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Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

The vip was a joke
There were not enough food vans standing 2 hours to be served
Best act on first
Disability badges and vip wristbands queuing without any assistance
Best act on first

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

We could not see a line up for times and acts anywhere, and there were acts which we were not expecting. There was nowhere near enough food vans/stalls for the amout of people there queues were over an hour and a half long and not a big selection. Nice atmosphere and plenty of very clean toilets which was a bonus. Good organisation in and out although the standard queue in moved much faster than the VIP queue.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Not enough food vendors to cope. Only 3 and all had queues of 2 hours to get food. The bands were only on stage for about 20 mins. Then an hour wait until the next one. No fill in music. I believe the only 2 bands who were worth the wait were Elton John and Queen.

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Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Food queues horrendous three only for thousands of people only one small stand providing coffee or tea which stopped serving early also music between acts to try and maintain atmosphere waste of money upgrading to VIP the closure was so packed it was uncomfortable and dangerous the VIP ladies toilet were disgusting all in all poor experience

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Drink was warm, and expensive! Only 3 food stalls so huge queues at them all, not good when you are unable to stand for long periods. No vege menus. No where to get a hot drink from! Said no food was allowed to be taken in to the event but some had whole picnics and chiller boxes! Toilets had no wash basins

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Queuing for 2 hours for food.
Not enough food trucks for the amount of people there.
No free water supply.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

I ended up not going as this event was so poorly organised. I had no faith in the organiser's ability to run a safe and enjoyable event. Emails for information were not responded to nor were any social media messages replied to. No information provided about on- site catering and whether there were options for those of us with particular dietary requirements and no information about parking. No way of finding out the set times for the acts and you couldn't take in your own food and drink - but this wasn't confirmed until 2 hours before the event started! Hopeless for anyone needing to plan. Having seen comments from people who did attend I'm glad I made the decision not to go - whilst we wasted our ticket fees, at least I didn't have to stand in a queue for 2 hours to get food. I would strongly suggest Skiddle reviews its association with this event organiser as I have no doubt there will be multiple negative reviews. If I could have given zero stars I would have. So very disappointed - I also suggested to friends that they accompany us so they wasted their ticket fees too. Complete shambles. The organisers should be ashamed of themselves.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

There was no line up posted on line. No details of what to take ie chairs. The VIP area was too small - felt like caged animals and you couldn't see the stage. For all of the people there were only 3 food trucks with queues exceeding 1 hour for the majority of the festival. Alcohol tasted as though it was diluted - drinks should be poured from sealed bottles so that customers can check the alcohol content of the drinks being served.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Overall this festival was very fun and would 100% recommend.
The queue for food was a bit of a joke, as we waited nearly 2 hours for a tub of noodles. There were also only 3 food vendors (burgers, noodles and pizza), all with 2 hour queues.
Drink prices were standard for a festival , bottle of wine was £25 and cans of cider were £6. However, Apple cider had ran out by around 3pm and by the end of the evening (8/9pm) there was no wine left either.
The acts were really good, everyone was dancing and singing along.
I would recommend bringing a chair as we did not and had to sit on the floor as there was no other seating available (however this was not the end of the world).
Plenty of loos and didn't have the queue and didn't really have to queue for the bar either.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

The acts were amazing and we had a really lovely day! However, it would have been great if there was more to do at the event such as maybe having a few shopping stalls. When waiting for each act to come on, there wasn't really much to do. The venue could have also done with a few more food stalls as the queues for each of them were really long. Overall though we had an amazing time!

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Brilliant day ,only downside was the 2 hour queue to get food . Should have had extra staff on the food stalls

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

We brought VIP tickets. The VIP tickets were over sold and we had to queue for 30 mins, unable to use the VIP area as it was too small. The additional costs did not warrant the experience and I would not pay the extra for such a poor offering.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

I very rarely write reviews but thought I had to as this event was dreadful. Little to no information before the event. No info re parking, line up, etc. On the day we were told by the marshalls to park in a car park that we found out we could be fined £100 for parking there, so not for festival parking. We bought VIP fast queue tickets. What a joke ... the standard tickets all went through the gates with a queue of probably in excess of an hour for VIP passes, the first act was half way through by the time they let all the VIP people in. The VIP area was far too small for the amount of tickets they sold and was behind Arris fencing. It was also behind the speakers so the sound wasn't great. The VIP toilets were disgusting and the bar in the VIP area was limited and more expensive than the other bar. As the rest of the event..well there was only 3 food vendors for thousands of people with in excess of an hour and a half queue for food throughout the day, which was ordinary to say the least. Could not find water point to fill up water bottles. The bar options were incredibly limited and very expensive.
There was no list of acts or running order so we had no idea who we were seeing or when. They were average acts, some slightly better than others. Would definately not recommend this event to anyone, total waste of money.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

I paid for a VIP ticket which was a penned in, cramped area with a very poor view of the stage. You had high metal fencing that really affected your enjoyment of the performers..
The toilets stank of ammonia and the bar hand longer queues than the standard ones.
We opted to go in the standard area with better interrupted views if the sarge. The portaloos were clean, had toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
There weren't enough food options meaning I queued for 70 minutes for ok food.
You were t allowed to bring food and drink in if your own but some people had got theirs thru your security checks.
You didn't have any healthy or veggie/vegan options...
Spice girl band weren't very good. Elton John & David Bowie were the best. I left early but my friend said that ABBA were good. The rest were average.
I won't be going to one of your events again. Disappointed to say the least....

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

The venue was ring fenced far too small. There was not enough room for everyone. I paid for VIP, but couldn't even fit in the area to sit down. Disappointed.
There was also a lack of food vans, which meant queues for hours.
The music was good though and people were enjoying.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

This event was terrible. After paying extra for VIP tickets we queued for much longer than the standard ticket holders to get it. There was then only 3 food stalls for thousands of people resulting in a 2 hour wait for a portion of chips! My friend is celiac and there was nothing available that she could eat , resulting in her having to leave the site to walk to a shop. This is disgusting considering they were really strict about not taking any food in.
The VIP had a tall fence all around it which restricted the view of the stage and was completely packed and overcrowded.
The toilets were absolutely disgusting!!
We will not be attending this event again.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Unable to enter or leave event that is supposed to be family friendly which was frustrating given no line up timings shared. Didn't want to arrive at 12pm and still be there at 10pm with 2 children so arrived about 2:30 and subsequently missed one of the acts we wanted to see.

Food vendors - queue times were in excess of 1.5hrs through much of the day. Need more vendors or food that could be served with more speed (although can't quite work out why noodles would take so long!) No ice cream van (or any for of sweet) missed opp for kids.

Children enjoyed the Waltzers, a mere £15 for myself and 2 under 7's! Just pleased the wife didn't want to join also.

Also pleased only one of us was 'drinking' for the day, as although loathed to spend £3 (on what might be deemed a 25p bottle of water) or £3 for a glass of fizzy from a 2litre plastic bottle, at £6 for a can of lager I might need to remortgage my house today to cover my credit card bill!

Cheap tickets purchased just after Xmas offset by the fact I spent a fortune whilst in the venue.

All had a lovely time enjoying the music though!

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

Ridiculous wait for food
If you are not going to let people bring food into the venue you have to provide enough caterers
Never been anywhere where VIP was worse than normal entry
Too long a wait between artists
We had to leave at 5 as we were too hungry to wait anymore for food
How people with children managed I don't know
No ice cream van's only 3 stalls - crazy and no proper water filling stations - just some kind of very dubious looking water butt which I wouldn't have dreamed of using
We will never come again

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Outdoor Tribute Festival - Norwich!

No food allowed in, yet ONLY 3 food venues available!!!! People queuing for hours. I went home hungry as not prepared to stand for ours waiting for very poor food choice. Spoilt the day. Family day out should allow picnics. People would have still bought food as well.