Rise Festival

ShaunG

There's a notice at the end of our road with details of road closures etc today. Difficult to make out exactly what it means, and whether driving will be impossible (I had several exciting runs to the dump planned). Does anyone happen to know if there's somewhere on the net explaining the traffic arrangements a bit more clearly?

katiejane

Dunno, but see everyone (else) there! I'll be nursing a can of red stripe somewhere in front of the main stage.

Emma

What a great day yesterday. I really hope Boris doesn't pull it in future years, it's a festival London can be really proud of. Only complaint was the rule about no glass being allowed in. I had a thorough check of the website before going along to make sure there weren't any booze restrictions and there was nothing online. Luckily we didn't get searched on the way in so our wine and beers weren't denied entry but I feel sorry for anyone who schlepped down only to be turned away. It should have been made clearer. A minor gripe about an overall fantastic day though.

Loads of helicopters about afterwards weren't there...

Agaton Sax

It all ended a bit suddenly though, didn't it?

Someone should have told Mr Cliff to stop singing when they pulled the plug...

matt

I thought the organisation inside the station was great, Wells Terrace was entrance only during the event. We had to go out and were initially worried about the station being a hassle. All was fine

Emma

Heh, I didn't stay til the end, I was a bit 'tired' by then. I went to sleep by half 9, I'm getting old.

Oh and I meant to say, this year dogs also were not allowed in. We saw a solitary dachshund. He had been smuggled in in his owner's bag. Super cute!

Agaton Sax

Quite right, it's not DogFest

krappyrubsnif

Couldn't see the point really. Went along for a bit. A few thousand people I didn't know standing around yacking to each other. No music being played when I looked in, just some CDs or something. Went to the beer tent but the queue was eight deep, so went and had a quiet couple of pints at the Noble instead - nice evening!

Liz

Did anyone else see the amazing Harry Potter giant bouncy slide? I could have spent all day watching small children hurling themselves down it. Jealous.

jandb

... yes it was steep and looked like great fun. I was taken aback by the size of the prizes at the funfair. Cuddly toys on steroids.

Mike from London

I think KRS should probably be hurled down the Harry Potter slide head first for being such a sourpuss

Liz

@ jandb - I know! I saw a woman who had won one of the big dogs from that prize stall and it was easily as big as her (not even joking). It was early too, so god knows what she did with it for the rest of the afternoon...

tosscat

Now it's not very often that I agree with you MfL (milf?) but I concur.

Duncan

Sourpusses have all the fun

Bridget

I have a feeling that will be the last Rise festival. I don't think Boris is too keen!

tosscat

Oh Borsi Schmoris - I'm fed up, everything's so negative.