Kids At Electric Picnic

rainbowdrop

I'm aware there is already an Electric Picnic thread, but this is to to with kids attending it, so I hope it's ok to start a new one? Or maybe move this if ye need to.

I have been delaying getting a ticket to Electric Picnic all along, because I wasn't sure if I would have the funds to go or not. Realised today that I'm not as poor as I thought I was, and can, in fact, afford to go. I asked my parents earlier today if they would mind my 12yr old daughter for the weekend, and their response was "no, if you had asked us a few weeks ago, we would have done it, but we have plans made"

I go to a lot of festivals, and often take her with me, and she loves it. The thing is, she has never been to something as big as EP, and I am wondering if anyone has taken a child/ young teen there? What is there for someone her age to do? Am I mad to be thinking of taking her? I registered her on the EP website today.

Obviously, we will be staying in the family camp site, she will be supervised at all times, and she won't be roaming around the main festival arena late at night. I also realise that I will have to have a very "quiet" festival myself i.e only drinking a few cans (not litres of vodka like I usually would).

So, if any of ye have taken/are taking kids, what would you recommend?

Thanx:pac:

Toast

12yr old to 17yr olds are not allowed in according to the organisers.

Miguel_Sanchez

I'm sure MGMT will play it yes.


Sorry.

I couldn't resist.


But no - as Toast said - 12-17 year olds are not allowed in. You could perhaps pretend she was 11.

antodeco

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

But no - as Toast said - 12-17 year olds are not allowed in. You could perhaps pretend she was 11.

That rule is totally retarded! So if you want to bring a child who is between 12 - 17, you cant, but if there are 3 you can??

I cant even fatham (sp?) that they mean those in that age bracket are not allowed in unaccompanied? Again, an 8 year old could go in unaccompanied?

Miguel_Sanchez

antodeco wrote: »

That rule is totally retarded! So if you want to bring a child who is between 12 - 17, you cant, but if there are 3 you can??

I cant even fatham (sp?) that they mean those in that age bracket are not allowed in unaccompanied? Again, an 8 year old could go in unaccompanied?

No. Of course they have to be accompanied. But 12-17 year olds aren't allowed in at all, accompanied or otherwise.

antodeco

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

No. Of course they have to be accompanied. But 12-17 year olds aren't allowed in at all, accompanied or otherwise.

But that doesnt make any sense! If they are with a parent they should be fine. I know, theoretically, someone might have an older sibling who "parents" the person on the way in, but then doesnt care about them when they are there. Sone form of an armband should be given, meaning that if you are young, both minor and minder need to be together at all times. So, lets say you are stopped in there, and you have an armband, and the minder is not with you, the minder is contacted and both are ejected from the venue. Harsh I know, but surely that would be a decent enough deterrant.

Miguel_Sanchez

antodeco wrote: »

But that doesnt make any sense! If they are with a parent they should be fine. I know, theoretically, someone might have an older sibling who "parents" the person on the way in, but then doesnt care about them when they are there. Sone form of an armband should be given, meaning that if you are young, both minor and minder need to be together at all times. So, lets say you are stopped in there, and you have an armband, and the minder is not with you, the minder is contacted and both are ejected from the venue. Harsh I know, but surely that would be a decent enough deterrant.

Enforcing that would be a nightmare.

Anyways - I much prefer a festival without pesky teenagers. They're so pesky.

Bring her with you, say she's 11.

She'll be telling friends for years how cool her parents were for bringing her to Electric Picnic. And she'll actually have a fantastic time anyway.

antodeco

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Enforcing that would be a nightmare.

Anyways - I much prefer a festival without pesky teenagers. They're so pesky.

So 12 year olds are ok? :P

You are right though. Its the muppets who ruin it for the genuine "kids" who want to go.

rainbowdrop

Thanks for the replies people!! On the EP website, it says '12-18 year olds are not permitted, even with an adult", yet on the ticketmaster site it says "each adult family ticket holder is entitled to bring up to 2 children ages 12 and under". This is conflicting advice, but as she is 12 I'm going to risk it.

Like I said in my original post, she has already been to a few festivals, and all of these are always '12 and under', with never any bother getting in. It seems a bit stupid that I could take her when she was younger, but now that she is a more mature 12yr old, I can't. Might have to try Glastonbury next year!!

I know some of ye probably don't like kids at festival, and tbh, I can't stand un-attended ones myself. Parents that just go to get wasted, and let their kids wander around with no supervision do my head in. The child is gaining nothing. I intend to take my daughter around the body and soul, the arts, the greencrafts and the kids areas. And she'll be back in the family campsite before things start to get messy late on at nite, thats a side of EP that she's too young to see just yet!!

She has a list of who she wants to see play, The Wailers, Wiggle and she is mad to see 2ManyDJ's, as am I ,but understands that she can't, the crowd for that will be mental. Looks like I'l have to miss them too:(

What time are MGMT playing? She loves them as well, I'v promised her we can go, if they are playing early enough.

I count myself lucky, I seem to have raised myself a fairly cool, well rounded daughter:cool:

antodeco

MGMT are an extermely roudy crowd. At Oxegen last year, they came off stage for a while because of crowd trouble. They stoppped letting people in, and then people charged the barriers. People started climbing the scaffolding and everything. Saying that, Oxegen does be full of some amount of eejits!

rainbowdrop

I know, I was there:rolleyes: Mad craic!! I'l just have to make sure we are standing at the back!!