Bloom 2008

[fletcher]

nice one. Im going thursday after work, not really had any time to plan for this festival but most of my general festival stuff is still in my big bag from glade and my antics the weekend just gone

Really looking forward to benga, roni size reprazent, altern-8 and Ame

[imitationleather]

I AM EXCITED! EXCITED! EXCITED! EXCITED!

Anyone else excited? Raaaaaaa!

[fletcher]

Great fun

Weather was obviously very shocking - made the main outdoor stage inaccessible for the most of the weekend.

Thankfully it held up for the headliners in the evenings - so Roisin Murphy, Roni Size and Stereo MCs all drew good crowds.

Lineup was all over the place - Bays ended up on the main stage (which was a good move IMO) - but probably bad for those who turned up later in the evening at the beats tent only to find out they had missed them

lots of djs / acts switched around between tents, or cut completely. I guess it was a mixture of the shite weather and poor ticket sales be really sad if events like this go under as we all had great fun

the funk tent was HEAVING yesterday afternoon for the dubstep - 2 hours of Benga vs. Caspa.

Evil 9 was good - despite the shocking post midnight sound levels

Soul of Man and Altern 8 were also wicked. The lost disco tent had a wicked vibe every time i went in there! Saw some good djs but had no idea who was playing at the time as the programme was all messed up.

Big up to pd2h, K3str3l (hope you eventually got some sleep!), five alive (loving the dot cotton masks!)

Due to the shocking weather we got through 3 gazebo's, and also the RoadKill flag R.I.P But the flag will return for 2009....

Toilets were possibly even cleaner than the glade ones this year, so respect for that

Also gaymers pear cider on draught - ace.

Free Bushmills Whisky

Ferris Wheel

The guy with the huge catapult launching water balloons into the people queueing for the bar - very naughty, but hilarious

[imitationleather]

My God that bloody weather. At least it didn't get very muddy though, I suppose. Had a great time even though I saw barely any acts.

Here's a picture of me and my mate in our fancy dress gear. Did anyone see us?

[k3str3l]

Yeah brillaint littlew festival, I went there with no expectations and wasn't there for the lineup. Was great to finaly meet someone from this board (Fletcher). Can't thank you enough for those ear plugs they worked wonders.
Stewarding a festi was a brand new experince (and got to drive the golf buggy mwahaha) for me and met lots of lovley new peeps, also managed to see a lot of really great acts.
My fave was Roni Size and Reprazent on main stage truly excellent vibe. The site did well considering the weather, didnt get too mudded up.

Some of their prep with lineups was a bit poor but it still kicked off, and I found that after Friday night there was a good improvement in sound levels. Beardyman in beat bubble last night was boomin!

Yes I saw the eyebal costumes, very good indeed!

i shall get some pics up soon!

[fletcher]

i saw you eyeball chaps in the car park on sunday

gutted i had to leave before beardyman, but was in work at 8am this morning, not fun

[pd2h]

We had an excellent weekend sooo much random fun!!

Did manage to catch most of the acts we wanted to see but the lineup was a bit of a mess due to acts cancelling etc but who cares noone can be blamed for that!!

Good to meet you flecher even if briefly boo to the loss of the flag!!

Saw the eyeball crew on Sunday staggering around outside the beats bubble ace outfits!!#

Too scared of the Ferris wheel so went on the spinning chairs

Big up to the peeps running the Sparkle Nuts and digital playground spent most of the weekend hanging out up there with a good 2 hours in the wendy house calling people over then "fuck off" from all and sundry in the house hilarious

[fletcher]

http://www.fiveononemagazine.com/issue3.html#bloom

Dot Cotton spotting!!!!

2:15 into the video, its very brief but fivealive is playing table football or something

Just booked my 2009 weekend ticket at the very early bird rate bring it on

[imitationleather]

I've paid less for Bloom tickets every successive year!

2007: £85
2008: £50
2009: £40

Maybe 2010 will be free! I suppose it will be if I work there...