Festival season is approaching with all the tickets starting to come out in the next coming months it is perfectly acceptable to start getting truly excited about it. It is no surprise that the festival attitude has hit the mainstream in the past five or so years. It is no longer reserved for the hippy types and jobless. Festivals are now enjoyable for the youngest of patrons to the eldest.
The rise in popularity could be partly due to the increase in popular music we have seen in recent years, whereas it took a bit of a nosedive towards the end of the Top Of The Pops days but has really come back with a vengeance and can be attributed partly to the internet pushing bands and artists of all genres into the public eye.
As a generation full of music and internet enthusiasts you can understand now more than ever that new and upcoming artists don’t have to be playing at your local pub in order to gain recognition and bands can build up a fan base from all over the world with some simple online marketing.
The demand for seeing these bands can’t be met with the budget these bands are currently operating on, let alone the sheer amount of bands that people these days want to see. So it’s no surprise that the logical choice is to go to a festival where you enjoy three days of great music, in the summer sun, with some great company. The increase in demand for such a great time has led to more and more festivals being created. Many of the festivals that seem relatively new have actually been running for decades but have only enjoyed the increase in popularity and recognition as more and more festival goers such for the festivals to suit their interests.
Festival organisers have had a hard time trying to fit the flocks of people into the grounds safely and with the increase of health and safety standards at festivals it is no surprise to see that people start to get worried as more and more people turn up.
With each festival charging in excess of £200 a ticket, the general public have to pick wisely as to which festival they are looking to go to. There are many niche festivals around so if you end up missing buying the ticket to your number one festival, why not try a festival you haven’t been to before to broaden your mind a bit more. After all the constant at all festivals is the great atmosphere of everyone enjoying themselves, the sun and the company.
Andy is a real festival-head and has just bought his own People Carrier to ship him and his mates to all the festivals around the country.
