Glastonbury's Overcrowding Problem [article]

[ghostdancer1]

Saw this Resident Advisor article posted elsewhere, and while it's primarily geared towards a "dance music" audience/areas, it makes some pretty spot on points IMO regarding the festival in general, poor booking policy for some acts, or areas like Avalon that have been left to wither, and the safety dangers that seem like a ticking timebomb.

 

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After another year of overcrowding, the festival is clearly struggling to keep pace with the demand for dance culture. Time for a rethink, argues RA editor Gabriel Szatan.

 

It was more or less the first thing on everyone's lips at Glastonbury Festival this year. The weather's lush, music is tip-top but... it's busy, isn't it? And not just garden-variety busy—so busy it proved actively impossible to get within 200 yards of many areas. Stages were locked off, walkways rerouted and music across the site was intermittently halted due to overcrowding. A topic that's usually the domain of buzzy group chats felt more blatant than ever: Glastonbury's infrastructure is creaking. Badly.

 

https://ra.co/features/4346

 

e: apologies, already a thread on this:

 

Edited Thursday at 11:43 AM by ghostdancer1

[Pinhead]

And the elephant in the room, not alluded to in the article, what would be the effect now of a serious muddy year on this, the like of which not seen for 8 years on site. This reduces everyone to following the paths and no one sitting down or fanning out across the fields, further concentrating the crowds.

[Pinhead]

Imagine SE Corner with everyone stuck in heavy mud and heavy pressure coming from behind or in front to move on... 

[kerplunk]

Existing thread here https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/255067-opinion-glastonbury-hosts-world-class-electronic-music-the-problem-is-getting-to-see-it/