>Adult tickets cost £35 for a half-day admission, while a full day cost £60.
Who on earth is going to pay that just to go shopping? No wonder it bombed. Trying to coast purely on the Clarkson name.
ResponsiblePatient72 on
£60 to enter the festival.
Ok, it had some decent acts performing or whatever but who is spending £60 to enter a country festival and then buying a presumably high priced horse saddle.
Either you make the fest cheap to enter and do that kind of trade or you make it expensive and forgo the trade.
RaymondBumcheese on
Everywhere seemed quiet this weekend as it was just unbearably hot. Even so, I doubt there was much left in the tank for Artisan Apple Crumble when people have paid £100 a ticket just to get in.
ronnie_nobby on
To be fair, who wants a hot jacket potato for £14 on a hot day ( or any day at that price) or a bow tie for their dog? Ask the ice cream sellers if they didn’t make any money
Noonecanseemenow on
No shit that was going to flop.
£60 a head to do some shopping and listen to a few live bands. Of course it was going to flop. What is the hook aside from trying to milk every ounce of the Clarkson brand
CollectionBroad8919 on
This guy is so out of touch with reality, no wonder if flopped.
Masteroflimes on
I don’t think it flopped as they made bank. But I have yet to see any traders make any decent profit yet. So see next year who goes back (traders)
But spend £60 per person to enter this or go to the seaside for free. When the weather is this hot its the beach or stay inside.
synth_fg on
Think the festival did fine. But some of the traiders are complaining that their sales didn’t meet expectations and that they took a huge loss on attending
Avionykx on
From the stuff I’ve seen online the traders that did badly aren’t exactly the kind of thing I’d purchase on a whim.
One lady they quote was selling discount pet food. I appreciate it’s a good thing to buy but I’m unlikely to save a fiver on a bag of dog food then carry a 25kg bag round a hot show on a busy day.
Another one was clothing for pets and custom “accessories”
I appreciate people do like this stuff but when people are paying £60 to get in, and £120 on lunch for a family then their disposable income to spend on other stuff at events goes down no matter who you are.
peepooplop on
I will say as a festival trader (not at this event) that heatwave weekends are typically some of the worst trading days of the year.
Unless you sell ice cream.
InternationalPop8482 on
Why are you people angry at someone charging £60 for adults who can afford it to enjoy themselves?
Live music, sociality and networking are worth it to some. Imagine being outraged about this? It’s sad
goonercaIIum on
Article seems to suggest 55k were predicted to turn up and 50k did. It is relatively unsurprising that people were turning up to visit the farm / watch the acts / get some food as opposed to buy tat from all the stalls
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>Adult tickets cost £35 for a half-day admission, while a full day cost £60.
Who on earth is going to pay that just to go shopping? No wonder it bombed. Trying to coast purely on the Clarkson name.
£60 to enter the festival.
Ok, it had some decent acts performing or whatever but who is spending £60 to enter a country festival and then buying a presumably high priced horse saddle.
Either you make the fest cheap to enter and do that kind of trade or you make it expensive and forgo the trade.
Everywhere seemed quiet this weekend as it was just unbearably hot. Even so, I doubt there was much left in the tank for Artisan Apple Crumble when people have paid £100 a ticket just to get in.
To be fair, who wants a hot jacket potato for £14 on a hot day ( or any day at that price) or a bow tie for their dog? Ask the ice cream sellers if they didn’t make any money
No shit that was going to flop.
£60 a head to do some shopping and listen to a few live bands. Of course it was going to flop. What is the hook aside from trying to milk every ounce of the Clarkson brand
This guy is so out of touch with reality, no wonder if flopped.
I don’t think it flopped as they made bank. But I have yet to see any traders make any decent profit yet. So see next year who goes back (traders)
But spend £60 per person to enter this or go to the seaside for free. When the weather is this hot its the beach or stay inside.
Think the festival did fine. But some of the traiders are complaining that their sales didn’t meet expectations and that they took a huge loss on attending
From the stuff I’ve seen online the traders that did badly aren’t exactly the kind of thing I’d purchase on a whim.
One lady they quote was selling discount pet food. I appreciate it’s a good thing to buy but I’m unlikely to save a fiver on a bag of dog food then carry a 25kg bag round a hot show on a busy day.
Another one was clothing for pets and custom “accessories”
I appreciate people do like this stuff but when people are paying £60 to get in, and £120 on lunch for a family then their disposable income to spend on other stuff at events goes down no matter who you are.
I will say as a festival trader (not at this event) that heatwave weekends are typically some of the worst trading days of the year.
Unless you sell ice cream.
Why are you people angry at someone charging £60 for adults who can afford it to enjoy themselves?
Live music, sociality and networking are worth it to some. Imagine being outraged about this? It’s sad
Article seems to suggest 55k were predicted to turn up and 50k did. It is relatively unsurprising that people were turning up to visit the farm / watch the acts / get some food as opposed to buy tat from all the stalls