It’s all irrelevant anyway, as was the take-away from Slam Dunk ‘23 if a festival is well organised enough you won’t be queuing more than 10 mins for food and drink (bit longer for Bunnychow but that is entirely understandable)
ok so its my 18th so ill answer .... I f**king love it .... that feeling once through the gates the pressure of life released for a few golden days , high fives , hugs , smiles .... it's in no way exclusive to, each year we see multiple new people on here excited to go for their first time , and also people on here that may well call it a day , have a look at some of the threads where people have missed out . the festivals success is based on new people and thats why it sells out year on year it isnt because the oldies hog the tickets from youngsters the demographic is slowly switching to those that either are prepared to pay for bots or those that have better IT skills , is that the way to change it ? or should it just happen in a more natural way ? such as people just feeling the time is right after not getting them