Hurricane/Southside 2025

[SweetJesus]

Edited September 12 by SweetJesus

[willsmith700]

5 minutes ago, SweetJesus said:

2025? 😉 ... 
*title updated

Looks a solid launch. Going to wait for Pinkpop before I decide which I'll head to. 

Edited September 12 by willsmith700

[sisco]

More names Thursday 

[Dazrigby88]

could anyone give me some ifno on Southside? I usually like a festival with a variety of things to do -- dance tent, smaller bars, discos etc -- and I'm wondering if Southside has much of this.... Also curious about the atmosphere on the camp site etc and whether people are friendly...

 

I went to Hurricane way back in 2009 but, while it was a very long time ago and I can't remember too much, if memory serves me right, there wasn't much going on aside from the bands. I realise things may be very different now though...

 

I did read some reviews on TripAdvisor which didn't exactly shine a great light on the festival... They were mainly centred around poor organisation, bad traffic and awful weather, none of which the festival did much to negate. So is this something I can expect, or like most things, are the reviews being written by the few who had the worst experiences?

 

Some advice would be great...

 

 

[branvan]

Ok, I've been 20x so I feel like I can answer your Questions... 🙂 The Festival is on a German base, a lot of bands from Germany and in the dance tents you will hear a lot of German Sound. There are dance tents, but not that much. The weather tends to be not that great and in the nights it can get really cold, since the Festival ground is on a higher Plateau (airport). Getting there or leaving by car can get difficult if it was raining a lot, your car stands on a meadow ground. But there have been years when it was very sunny as well. Too much heat in June can cause a problem because of the thunderstorms you get afterwards...

People are very nice and the atmosphere is great, otherwise I wouldn't have been there 20x... From the station of Tuttlingen you can get a free Shuttle Bus. Or go there by car. If you like the line up, then you do no wrong if you try it out! 🙂 

[Dazrigby88]

1 hour ago, branvan said:

Ok, I've been 20x so I feel like I can answer your Questions... 🙂 The Festival is on a German base, a lot of bands from Germany and in the dance tents you will hear a lot of German Sound. There are dance tents, but not that much. The weather tends to be not that great and in the nights it can get really cold, since the Festival ground is on a higher Plateau (airport). Getting there or leaving by car can get difficult if it was raining a lot, your car stands on a meadow ground. But there have been years when it was very sunny as well. Too much heat in June can cause a problem because of the thunderstorms you get afterwards...

People are very nice and the atmosphere is great, otherwise I wouldn't have been there 20x... From the station of Tuttlingen you can get a free Shuttle Bus. Or go there by car. If you like the line up, then you do no wrong if you try it out! 🙂 

thanks mate... Sound decent. I would be travelling from the UK so we won;t be driving, we'd be coming via plane...

 

It's a toss up between this and Rock for People in Czech Republic... undecided as of yet.

 

What are the options for camping? Do they do glamping, pre-pitched tents, luxury camping etc?

 

[branvan]

36 minutes ago, Dazrigby88 said:

thanks mate... Sound decent. I would be travelling from the UK so we won;t be driving, we'd be coming via plane...

 

It's a toss up between this and Rock for People in Czech Republic... undecided as of yet.

 

What are the options for camping? Do they do glamping, pre-pitched tents, luxury camping etc?

 

Yes they have these camping options... Never made this though... 

[Dazrigby88]

48 minutes ago, branvan said:

Yes they have these camping options... Never made this though... 

I just checked the prices for glamping... had to Google trnalate because the page won't auto-translate... 1,300 euros for 3 person pre-pictehd tent! lol No thanks!!! hahahaha

[Sugar Cane]

2 hours ago, Dazrigby88 said:

thanks mate... Sound decent. I would be travelling from the UK so we won;t be driving, we'd be coming via plane...

 

It's a toss up between this and Rock for People in Czech Republic... undecided as of yet.

 

What are the options for camping? Do they do glamping, pre-pitched tents, luxury camping etc?

 

I went to Hurricane last year and attend RFP every year. It's RFP for me.

 

I am not a fan of those festivals, where the audience spends a lot of time in the camp partying and then they go to see some popular German acts and the headliner and go back to drinking in the camp... but I get it, there is nothing to do in the area. Also you will probably walk a lot.

 

RFP, people are coming early (11 AM) to see the bands and leaving the park when it closes at 3 AM, the stages are quite close and bands are not clashing that much. Prices for food and drinks are cheaper... it's also a mini beer festival with... maybe 100 kind of beers? There is also a stage for theater, stand up comedy, performances etc. parties

TPD TV went there in 2022 and they had fun - https://youtu.be/ydMc2ygxzR4?si=z9rhiHFwvpZ_Yu63

[northernangel]

20 minutes ago, Sugar Cane said:

I went to Hurricane last year and attend RFP every year. It's RFP for me.

 

I am not a fan of those festivals, where the audience spends a lot of time in the camp partying and then they go to see some popular German acts and the headliner and go back to drinking in the camp... but I get it, there is nothing to do in the area. Also you will probably walk a lot.

 

 

RFP, people are coming early (11 AM) to see the bands and leaving the park when it closes at 3 AM, the stages are quite close and bands are not clashing that much. Prices for food and drinks are cheaper... it's also a mini beer festival with... maybe 100 kind of beers? There is also a stage for theater, stand up comedy, performances etc. parties

TPD TV went there in 2022 and they had fun - https://youtu.be/ydMc2ygxzR4?si=z9rhiHFwvpZ_Yu63

Hurricane sounds like Reading where it's just a pathway to a festival rather than going to enjoy a day of bands.

 

RFP is very cheap naturally, it's a shame my interest kinda ends at the two headliners and two of the undercard bands, might even be one. I literally don't have the head space right now to invest time in getting to know new bands either.

[SweetJesus]

[49Lawson]

2 minutes ago, SweetJesus said:

Solid if not spectacular. Surely that other name on the Green Day day is Weezer? I've definitely been to stronger line ups but the fact I love trying out new fests and there's a solid enough collection of artists on there that I want to see, it's strongly under consideration for now. 

 

(See, helps to roll out your festivals early doors to turn people's heads)

[northernangel]

1 hour ago, 49Lawson said:

Solid if not spectacular. Surely that other name on the Green Day day is Weezer? I've definitely been to stronger line ups but the fact I love trying out new fests and there's a solid enough collection of artists on there that I want to see, it's strongly under consideration for now. 

 

(See, helps to roll out your festivals early doors to turn people's heads)

It's not bad but I wouldn't jump form England to it. I guess that's the same as a German person though jumping over here for something. To be honest I'd be surprised price wise if many Europeans would jump over here for many of our festivals except for Glastonbury as they get a lot of them all cheaper.

 

I wouldn't see a reason for Hurricane to hold Weezer back if it was them.