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Music Festivals

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nettie · 20/02/2003 12:13

Just wondering if anyone has any of experience of taking children to a music festival such as Glastonbury? We're thinking of going this year and taking ds's (5 and 1 years!). It seemed like a good idea last night, but not so sure about it this morning!

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Marina · 20/02/2003 12:37

Friends have successfully taken small children to the Cambridge Folk Festival, which I gather is pretty child-friendly and not so crowded and noisy as Glastonbury. They all had a very good time. You do have to like folk/world music, of course...

Linzoid · 20/02/2003 13:08

I considered taking mine to the Leeds Carling Festival last year but decided in the end to get a babysitter and go without them. My older son would probably have been fine he's 7 and likes the music but i think the younger one, 3 years might have got fed up. I find that to see the bands and really feel the atmosphere you need to be relatively close to the stage but this is dangerous for kids as there are always some that are off their heads.
I think it depends on the child aswell really and whether you are prepared to spend alot of time in the kids area. I haven't been to Glastonbury, so could be wrong. I'd love to go tho!

Jimjams · 20/02/2003 13:41

There are always loads of kids at Glastonbury- get tickets to camp in the family field and i think it would be great. I'd join you if only I could. Very jealous......

KatyW · 20/02/2003 14:08

Went to the Big Chill and Womad last year - with (then) 19m ds. He loved the music, other kids etc, but the toilets......It was fine for him as he was in nappies, but it was quite hard for us! (and possibly a five yr old?) Otherwise our best move was to hire a campervan - we're actually thinking of buying one now.

Jimjams · 20/02/2003 15:19

There are flushing toilets at Glastonbury (honestly). near the farmhouse- they put a trailer of them in. They're worth heading for on the last day when some of the other toilets are revolting!

yetty · 20/02/2003 22:35

katyw, what kind of campervan do you have. Went through a period last year of thinking a VW would be a good idea. Can you use a campervan in winter staying in it overnight? What's the minimum you would expect to pay to get something suitable and in good nick for 2 kids under 5 and two adults with no mechanical knowledge.

slug · 21/02/2003 13:10

Ahhh Glastonbury...the sluglet's booked in with the grandparents, not because it would be awful to take her, but dh and I are looking forward to four days of being hedonistic adults, getting pissed, dancing like lunatics to loud bands till the wee small hours of the morning and shagging like bunnies in a tent. I see lots of kids there, just keep them away from the hippies with their cake tins.

KatyW · 21/02/2003 16:18

We hired a modern-ish VW campervan. It wasn't very pretty, but had everything you needed including a fridge, cooker, table, two double beds, one at seat level, and one up above in the roof (not very much headroom but perfect for slightly older kids). There was just enough space when the bed was out, to fit a travel cot in too. We paid about £400 to hire for a week in July and were told by the hire company (v good, in W11 somewhere) that they were selling ex hire vans for about £5000. Have had to plan on hold though due to horrendously expensive kitchen extension !

tallulah · 22/02/2003 13:51

We've been taking our tribe to the Cropredy Festival (Fairport Convention) since they were 2, 4, 6 & 7. We've never had any trouble with them & not even managed to lose any of them! We used to take at least 2 prams & let them go to sleep on a tarpaulin while we watched the acts (got expert in rigging up the area to stop people marching across the top of them in the dark!), then bundle them all into the prams and set off back to the tent just before the end, to avoid the rush.

mam · 01/03/2003 16:36

Tallulah we take ours to the Cropredy Festival too! Have been doing since they could crawl - it was easier then but the childrens entertainment/activities and open fields help. When it rained and rained one year our ds had loads of fun and it continued when the diggers came out to lay the straw over the mud. Last year the weather was so changeable and they had heaps of fun with the mud then in the sun etc. They love it and so we still do too. We don't stay overnight though, maybe one year. Only trouble I find is can't make a permenant plot as they never stop in one place for very long!

susanmt · 02/03/2003 02:34

Can I recommend the Hebridean Celtic Festival on the Isle of Lewis in July. Not only is is just up the road from me, but there are great family events and the while thing is great if you are into Celtic Folk music in any way.

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