without wanting to pi$$ on anyone's fire I do think these mini-London festivals look better on paper than in real life, the line-up looks pretty good for £25 or whatever it is but from when I've been before: )
Barbie said:As our e-mail conversation the other day Ferd
1. The DJs will play about 60 min sets max (and that's if you're lucky
2. The sound is rubbish on the outdoor stage
3. Therefore everyone crams in the tents so they're completely rammed and like a sweat box
4. The crowd is very 'civillised' - we used it as an excuse to get on it at midday on a Saturday but when we got there half the people were milling around having picnics on Clapham Common
5. They finish at silly o'clock and then 20,000 people are piled onto the streets of Clapham trying to get to club/home
Errr but other than that they're a delightful way to spend a summers day in London
just kidding!Lukes said:Aren't we like a wet weekend!!
Missed last years as was in Ibiza and same this year!
Barbie said:As our e-mail conversation the other day Ferd
1. The DJs will play about 60 min sets max (and that's if you're lucky
2. The sound is rubbish on the outdoor stage
3. Therefore everyone crams in the tents so they're completely rammed and like a sweat box
4. The crowd is very 'civillised' - we used it as an excuse to get on it at midday on a Saturday but when we got there half the people were milling around having picnics on Clapham Common
5. They finish at silly o'clock and then 20,000 people are piled onto the streets of Clapham trying to get to club/home
Errr but other than that they're a delightful way to spend a summers day in London
Scoobie said:Nicely summarised Miss B.
Was the sound any better at Lovebox last year? Only asking cause its virtually in my back garden so might pop along to this years despite my outside London clubbing reservations
Barbie said:As our e-mail conversation the other day Ferd
1. The DJs will play about 60 min sets max (and that's if you're lucky
2. The sound is rubbish on the outdoor stage
3. Therefore everyone crams in the tents so they're completely rammed and like a sweat box
4. The crowd is very 'civillised' - we used it as an excuse to get on it at midday on a Saturday but when we got there half the people were milling around having picnics on Clapham Common
5. They finish at silly o'clock and then 20,000 people are piled onto the streets of Clapham trying to get to club/home
Errr but other than that they're a delightful way to spend a summers day in London
and by 10/11, you're ready to carry on.. outdfoor daytime clubbing is cool8) 8)grego said:Sar, did you go to the first one in 2004??
i actually thought it was ace when i went in 04. on the mainstage, morillo played 12/1-4, then x-press2 4-7 and then sasha till close. it wasn't really that busy+you could get near the stage/soundsytem so sound quality was ok. tix were £18, which you can pay sometimes just to see erick or sasha alone.
agree about both start and finish times, at 12/1 all you non-parents are just waking up on a saturday
they've obviously put a load of effort into making it bigger/better/more profitable since the original, which was actually rather good
I seem to remember the Bora Bora tent being a bit of an anti-climax as well. The best bit was Tall Paul's set in one of the tents. I'm obviously just not very good at doing civilised 
