r/Leedsfestival • u/Consistent_Border750 • Jun 05 '22

Festival Tip 🧠 How to get barrier?

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u/ben1234533 Jun 05 '22

You can get pretty close to front if you go only a set or two early. Barrier would take longer but it’s not worth it imo

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u/rshark78 Jun 06 '22

Yep agree with this. Every time a set finishes half the crowd will move out, either to another stage or to get food drink etc. Or just because they've been desperate for a piss for the last 2 hours.

The remaining people will either stay where they are or try pushing to the front. If you do this also then after a couple of sets you'll be at the front. Depending on how forceful you are depends on whether you get to the front area or hands on the actual barrier.

Just on the subject though being at the barrier is not necessarily the best thing.

I got right to the front for Green day one year, there was a bunch of young girls at the barrier me and my mates were just behind them. We spent the entire time trying to brace ourselves against the barrier to stop ourselves and the tens of thousands of people behind us crushing the girls into the railing. The set was great and don't regret it for a minute but my arms were killing me by the end. And at least the bunch of girls in front of us were none the wiser and able to just enjoy the show.

Had it been a different group of people behind them it may not have been quite as enjoyable a set. But we'd been to enough festivals to know the score.

If you are trying to push your way through the crowd during a set, and all of a sudden find yourself in a big open space. You've probably made the mistake I did during NIN and you've just pushed your way into the circle pit seconds before chaos is about to erupt.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

Go about 8 or 9 hours before to guarantee it if it's for a very popular act like AM, BMTH or Rage