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What to Pack For a Music Festival
The key to packing for music festivals isn’t packing light- it’s packing in a way you can carry as much as possible to the campsite from your car or whatever public transport you take to the event. Obviously a car is better because you can pack more stuff, making you better prepared and less reliant on the overpriced shops, food stalls and bars in and around the festival arena.
The amount you’ll need to pack will vary depending on whether you’re at a a 2 day, 3 night festival like V festival or the isle of White or other festivals like Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, which are longer so you might need to pack more food, drink and toiletries.
Festival food
Although food at festivals is in ready supply and some of it isn’t too bad these days to save money we’d recommend taking as much of your own food as possible. Here’s some ideas- remember summer music festivals can get hot so fresh food will to off quickly if it’s not kept cool. Read the rest of this entry »
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UK Music Festivals – A Brief Guide to Some of the Most Popular
As the days get longer and the sun gets warmer there is only one thing on the mind of many a UK music lover – music festivals. These days there are so many to choose from it’s often difficult to choose which to attend, especially if you can only afford to splash the cash for one event.
Glastonbury is the grand-daddy of all UK such festivals and every year it sells out within just a few hours of the tickets going on sale; often without people knowing the full line-up and sometimes the headliners. It takes place in Somerset during the middle of summer and lasts for five days; for many people it is the most important event of the year.
In the wake of Glastonbury there are a few other large music festivals that are spread over a weekend or slightly more. Here are a few of them.
Reading and Leeds Festival
The Reading and Leeds festival takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, starting on Friday and ending Sunday. Typically the bands play each venue over the course of the three days. The kind of music you’ll hear ranges from indie, to pop, to rock. The headliners for 2011 are My Chemical Romance, Muse, Pulp and The Strokes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Top 10 Music Festivals in the UK in 2009
Glastonbury Festival 2009
Glastonbury attracts thousands of music lovers every year. Tickets for Glastonbury 2009 have already sold out due to the huge demand. The event takes place from Wednesday 24th to Sunday 28th of June 2009. Each year the rumour mill goes into overdrive as to who is going to be performing at the event, this year some of the confirmed acts include Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Bon Iver – some of the rumoured groups that could perform include The Killers, Led Zeppelin, Blur, Keane, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Jones! For confirmed appearances check out the Glastonbury website.
Glade Festival 2009
The Glade Festival is the leading dance music festival in the UK, and the event organizers have secured a new festival site in Winchester for the event. The event will take place from July 16th to 19th. Known as a major electronic musical festival in Europe, some 10,000 people flock to the event. The 2009 line up is not yet known but keep in touch at the Glade Festival homepage. Read the rest of this entry »