Festivals: Too expensive and too middle class?

"Don't overthink it. You don't need to bring the kitchen sink!"
At Latitude Festival, first timers and seasoned festival-goers share their tips and experiences for the festival season. But are they getting too expensive and too middle class?
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  • @oldraver9644
    @oldraver964411 ай бұрын

    Someone needs to do a Creature Comforts version of this!

  • @HULLDUDE666

    @HULLDUDE666

    11 ай бұрын

    We go to festivals "off and onable" 🐢🎪😁

  • @tonupharry

    @tonupharry

    11 ай бұрын

    I think they just did 😆🤘

  • @barnabywild2215
    @barnabywild22152 ай бұрын

    I couldn't justify blowing £330 / ticket plus extra fees. And Glastonbury was always beyond my pocket in my youth - so have never been.

  • @papercup2517
    @papercup251711 ай бұрын

    My first festival was the Isle of Wight, 1970 or '71. The details are for some reason rather hazy, other than a crystal clear memory of the single long drop toilet which was... unforgettable, and definitely not crystal clear.. Oh, and going over on the boat, being passed by a police launch - this at a time when the police were kind of our enemies since they were always trying to bust us hippies for small amounts of relatively harmless herbal substances...Someone in our boat offered the Peace sign and in a minute, they were all doing it back, smiling, and peace and love truly reined there, at least for a while..

  • @bearsagainstevil
    @bearsagainstevil11 ай бұрын

    I went to Glastonbury 1971 I was 6-7 , been going to them ever since. Ive worked Glastonbury 23 years and funny enough I am still on site at Pilton working . my advice would be work at festivals

  • @AnnWarke
    @AnnWarke11 ай бұрын

    sounds like they are rebelling against their 80 yr old parents...

  • @stuarthunter7559
    @stuarthunter755911 ай бұрын

    60 years old and love going to gigs and festivals. Lot of 80s 90s bands back on tour and great fun. Never feel out of place. I reckon a lot of the younger crowd like having us oldies there as they feel safer. 🎉

  • @stuarthunter7559
    @stuarthunter755911 ай бұрын

    Went to a stranglers concert and it was a mixed bag of classes. And we all got along just fine walking on the beaches 🎉

  • @richardmurphy9006
    @richardmurphy900611 ай бұрын

    just enjoy be happy

  • @mrharry448
    @mrharry44811 ай бұрын

    'Weirdly' it costs a shitload of money to put on a festival. You can be bankrupted by one bad year. Yes of course festivals rely on a stable, older, audience who are happy to spend money and who self-police any anti-social elements. The alternative is not only unviable but illegal.

  • @Andrew-ys9vb

    @Andrew-ys9vb

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad I went to festivals in the 90s if this is the case. Music festivals need a stable, older, audience? So rock and roll

  • @susanb4816
    @susanb481611 ай бұрын

    I havent been able to afford one for 20 years

  • @bearsagainstevil

    @bearsagainstevil

    11 ай бұрын

    work the festival in some way

  • @Benlovescheese
    @Benlovescheese11 ай бұрын

    I prefer gigs to fests- too expensive and unpredictable.

  • @martysmith5260
    @martysmith526011 ай бұрын

    Too Middle Class? How about, too Upper Middle Class. The Middle Class has mostly been priced out of concerts too!!

  • @borinvlogs

    @borinvlogs

    11 ай бұрын

    what does middle class even mean?

  • @chrisdraughn5941

    @chrisdraughn5941

    11 ай бұрын

    @@borinvlogs not destitute, but not rich?

  • @willemn.hengelmolen7085
    @willemn.hengelmolen708511 ай бұрын

    So I am not to old joining a festival 😊 67 for now🎉

  • @stuarthunter7559

    @stuarthunter7559

    11 ай бұрын

    Get out there and boogie 🎉 60 meself and it keeps you young

  • @johnristheanswer
    @johnristheanswer11 ай бұрын

    The pink haired pensioner brigade .

  • @jimgreene951
    @jimgreene95111 ай бұрын

    gimp fests. Free festis of the 80's - now we're talking ✊🏽

  • @gumbi79
    @gumbi7911 ай бұрын

    geeezo

  • @jamesmccallum6770
    @jamesmccallum677011 ай бұрын

    "Too middle class"?? At what point did festivals become asigned to a specific class?

  • @johnristheanswer

    @johnristheanswer

    11 ай бұрын

    When ticket prices went through the roof ( or pergola ) .

  • @tonupharry

    @tonupharry

    11 ай бұрын

    Hippies always were ?🤔

  • @Trust1878

    @Trust1878

    11 ай бұрын

    Approx 2010

  • @righteousbyfaithinChrist
    @righteousbyfaithinChrist11 ай бұрын

    Excuse you ja...too expensive and too middle class??? No one died and made you God.

  • @Andrew-ys9vb
    @Andrew-ys9vb9 ай бұрын

    Old people are the only ones with cash.. These aren't music festivals