Rouken Glen Park Glasgow reviews by real event-goers

Review of Playground Festival

Review of Playground Festival

I'd probably say that they need to review how the bar works. Queues were quite bad and I'm used to queuing for drinks been to many festivals and gigs. But for a small venue the queues were really long and not very quick. Bar staff were great but should maybe consider wee plastic bottles of wine and cans of cider save people pouring them.

Review of Playground Festival

Good starter for a new festival. Some issues with loos and queues that would need ironed out. Great atmosphere and food

Review of Playground Festival

utter s**te

Review of Playground Festival

Review of Playground Festival

Great event! A few teething issues with queuing for the bars which were completely sorted out by Sunday, prices a bit high but in line with other similar events. Music was awesome - sound quality was great, and overlooking one artist who was excessively late (I blame the artist not the event organisers) the line up was tremendous. Can’t wait for next year!

Review of Playground Festival

bar queues were horrendous Friday night and latterly on Saturday - seemed better by Sunday. bar prices were ridiculous as were the soft drinks for kids! good atmosphere though and would go back if drinks issues are sorted for next year.

Review of Playground Festival

Security and stewarding atrocious
Had huge problem getting in with my daughter
Queues for a drink were 2 hours long and wasted too much time

Review of Playground Festival

The line up and music was good, but the sound system was terrible. For that amount of people and having a headliner like Hot Chip, you guys needed way more powerful audio.

Review of Playground Festival

Had a fantastic time on Saturday night. Great venue, chilled crowd, excellent music and helpful staff. However bar prices were too high, toilets were appalling and no lighting or path visible when leaving making it dangerous!! Would definitely go back if these issues were addressed. Only other problem was very late arrival of Lauryn Hill meaning we only got 25mins of headliner which is why most people were there. Although this is not the organisers fault it is massively disappointing 😔 Would have to commend dj reborn for keeping the crowd going during the wait with a brilliant set. Also Craig Charles did an excellent job of getting the crowd dancing, thought he was fantastic 💃
Hope this festival returns next year

Review of Playground Festival

Saturday only ticket. Food prices extortionate for what you got. No coffee/tea/hot drink vendors - why? Especially with the torrential rain!
Music - De la soul came on late due (2015hrs)to setting up from Craig Charles and got swiftly kicked of the stage at 9pm before they’d even got going for Ms ‘drama queen’ Lauren Hill - to listen to her DJ for 70minutes and she tipped up for 20minutes and the plug was pulled at 2300hrs (apparently I sacked it at 2230 as I’d had enough hanging around). Lauren Hill talks about respecting her craft and audience- do me a favour she’s pathetic- she forgot who pays her rent and she needs to start showing up in her professional arena!
I will be contacting organisers to complain 🤬
I only bought the ticket for De la soul and got short changed big time - they should have been headliners as they are fantastic
Craig Charles was also brilliant
Thank god for small mercies!

Review of Playground Festival

Review of Playground Festival

Great venue, nicely sized, family friendly!

Review of Playground Festival

Amazing day

Review of Playground Festival

Saturday was rubbish, people wouldn't let us stand in tents so we got drenched. the cues were really long, ridiculously so. 50 mins yo get a drink. wtaf. Lauren hill was a joke she came on so late. no transportation home either. get it sorted Glasgow.

Review of Playground Festival

The location itself was nice enough, though the organisation left something to be desired. Long queues to the bars and a lot of items not available when you finally got to the bar. Would be better to have a few more smaller bars that only sell one or two things, e.g. just pints of lager/cider. Probably introducing some sort of token system for drinks would save a lot of the time it takes for each person to pay by card/cash for their drinks order. The choice of lager on draught was laughable (Coors Light!) - I'm sure there was some reason for it, e.g. deal with alcohol distributor, but really in this day and age to offer such a poor choice as that at a music festival is insane.
When leaving the venue at night it was quite dark, and would have benefited from better lighting and signage indicating the way out/exits etc.

Review of Playground Festival

Great venue and excellent size of festival. Not too big. The Big Feed forest was excellent. We chose a different meal each day. All had no queues until we bought something and a queue appeared behind us. Food was freshly cooked and reasonable prices. Loved the picnic area in the trees. Opted not to drink alcohol so bar queues didn't affect ud and soft drinks were as expected pricewise. Toilets were fine. Took own antibac wipes and tissues. This is a must on any day out as public toilets anywhere can be hit or miss.
Friday line up excellent. Saturday didn't stay long enough for the late Miss Hill. Enjoyed Anna Calvi immensely. Sunday's bands brilliant. Couldn't fault. Overall I thought it was great. Could be done with varied styles of music i.e. The Electric Fields style line up or different styles on different days. A larger family friendly area perhaps separate from the main venue would work, but perhaps sharing an even bigger big feed forest. Great having something like this in Southside. Parked and home in 10 mins. Hope you made some money and return. Hope the food businesses made some profit and it was worthwhile for them. The event staff worked hard especially the young people picking up rubbish all day. They deserve a good pay.

Review of Playground Festival

Review of Playground Festival

Great atmosphere in a good venue. Loads of good food and not too busy.

The bars and food trucks were well staffed so queues were minimal.

I was impressed with the organisation of this event in comparison to previous Glasgow festivals I have been to!

Review of Playground Festival

Sunday only, but very impressed and I was driving!