Cropredy 2024

[RobertD]

Have a fabulous time all! I shall be thinking of you, playing lots of Fairport all week and weekend long, having some nice English ale, and hoping the Rainmaster breaks his streak and you have pleasant, but not hot weather!

[iandiddams]

so - we cannot find the tickets but ticketmaster have cancelled the paper tickets and we have to collect new ones from "the box office"

In ten years of attending the festival the only thing resembling a "box office" I am aware of is the wristband and program selling tent just off williamscott road at the arena entrance at that end.

That seems an unlikely candidate to do much in the way of looking us up etc etc ...   so where else might the "box office" be?  I've looked on the map at

https://www.fairportconvention.com/news_images/e23b2c8a9334f8ed689dfce940362b0b.png

but that deosn't show a "box office" ?



UPDATE:  I've now found a facebook post from last year that says the "Box Office is the hut building by the cricket club." .  I must say ive drunk at the cricket club every year and i cant recall anything vagely like a hut by the cricket club ie the bar ?

[bassline (Mike)]

I believe it's in the car park, by the gate to the back packer's field.
Go through the main gate, with the club bar on your right, turn left and it will be ahead of you.

[iandiddams]

I believe it's in the car park, by the gate to the back packer's field.
Go through the main gate, with the club bar on your right, turn left and it will be ahead of you.

thanks!!!

[Adam]

That old familiar feeling of anticipation has just got me….driving up tomorrow morning; no Thursday ticket  this year, so I’ll be at the Brasenose (great lineup for a £10 ticket!), back to hotel for good night’s kip before decamping to my usual spot on the field for Friday/Saturday….bring it on!!!

[Jim]

so - we cannot find the tickets but ticketmaster have cancelled the paper tickets and we have to collect new ones from "the box office"

In ten years of attending the festival the only thing resembling a "box office" I am aware of is the wristband and program selling tent just off williamscott road at the arena entrance at that end.

That seems an unlikely candidate to do much in the way of looking us up etc etc ...   so where else might the "box office" be?  I've looked on the map at

https://www.fairportconvention.com/news_images/e23b2c8a9334f8ed689dfce940362b0b.png

but that deosn't show a "box office" ?



UPDATE:  I've now found a facebook post from last year that says the "Box Office is the hut building by the cricket club." .  I must say ive drunk at the cricket club every year and i cant recall anything vagely like a hut by the cricket club ie the bar ?

thats where i got my replaement tickets the year i thoght i had left them at home while  all the time , they were in the bag at the premier inn,

[GubGub (Al)]

Funny thing about Cropredy weekend. Even though I haven't been for more than a decade I am always there in my head when this weekend rolls around.

For more than 20 years it was my happy place (or one of them). Then my anxiety disorder kicked in (diagnosed 10 years ago) and everything about it started to feel like an ordeal I couldn't survive. The camping, the crowds, the travel, the weather, all of it an unconquerable mountain of stress. I have booked to go once since then, in 2017 but cancelled at the last minute because it triggered a massive panic attack. I have managed one trip to the fringe (to see Clarion & Merry Hell) and attended the warm up last year for the first time but even that was quite challenging.

It is inexplicable to me how my happy place turned into such a source of terror for me.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great time. My sense of relief at not having to be there with you is both enormous and infuriating. But I will be listening live on Saturday night via Radio Oxford and some part of my spirit will be in the field.

[Nick Reg]

I have been to every festival from 1988 onwards but I am sitting at home and unbelievingly I am not missing it all, even though I loved last years (Nile Rogers apart). I will be leaving for my youngest's wedding in France on Sunday and could have squeezed something in if the line up was worth it, but it would have been one hell of a rush. I saw RT a few weeks ago , FC in february , Baskery due in November, and Feast of Fiddles a few weeks ago. There is nothing else I will regret missing at all . probably Headsticks at the Fringe but Andrew the singer lives round the corner anyway! I am just wondering how I will feel next year now. I too suffer from anxiety , mainly due to the Thursday morning rush, and could not consider being involved in that again. I much prefer the smaller festivals now.
Have a good time everyone .

[PaulT]

The tent has passed its inspection, my contribution to the toast has been tasted - not too unpleasant! - just the car to be packed tomorrow, then I'll be on my way on Saturday morning...

[Steve with the black dog]

I hope anyone on the field today survived the weather.

A late decision to come along for Friday and Saturday. Tickets arrived Tuesday.  Not been since pre-Covid cancellations.

I’m very much looking forward to seeing all of my friends…

[Adam]

Arrived, canoe club breakfast ingested, and programme secured. Interesting comment from Simon:
 “We look forward to presenting another Fairports Cropredy Convention on the second Thursday of August, but we will be watching closely to see if some tweaks may be needed to fit what works in this new climate. As ever, we’ll do what’s right to keep the essence all there and keep it affordable for all”.
 I’ve taken this as a positive statement; however, looking forward to the immediate next two days of music and fun.

[hendo (Dave)]

Arrived, canoe club breakfast ingested, and programme secured. Interesting comment from Simon:
 “We look forward to presenting another Fairports Cropredy Convention on the second Thursday of August, but we will be watching closely to see if some tweaks may be needed to fit what works in this new climate. As ever, we’ll do what’s right to keep the essence all there and keep it affordable for all”.
 I’ve taken this as a positive statement; however, looking forward to the immediate next two days of music and fun.

Back to  2 day fest.
I will be interested to see what effect a ticketed Brase had, particularly with the quality of the Brase lineup.
I live an hour away , fancied a day at the Brase but had no idea where I would park!

[Adam]

Arrived, canoe club breakfast ingested, and programme secured. Interesting comment from Simon:
 “We look forward to presenting another Fairports Cropredy Convention on the second Thursday of August, but we will be watching closely to see if some tweaks may be needed to fit what works in this new climate. As ever, we’ll do what’s right to keep the essence all there and keep it affordable for all”.
 I’ve taken this as a positive statement; however, looking forward to the immediate next two days of music and fun.

Back to  2 day fest.
I will be interested to see what effect a ticketed Brase had, particularly with the quality of the Brase lineup.
I live an hour away , fancied a day at the Brase but had no idea where I would park!

You could park ‘round the corner’ as it were, at the bottom of Oxhey hill; about a five walk from the Brasenose (I’ve parked there before)

[hendo (Dave)]

Cheers Adam. Yeah, I used to have a few round the corner parking spots when I just popped down for a day but apparently parking gone crazy with fringe…

[David V B]

Has there been a massive internet black hole over North Oxfordshire? Two days gone of the festival and not a single report. Very frustrating for those of us who can’t be there.

[davidmjs]

Has there been a massive internet black hole over North Oxfordshire? Two days gone of the festival and not a single report. Very frustrating for those of us who can’t be there.

Plenty of reports on social media (FB especially).  That's where the action is.  Apparently.

[Steve with the black dog]

Fantastic Friday.  

Great day had in the sun yesterday. Highlights were, DeWolf and Spooky Men. But all acts performed their socks off!

[GubGub (Al)]

Glad to hear the Spooky Men went down well but one report I read said the writer then went back to their tent as they have no interest in RT at all. I can't help thinking that some people are at the wrong festival.  :

[davidmjs]

Glad to hear the Spooky Men went down well but one report I read said the writer then went back to their tent as they have no interest in RT at all. I can't help thinking that some people are at the wrong festival.  :

I've also seen several reports describing a surprising number of people leaving before Richard.  The audience and the event are being pulled in differing directions.  All things to all people won't carry on working for ever...

[Wandering Steve]

Glad to hear the Spooky Men went down well but one report I read said the writer then went back to their tent as they have no interest in RT at all. I can't help thinking that some people are at the wrong festival.  :

I've also seen several reports describing a surprising number of people leaving before Richard.  The audience and the event are being pulled in differing directions.  All things to all people won't carry on working for ever...

I really enjoy RT but he is becoming the next Trevor horn or marrilkion in that he is playing too regularly.
It’s been a good festival but to non fairport attendees it’s a shame the same act is headlining Friday and Saturday.
That equates to a lack of variety but it’s still been a decent festival and with a bit more imagination the festival crowd will be even bigger than ever
Added to that there’s always the tours to keep the fairport die hards happy and sat in the warm too