Bristol Festival
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fizzerbird
Always there when I need me...
It was pretty bad that year with thousands going over late at night, having to let people over in batches rather than all at once etc etc
My mate reported seeing woodlice streaming off the bridge as people crossed. When the insects (or whatever they are) decide to evacuate, it's time to worry
I was on the bridge with a few urbanites that year...the wires on the top were snapping under the stress...it was brill! Loved it! I was half hoping we'd plummet toward the river and I would be able to use my top as a parachute and garefully freefall to the side of the cut. Then the mushies started wearing off and I got a tad scared!
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Earlier thread about it: http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=255877
I hope it's a success, but everybody I've spoken with about it (-in that there 'real life' world) seems to be at best indifferent to it, at worst mildly hostile.
The crux of it seems to be that it'll never measure up to Ashton Court. Time will tell though, eh...
I hope it's a success, but everybody I've spoken with about it (-in that there 'real life' world) seems to be at best indifferent to it, at worst mildly hostile.
The crux of it seems to be that it'll never measure up to Ashton Court. Time will tell though, eh...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Yep - twas pretty spectacular - I'm very grateful for the concealement of my N00b-like mistake. 
Yep - twas pretty spectacular - I'm very grateful for the concealement of my N00b-like mistake.
If neither of us ever mentions it, nobody but us will ever know...
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I'll shortly be popping into town (-to look for a joke shop!). I'll report back if I see any unusual festival-related goings-on...
Avoid stapelton road, massive trafiic jams all the way up to fishponds
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
No idea, geri just came in from town and told me. Took 1 hour 20 to get back here from bedminster. Town seems allright, *if* you can get there. Hopfeully it was just a temp thing.
hermitical
Well-Known Member
clown shoes, for his freakishly large feet....
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Oh well that was mildly interesting on several levels for a citizen of advancing years who rarely ventures into the city of his birth. :-
Bus fare - £3.60 return for a journey of 2.8 miles
Youngster with guitar and girlfriend - put feet up on seat in front then proceeded to eat each other's faces off - loudly.
My once modest town is now full of yuppy fashion shops. The very main road itself has been moved for The House of Fraser.
My taxes appear to have bought some fairly substantial trees to go with the bladder-stimulating fountains (but no new toilet facilities that I could see)
As for the "festivities" .. apart from the enormous queue to get in, I found the crowds much too annoying outside the context of a field.
/old git
The following tunes came to mind on the bus ride home :-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVpCfPAog4
or alternatively :-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iamNec8kl2o
Bus fare - £3.60 return for a journey of 2.8 miles
Youngster with guitar and girlfriend - put feet up on seat in front then proceeded to eat each other's faces off - loudly.
My once modest town is now full of yuppy fashion shops. The very main road itself has been moved for The House of Fraser.
My taxes appear to have bought some fairly substantial trees to go with the bladder-stimulating fountains (but no new toilet facilities that I could see)
As for the "festivities" .. apart from the enormous queue to get in, I found the crowds much too annoying outside the context of a field.
/old git
The following tunes came to mind on the bus ride home :-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVpCfPAog4
or alternatively :-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iamNec8kl2o
Geri
wasn't born to follow
My once modest town is now full of yuppy fashion shops. The very main road itself has been moved for The House of Fraser.
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Have you only just noticed this?
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
The full horror has only just dawned on me.Have you only just noticed this?
I only know of "Harvey Nicks" from a TV sitcom.
Oh well - makes my plans for early retirement in rural France seem all the more sensible.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
the main thing is that there appears to be no one within a mile of the town centre over the age of 25
Attempting to drag the thread vaguely back on track...
Plenty of all ages in town this afternoon!
Just got back... Didn't go anywhere near the Harbourside (-where I'm assuming the main/paid stages are?), but the Bristol Festival was in evidence all around Corn St/St Nicks anyway...
Various musicians playing here and there, a wandering brass band playing The Pogues' Fiesta somewhere in the distance, Corn St closed off, with bunting and a few sofas in the road. Seemed to have drawn a lot of extra people into town.
Different story altogether if the weather hadn't been so warm today, of course...
the main thing is that there appears to be no one within a mile of the town centre over the age of 25
Plenty of all ages in town this afternoon!
Just got back... Didn't go anywhere near the Harbourside (-where I'm assuming the main/paid stages are?), but the Bristol Festival was in evidence all around Corn St/St Nicks anyway...
Various musicians playing here and there, a wandering brass band playing The Pogues' Fiesta somewhere in the distance, Corn St closed off, with bunting and a few sofas in the road. Seemed to have drawn a lot of extra people into town.
Different story altogether if the weather hadn't been so warm today, of course...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
There was a green transport theme going on so they'd closed it off.
I'm not really sure, I suppose it probably is part of it though.
-After all, we can't just have the people closing off their own streets without official permission, having their autonomous car-free zones and the like, now can we!
That's been going on in Corn Street for several years anyway, hasn't it?* I imagine it's just been brought under the Festival umbrella this year.
*One day a year, that is. Whoopie-do...
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Nah, the corn street thing was a different event, but lots of different festivals have all been co-ordinated to the same weekend. Thought the bristol festival itself was quite cool as it happens, not amazing, but chilled, friendly and fun, far moreso than the saturday of ashton court was for the last few years.
And for a joke/fancy dress shop, there's a huge one on colston street, just down from where it meets lower park row.
And for a joke/fancy dress shop, there's a huge one on colston street, just down from where it meets lower park row.
Didnt pay to go into the main area at harbour side. Didn't really fancy being sort of penned in + found out they were searching bags for and confiscating booze. Anyway the rest, little of it I saw, was alright. The singer / guitarist on St Nicks street sounded awful though. Muddy sound. Weather was a vital element.
geekpenguin
At worky work
I didn't go to the actual Bristol Festival myself, but I did check out the Igfest. Me and some coworkers formed a team for the Korean Lazer Ball - great fun! I wanted to go and check out the graffiti around the harbourside, but am out of cash til the end of the week, so I didn't want to shell out £11 just to take a quick peek between the throngs of people. It was mighty crowded, even on Sunday, I have to say. Nice atmosphere tho
