European Festivals

Hello, me and a bunch of friends re thinking of going a little further than the UK for once and finding a good festival in outer Europe. I know Sziget is supposed to be pretty good. Does anyone have any recommendations??

Hey man, I'm going to Groezrock this year which will be my first European festival... solid lineup with Menzingers, Rancid, Gallows, Refused, Thrice, Dave Hause, Hot Water Music etc. Only £100 for the 2 day event. The flights weren't that cheap though.

pukkelpop is generally always pretty good!

Hmm for me that would be great but my friends aren't big fans of punk and hardcore so they would refuse to go there.

Holland wrote:

Hello, me and a bunch of friends re thinking of going a little further than the UK for once and finding a good festival in outer Europe. I know Sziget is supposed to be pretty good. Does anyone have any recommendations??

Way Out West in Gothenburg has a pretty solid line up.

Primavera festival in Barcelona is supposed to be really good (and great weather almost guaranteed) .
Lineup this year looks cool with The XX, Refused, Death Cab For Cutie, Cure, Bjork, The Drums, Beach House etc etc. More varied lineup for all tastes:

http://sanmiguelprimaverasound.es/cartel

Bennicasim in Spain is meant to be great, 8 day festival i think!

Philo wrote:

Bennicasim in Spain is meant to be great, 8 day festival i think!

four days!

but yeah way out west is great this year, damn you sweden

Well those all look like great suggestions!! I bet we end up going to Leeds haha

Going to Sziget this year, really looking forward to it!

Holland wrote:

Well those all look like great suggestions!! I bet we end up going to Leeds haha

you can't really complain tbh

Electric Picnic over here in Ireland is meant to be great! I've never been though, been to Oxegen twice but its not on this year

Couldn't go wrong with Roskilde in Denmark. Bruce Springsteen and The Cure are both playing.
Or Rock Werchter in Belgium.

Sooo anyone been to Pukkelpop apart from 2011? It looks the favourite so far. I have heard that the ticket allows you to use the trains for free, is that a myth? Anything else about it i should know?

yepp you can use trains (and buses if I remember correctly) for free, that's true but i think that is only limited to airport-kiewit and back

is the limitation on the buses or the trains too?? I was thinking about going to Brugge for a few days then going to the festival.

Holland wrote:

is the limitation on the buses or the trains too?? I was thinking about going to Brugge for a few days then going to the festival.

I think it's for trains too, they just guarantee you can get to the festival for free

I kept my old ticket: http://cl.ly/F352
I chose charleroi but I think you can choose whatever airport or station you want

Cool thanks for the info

Pukkelpop's lineup kicks asses already and I may or may not have asked my friends if they want to go back ahahh so much for not having money.

yes i have started the process of repeatedly asking my friends to go too!!!

You get a free trainticket to go to and from the festival, but I'm not sure the Brussels International Airport is included (everyone traveling from and to the airport has to pay an extra tax because they're building an expensive new railway there). If not, you just buy a trainticket from the Airport to Brussels Central Station (you have to travel over Brussels or Leuven anyway), and from there you can use your Pukkelpopticket for the train. It's the train to Genk, one every hour In Kiewit, you can just walk to the festival (it's a ten minute walk, you just follow the stream).

If you have any other Pukkelpop related questions, fire away! Best festival I know, and the line-up is really good so far!

Is it a friendly festival? do people destroy things?

Holland wrote:

Is it a friendly festival? do people destroy things?

That's the one thing I fear most about festivals. Burning tents on the last night of festivals is not fun.

mingus wrote:

You get a free trainticket to go to and from the festival, but I'm not sure the Brussels International Airport is included (everyone traveling from and to the airport has to pay an extra tax because they're building an expensive new railway there). If not, you just buy a trainticket from the Airport to Brussels Central Station (you have to travel over Brussels or Leuven anyway), and from there you can use your Pukkelpopticket for the train. It's the train to Genk, one every hour In Kiewit, you can just walk to the festival (it's a ten minute walk, you just follow the stream).

If you have any other Pukkelpop related questions, fire away! Best festival I know, and the line-up is really good so far!

Ticket is to the station of Hasselt, from there on there are free busses from and to the festival. Camping is across the street.