Beautiful Days 2017, Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th August. I've seen worse lineups!

[William of Walworth]

The lineup for this year's BD announced on Friday 3rd March

Here we all are then. Who's upferrit?

 

[William of Walworth]

Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club. In the mudbath of Glasto 2016, it worked for drunks!

And obviously Beautiful Days's long overdue hot and sunny year will actually materialise.

Our good festie mate has never been, and he's already booked ahead of us! ......

 

[Mogden]

I'm tempted which is a first for me as I usually don't festival more than one county away. I have friend connections to The Levellers so might see if any are crashing rather than camping. I suggested Therapy? do an acoustic set to my festy owner mate a couple of years back so I grinned like a loon seeing them on the bill

 

[Teaboy]

Its a proper groundhog day line-up that. Pretty much everyone has played at the festival recently.

 

[editor]

I've always enjoyed Beautiful Days but it's a shame it's always the week after Boomtown which is far more my kind of thing when it comes to festival mayhem.

 

[William of Walworth]

Its a proper groundhog day line-up that. Pretty much everyone has played at the festival recently.

Very true , but I liked the lineup for this year anyway, and I rate it quite a bit better than last year'.

This time, there's such a combination of acts that I like

Also, I don't think Paul Heaton/Jackie Abbot have played BD -- when I saw them at Glasto last year I particularly liked them, I've always had a bit of a weakness for those old Beautiful South songs

 

[William of Walworth]

I've always enjoyed Beautiful Days but it's a shame it's always the week after Boomtown which is far more my kind of thing when it comes to festival mayhem.

We can never make Boomtown (bad festie date clashes etc) and we've only been once (back in 2009). In fact I get really jealous of those mates of ours who do go

But we make our own little bit of wildness at Beautiful Days

 

[Teaboy]

Also, I don't think Paul Heaton/Jackie Abbot have played BD -- when I saw them at Glasto last year I particularly liked them, I've always had a bit of a weakness for those old Beautiful South songs

Yeah they have. It was a afternoon / evening set on the main stage, 2-3 years ago, it was a bit of a guilty pleasure I will admit. Paul Heaton also played by himself the year before.

I think they've probably got the posters from the last 5 years, cut them up and drawn them out of a hat. Ta da, line-up 2017!

 

[William of Walworth]

I must have been round the smaller stages at the time ....

 

[William of Walworth]

We've now bought our tickets. Earlier than I wanted to, but we were warned van tickets were selling very fast.

Still, we're definitely there now.

 

[eightball]

After three years of Beat-Herder I've decided to give BD another go cos of the lineup. And William says it's going to be sunny. Tickets bought.

 

[Poot]

Arrggh! There are still some tickets left (I think) and I'm loving the line-up. Unfortunately the only person who's also desperate to go is my 8 year old daughter (she loves a festival). All my friends will probably be away and I'm swithering over whether to just buy the tickets for me n' her and face the consequences later...

 

[William of Walworth]

Poot Do it! You won't regret!

Very child-friendly festival. And hopefully? you'll still be able to work out some childcare arrangement from friends/neighbours at the fest for a least a bit of the time?
Plus beforehand, you can always get a friend to change his/her mind with the right beer offer ..

 

[Poot]

Poot Do it! You won't regret!

Very child-friendly festival. And hopefully? you'll still be able to work out some childcare arrangement from friends/neighbours at the fest for a least a bit of the time?
Plus beforehand, you can always get a friend to change his/her mind with the right beer offer ..

I arranged to go with a mate. Tried to book tickets yesterday. SOLD OUT!! Although actually, 2 mums and 4 kids? Probably not the most relaxing festie experience!

 

[JTG]

Must remember to heckle Frank Turner, the massive twat

 

[moonsi til]

Relaxing maybe not Poot but heaps of fun. I would keep an eye out for folk seeking tickets. BD is not a huge site/festival so a good one to do if it's first time going to a festie with kids.

 

[William of Walworth]

Bumped because the fest starts on Thursday

Latest forecast pretty reasonable

 

[editor]

Bumped because the fest starts on Thursday

Latest forecast pretty reasonable

Looks good to me. Have a good one!

 

[Poot]

*Sulk*

Have a good one, William and report back!

 

[rubbershoes]

I arranged to go with a mate. Tried to book tickets yesterday. SOLD OUT!! Although actually, 2 mums and 4 kids? Probably not the most relaxing festie experience!

It would be hell. So you'd have to self medicate with fizz

 

[William of Walworth]

Latest forecast pretty reasonable

It's a bit less so now but nowhere near disastrous ... just annoying showers at points, that had completely disappeared from this morning's update ... sunshine as well though, and not cold ...

 

[Geri]

My sister is going to this! She has never been to a festival in her life before, apart from Ashton Court possibly.

 

[Ground Elder]

My sister is going to this!

I'm sorry to hear that
My life is much improved since I stopped going

 

[rich!]

I saw Doozer play at an animal sanctuary where I was running a benefit tea tent. Without hat or beard. I didn't recognise him at all, and asked my friend (quite loudly) wow this guy is covering Doozer? WTF??

 

[Voley]

Just had a text from a mate who's there. Tipping it down apparently.

 

[William of Walworth]

Just had a text from a mate who's there. Tipping it down apparently.

Yeah, there'd been very bad rain on Wednesday, and it was even worse on Sunday

Nice inbetween though

My main benefit was enjoying the genius acts of Linton Kwesi Johnson, who almost never performs live, Rhoda Dakar, and Hayseed Dixie ... those three very easily confused acts

 

[William of Walworth]

My sister is going to this! She has never been to a festival in her life before, apart from Ashton Court possibly.

How much did she enjoy Geri ... and was she properly prepared for the conditions?

 

[William of Walworth]

I saw Doozer play at an animal sanctuary where I was running a benefit tea tent. Without hat or beard. I didn't recognise him at all, and asked my friend (quite loudly) wow this guy is covering Doozer? WTF??

Hat/beard were both in presence this time

 

[William of Walworth]

My life is much improved since I stopped going

Well Pete Loveday made it, so I'm sure an almost equally old git like you could have done too

 

[Geri]

How much did she enjoy Geri ... and was she properly prepared for the conditions?

She had a whale of a time! I saw her wrapped up in something which looked like a polythene sheet so pretty well prepared, I think!