Recydrate The West

[art of fact]

im going, its my birthday sunday n all

 

[strung out]

well that was a whole lot more messy than i expected it to be...

 

[DeadManWalking]

It was great fun though, especially my missus doing the can can to the police on Sunday.

 

[Onket]

well that was a whole lot more messy than i expected it to be...

How messy did you expect it to be?!!!

 

[Clint Iguana]

It was great fun though, especially my missus doing the can can to the police on Sunday.

i saw people doing the can can on stage with bad manners, but i did not notice the police on the bill. i must have been in the bar when they were on... i certainly was not up in the gabba room in the main house (i lasted all of two minutes)

highlight of the weekend.. for me... inner terrstrials friday night.

Babyhead, Smerins Anti Social Club and dead silence also put on storming sets.

 

[DeadManWalking]

It was just outside the bar, the police were also dancing and singing along and dancing to Lip Up Fatty

 

[user47632]

I had such a great time

The weather was good, and the general atmosphere was amazing. My birthday was on the friday, so I was loving it

Dead Silence were my highlight I think; the friendly moshpit at the end was brilliant

Some pictures:

 

[DeadManWalking]

a few of my photos:

The wurzels

Dead Silence

 

[strung out]

Dr Meaker and the Wurzels were my highlights, though getting some exceedingly dodgy rockets on saturday night fucked me over royally for a good few hours between 3 and 11 on sunday morning...

gener8r was good sat night, though it closed early due to some kid almost killing himself by taking 14 pills and having a heart attack on the dance floor. being told this at 3am sunday morning by one of the security guards in the middle of one of the worst trips of my life didnt help unfortunately. the guy went into a coma and they didn't think he was going to make it but thankfully he pulled through.

generally a very very messy weekend, didn't expect it to be quite so squat party like, but still had a fucking wicked time, despite the dodgy few hours sunday morning.

 

[William of Walworth]

I have news of the 2009 version ...

Efestivals reveals a date change, to mid September

We iz so going if this goes ahead

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

strongbow??? at a cider festival?????

 

[Onket]

I have news of the 2009 version ...

Efestivals reveals a date change, to mid September

We iz so going if this goes ahead

This is one that I didn't want to miss this year but that is a birthday weekend (not mine) so not sure. In the diary anyway, we'll see.

 

[ajk]

strongbow??? at a cider festival?????

That is shocking. I'm surprised you weren't burnt in a giant wicker apple.

 

[DeadManWalking]

£45 for earlybird tickets.....it was £35 quid last year, don't think that was earlybird either.

 

[William of Walworth]

Fair comment, but this is the first year Recydrate has come onto our 'potential festivals' radar (date was all wrong before). £45= seems to us relatively cheap, even now that only 1 of us is working ...

Well cheaper than End of the Road anyway, the same weekend, which we're sacking in favour of this! Great location as well ...

I suspect ALL festival organisers' costs (relating to licensing conditions and so on yada yada) are going up this year ...

 

[user47632]

That is shocking. I'm surprised you weren't burnt in a giant wicker apple.

I know I know!

It was in order to save money, I'm afraid! But I had plenty of scrumpy and spiced cider too.

Glad to see it looks like it's going ahead again this year.

 

[user47632]

From the Recydrate facebook group:

"Yes that’s right the team who brought you “The Worlds Best Cider Fest” Now present BOOMTOWN FAIR.

Watch this space for future updates of this years festival ;-)"

http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/

 

[Onket]

Not much info on there though, and the email address doesn't work!

 

[William of Walworth]

From the Recydrate facebook group:

"Yes that’s right the team who brought you “The Worlds Best Cider Fest” Now present BOOMTOWN FAIR.

Watch this space for future updates of this years festival ;-)"

http://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/

I missed this post on here, but I caught up with this major overhaul of 'Recydrate' just recently ....

Looks like its been renamed (for license reasons maybe? ) and relocated back to somewhere near Bristol, as BoomTown Fair 2009.

EFestivals page on BoomTown here

BoomTown's own website recently updated/added to

It looks absolutely excellent, lineup and everything, but I'm really, really pissed off about the change of date, the fest has been moved back from September to the weekend of Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August, same bloody weekend as (the even more excellent) Endorse It In Dorset, already a commitment for us.

Fackin festival clashes -- this a particularly bad one
I predict that a lot of people will have dilemmas over this ... let's say they'll both attract a similar/overlapping core audience

 

[Onket]

After sell out success every year, now back for its 3rd year BoomTown Fair

That's from efestivals. Who do they think they are? MK Dons or something?

 

[William of Walworth]

That's from efestivals. Who do they think they are? MK Dons or something?

That confused me as well, because the BoomTown incarnation is definitely new for this time. They must just mean there were two Recydrate The West fests previously ...but yeah does read a bit weird agreed.

In any case, I envy those who can make it, cos it looks good. Hope they've secured a nice site.

 

[Onket]

That confused me as well, because the BoomTown incarnation is definitely new for this time. They must just mean there were two Recydrate The West fests previously ...but yeah does read a bit weird agreed.

So they're talking shite then.

 

[William of Walworth]

So they're talking shite then.

Possibly , but perhaps they're trying to stress the continuity -- same organisers, same festival effectively -- even though the name has changed. My bet is that they've changed the name for license related reasons, remember they couldn't hold it near Bristol last year (too many restrictions imposed) and they had to move it to Wales. I should think the name change was to enable it to return to Bristol or nearby.

My bet is that it will be a good fest anyway, I'm really sorry to be missing it.

 

[Onket]

What's your opinion on the MK Dons?

 

[JTG]

What's your opinion on the MK Dons?

They should be cleansed with fire and scattered to the four winds

Oh, and all their fans seem to be about 14

 

[Onket]

Not yours, clown!

 

[William of Walworth]

I'm very anti the 'MK Dons' but the festie is not football ...

 

[Onket]

But they've done the same thing!

Anyway, lets leave it there!

I was up for Recydrate but not sure I can do this new one on different dates. I spose it remains possible, but it's unlikely. Looks good too.

 

[William of Walworth]

Anyway, lets leave it there!

I was up for Recydrate but not sure I can do this new one on different dates. I spose it remains possible, but it's unlikely. Looks good too.

Yes, same really, the change of dates is the killer

Will be great for those who can make it ....

 

[DeadManWalking]

change of date, the fest has been moved back from September to the weekend of Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August, same bloody weekend as (the even more excellent) Endorse It In Dorset, already a commitment for us.

When is it? The Boomtown fair site says 7-9 September