Pukkelpop 2011

honru

Thursday is a good day. Friday is pretty weak... how are The Ting Tings so high on the Main Stage? Plus the two acts I would have liked to have seen most clash (Em and ST). Saturday is OK but I've seen a lot of what's on offer...

ShortskirtCiara

Heading over myself wednesday 2 weeks, Thursday and Fridays line up is decent but Saturday is awful bad. Instead of hanging around on the saturday listening to bands/acts we don't know of were gonna take a trip into amsterdam for the look then fly back home on monday morning

Furious-Red

Not gonna lie i really wanted to go this year :mad::mad::mad::mad:

ShortskirtCiara

Less than 2 weeks until we catch our plane to Belguim and to be honest i genuinely cant wait! First festival outside of Ireland and the expectations are really high!

Anyone else going to pukkelpop this year or have been before who would like to share their some tips and experiences?!

On another note though with regarding camping onsite. Would it be recommended to bring our tent and drink with us, checked in on the plane or are camping shops once we get to antwerp or the festival site that will be selling tents, at a reasonable price of course!

Thanks guys

Pigwidgeon

Last year we brought a tent on the plane. This year we're in Brussels before we head down so we're buying one over there. My only tip would be if possible get a pop up tent, it makes things much simpler the way they let you into the campsite.

Oh and definitiely get your drink there. We set everything up and then got the free shuttle bus into hassalt to buy drink and food.

Professey Chin

Im bring my tent with me but buying drink there. Ugh better start making sure everything will go in the rucksack :pac:

honru

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

On another note though with regarding camping onsite. Would it be recommended to bring our tent and drink with us, checked in on the plane or are camping shops once we get to antwerp or the festival site that will be selling tents, at a reasonable price of course!

Buy your drink over there, no point hauling it across (which means checking in your bag, which costs money) and it's cheaper over there anyway.

Unfortunately I don't know Antwerp well enough to answer the tent question. Better to look for one there than Hasselt though.

Furious-Red

When we went last year we brought the tent with us but 2 people didnt. So when we arrived we went into Brussels they went to get a tent (a pop up one) and we stocked up on beer/food etc then got the train to Hasselt.

If you are going in a group i would recommend when ye find a spot keep spreading out . We did that last year so we had a bit in the middle of all our tents to socialise ha

bodhrandude

Pukkelpop is not in Ireland so what has this got to do with gigs and events over here?

Professey Chin

bodhrandude wrote: »

Pukkelpop is not in Ireland so what has this got to do with gigs and events over here?

Irish people are going? And since when is this place exclusively about Irish gigs?

Furious-Red

bodhrandude wrote: »

Pukkelpop is not in Ireland so what has this got to do with gigs and events over here?

Sorry didnt no it was called "IRELAND Gigs and Events"

ShortskirtCiara

Well there is 6 of us going in total so we reckon were better off buying one between us in argos or something! Did anyone buy those food and drink vouchers by the way? Are they worth getting or not? And i presume bringing drink into the campsite isnt a problem so long as its cans or in plastic bottles, similar to oxegen in that sense id imagine?

ShortskirtCiara

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

Last year we brought a tent on the plane. This year we're in Brussels before we head down so we're buying one over there. My only tip would be if possible get a pop up tent, it makes things much simpler the way they let you into the campsite.

Oh and definitiely get your drink there. We set everything up and then got the free shuttle bus into hassalt to buy drink and food.

When u say it makes things way simpler when they let u into the campsite what do u mean? Theres 6 of us going so were hoping to get a 6man tent and i doubt there is any 6 man pop up tents?!

Furious-Red

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

Well there is 6 of us going in total so we reckon were better off buying one between us in argos or something! Did anyone buy those food and drink vouchers by the way? Are they worth getting or not? And i presume bringing drink into the campsite isnt a problem so long as its cans or in plastic bottles, similar to oxegen in that sense id imagine?

Well if you want to get food/drink in the arena you will need to buy the vouchers. Yea cans are all good but not glass bottles .

Tent wise we had a 6 man between 4 of us last year and it was grand although waking up was horrible because it was f'n roasting and the tent was like a sauna.

Also would reccomend bringing stuff for a shower i didnt last year and really regretted it . I no the showers had a long que but my friends said it was worth it

ShortskirtCiara

I actually never thought of the heat in the tent to be honest so thanks for that, might have to reconsider the 6man tent option!

I'll have to get those vouchers so, out of curiosity do the vendors not accept cash as payment or do they only take the vouchers?

languagenerd

Hey guys, first time going to Pukkelpop, can't wait! Does anyone know if there's a pit system in front of the stages and how it works?

Pigwidgeon

Weather isn't looking too good at the moment. Hopefully it improves over the next few days.

Starting to get really excited now. If anyone has iPhone/smart phone you can download the pukkelpop app which is pretty handy, it has a festival map, stage times and you can connect with friends on it to find them.

Professey Chin

Packing tonight I is >_>

Furious-Red

Great post Mr S. If you are waiting around for a band i would advise to walk around the site its great fun you never no what you will find. We found a place where you stick 3 people in a tire and bounce of 2 other groups like its bumper cars , never laughed so much .

Also try find the secret room (if they do it this year) my friends found it.

Def recommend the party in the Boiler Room on the Wed night although it gets pretty packed so check out the outdoor dance arena right beside it had great laughs there last year

Furious-Red

Mr.S wrote: »

Oh my god that was AMAZING. I died with laughter, so random haha.

Yup the 3 of us just started queing up for it not knowing what the hell it was and the fact the instructions that your man was giving us was in flemish i think we didnt no what to do. But once he opened the curtain it all clicked and it was great

ShortskirtCiara

Mr.S that was a great post, we have created a little itenary now with all your info :-).

1 and a half sleeps left until we board the plane, getting excited now i must say! Going to spend a while today packing eeeekk!

Pigwidgeon

Over in Brussels at the moment, starting to get really excited for Wednesday now. Going to try and track somewhere down tomorrow to get a tent, we were planning on doing it today but it's a holiday so most places are closed!

It was showery and grey yesterday, today was sunny and warm and only rained briefly!

THEZAPPA

I can't wait for this! First time going and i am going with a couple so if anyone's on the ryanair flight early Wednesday morning..do say hi!

Stretchryan

Broke 2 fingers over the w/end but still gonna make it for the festival - so if you see a lad dancing like a loon in the boiler room in a cast remind him he has has an operation the follwing thursday. Should be great w/end as always... safe trip over for everyone. i will just be travelling up from luxembourg

ShortskirtCiara

THEZAPPA wrote: »

I can't wait for this! First time going and i am going with a couple so if anyone's on the ryanair flight early Wednesday morning..do say hi!

Myself and 5 friends(all girls) will be on that flight too!! You will prob notice us a mile away cos we will be wearing our wellies cos they won't fit in our bags and we will more than likely be very hyper or tired as we are getting the bus super early!!

SO EXCITED!!! Were all first timers too so not sure what to expect!!

Alter-Ego

Have fun guys. Kind of wish I was going now. This time last year I was chillin' in Amsterdam the day before going down to the festival.

THEZAPPA

ShortskirtCiara wrote: »

Myself and 5 friends(all girls) will be on that flight too!! You will prob notice us a mile away cos we will be wearing our wellies cos they won't fit in our bags and we will more than likely be very hyper or tired as we are getting the bus super early!!

SO EXCITED!!! Were all first timers too so not sure what to expect!!

haha brilliant xD Sure say hi to us (ive long brown curly hair so not hard to spot) Ye were getting the bus at 4am, just because of excitement and wanting to be there now!

No idea what to expect WOO

Professey Chin

The airports gonna be entertaining in the morning anyway :pac:

Furious-Red

Hope all the boardies are ok. Seems a big storm has hit earlier. One of the indoor stages collapsed according to Twitter







http://yfrog.com/z/h3floajj

Mushy

Four dead...hope everyone is ok