What festival are you going to this year?

[Crazy_Joe]

Now that bands have been/started to be announced for most festivals, do any of you know which festival you wish to go to this year if any?

Wacken is sold out and it's in Germany so i doubt I'll be heading there, Downloads lineup is absolute balls with the exception of Kiss and some others and Bloodstock has some nice fairly unheard of metal bands but nothing really big going on.
Reading's has their announcement on 31st March and tickets go on sale then too, Rage against the Machine, The Killers and Metallica are the rumored headliners which is sweet but i'm working on that Monday so the tickets will be sold out by the time i get back probably :(

I'm holding out for Download to announce some better bands (HA!) because at the moment that's the only fest i'm probably likely to go to this year.

[Will]

If any, it would be Download, near enough to me, well guess Reading isn't too far, but it always seems more pop rocky.
Exams and all that stuff though, and should probably sort out a job etc.
Will go to download maybe next year though, just for the experience again, was pretty fun in 2006

[gwEm]

i dislike festivals... sorry guys

[ToneMonkey]

This year, I'll be off to:

Tapestry - it's a London based music night that has a festival once a year near Port Talbot - best festival I've ever been to, well laid back with 2 awesome beer tents and the best hog roast ever.  The missus walked within yards of a stag and didn't notice (it was dark), she got a bit of a shock when she turned round. :lol:

Green Man - Week after Tapestry, so plan is to mill about in Wales for a bit

Napton - Go for my birthday, it's like a village fate gone wrong.  Great fun, got soooooo drunk last year.

Generally, I'm plumping for the little festivals from now on, who cares about the music, lets all get drunk in a field type of things.

It was intended that this year, me and the missus would try to go to as many little ones as we could afford and have a last summer blow out before thinking baout sprogs.  Unfortunealy though, my brother decided to give us about 4 months notice that he was getting married in Gozo, so there goes all our money  

[_tom_]

I want to go to Reading because RATM are meant to be playing, but its pretty far away and I dont know if I can be bothered to make my way up there.

[WezV]

if any it would be reading this year but i have some friends getting married the same weekend... i am really hoping RATM do a tour

last year i went to glasto for free - only had to do 3 hours of activities each morning in the kids field, much better than the deal the oxam stewards get.. that was pretty sweet but felt a bit drowned by the end

this weekend i am heading down to the gower for 'sounds of the sands'.  Nothing official but about 20 of us from burton and london head down to the camp site in wales with loads of wood for a fire in the sand dunes and someone takes a set of decks and disco lights hooked up to a few car batteries.  by the end of the night last year we had quadrupled our numbers just with people who hear some music and stop by... not really a festival i know but its kind of become an ultimate chill out weekend

a few other small things i might make it to like play festival (small juggling, poi, general weird stuff kind of festival - saw a great ska band there a couple of years ago)

[Elliot]

Cambridge Folk Festival for me.

[mecca777]

I'll be heading off to Supersonic once again; last year was smashing and the line-up this year doesn't disappoint.

I wouldn't mind Bloodstock but it's far too difficult for me to get somewhere like that as I don't drive and none of my automotive mates would be interested. Wacken would rule. I may sneak off to the Whitby Gothic Weekend in October if I have some spare cash (to buy eyeliner and white greasepaint).

[Mr Ed]

If the lineup is as expected, then Leeds/Reading.

If not, Brownload.

[Ratrod]

I don't like festivals. There's always only one or two bands I like and couldn't care less about the rest.

I'm going to see Stray Cats!

[nfe]

Hellfest, Bloodstock and Damnation.

The Hellfest lineup is superb, Bloodstock is a laugh though it'll still be half full of atrocious power metal shitee and Damnation is dynamite every year, plus my pals organise it.

[noodleplugerine]

Hellfest, Bloodstock and Damnation.

The Hellfest lineup is superb, Bloodstock is a laugh though it'll still be half full of atrocious power metal shitee and Damnation is dynamite every year, plus my pals organise it.

I'd absolutely LOVE to go to Hellfest.

[nfe]

Hellfest, Bloodstock and Damnation.

The Hellfest lineup is superb, Bloodstock is a laugh though it'll still be half full of atrocious power metal shitee and Damnation is dynamite every year, plus my pals organise it.

I'd absolutely LOVE to go to Hellfest.

Go then :P

It's really not at all expensive.

[il˙ti]

None - I am dead sick of festivals.

[Davey]

Metal Camp


best festival you can be at. Wacken used to be top, but they're slipping. it's all about location, location, location!