Reading Festival

[12BHS]

Hello,

My 16yo and his friends are all booked for early access to pitch their tents at Reading Fedtival on Wednesday, but plan not to sleep in them and come home for the night so that they can be home for the GCSE results release on Thursday morning. They plan on returning to their tents on Thursday evening and carrying on with the festival.

Does this sound wise? Any red flags? Or is this standard festival practice? I've got visions of them returning on Thursday to their campsite cleared and tents gone!

Any other Reading Fest tips on this thread would be most appreciated too...

My DD and her friends are planning the same but no idea if that’s a sensible/done thing. Doesn’t sound it!

Sounds reasonable. DS standard festival tactic is to have a reason why he can't do early bird, and sends his tent with friends to pitch it and save his spot. He then strolls in, no queuing, on the Thursday evening.

Reading is reasonably accessible, as festivals go. Handy for Tesco and breakfast places, and the station.