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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 13:14:28 GMT
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Great Line up , nice price £100 , nice location just South of Perranporth Cornwall
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Post by jax2000 on Aug 5, 2017 13:34:16 GMT
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Great Line up , nice price £100 , nice location just South of Perranporth Cornwall
One to keep an eye on . Mmmmm, it looks interesting globestyle, but 100% vegetarian....that's a shame. |
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Post by sc on Aug 5, 2017 14:01:11 GMT
Mrs SC and I are pondering looking for another festival. Neither of us like to repeatedly do the same thing and music like life, for us is evolutionary. We have noticed this evolution in musical taste over the past few years and particularly at Womad 2017. Latin, Afrobeat, African, Ska, Reggae, Trad Folk, American Folk, Brass, held no interest for us at all whereas, Middle Eastern, Far East, Indian, Scandi, Icelandic, Experimental, Avante gard, Hip Hop, Rap, Electronic and Jazz do. We found that our tastes where adequately catered at Womad 17, and I felt it was the best Womad in years, but that could be because we were going for something "new". But it did raise the question in our minds that perhaps there is something out there that is better suited to where our musical journey has now taken us.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 14:26:32 GMT
tropicalpressure.co.uk/
Great Line up , nice price £100 , nice location just South of Perranporth Cornwall
One to keep an eye on . Mmmmm, it looks interesting globestyle, but 100% vegetarian....that's a shame. You could always sneak your own burgers in . |
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Post by jax2000 on Aug 5, 2017 14:34:56 GMT
Mmmmm, it looks interesting globestyle, but 100% vegetarian....that's a shame. You could always sneak your own burgers in . Last year we went to Shambala for the first (and last) time. They only announced the decision to be 100% veggie after the tickets had been sold, which annoyed us. We really had a job to find food that we both liked. Despite a fridge full of bacon, it wasn't great. It was only one consideration in our decision to never return though. |
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Post by beef on Aug 5, 2017 15:21:37 GMT
Mrs SC and I are pondering looking for another festival. Neither of us like to repeatedly do the same thing and music like life, for us is evolutionary. We have noticed this evolution in musical taste over the past few years and particularly at Womad 2017. Latin, Afrobeat, African, Ska, Reggae, Trad Folk, American Folk, Brass, held no interest for us at all whereas, Middle Eastern, Far East, Indian, Scandi, Icelandic, Experimental, Avante gard, Hip Hop, Rap, Electronic and Jazz do. We found that our tastes where adequately catered at Womad 17, and I felt it was the best Womad in years, but that could be because we were going for something "new". But it did raise the question in our minds that perhaps there is something out there that is better suited to where our musical journey has now taken us. After 23 years of Womad I still find the line up to be interesting and evolving - like you SC, I found myself watching a lot of acts this year that I would not have originally called "world music" - but I prefer the genuinely eclectic mix offered by Womad - everytime I look at other festival's line ups, they seem patchy or one-dimensional... |
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Post by sc on Aug 5, 2017 15:53:19 GMT
Mrs SC and I are pondering looking for another festival. Neither of us like to repeatedly do the same thing and music like life, for us is evolutionary. We have noticed this evolution in musical taste over the past few years and particularly at Womad 2017. Latin, Afrobeat, African, Ska, Reggae, Trad Folk, American Folk, Brass, held no interest for us at all whereas, Middle Eastern, Far East, Indian, Scandi, Icelandic, Experimental, Avante gard, Hip Hop, Rap, Electronic and Jazz do. We found that our tastes where adequately catered at Womad 17, and I felt it was the best Womad in years, but that could be because we were going for something "new". But it did raise the question in our minds that perhaps there is something out there that is better suited to where our musical journey has now taken us. After 23 years of Womad I still find the line up to be interesting and evolving - like you SC, I found myself watching a lot of acts this year that I would not have originally called "world music" - but I prefer the genuinely eclectic mix offered by Womad - everytime I look at other festival's line ups, they seem patchy or one-dimensional... Yes Beef, you've nailed it. We both like the the eclectic mix, albeit we may avoid certain genres. But as you say most festivals specialise into specific genre, Cambridge Folk Festival, Download, etc etc and to steal a great quote from Hayseed Dixie "Who wants to share a beer with someone who only has one type of music in their record collection?" 3 or 4 days of "Hey, diddle di doe" or "Hey ho, the whale is rising" and I would be ready to eat my own bottom to relieve to tedium No disrespect to folk lovers intended, just making a point Additionally, we both really love the respect Womaders have for each other and the site and the wonderful way Womad is organised, catering for the needs of most. |
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Post by Zenrider on Aug 5, 2017 17:00:47 GMT
tropicalpressure.co.uk/
Great Line up , nice price £100 , nice location just South of Perranporth Cornwall
One to keep an eye on . Mmmmm, it looks interesting globestyle, but 100% vegetarian....that's a shame. Yes, it is a shame about forcing a lifestyle choice on all it's participants. That said, since I do love mushrooms, as long as they have Portabella mushroom sandwiches and such, I might be able to survive such a thing.  Totally vegan might be tougher, I would probably have to smuggle in hard boiled eggs and such... Can vegans eat milk chocolate? Even if they technically can't, I bet a lot of them do. The most important thing for going to a festival would be if the line up was one I wanted to see. Unless you wanted to walk far from the music, the food at the amphitheater at the Outlaw Music Fest was very limited and not so great, two over priced chain restaurants. One smaller more local, but still a franchise restaurant. Good thing I chose a hotel next to a really good restaurant/pub. Cost me all of my saved up credit card points, but worth it. More so, worth not coughing up the actual money. |
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Post by Purpledawn on Aug 7, 2017 12:53:01 GMT
You could always sneak your own burgers in . Last year we went to Shambala for the first (and last) time. They only announced the decision to be 100% veggie after the tickets had been sold, which annoyed us. We really had a job to find food that we both liked. Despite a fridge full of bacon, it wasn't great. It was only one consideration in our decision to never return though. Looks good Globestyle, I don't mind veggie. As Jax knows, I'm going to Shambala again despite saying I wouldn't. I love the food but not the long walk from my tent, toilets on stilts, or the unpredictable randomness of my pal JR. Going solo this year, they've ditched the horrid loos and I'm camping in a different area, hopefully with train travel assistance at stations and help from Shambala staff when I arrive. Shambala is a great little festival, the disabled camping staff can't do enough to help with no need to provide evidence of my arthritis, unlike Womad who require folks to be in receipt of certain benefits. Yes, some folks take class A' & get a bit lairy but I noticed that at Womad this year...noz gas canisters littering the floor & mess left behind by inconsiderates. I'll let you know how it goes this year. Looking forward to the brilliant lineup, fingers crossed it'll be fine this year. |
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Post by smurf on Aug 7, 2017 13:31:07 GMT
Sounds good but a bit of a drive for us five hours
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Post by calndel on Aug 7, 2017 16:39:45 GMT
Sounds good but a bit of a drive for us five hours
pah! 5 hours that just a trip to the shops and back for us ;o) |
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Post by nigenet on Aug 7, 2017 18:23:03 GMT
I like the idea of setting up an "Ecological Park" which appears to be nowhere near any kind of public transport links |
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Post by sc on Aug 8, 2017 6:26:15 GMT
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Post by digitalmonkey on Aug 8, 2017 17:29:59 GMT
[quote author=" beef" timestamp="1501946497" But as you say most festivals specialise into specific genre, Cambridge Folk Festival, Download, etc etc and to steal a great quote from Hayseed Dixie "Who wants to share a beer with someone who only has one type of music in their record collection?" 3 or 4 days of "Hey, diddle di doe" or "Hey ho, the whale is rising" and I would be ready to eat my own bottom to relieve to tedium No disrespect to folk lovers intended, just making a point I've bitten😁.I love folk festivals. There are so many different styles of folk, comparing someone like Joan Baez to Bellowhead is obviously not possible. You would find that for "folk" you should read "roots" and often comprises some blues and country and certainly singer songwriters such as Chris Difford. I certainly looking forward to seeing let Vent Du Nord again at Shrewsbury Folk Festival at end of month. I think problem with Folk Festivals you tend to get the same artists turning up every two or three years. But there are other acts act as variety. Purbeck Folk Festival is an absolute delight for shear quirkiness and location. Wonderful |
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Post by sc on Aug 8, 2017 18:22:05 GMT
[quote author=" beef " timestamp="1501946497" But as you say most festivals specialise into specific genre, Cambridge Folk Festival, Download, etc etc and to steal a great quote from Hayseed Dixie "Who wants to share a beer with someone who only has one type of music in their record collection?" 3 or 4 days of "Hey, diddle di doe" or "Hey ho, the whale is rising" and I would be ready to eat my own bottom to relieve to tedium No disrespect to folk lovers intended, just making a point I've bitten😁.I love folk festivals. There are so many different styles of folk, comparing someone like Joan Baez to Bellowhead is obviously not possible. You would find that for "folk" you should read "roots" and often comprises some blues and country and certainly singer songwriters such as Chris Difford. I certainly looking forward to seeing let Vent Du Nord again at Shrewsbury Folk Festival at end of month. I think problem with Folk Festivals you tend to get the same artists turning up every two or three years. But there are other acts act as variety. Purbeck Folk Festival is an absolute delight for shear quirkiness and location. Wonderful DM I hope I did not offend, that was not my intention I was just using folk as an example, we enjoyed Celtic Connections this year greatly (but I avoided Trad Folk), however, when we went to Wickham Festival on the other hand it was only bearable because Dreadzone and Afro Celt Sound System were playing. Festivals like Womad and Glastonbury are far more eclectic in the genres available. Things change, things evolve, Mrs SC and I tend to be attracted to musical genres that we don't know or don't understand, we stay a while with those new genres and then after a few years move on. Trad Folk, Prog Rock and Rock, all seem tired to us, maybe because for us it had been around and enjoyed by us for 20 odd years, but, for the last 25 odd years we have both moved on have fun exploring new genres. We obviously can still enjoy those "older" genres, BUT it is doing 3 days of it where we would struggle Sorry if I did offend, really was not my intention. |
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Totally vegan might be tougher, I would probably have to smuggle in hard boiled eggs and such... 
