New Woodsies area

[4AssedMonkey]

50 minutes ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Interesting. First visit to the farm this year to me but my ‘maybe’ list contains Kneecap, Declan’s McKenna, Remi Wolf and Hi Vis so there’s a chance I’ll be spending a bit of time in the area. 

All I will say is that to me, Woodsies feels “outside” the main hub of the festival. More so than the Park. The hub of it is mostly SE in my mind (markets, Other, Holts etc.) feels like the heart of it IMO.

[Euphoricape]

1 hour ago, Kaboom Boxer said:

Interesting. First visit to the farm this year to me but my ‘maybe’ list contains Kneecap, Declan’s McKenna, Remi Wolf and Hi Vis so there’s a chance I’ll be spending a bit of time in the area. 

One of my favourite areas. Always lots of bands I like at the main stage, and plenty of room to chill outside the tent with a cool bar with djs playing.

Edited April 29 by Euphoricape

[CharlotteB]

13 hours ago, incident said:

 

Good, all part of the experience.

 

My first festival I managed to end up in entirely the wrong small stage in the wrong field (tried to go to Small World, ended up at Little Massive). I knew something was wrong when they started soundchecking, and it sounded like a pseudo metal band.

 

They just need to introduce a Sapling Stage, a Conifer Tent, and a Forest Zone, then we can all get confused and have a great experience 🤣

[Ben7amin_]

3 hours ago, CharlotteB said:

 

They just need to introduce a Sapling Stage, a Conifer Tent, and a Forest Zone, then we can all get confused and have a great experience 🤣

Start with renaming the park the bark 

 

 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

5 hours ago, CharlotteB said:

 

They just need to introduce a Sapling Stage, a Conifer Tent, and a Forest Zone, then we can all get confused and have a great experience 🤣

 

And encompassed in a tonne of Fake Plastic Trees

[Nduja]

Sounds like there's a bit more placemaking taking place this year following last year's initial effort with the after hours ambient stuff around the tree stage.

People will still say that there's nothing but wall to wall D&B after hours at Glasto, I'm sure.

[smogo]

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Taking its name from the Worthy Farm fields it occupies, the Woodsies Area is a new outdoor venue combining Woodsies Main Stage with the all-new Tree Stage, The Wood (complete with aerial walkways in the trees and interactive spaces) and the Wood’s Bar.

Does this mean the Woodsies main stage is now open-air?

[Barneym]

2 minutes ago, smogo said:

Does this mean the Woodsies main stage is now open-air?

I don’t think so I think it’s just very badly worded

[Barneym]

3 minutes ago, Barneym said:

I don’t think so I think it’s just very badly worded

If you look at the photos it seems to be it’s just outside the tent and is only on when the main stage finishes and all day Wednesday and Thursday which I find a bit annoying as we often used to chill and drink by the benches and the bar there on a Thursday but won’t be able to if they have put up a stage 

[toohottoocold]

12 minutes ago, Nduja said:

Sounds like there's a bit more placemaking taking place this year following last year's initial effort with the after hours ambient stuff around the tree stage.

People will still say that there's nothing but wall to wall D&B after hours at Glasto, I'm sure.

Some of it is jungle to be fair

[Nduja]

1 hour ago, toohottoocold said:

Some of it is jungle to be fair

I think part of Woodsies is very much a wood but calling it a Jungle is far fetched.

[eatingglitter]

Hmmm, normally very excited for Woodsies but this feels a bit "meh" for me personally. Although tbf it is likely because the bands/acts I would be interested in I've seen multiple times anyway. 

[eatingglitter]

This was probably the wrong place to put it, lol. Hoping that this will be more reminscent of the woods at Bestival back in the day. Loved climbing on the old tree fort things in the dark and wandering about the woods.

[giantkatestacks]

2 minutes ago, eatingglitter said:

This was probably the wrong place to put it, lol. Hoping that this will be more reminscent of the woods at Bestival back in the day. Loved climbing on the old tree fort things in the dark and wandering about the woods.

Or even better, the ones at Shambala

 

[eatingglitter]

9 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

Or even better, the ones at Shambala

 

Just generally dicking about in the woods at night is always fun at a festival. Less creepy and sinister than in the normal world haha

[Lucy92]

40 minutes ago, eatingglitter said:

This was probably the wrong place to put it, lol. Hoping that this will be more reminscent of the woods at Bestival back in the day. Loved climbing on the old tree fort things in the dark and wandering about the woods.

Loved the bestival woods! 

[eatingglitter]

14 minutes ago, Lucy92 said:

Loved the bestival woods! 

I have some amazing (read TERRIBLE) photos of me wearing this snazzy black and white get up, the tightest of tight indie sleaze footless tights and a baywatch bumbag in those woods. Sad times, Robin Hill isn't even open anymore!

[CharlotteB]

3 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

 

And encompassed in a tonne of Fake Plastic Trees

 

There's definitely more fake plastic girls than there used to be 😅

[Ayrshire Chris]

Great area to chill,out, have a rest and a drink, shade in the woods if and when it’s hot and sunny.  And in the trees next to the tent, the best long drops on site😊

[4AssedMonkey]

Sounds to me like the Tree Stage will be having the talks/presentations on Weds/Thurs in the day and the ambient/electronic music on midnight to 3am on Fri/Sat/Sun.  That sound about right?  If so, I think that's a bit of a waste really.  There's plenty of late night venues with DJ's already all over the site.  Was hoping for something different.

[Crazyfool01]

so where is this tree stage going to be located ? 

[Gnomicide]

This was the (un-named) stage round a tree last year.

 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

This was the (un-named) stage round a tree last year.

 

thanks .... I was stood at that stage chatting to the area manager for JP and somehow didnt see the fact there was a tree there 🙂 

[deepkittycaz]

5 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

This was the (un-named) stage round a tree last year.

 

I think it was called the Tolpuddle stage.

[Gnomicide]

5 minutes ago, deepkittycaz said:

I think it was called the Tolpuddle stage.

Ah, that could be it! I went to see Billy Bragg but they'd published the wrong time. and he wasn't due on for an hour.