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Glastonbury 2011
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Unless you are getting there very early on the Wed, you wont have the luxury of choosing really! The site is massive so there is going to be a lot of walking no matter what. Beside the Pyramid stage is prob the prime area that most people want to go for though.
Well we should b there fairly early, gonna get a late ferry on the tuesday night and hopefully be in glastonbury in the early hours of wednesday morning.
As long as parking doesn't take forever, we should be there for when the gates open! Any parking preferences between east and west?
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Well we should b there fairly early, gonna get a late ferry on the tuesday night and hopefully be in glastonbury in the early hours of wednesday morning.
As long as parking doesn't take forever, we should be there for when the gates open! Any parking preferences between east and west?
Which side you park on doesn't make a whole lot of difference, other than if your on the east then you'll have the "Hill of Death" to negotiate on your way back out when knackered on Monday. I'll be tackling the hill every day though to get back to the campervan, but if its muddy (which it won't be) then getting up the hill with your gear will be a nightmare.
There is more car parking on the west side of the site nowadays I think anyway, and there is probably more camping to the west of the site anyway. I tended to go for Penards Hill/ Park home area the last few years we camped, but have been up in Cockmill Meadow a few times as well.
Once you are not staying downwind of the slurry pit then you'll be fine, that is the area to the right of Hawkwell on the map.0 -
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w00t1!1!!
I'm now all paid up and ready to go.
Was a scary moment where the site wouldn't let me pay because it claimed I was an international order and had missed the deadline though. :eek: 0 -
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This sounds amazing!Brace yourselves Glastonbury People, as we reveal what is set to be one of the hottest, most decadent and dazzling offerings at this year’s Glastonbury Festival! Known as The Common, this area will be transformed into a sumptuous Latino playground filled with delights from the vibrant world of carnival. Home to twisted voodoo parlours, debauched bordellos, criminal party houses and a giant BULLRING complete with performances from MAJOR HEADLINE ARTISTS.
Last year, The Common brought us eclectic Circus performances and The Wall of Death – an 18ft high cylindrical wall in which motorcyclists hurtled their way around on vintage motorcycles. This year, it is accompanied by the spectacular Campo Pequeno, a towering 26 metre bull-ring complete with a giant fire-breathing bull’s head! The bull-ring is being created using 70 old lock gates from the Kennet and Avon Canal, each measuring 12 feet high and set on end to create the circle. It will seat 200, and the bull-ring will see mock bull fights from an artificial bull. The gates, each weighing two tonnes, were removed from the Devizes flight of 29 locks in January.
Hyped as THE place to be for Glastonbury 2011, hosted by festival favourites Bearded Kitten and home to major headline artists, the venue is a fuse of Hispanic mayhem and astonishing performance spectacles including The Common’s very own ‘La Tomatina’. Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis said: ‘It’s going to be brilliant!’
This year’s Latin American theme will showcase a dazzling collective of alternative culture including immersive theatre, breathtaking circus, dark puppetry, themed life drawing, luxury cinema, eerie automata, carnival sideshows and headline music acts from around the globe.
Co-founder Kerry Veitch said: ‘This year we’ve really taken The Common to the next level. We’ve spent months searching for the finest music, arts and entertainment from around the world to create something truly amazing and couldn’t be happier with the results. We’ve moved away from the futuristic dystopia feel of that corner of Glastonbury and completely turned it on its head. Imagine the biggest, most decadent and vibrant party ever and you’re half way there. Think of it as an intense cultural paradise..but with macabre undertones’
Glastonbury regulars The Basseline Circus will return to The Common and music will include latin-inspired performers along with reggae, hip-hop, dubstep and South American beats.
Other venues include The Lost Picture Show, Photo Booth, Los Artistas Bohemios, and La Arcada de Adavinos.
Sounds pretty amazing! We’ve seen Trash City, Arcadia and Block9 pull the late night crowds with such success it’s almost resulted in melt-down. Could this be the best yet for Glastonbury? Tell us what you think!
http://www.glastonburypeople.co.uk/groups/glastonburyfestival/Glastonbury-Festival-2011-Exciting-Venue-Revealed/story-10960782-detail/story.html
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Personally, I never pick more than one "wouldn't mind seeing" a day. Then kind of approximately wander in the direction of that stage, and see what happens and what I come across along the way.
But I'm the opposite extreme from people who plan to the minute which act they need to see to fill their days. You should try and find the happy medium, but unless you are really madly into some particular act then try and see something different from what you normally would as that is the whole point I reckon.
Seems like a good idea, but dunno how to choose between acts i love that are on at the same time...Paolo(seen before was great!), friendly fires, aloe blacc and noah and the whale all at the same time??...too hard! 0 -
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Really happy about Paul Simon 
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