To ask you to remind your festival-going teens that people live in Reading?

[BerkshireGal]

So, festivalgoers have started to arrive here in Reading and I hope they have a great time. It’s stopped raining and the forecast is dry for the weekend.

BUT I just went to post a letter and there was already a large police presence at Tesco, I’ve been hearing more sirens than usual and the roads are full of people driving like twats/blaring music through residential areas/honking horns etc.

I’ve fortunately been able to book to go away from tomorrow until Monday but that isn’t an option for everyone - the festival is located in a densely populated area which is not well off (on this side of the river anyway). We can’t do much about the bass shaking our houses but MN, can I ask you to remind your teens to behave considerately towards locals while they visit our town?

I was more fortunate than you - they allowed me to use it since my shopping was heavy - did get ask if they could borrow or buy - ignored and returned to the store

I live bang opposite the site of an annual music festival.

It is annoying, definitely, although actually in my experience the teens are the least annoying festival-goers! It really is the older groups who seem to behave like twats at ours.

It's only two days per year for us so not the end of the world, but there is the added irritation of most of the residential streets being restricted or closed entirely for large chunks of the day, including ours, and that's a real pain if we need to go anywhere in the car.

To add insult to injury, the one near my house is for a type of music I don't even like.

God, it must be a nightmare. I’ve only been to Reading festival once and it was full of 18 year olds throwing up and passed out drunk by 5pm on the first day. Amateurs!

My sympathies - dd I know popped out to Tesco for booze and food when she went.

I live in a place with tourists and they bug me, especially the Kensington based second home owners loudly moaning about the lack of obscure cooking ingredients in Waitrose. They walk up my road and night singing too (pubs and restaurants further down) roll on autumn, they disappear until Easter!

I feel your pain OP. I too live right next to the festival site. Hopefully there are no major issues this year, and people behave respectfully 😁

I live near several 3 day festivals and have toddlers and primary age.

It's horrendous the noise the litter the empty cash machines can't bear to go into tescos for a few days etc etc

I see it as a short term problem to a long term solution. Lots of cafes and newsagents and local businesses make more in those 6 days then in the following 6 months.

Also once I have teens I won't have to worry about them going to festivals as it will laterally be 5 mins away so even I am woken 2am by them and their mates I can relax easier than if they had to travel 100s of miles by train like I did!

If people reach festival going age without having been taught consideration, the horse will have bolted by now. The type of people who would listen to their parents about this are not the type causing your problems. I wouldn't insult my DS by telling him something he's known since he was old enough to talk.

Most of the beeping yesterday was from locals getting seriously pissed off with the coaches dropping off away from the coach drop off point and blocking Richfield completely.

The lemming like teens wandering into the road are very little bother in comparison.

Valid point OP, but I doubt you'll have much success.

And you cannot blame my family as none of them are playing at Reading this year!!

None of your family are playing this year?

Cheer up Oxford Road miseryguts, Festivalmas comes but once a year

I guess it’s a reference to the Train wreck documentary about Woodstock ‘99.

their famous track got the crowds very excited.

DHs 16 year old granddaughter has gone, it seems to be a post GCSE rite of passage, both my my older grandchildren went and I expect number three will go next year when she is sixteen.

And people who live in London (Kensington) don't have to tolerate tourists at all!

Sympathy with you OP.
I live in east london next door to a festival which is taking place over two long weekends. The thumping base is louder than my TV, I've got a splitting headache, and the local streets are being used as a free for all toilet.
Why can't festivals be held out in the middle of the countryside?!

I have just waved my teen off…although he says he will be back on Saturday morning for a shower!

I will be able to hear Reading’s younger sibling, Wokingham Festival from my garden this weekend; a much more sedate affair!!

I have no sympathy whatsoever for those who move to areas where long established events take place. I do when the event becomes a thing after they've moved.

Ahhhh… the arrival of the great unwashed. At least they are better organised these days and the IDR is no longer grid locked with people pissing in the streets. YANBU OP, I’m glad I’m no longer in the town centre.

what do Rage have to do with anything?!

I believe as well as Woodstock Trainwreck they were also there for the 90s Reading <ahem> shenanigans.

I was there but my recollection is <ahem again> hazy at best.

Happy days. Rage were unbelievable live. I do remember that.