Church End Farm Hertfordshire reviews by real event-goers

Review of Sign of the Times

Badly organised entry to the venue. Not enough refuge from the deluge. Mud on camping field was terrible. Should have had better entry and exit paths. I left after Friday evening as I didn't think I would get out otherwise. It was treacherous even on Saturday morning. Sound system wasn't particularly good. Video coverage was good.

Review of Sign of the Times

Despite the rain, the festival was fun and well managed. Mike Peters was amazing!
Here's to next year with the sun out.

Review of Sign of the Times

Had a great weekend, although wet and muddy we got away with caravan quickly with help from the staff

Review of Sign of the Times

The festival was good, there was a lack of preparation for the wet weather. Last year it was earlier in the spring & the weather was better. The toilets needed clearing out more frequently, it was like playing 'poo-buckeroo' after the first day!

Review of Sign of the Times

Just went on the Sunday - it was an absolute mud bath and StarSailor's set was interrupted for about 10 mins for lightning but that aside it was a great day. It's a small festival and the grounds were plenty spacious enough to move around without any crush.

My oe gripe was that the two stages - main stage and big top - clashed in that you could easily hear both simultaneously so I think that could have been arranged better. But will definitely go again and hopefully the Summer will turn up next time

Review of Sign of the Times

The Sign Of The Times Music Festival is situated in beautiful scenic Hertfordshire, the bands gave top notch performances and although tired from working another Festival most of the security staff were really lovely, friendly and helpful. The weather this year was challenging to say the least but we were mostly prepared so it was bearable. If you spend a moment looking up there are a pair of beautiful Red Kites, two Buzzards and a Kestral which is very cool.

Review of Sign of the Times

Again there were issues with the festival- and they don't seem to learn each year. VIP area was too near marquee so you couldn't hear the main band from there. Total sound clash when both stages were playing. VIP food not nearly up to standard of previous years apart from Saturday. The toilets weren't regularly checked/cleaned and the water ran out frequently, so couldn't wash hand in VIP toilet or dry them as no paper towels.

Carboids were taken away half full and then only half of them returned which were full so couldn't empty toilets at the end of the festival. Also no water stand pile up at the top where the camper and were parked meaning a walk up a steep hill with fresh water.

No straw/wood chips put down when main stage area, exits and toilet areas became quagmires. There seemed to be no wet weather provision consideration.

As the price creeps up, punters expect the provision to keep pace and not decline.

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Unfortunately because the main stage and the big top are close together the sound from one to the other was overlapping , we went in 2022 and it was set up differently meaning very little overlap . Bad weather couldn't be helped . Price for a can of beer £6 and pints £6.50 , hmmppp

Review of Sign of the Times

There were inadequate staff about or measures in place to deal with the mud in the day parking area.

Review of Sign of the Times

Great little festival with a decent line up. Get there early for best camping spots - campsite closed by to car park.
Unfortunately weather was dreadful which can't be helped, would have been nice to see some straw, chips to help with the mud. Really appreciated the tow when my car got stuck in the car park! ?'?🏻

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Great music, very compact venue, great atmosphere. Usual rip off prices for food and drinks but that's festivals for you; and the service was great with plenty of capacity, only waited 5 minutes max to be served at the bar and for food. Plenty of toilets and even by the end of the weekend they were in pretty good condition; although a sensible festival goer always takes their own hand gel and toilet paper as these things run out.

Areas for improvement: Signage to get into the venue and to the parking and camping could be much better, and that would have reduced the number of high vis jacketed people who could have been deployed to more useful tasks; signage out of the venue was also poor and we ended up on some narrow country lane. It rained, so it got muddy and this happens, but this could have been handled better by deploying some boards or something in key areas with the area in front of the toilets in particular a lethal quagmire; we also struggled to get out of the car park (which was on a hill) and some people got completely stuck.

Camping could also be improved a fair bit: We were unlucky perhaps to be camping next to someone who thought it was acceptable to play music and talk loudly until 4am, but a nightly camping patrol for safety reasons would have been a good idea; there were no markings indicating where you could camp and what had to be kept as an access road/firebreak which caused us anxiety when we arrived and then people ended up camping in the access lane anyway (in fairness though there was more space to camp with no feeling of every square inch being used as eg Latitude); no search or security when you go into the camping which seems a bit risky in contrast the searches into the venue itself where almost too over zealous (bag searchs fine, but patting everyone down??).' no area for washing up or morning abultions.

Would definitely go again if the linuep suited my tastes.

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Turned up at 530pm on the Friday to find the disabled camping area was full even though I had bought and applied for the tickets in advance. Because of a severe lung condition causing mobility issues the stewards alternative of a campsite situated up a hill was unsuitable, so had to come home and miss the whole festival. Still waiting to hear from organisers about refund. Shame that they don't welcome disabled people.
Unable to give no more than one star on any of categories , but can say the previous festival 2023 was good.

Review of Sign of the Times

Review of Sign of the Times

Despite the rain & mud we had a great time.