/1/2024 at 9:39 AM, Duffs1 said:

I’m also all booked for the Saturday night! Coming from Dublin and wondering what time the site closes? Will the Metro still be running early morning? 

Copenhagen Metro runs 24/7; but they have been doing some temporary closures at times to test out the new metro line thats being added 'soon'. They usually announced these closures a week or 2 in advance.

 

The venue location is going to be not far from where the new metro line opens up! But its a mystery when it will open; they have been working on it for many years and original prediction was early 2020. Obviously pandemic happened but a 4 year construction delay is quite typical of this city. I live central and they have been doing roadworks outside my apartment for 5 years with no end in sight! 😅

 

There is also the overground commuter rail (S Train) station nearby that usually runs until 12.30 or 1am. However they do tend to extend rail services later for bigger concerts. But as this is the first year for Syd For Solen at this venue im not sure what special arrangement they will have. As soon as I find out ill share some info!

 

Buses run all night; just a reduced service. 🙂

Edited June 3 by FrogLobster

[Duffs1]

On 6/3/2024 at 12:17 PM, FrogLobster said:

Copenhagen Metro runs 24/7; but they have been doing some temporary closures at times to test out the new metro line thats being added 'soon'. They usually announced these closures a week or 2 in advance.

 

The venue location is going to be not far from where the new metro line opens up! But its a mystery when it will open; they have been working on it for many years and original prediction was early 2020. Obviously pandemic happened but a 4 year construction delay is quite typical of this city. I live central and they have been doing roadworks outside my apartment for 5 years with no end in sight! 😅

 

There is also the overground commuter rail (S Train) station nearby that usually runs until 12.30 or 1am. However they do tend to extend rail services later for bigger concerts. But as this is the first year for Syd For Solen at this venue im not sure what special arrangement they will have. As soon as I find out ill share some info!

 

Buses run all night; just a reduced service. 🙂

Thank you! Are Ubers a thing there? Keeping everything crossed that QOTSA don’t cancel! 

[FrogLobster]

1 hour ago, Duffs1 said:

Thank you! Are Ubers a thing there? Keeping everything crossed that QOTSA don’t cancel! 

No, Uber does not operate in Denmark due to Uber refusing to abide by Danish road safety laws. 😄

The most common taxi service is Taxa 4x35. Although Taxis are crazy expensive.

The good news is the new Metro line just opened so that would be probably the best mode of transport to use! 🙂 Ny Elleberg station should be the closest to Valbyparken 🙂 

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

Wonder what would happen if (god forbid) QOTSA are forced to cancel. Assume they must have some sort of back-up plan in place following their cancellations a few weeks back. Any potential names that might step in to headline?

[Karlos12345]

Croatian promoter of the shows in Zagreb said the band is expected to make an announcement tomorrow. Also Lowlands is releasing their timetable tomorrow. So I expect a re-confirmation or cancellation tomorrow.

Edited July 25 by Karlos12345

[gigi21]

2 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

Croatian promoter of the shows in Zagreb said the band is expected to make an announcement tomorrow. Also Lowlands is releasing their timetable tomorrow. So I expect a re-confirmation or cancellation tomorrow.

Where can we read this?

Giving that the shows in Zagreb have been cancelled, the organizers teasing an announcement coming tomorrow could mean a rescheduling of the shows, hopefully for late August 🤞🏻

Edited July 25 by gigi21

[Karlos12345]

2 hours ago, gigi21 said:

Where can we read this?

Giving that the shows in Zagreb have been cancelled, the organizers teasing an announcement coming tomorrow could mean a rescheduling of the shows, hopefully for late August 🤞🏻

A comment 3 days ago on their Instagram on the post about the cancellation.

[gigi21]

7 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

A comment 3 days ago on their Instagram on the post about the cancellation.

Found it, thank you so much. Reading their post and comment, I'm pretty confident about the August tour 🤞🏻

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

Jack White the new headliner. Gutted QOTSA have had to cancel but I love Jack White so happy with the replacement. Doesn't look as though he's played live for a about a year so unsure on what the setlist will be, hopefully it's stacked with White Stripes numbers and he's able to bring out Alisson from The Kills for the Dead Weather tunes

[BOBBY_FIRMINO]

On 3/29/2024 at 1:39 PM, Daniele82 said:

Hi! someone know price of beer & cocktail in SydForSolen 2023 (copenaghen)? thanks

Bar prices up on the website and as expected it's pretty expensive (55 DKK for a 400ml beer)
https://sydforsolen.dk/drikke/

Hopefully be able to smuggle vodka in a water bottle or something 

[FrogLobster]

Went to Day 1 yesterday to see Fred Again and the festival was a total disorganised mess. I am stunned.

- Location is not exactly where they say it is on the map
- Bike parking is a nightmare and in random bushes
- Barely any signage to direct people to where the festival is.
- Massively oversold
- No actual space to sit and chill; lots of people leaving the fest to get some sit down space in the park before returning for acts.
- Staff giving mixed info. I collected wristband (3 days pass) and they said I would have to scan it to leave the fest before returning on another day otherwise I won't be let back in. As I left the fest I asked a steward to scan me out and he said 'you don't have to do that; just come back tomorrow'. So lets see what happens when I return! 😄 
- Queues for food/bar/toilets were like 45 mins to 1 hour. Heard that they sold out of alot of things quite early.
- Big queue to fill water bottle.
- Sound was dreadful. Could barely hear Fred speak in the microphone.
- Screens are pretty small compared to other outdoor fests.
- The 3rd stage (inside the tent) was dangerously overfilled.
- Fred previously announced to start at 10.30pm, then the fest announced he was starting at 10.20pm. But then he came on at 10.30pm anyway. Maybe miscommunication.
- After leaving the fest grounds there are ZERO overhead lights so thousands of people wandering through the park in almost pitch black. Lots of bikes everywhere so people tripping over them. Very dangerous.

Obviously alot of this is teething issues due to moving to a new location. Last year was noticeably smaller (perhaps 2/3 of the size) so maybe they just scaled up and not sideways with the utilities/services when moving location. I hope the situation improves for Day 2 and 3.

The 2 closest metros are Mozarts Plads and Kobenhavn  Syd; both about same distance walk (20 to 25ish mins?). Original directions had the fest much more north in the park therefore I assumed it would be shorter. After the fest more people walked to Mozarts Plads, so I opted for Kobenhavn Syd instead for less crowds.

Red circle is where the fest is and purple lines for fastest walking routes from metro to the park (then follow the crowd/paths to the fest).

Edited August 9 by FrogLobster

[FrogLobster]

Someone volunteering at the fest said on Instagram they had a sh*t time working it and said that apparently they sold 25k tickets for Thursday, 11k for Friday and less than that for Saturday. So perhaps situation will be better the following days? 😄

[FrogLobster]

Reports saying that Friday was much better due to fewer people. 🙂

[mortand]

Saturday was nice. No queues, plenty of space most of the time and the weather was perfect. Only downside was the constant yapping and chatting - especially during Air.

 

I particularly enjoyed The Raveonettes, Viagra Boys (crazy live band!), the wonderful Air set and Jack White’s guitar assault.

 

And being able to get home in my bed in 15 minutes. Although it took me a while to actually find my bike afterwards 😅