Beautiful Days Festival 2009

**Badgers** · 05-03-2009 13:19

So far have not booked tickets for this despite doing the last few. Not because I don't want to go but just financially unable to plan that far in advance.

Just had the latest email though and a few old favourites on the bill:

The Pogues, Levellers, Hawkwind, The Saw Doctors , Gong, Lamb, Dreadzone, Imagined Village, Dub Pistols, Pendulum DJ’s, Cara Dillon, The King Blues, Eliza Carthy, Imelda May, Lau, Edward II, Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble Trio, John Smith, Sonic Boom Six, Les Truttes, Chris T-T, Jay Jay Pistolet & Ruarri Joseph

No mention of Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs but if I was a betting man......

Anyone going along this year?

**zenie** · 05-03-2009 13:26

It's an August one isn't it?

**Badgers** · 05-03-2009 13:27

Yep...

2006 was really great weather
2007 was a fair bit less great
2008 was pretty wet all over
2009 is bound to be a sunny one

I really like it as a festival but it gets knocked a lot.

**William of Walworth** · 05-03-2009 13:31

We're booking ASAP.

We were in doubt for a bit for budget reasons, but one of the tipping points decision wise was Deb finding out on Monday about the full Gong reunion malarkey

Pogues and all, wonder whether it's the full Shane McGowan lineup?

See you down there Badgers, maybe for more than a few minutes this time

, what with there bound to be a lot more sunshine and that

**Badgers** · 05-03-2009 13:59

Originally Posted by William of Walworth

We're booking ASAP.

We were in doubt for a bit for budget reasons, but one of the tipping points decision wise was Deb finding out on Monday about the full Gong reunion malarkey

Pogues and all, wonder whether it's the full Shane McGowan lineup?

See you down there Badgers, maybe for more than a few minutes this time

, what with there bound to be a lot more sunshine and that

McGowan is playing so Pogues look good.

Was suprised about Gong too

**bouncer_the_dog** · 05-03-2009 14:03

I want to go but am too skint to fork out for a ticket at the moment..

**pogofish** · 05-03-2009 16:22

Originally Posted by Badgers

So far have not booked tickets for this despite doing the last few. Not because I don't want to go but just financially unable to plan that far in advance.

Just had the latest email though and a few old favourites on the bill:

No mention of Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs but if I was a betting man......

Anyone going along this year?

This line-up looks very tempting.

**Badgers** · 06-03-2009 08:50

Was discussing last night
Now the brain is kicking into gear as to how to get ticket money put aside

**Tort** · 06-03-2009 11:49

Originally Posted by pogofish

This line-up looks very tempting.

It certainly does! I'd love to get back down to Escot again one day but I'm afraid it's unlikely to be this year.

**wiskey** · 06-03-2009 11:52

We're going.

**Badgers** · 06-03-2009 11:53

Originally Posted by wiskey

We're going.

Another reason to go

**Badgers** · 08-03-2009 12:10

x a lot

**paolo999** · 08-03-2009 12:32

Tempted. Lineup doesn't do anything for me but that might be a good thing. Nice to stumble across stuff and all that. Is there much to see and do, outside of the music? What's the deal with travel? The website suggests you can take your own booze... true?

Basically, I'm saying: Someone sell it to me. I *need* a late festival this year, to stave off the post Glasto blues

**Badgers** · 08-03-2009 18:14

Originally Posted by paolo999

Tempted. Lineup doesn't do anything for me but that might be a good thing. Nice to stumble across stuff and all that. Is there much to see and do, outside of the music? What's the deal with travel? The website suggests you can take your own booze... true?

Basically, I'm saying: Someone sell it to me. I *need* a late festival this year, to stave off the post Glasto blues

We have been three years running mate and (last two damp years aside) have really liked it. The line up is very folky but I have never been bored and also I find the line up (like yourself) not essential to a good festival.

Setting is the grounds of Escott Park and the Guardian voted it the Best for getting back to nature last year.

Access to the site is easy and we have always had enough camping space. The site is small by comparison to some (especially Glasto) but big enough for you to not get bored at any point.

One of the common complaints about the festival is the 'Levellers Factor' but I never get bored of seeing them. They organise it and it is their party, if the last few years are anything to go by.

Travel is pretty easy but the gates don't open till Friday morning and the music starts at midday-ish so is a but tighter than some places. There are festival buses running and a few urbs are driving up

**William of Walworth** · 09-03-2009 11:10

To add to Badgers' excellent info above, yes paolo you can definitely take your own booze, and you're allowed to carry your cans all over site.

In any case there are several great beer tents run by the excellent, local Otter Brewery (Honiton, 4 miles away) whose prices are pretty reasonable

The Bimble Inn always has some cracking gigs, best stage for impromptu discoveries although it does get packed at times. Maybe less so this year if the weather improves as it surely will ....

**BiddlyBee** · 09-03-2009 11:16

Pendulum

still any good?

**JTG** · 09-03-2009 15:39

Originally Posted by BiddlyBee

Pendulum

still any good?

Never were any good really, though this is a DJ set so can't possibly as bad as the live stuff

**BiddlyBee** · 10-03-2009 07:58

Couple of tunes were alright

**wiskey** · 10-03-2009 12:21

no, they weren't

**BiddlyBee** · 10-03-2009 12:22

maybe I'm getting confused, I'll check my CDs when I get home

**Mungy** · 10-03-2009 17:08

we're really hoping to get to this one. hopefully for free*

*will probably involve some minor begging

**paolo999** · 10-03-2009 19:10

Badgers & William - thanks for the info.

Will, how does it compare with EndorseIt? (Escott Park sounds prettier, and I really prefer a free-roam festival... then again EndorseIt has a better line up for me. Favouring BD at the moment.).

**kittyP** · 10-03-2009 19:16

Originally Posted by wiskey

We're going.

With baby?

**wiskey** · 10-03-2009 19:16

BD is much bigger, it has things like doughnut stalls and people selling glowing necklaces at night. Edid is smaller and more intimate, the food is less commercial and two years ago there were only 6 food stalls. BD is landscaped stately home grounds, Edid is in the middle of fields you can crunch across - you can just walk out. But then BD has nice old trees.

Its hard to compare the two.

**wiskey** · 10-03-2009 19:18

Originally Posted by kittyP

With baby?

yep. Am starting to be a bit nervous about it actually, all the other festivals we know loads of people going but they all seem to be unable to come to BD. So we might have to suppress him ourselves all weekend. And work

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