Festival goers...

[slippermaiden]

Bear with me, I'm not very good at describing stuff.... We were at Latitude on Saturday, a family group of 8, 3 children. The little fella fell asleep but my two are 10, and were soooo excited to see The Killers there. Great gig, felt safe, we all enjoyed it. However, another large family group near us were very selfish in my opinion. They also had children of a similar age to my two and lifted them onto their shoulders for the entire show so no one else could see!! We moved about a bit and had a great gig but felt sorry for those behind who couldn't move about. I didn't say anything, but what is other people's opinion?

If people couldn’t see then they should have moved or asked the shoulder carriers to move sideways. If the person is in a wheelchair or disabled that makes it difficult for them to move and they can’t see then the shoulder carriers should absolutely move and I’d think it selfish and disgusting if they refused

Never been to a festival where people couldn't move about. Never been to a festival where there weren't at least a few adults let alone kids who were up on shoulders? Were the people behind them shackled to a stake in the ground? YABU.

It was crowded,and lots of people had those trolleys with children in. Quite hard to move about in the dark unless you're determined! We did move about as seasoned festival goers, and took our children right up to where we could see the stage and a big screen. No kids on shoulders there. Just seemed unnecessary.

People on shoulders are part and parcel of being at a festival, I'd rather that than small kids under my feet tbh.

Trolleys like shopping trolleys?

This is just part of the festival experience. At Glastonbury you’re lucky to see the stage if you’re behind the flags!

@MissionItsPossible

These sort of trolly, they are a nuisance imo, parents pulling along their dc and they stop to look at something just stopping dead, leaving whoever is walking behind to walk straight into them with their shins.

Wtf? People cart children around in these contraptions? I’ve never seen one before.

I went to see the Killers in Bolton on Friday - there were loads of adults on shoulders nevermind children. I just moved to the side a bit until I could see again.

It’s just one of those things, you just have to shuffle over a bit

I got a bit shitty at a recent festival when a really pissed bloke was trying to get his equally pissed girlfriend on his shoulders and kept falling over onto everyone. Security removed them in the end

Garden chairs drive me mad when they’re at the front of the main arena - especially when there’s loads all in a row, makes it really hard to move around. Should be banned.

And picnic blankets - and people getting shirty when you step on them, when they’re right in the way, in the dark

I would expect kids on shoulders at a festival tbh, otherwise how would they see anything? I’d put this as part and parcel of a festival.

Mission haven't been to a festival in years that hasn't has a viewing section for wheelchair users, last few have also had signers on stage for deaf people. Festival promoters are very 'accessibility' aware these days.

I go to a lot of festivals and concerts and I try to accept that the team of itinerant basketball players whose apparent entire raison d'etre (once they have fulfilled their basketball playing obligations) is to follow me around to shows and festivals and plonk themselves directly in front of me are there coincidentally. I watch the big screens or position my head so I can view the stage through the tiny gaps between their bodies and heads. Or I move to fringes of the crowd where I can flail my arms in wild abandon while dancing and see the stage - even if the performers look like a flea circus at that distance.

Ha ha. Yes I agree about the team of basket ball players always being present! The trolleys are often well lit with fairy lights, but definitely a hazard! I agree with someone saying about the shirty picnic blanket owners, what do people expect us to float over them?! I do love a festival and this one was really clean and friendly. Very middle class though.

It’s part and parcel of being in the crowd at an outdoor gig.

If you were at a seated concert then yes it would be rude, but people can move at a festival to view a screen or the stage.

I’m not a fan of big outdoor concerts because I’m not very tall and can only get a view of the stage or a screen if I’m very far back. This doesn’t suit my partner because he misses the atmosphere and joining in with the crowd.

He has offered to put me on his shoulders in the past, but I’m a scaredy cat!