Platt Fields Park Manchester reviews by real event-goers

great day

top way to end the year, well worth the money, queues at bar took ages though

PARKLIFE 2010

Had an amazing time! The variety of music was absolutely brilliant.
Nice and hot too :D

The pinnacle of the best weekend of my life

We arrived at about half 3, maybe a 30-40 Min queue but it was fast moving and sort of added to the hype of the whole occasion. The layout was very similar to last years mad ferret festival but why change something that isn't broken.

All of the tents were large enough to fit everyone in and still keep a pretty personal atmosphere. Contradiction to many thoughts there was plenty of room outside to chill for a while between acts. Whilst the football on you could watch from the main stage which kept me and many more happy, even if the outcome wasn't too great.

Many people are moaning about the food and rink, I personally didn't eat because I would have expected delays with the volume of people and just sent off buddies to buy me drinks!

Overall, I thought the event was fantastic and will definitely be coming again next year. great job guys!

Ian Brown Platt Fields park

Brilliant!
Ian Brown was awesome as usual
Also,Was really impressed with the venue. I went to Oasis at Heaton Park and the set up at Platt fields was 100 times better.
Booking an e ticket with Skiddle prooved to be a winner aswell as you didn't have to zig zag for a mile to get in like everyone else, You could go straight in

music excellent, organisation...not so much!

I'm afraid that paying £30 to queue up for 90 minutes and then not being able to get drinks or food or use the toilet is not good enough. It took the edge off what could have been a fantastic atmosphere.

This really needs to be organised better next time from a customer service point of view - at best poor preparation and organisation, at worst treating customers with contempt.

It's a shame because the music was great. Particularly enjoyed Goldie with some of the old skool drum and bass sound and Friendly Fires outside at the end!

Ian Brown

It was a great afternoon of music and sunshine in a great location! My only complains are it started and finished too early!
As most people work full time i didnt get there until 7 and then it took 45 mins to get in with the ques. Once in amazing but finished all too soon!

Parklife 2010

Parklife was an amazin day!!

great line-up and a fantastic event overall. Location was perfect. Well done to the organisers considering it was the first event on that scale. Great mix of acts and the first time I have seen a Pizza Express at a festival.

Only improvements would be more toilets, shops and food stalls. Wasn't the greatest amount!! Bar staff didn't have a clue but that is always the case at festivals.

Would be amazing if the festival was longer next year and there was camping. At Sonar, they carry on the festival in the evening at another part and provide coaches. The only reason the que was so long was because you are trying to get 20,000 people in the arena in one afternoon rather than over two days.

I want my money back.

Was I at a different gig? After reading other people's reviews I must have been. For a start, it waas damn freezing. Admittedly, not much they could have done about that but it kind of started out bad and things just went downhill. There was no schedule and nothing to tell us when and where people were on. We were desperate to see Justin Robertson and Scatch Perverts but missed them because we didn't know when they were on or whether they were on the main stage or in one of the tents. They were the only reason my boyfriend wanted to go. I am also furious we weren't allowed to bring our own drinks in. Alcohol was confiscated at the gate (yet some people smuggled it in and sat drinking it in front of the stewards not that those particaular ones seemed to give a damn). Not allowing alcohol I can understand(to a certain extent anyway) but I had a bottle of water that was also not permitted. I hadn't even opened it yet, it was still sealed. So we had to go and wait in a hideous mass of people (a normal queue was of course, too much to ask for) and bulldog our way to the bar to pay for warm, horrifically overpriced drinks. When I was hungry later I then subjected myself to noodles and black bean sauce - I don't know where they got that truly vile recipe but it didn't taste like any black bean I've ever had. Naturally, the toilets were hideous and a toilet paper free zone and the queues for them seemed endless. Anyway, Ian Brown's people must have been running the thing because they saved everything until the end of the night. None of the other acts had any volume or decent sound so it was impossible to actually get into the music and have a good time. When Ian Brown finally appeared he was totally out of tune (maybe he was wasted) and although I tried valiantly to enjoy myself as best I could, it was hard when people kept smashing into me. Stop drinking if you can't stand upright anymore yeah? Some woman in front of me must have crashed into me about 40-50 times, no exaggeration. Of those times she noticed about three and decided to apoplogise by putting her damn hands all over me which I had to forcefully remove. I would also have appreciated it if some people would have kept their eyes on the stage instead of on my ass. There is so much more I could say about that night but I think I've wasted enough of my time. Will I go back next year? You know, maybe I'll skip it.

Parklife

fun..went fast! Long ques for drinks...one bar ran out of cider. Amazimg music however, good venue amazing atmosphere..friendly crowd! Good end to the year :D...After party could have been a lot better however!

Hacienda tent superb!

Overall a great day - The Hacienda tent was my complete fav, Graeme Park was a legend! Ian Brown was great, as were El Diablos in the small white tent. Was gutted I missed Justin Robertson due to the queue and searching to get in the place. Toilets and bars were a bit of a joke as well, but probably what you'd expect from a festival - they just needed more staff there and more toilets!. Rusholme for a curry after was also a bonus! I would defo go to next years event - just hope they open the venue a bit later!

PARKLIFE

AMAZING DAY OUT!!!!!!!!

GREAT ATMOSPHERE, ACTS, LOCATION & WEATHER!!!!!

ONLY BAD POINTS - LONG QUE TO GET IN, BARS - LONG QUES, NOT ENOUGH BARS/ALCOHOL WITH INEXPERIENCED STAFF, NOT ENOUGH FOOD OUTLETS/LONG QUES, NOT ENOUGH TOILETS.

I'LL DEFINITELY ATTEND IN 2011, I JUST HOPE THE ABOVE POINTS ARE TAKEN IN TO CONSIDERATION! IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A LOCAL FESTIVAL IN MANCHESTER!

Parklife

Had an amazing time!! Well worth it! could do with a few more bars and bar staff. I dont know if it just cos it was an England world cup game that mobile phone networks were busy or if it was because so many people in one area trying to use the same relay points but the organisers should try to communitcatie with telecommunications companies so that could ring mates. txting did kinda work but still took a while to get through. Nothing bad to say otherwise about it! Perfect weather for music and chilling, raving in the park :)

King Monkey Rules

Manchester music and sunshine a rare and awesome combination. Loved Platt fields could have done with a few more bar staff though.

ian brown gig

top nite! Shout out to Cat and Steve, and CHRIS kEANE IS A LIGHT WEIGHT FOR BACK DOORING IT. lOVE THE STONE ROSES.X

Quit moanin

Quality, great atmosphere top lineup!! Longest i queued about 15 min get with it!!

Should have stayed at home

Long long queues, only carlsberg!

Parklife is great!

best day ever! Mad Ferret part was great. Shame it was only a day though. Over all AMAZING! x x x

WICKED festival

i went up for parklife from london, had an amazing day and i just wish it lasted longer!! there was a huge queue to get in but it moved quickly, the female toilets weren't too dirty and drinks were quite reasonable. i have learnt my lesson and will get there before 5pm next year as i feel like i missed out on loads of acts! the best bit was there weren't any queues to get inside the tents, you could just go in and get to the front quite easily then come out for a break whenever you wanted. SWEET AS, £35 well spent!

Parklife!!

Top day!!!

Excellent 1st Attempt Guys!

I thought Parklife was incredible, even the larger more established festivals will be hard pressed to beat the line-up!
And for those complaining about the queuing, what time did you try getting in? We arrived at around 1.30pm and must have only be in the queue for 20 minutes max.
My main gripe would be the food, I didn't bother eating all day as the queues were horrendous, but come on, this was their first time. I'm sure they'll iron out these minor teething problems next time. It's also wicked to have a festival right on our doorstep!!