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Review of Boogie By The Sea

Leaving the venue was unorganised as well as arrival

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Badly organised..poor timings...ridiculous prices for shockingly bad wine. Won't be returning.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Ridiculously long route to queue around. Took 45 mins to get in. Even though BoneyM were late arriving they were far superior to the band that followed. In my opinion you could have let them play the whole set and left Soul to Soul go home. They were dreadful. Sister Sledge brilliant, Billy Ocean sounded better outside the arena than in, but still good. Food stalls overcrowded and understaffed in some cases. Took 45 mins to an hour to be served. Overpriced too. Bar extortionate with poor quality 10% alcohol wine at £29 per bottle. No ale, only lager and limited choice. Only one food outlet that I found sold hot drinks and the queue was so long I gave up. Personally you can hear it all from the gardens outside and the sound was much better.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Brilliant music, only slightly spoiled, by poor organisation, lack of information prior to event, and for a venue with only a 5000 capacity the queue to get was horrendous

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Fantastic

Review of Boogie By The Sea

vIP area totally packed out like sardines and many not even able yo access stage. Then even more came in when security started letting anyone in and stopped monitoring it ( before Sister Sledge ). Really wanted to hear Boney M but got 20 mins with a backing track. Would I go again or recommend? No. Also queues were atrocious and no stewards to direct anyone or ask about the fast track. Gave up and went home after sister sledge as needed food and a nice hot drink. Was VIP worth it ? Totally no except for fast track.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Music was great. Bar was great - plenty of staff, didn't have to wait too long. Toilets as good as can be. Food queues were diabolical though., just as well you could see the acts from the queues.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Music was great ?'?. 45 minute queue to get in so missed first act. I hour queue for food which isn't acceptable.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Great fun night out

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Great evening out and fantastic live acts. Would have been even better if the live acts were introduced.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Long wait at the entrance gates to get in perhaps need to open the gates earlier. Long delay for the first act to come on which was cut very short by 30 mins . Choice of acts was excellent and really enjoyed the bands although again long delays between each act.

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Enjoyed a very pleasant evening in a lovely location. All of the acts were great - Billy Ocean was awesome. The food and drink was over-priced - it is appreciated that money has to be made but at what point does it become greed?

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Queueing for an hour to get in is nor acceptable theyneed to sort that, food and drink prices far too high

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Review of Boogie By The Sea

Absolutely loved Boney M but they had to cut their set short because so many people were stuck outside in the queue (us included). Also they were in a warm up slot so didn't get the hyped up crowd they deserved. They only played 4 songs which was disappointing.

I was queuing for food all the way through Soul to Soul and part way through Sister Sledge. Took approx 1 hr 40 to get food because there were 5 food vans to feed thousands. Had to leave after about 2 of Billy Ocean's set to get a train home. So in conclusion, the majority of the day was spent travelling or queuing. I would only return if it was better organised in future.

Review of Boogie By The Sea