Initial line up is out
Well last year was fairly empty, Steward on the Friday evening last year said to me they only had about 1,500 thru the doors by 8pm
Do ye think it will be the least busiest to date? I can't wait for it regardless. Always epic.
btp applied for 10k capacity but can size up and down within that. Heard early sales were good for BTP.
heard b&s has sold a 1/3 of btp sales as of a month or so ago.
I wonder how many tickets they've sold relative to BTP, both are 5k capacity right?
I can't wait, always my favourite weekend of festival season.
was raging when I saw the BTP line up but after going through the line up for this and knowing all the magic there I’m so happy to be going next wkend
It all looks great. If I'd been around, this is the one I would have gone for. Best of luck to everyone going.
New site layout looks great, they have finally abandoned the old main arena (it's now "boutique camping") making the site more compact with the new main stage located where the old Midnight Circus tent used to be. The beacon stage going into the woodlands is a great idea and as usual the walled garden area is filled with delights!
The Friday night lineup at the beacon soundsystem is class, I won't be moving too far from there (though the superb Beth Orton is on ridiculously early on the main stage and Fabio & grooverider could be a good one too).
Both Saturday and Sunday at the main stage have a great flow. Meute into Goldfrapp into Moderat into Weval is the stuff of dreams. Kurt Vile into Fever Ray into The Blaze not far behind and I'm really looking forward to Tinariwen. Saw them in Galway a while back and they were mindblowing.
Some great stuff on in the Secret Orchard too. Thumper, Real Lies and Sorcha Richardson standing out for me.
I'm not the biggest hip-hop head but this is a serious lineup at the Hennesey house. There was a great atmosphere there last year. Looking forward to catching Strange Boy of Friday evening.
Loads more going on of course but this is what has me most excited as well as just the magic of the place itself. Fair play to the organizers, they have really pulled it out of the bag this year in the face of "challenges"! Now all we need is some decent weather... It's going to be an amazing weekend.
Attention correlation to number of people going
Where's the love for this thread why is Beyond the Pale getting all the attention.
Cheers for that, never heard of them and enjoying their stuff
Or volunteer to work it, additional parking space and crew camping areas for staff. Here's a taster of Body&Soul from last year.
Yeah unless you get artist guestlist for the Friday or Saturday.
Besides driving yourselves no way out of the site Friday or Saturday
Never been to B&S but have been threatening now for the last few years to go. I like the sounds of it, chilled, relaxed kind of vibe. Plenty acts there too that I’d like to see. I’ll push the button on it next week.
Is it only Sunday they do the day ticket for?
Was planning on doing Fri & Sat, as I have a heavy week’s work the following week, but that Sunday lineup has thrown a spanner in the works!
Would recommend Real Lies for anyone not familiar with them:
Heard it’s doing okay but won’t be selling out by any means.
I think the 10,000 capacity was wishful thinking, similarly last year the application was 7,000 and I declared it “sold out” on the day at 3,500 tickets
Has BTP not doubled capacity though, could probably still sell out as it is a stellar line up.
Any idea how BTP is faring and whether that will sell out?
Day by day breakdown: Sunday tickets going on sale soon as well
never heard of Sara miller before the line up and she’s a must see for me now
https://youtu.be/qaxNfqVsf4w
Add Fabio Grooverider, Nightmares on Wax (DJ set), Bon Voyage (90's Rave Madchester style), Kormac (Electro Swing). I see Neil Flynn in there excellent Techno DJ, in fact look out for Home Beats, which is the crowd that Flynn plays with, so whatever stage they're curating check out all the acts. Good thumping techno stuff.
No chance of it selling out
What less known electronic acts are yis looking forward too? I love the Blaze and Moderat and like some of the Blessed Madonna and Avalon Emerson stuff. Anything else I should check out?
How likely is this to sell out?
Which is the better festival? BTP or B&S? Going to B&S regardless as always love it there and been there the last 4 or 5 years. I heard BYP had a few issues with the sound interference between stages last year.
I think it's great, I wish they'd move this festival to a different weekend so it wasn't so close to Glasto, I had a great time in 2018.
I’m so impressed with the line up now that I’ve gone through it all. There’s so much there. If we get the weather for it it’s going to be the best wkend of the year.
Truth!
Avalon Emerson is an excellent DJ
Nearly every camper had awnings or tents by their sides all previous years. No problems
Anyone know can you use a tent style awning with a campervan in the camper site?
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