I can't rate Beautiful Days highly enough. Definitely go there. And Secret Garden was fun when I went 5-6 years ago - beautiful grounds, art surprises around every corner, a sense of play. But when I went there were 5000 people there and I've heard it's now 20,000 and I'm not sure it will hold the same feeling. And even when I was there, one of the bands on the Friday afternoon looked out at the crowd and said "Fuck me, Camden must be empty this weekend". Make of that what you will.
I've not been to Endorse-it but Gary and Emma have and they've always raved about it.
If you'll permit a small commercial plug; there's a tiny festival called Chilled In A Field run by a group of the people I worked with at Planet Angel; it's a family friendly festival so lots of kids during the day might be a turn off, but I guarantee you won't meet a nicer group of folks. And they put heart and soul into it.
More than anything else though - find the right people to go with. I think you'll be at Sonisphere with John and Anita? Some of my best weekends ever have been at festivals with Gary and Emma. Can't beat it.
I'm a bit out of the festival circle at the mo, but lots of friends still are in it. If I hear them raving, I'll let you know?
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Date: 2014-04-16 12:34 am (UTC)I've not been to Endorse-it but Gary and Emma have and they've always raved about it.
If you'll permit a small commercial plug; there's a tiny festival called Chilled In A Field run by a group of the people I worked with at Planet Angel; it's a family friendly festival so lots of kids during the day might be a turn off, but I guarantee you won't meet a nicer group of folks. And they put heart and soul into it.
More than anything else though - find the right people to go with. I think you'll be at Sonisphere with John and Anita? Some of my best weekends ever have been at festivals with Gary and Emma. Can't beat it.
I'm a bit out of the festival circle at the mo, but lots of friends still are in it. If I hear them raving, I'll let you know?