Children of teh Atom

Isambard

I'm not going (no mone , no time

) but let us know the gen innit. Cheers blud.

J77 · loves women Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 805 Location: Dam

Ashton Court festival was a security lock-down last year

Used to be good -- for the kids -- now it's another cog of the corporate festival machine

wraeth · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

I've only been once - last year - so I've got nothing to compare it to. I had a good time mainly cos it turned out a TCTE gather

Isambard · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:34 am Post subject:

I was there last year and got frisked for dugs at the entrance.
Lucky I'm a clean living boy.

The whole security thing was a real pisser last year and part of the reason I wouldn't go this year.

But the festival is teh broked on the money front I think and I wanted to hear off the Bristly one who has his ear trumpet to the ground on such shizzle.

J · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

i went in 2005 and it was pretty cool, cept all that orange shit. ( they did give me a wind-up phone charger though)

but was good times,
oh and that VIP tent stuff i heard they did

districtline · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:54 am Post subject:

a commercial festival

J77 · loves women Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 805 Location: Dam

Used to be for the families -- did they lose money cos they had to get in extra security or summit, I remeber the dance area started to get a bit hardcore in the late 90s -- plus the post event raves in the woods/quarry.

I never really saw the need for a sponser tho'

Used to be a community festival, not an orange one

hiccup · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:25 am Post subject:

The future's not bright...

wraeth · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:46 am Post subject:

Isambard · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:33 am Post subject:

Innit though. The drink and entertainment licence comes with a LOT of strings for security and insurance and shizzle.

bristle-krs · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6747447.stm

J · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

The Doctor · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

Bugger - at a wedding that weekend

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject:

I'll be in Northampton that weekend

J · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject:

pair of bastards

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject:

True dat

Isambard · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:35 am Post subject:

That weekend I will be at a traditional event in a local park that happens once a year.

Back in the olden days, servants never got a chance to party.
So on one Sunday a year they'd go to the park at 6AM to drink and dance.

And the party still goes on, the pub with a huge beer garden and space for dancing opens at 6AM and there's a band and posh dancin' and shizzle.

You have to be there by 5 at the lastest to get a seat so you have to go to bed early the night before.....or head straight there from a club!

bristle-krs · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

J · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

thats insane

flick · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject:

up until a couple of years ago id gone every year since i was a small kid. a good number of them i went to the balloon festival too hehe.

way back when everyone used to actually call it the bristol community festival, too. and we was proud because it was free and brilliant and people used to come from all over for it. first time i ever slept up there i was 14, we kipped for a few hours on some staging cos we were too knackered to walk home to patchway. there wasnt really even much security about then, it was all pretty open and friendly.

my favoritest ever ashton court show was the moonflowers when i was probably about 16? a stage full of naked bouncing people, it was great. anyone else remember that?

memory lane...

flimsier · red belt Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 92

bristle-krs · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject:

hamster · red belt Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 99 Location: Bristol

hiccup · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:

Not quite on the same scale, but this is the first year there'll be a charge to get into Ealing Jazz Festival, and some other bits of what is now the Ealing Summer Festivals. It's only a pound, but that's not the point, it's always been a free festival. You could just wander down to the park with some beers and come and go as you pleased. Now it's in a fenced-in compound. Totally different vibe. My Dad was on the original organising committee, and I've been every year since it started, but don't think I'll bother going this year.

When they first fenced it in a few years ago, they said they wouldn't start charging. Lying gits. And the Tory councillor who has instigated the charge says it's necessary to pay for the fences! I say get rid of the fences. Fuckers.

And you can bet it won't just be a pound next year. And I'd be surprised if you can still take your own drinks in. And the place is crawling with security and coppers now so crafty spliffs are tricky. Aaaand it used to be a showcase for local musicians, now the locals only get a few sets. And they've shortened it from seven to five days, and done away with lots of the daytime music. Really pisses me off that the council have wrecked what was one of the best things about where I live. Oh, and it was £3.50 a pint in the beer tent last year

Still, at least The Mela is still free. Anyone up for another tcte gather there like we did last year?

flick · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

J77 · loves women Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 805 Location: Dam

Tickets will be 50 quid before long

Isambard · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:49 am Post subject:

I seen over t'road that Avon and Somerset's finest are objecting to the licence which is up for approval by North Somerset Council on 28th June.

One day we should get tents or book a cottage or shizzle and go out into the cundree for our own festival innit.

hiccup · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

The Coolest Festival Ever

Isambard · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

A nice countryside or beach walk for floaty moments.
Extreme fluffiness, eye hugs and chillage
Shared food and drink, KRS offering three kinds of sausage; beers to absinthe to lovely juices like blackcurrant.
Music from ambient chill to pumping techno to funky shizzle depending on the mood of the crowd. Wierd little musical instruments welcome
Kites and pois and the collapsible ball thing where you have to go on one knee.

hamster · red belt Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 99 Location: Bristol

J77 · loves women Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 805 Location: Dam

pois are whack.

but i'd go with t'other tings.

wraeth · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:48 am Post subject:

Yes hiccup, let's do Mela

hiccup · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:13 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:36 am Post subject:

bristle-krs · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject:

Now they've banned punters bringing their own cans & (plastic) bottles!

People going to this year's Ashton Court Festival will be banned from bringing their own alcohol onto the site (Evening Post)

hiccup · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

bristle-krs · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

just to annoy ninja:

BREAK!!!

14 Jul 2007, 22:00
Blue Mountain, Stokes Croft,, Bristol,
Cost : £6 b4 11 £8 after £10 after 12

Live pa from the legendary BABY D, performing their number one hit singles 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy' and 'Need Your Loving' plus DJs Sy, Swan-E, Ratty, Nebula II, Cridge, Dazee, Flynn & Flora, Fuze, Paul Bassrock, MC Scratchmaster Techno and Joe Peng.. and it's the Ashton Court after party!! Complete with Roof Terrace and Barbecue.. Lovely!

http://www.myspace.com/breakbristol

hiccup · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

J77 · loves women Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 805 Location: Dam

Is the Blue Mountain still going? My little bro used to run the bar there -- does Mr Green still own it, or has it changed hands?

bristle-krs · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject:

no, mr green doesn't run it anymore, but it is there