Festivals...would you pay for this?

[Glocko]

www.sunsetfestival.co.uk

I've got the cash ready to go for this (3 day camping. Tickets on sale today.

But...

£72 a head for camping
First time for the festival, not been held before.
No band list out.

Limits to the campsite (nothing can be taken into the arena)...
One crate of beer
1.5 litres spirits
2 litres water!!
Everything else has to be bought onsite (no prices)


All strong calls for info have been removed from their Facebook group.

What would you do?

[Plotloss]

Tell them to fk off.

Like the V events, that's not a festival, it's a captive market.

[timlongs]

No. Go to a better festival :P

[Famous Graham]

4 months to go and no line up? Not even headliners?

I wouldn't even be remotely tempted tbh.

[Plotloss]

It's only Glasto that can get away without publishing a full lineup and even they can't help but say in the run up to the event and that's the best festival in the world.

[soad]

The one to miss perhaps.

No line-ups listed, no doubt overpriced food & drinks.
Restrictive rules too.

[Adam B]

Glocko said:

What would you do?

laugh and move on?

[anonymous-user]

Plotloss said:

Tell them to fk off.

Like the V events, that's not a festival, it's a captive market.

I have been to v at Weston about 8 times, and never felt pressured to buy inside the arena. It does feel safer thou than other festivals..

Come on thou who would drink 24 cans of beer followed by the rest per person..

And they would have to supply water on tap...for free..

[Nicol@]

Will it turn into one of these?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/10/failin...

Don't get a ticket yet.
I would guess the promoter does not yet have the funds to book bands (and that is where you help).

Edited by Nicol@ on Tuesday 2nd February 22:32

[Dan_1981]

The Loose Goose said:

Plotloss said:

Tell them to fk off.

Like the V events, that's not a festival, it's a captive market.

I have been to v at Weston about 8 times, and never felt pressured to buy inside the arena. It does feel safer thou than other festivals..

Come on thou who would drink 24 cans of beer followed by the rest per person..

And they would have to supply water on tap...for free..

a crate of ale and a bottle of spirits?

I know me and any of the people I usually go to festivals with would have not much trouble putting that away within about 24 hours.

Op - why would you want to try this festival?

Looks like a bit of a scam to me

[StevieBee]

Glocko said:

No band list out.

Promoters normally have two options when booking bands:

1. Pay them a percentage of the gate
2. Pay them a set fee

Option 1 reduces risk but means they get far less to keep as profit. Plus, the band will want a minimum guaranteed gate fee.

Option 2 is maximum risk. The promoter could end up paying a fee and only 100 people show.

The lack of a published line up seems to suggest that they are hedging their bets a bit which to me sounds less like a scam but more a case of them not having the confidence in success.

[useyourdellusion]

Nicol@ said:

Will it turn into one of these?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/10/failin...

Don't get a ticket yet.
I would guess the promoter does not yet have the funds to book bands (and that is where you help).

Edited by Nicol@ on Tuesday 2nd February 22:32

Yeah, I'd be very careful about parting with your hard-earned!

I got caught out last year with 'Monarchy Live'. It was meant to be a one day event that promised acts like Happy Mondays and Supergrass amongst others. It never went ahead due to 'poor ticket sales' apparently. A full refund was promised but never materialised. The office was emptied and the website disappeared, I'm still trying to chase the promotors through the courts.

The festival scene is saturated at the moment. My advice would be to stick to the more established ones.

[MartinM]

Not a hope in hell. Seems like your typical over-ambitious venture by a couple of clueless students. These things have a history of going tits up. Even if it does end up going ahead, you'll be almost gauranteed to be short-changed.
IMHO of course

[Jag-D]

Looks like st to me!