Beautiful Days Festival 2011 - 19-21st August, Escot Park, Devon - WITH POLL!

Email from Beautiful Days HQ today:

Was sad to miss out on BDs this year and next year WE ARE going to be there. Best get tickets booked up before 01st January 2011 to save a few quids.

Do you know how much they are going up to?

The kids had the BEST time this year I really wanna go again!

We'll be booking next week, to get the ticket expense over with early ....

(Sorry Edie, I don't know what the increased post January price will be).

There is a 2.5% rise in VAT from January 2011 so don't expect a big increase.

im a big levellers fan so always been interested in this - what's it like though? what's the crowd like? general atmos? Music?

Wicked festival.
Good crowd and atmosphere.
Music is always good.
If you are a 'big levellers fan' you will like it.

The 2010 line up - http://www.beautifuldays.org/artists/x
The 2009 line up - http://www.beautifuldays.org/artists/ix
Etc.
Etc.

We've belatedly booked our tickets now, at earlybird pre 31st Dec prices

Still not got tickets yet but we MUST go this year.

I've always loved the levellers too but don't like BDs at all, too dippy hippy for me. Good if you have kids though.

I guess it depends what you're after from a festival, horses for courses.

You are on my list now

To add to Badgers' answer/links, here's a link to the 2009 and 2010 chat about Beautiful Days for those years, from these very forums

We're old school multiple-festival going veterans, and not all that hippy at all (we much prefer beer tents to 'workshops' ). And we rate BD big time, the atmosphere, and amount to do, is excellent. Otter Ale (served in all the beer tents) is very reasonably priced by the standard of most festies, and it's excellent quality. Site lovely. And we're well overdue an out and out scorcher this time as well

Hmmmm

Oooh I could actually go, if my mate doesnt have his stag do then....

But i've already stipulated he cant have it boomtown or shambala weekend

I was going to say Boomtown have Gorgol Bordello so ner.

Foiled

Very pleased with those headliners

We'll be popping our BD cherry this year and making a bit of a holiday of it too since it's sooo far and not a part of the country I've visited before. Very pleased with the headliners announcement, just glad I've stopped smoking and lost a bit of weight now that GB have been announced.

Yes, yes you must

We are

Got 2 free tickets for this today!!!!

BD is a good event - not much hardcore crusty prang crackhead brew crew tekno traveller chemical bass shizniz happening tho. If that's your thing.

Jammy fucker, Bahn. You should deffo go.

eta: if not, pm me please!

Sometimes it's nice not to have to fight crackheads all night long to a gabba soundtrack

We will be going, got tickets from one of the bands playing, e-mailed him and said how BD is great cos V is on the same weekend, so all the wankers go to V and the sound folk down to Devon. He replies, "We're also playing V that weekend"

I may well be going, am blagging tx from a band also, and hopefully bringing my OAP mum (proper middle-class granny type, but up for it) along for her first ever festival experience!! Better try to organise an Urbanz meet nearer the time....

Do it, I'll bring some K for yer ma.

Nice one. I'm gonna start her off with a little spliff (seriously), if she wants some K or a few pills or whatever, I'll give you a shout. I just wanna make sure she don't get on the crack, innit

.

Sweet, I'll be ready to get her dosed up, but will keep the crack in me bum.

Quality. Be careful, though, eh..

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/09/crack_arrest/

From Facebook "looking likely that The Mob will play Beautiful Days festival on the 20th August....more news when confirmed"

Aaaaand here's said confirmation -- lots of new acts confirmd (The Mob included) on efestivals very recently

PWEI!!!!

Hmmm...

Carter USM
PWEI

These two alone mean I'm tempted, very tempted!

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