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Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

You need to make sure all are aware this is not a venue you are allowed to take food and water in to ...ridiculous. Prices for food and drink simply unaffordable... We will not go again and will not recommend anyone else go either

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Very disappointed to be inside when we arrived...which we thought was detrimental to the whole event...a shame as we enjoyed it last year but think we'll try somewhere else next year...also refreshments and food were very expensive.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

We had an awesome time, the acts were amazing! The only things we didn't like were the venue was filthy! There was beer and all sorts on the floor from the night before. The staff were lovely and tried their best to clear it up. Despite that though we had a fantastic time and would definitely go again.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

The venue was awful so filthy not vleaned from the night before bomit in toilets. Wet floors. The festival was advertised as outdoor and it was in a very hot stuffy hanger type building. Bands were not as advertised dome could not sing. Sound quality on some bands were bad queen were awesome however. The toilets were disgusting and the food and drink was way over priced. We had to pay extra for parking that was no different from standard and the signs said free parking. The parking attendant was extremely rude. I would like a full refund really if ghis is possible as it was false advertising and unsatisfactory venue

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

The event was advertised as having a festival feel which implied it would be outside as it was last year. It did not work inside a big shed. Sitting inside on a concrete floor is nothing like going to a festival. It also meant if you wanted to sit outside in the sun you could only hear the waltzers music not the bands.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

The event was absolutely nothing like the online advertising footage suggested. Not in any way family friendly, as was promised. Awful venue. We left after an hour.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Feel completely mis-sold. The venue was rubbish and we spent the day sitting in an echoey dirty aircraft hanger or outside in a dusty car park. Bought tickets on the premise that it was an outdoor musical festival on grass.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Whilst the acts were good the venue was a disappointment.
It is marketed as a festival type event and all the pictures showed an outside event but it was in a big shed!
I had VIP tickets which gave an exclusive bar and toilet block.
BUT - The toilets stunk to high heaven from the beginning.
The tables and everywhere hadn't been cleaned from the event the night before.
The bar ran out of lots of things before 5 o'clock.
So all in all it was a pretty dire attempt at staging a festival.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Loved the fact that it was under cover. More info before the day would be better, eg, line up. The venue toilets were dirty, portaloo was cleaner

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Brilliant day, recommend to take chairs, we just took a blanket and thought we could sit on the grass, however no grassed area. Also it was under cover which we didn't expect. Drinks very expensive.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

brill day, plenty of space , fantastic acts , selection of food and drinks , only downside was no food/drinks allowed to be taken in , and no snack food available to buy , only full meals

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Last year was good, this year was terrible, inside despite good weather, sounds was terrible, food and drink a complete rip off!

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Once inside not allowed to go back out to get anything prices were expensive for food and especially drinks and because the music was inside poor atmosphere

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Not as advertised as a music in a cattle shed and VIP area was part of car park with not enough room. The toilet facilities, which were advertised as in the VIP area as an incentive were appalling and despite being pointed out no action was taken. Probably the worst venue I have ever come across for a music event.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Advertised as an outdoor event but was in a hangar which didn't have the same atmosphere as last year when it was outside. Seems like a lot of the advertised acts didn't show so for an all day event only 7 acts.

Review of Look-A-Like Festival: Tribute Festival Newark

Absolutely shocking prices for food that was barely warm £29 for 2 x burgers & chips, and for drinks £6 a can of beer and £7 for a single Gin & Tonic. £3 for a small bottled water. Paid for VIP which was basically an area cordoned off in a car park and all the bands played inside which isn't really what a festival is all about. Why this was done is beyond me. The Security staff were all great very friendly and joined in with the dancing and singing. £140 for a bottle of grey goose vodka then another £5 charge on top for them to dispense it into a plastic receptical is quite frankly just extorinate. We certainly wouldn't pay over £100 including food & drink to attend any of these events again.