Festivals - info wanted

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big green gathering, earthwise
i think that nik/judge etc  will be at these, maybe
they are not til later in the year tho'

glasters tickets sold out in 24 mins - all of them

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----- Original Message -----
From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: Festivals - info wanted


> Well, we tried and failed to get tickets for Glasters. We've pretty much
> written it off as a shambles. A shame after a quarter century of
> attendance but there it is.
>
> So where to go instead? We enjoyed the vibe of Burg herzberg last year
> but probably won't travel that far without Hawkwind/Nektar/Eloy or
> similar as a draw. Ideally we'd like a festival smaller than Glastonbury
> which has camping, market stalls/food/real ale, and has something else
> to do apart from just music - say comedy/crafts/wack stuff and if
> possible stalls like the politics/alternative energy ones at the Green
> Fields in Glastonbury. Preferably wherever we end up, it won't have a
> ban on campfires, or at least will offer large communal fires to warm
> the tootsies by. Musicwise it's preferably spacerock/progressive/hippie
> or electronic (though more Euro than dance). Folks or country definitely
> not preferred. A laiback vibe rather than a frantic one is a marked plus.
>
> A quick perusal of efestivals seems to mark out Guilfest and Wickerman.
> Has anyone been to either or knows anyone who has? Comments? Are there
> other festivals we ought to consider?
>
> No sign of Hawkwind at Pentrich? They usually do every second year don't
> they?
>
> FoFP
>