Tis nearly upon us. Will I see (if I can see) any of you there?

I am, I am!

So, what day you going down on, M?

We're possibly going down on the Thursday, stopping off somewhere Thursday night and travelling the rest of the way on Friday morning....

Think we're going on thursday too but possibly trying to make it to just near the site for the thursday night and stop off there, but it will depend a lot on what driver man says.

I'm there! Can't wait, this will be my first shambala. Going down on the Thursday night coach.

my son Levi is going, hes got his ticket all sorted but not sure on travel LOL just hopin he dunt get stranded and we get a fone call :suspect:

hope the weather stays nice for ya all have a brill time :clap: :clap:

Originally posted by bassman-x
I'm there! Can't wait, this will be my first shambala.

Me too.....

Looking forward to it, if not to the driving aspect...

I dont know what the hell Shambala is!Please explain!

I'm going down with a few friends, going on the coach on Thursday night 11.45PM. Have to go to the pub beforehand!

Looking forward to it :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Snakey_B
I dont know what the hell Shambala is!Please explain!

It's a festival:

http://www.shambalafestival.org/

:clap:

Does anyone still need a lift to Shambala....? If so let me know quick-ish!

Oooh, and M... we're travelling down on the Thursday too, quite a few of us stopping off in Glastonbury for the night before continuing down to Shambala on the Friday.... if you want my number to meet up with us there, PM me and let me know.

Hello all, Shambala is nearly upon us and the sun is set to be shining all weekend :cool:

Marie do you want to come to Glastonbury with us? As there isn't really anywhere near the site to camp.

Also being stranded there is not good, it's happened to be on a few occasions before :rolleyes:

[EDIT]

I forgot to add: DON'T FORGET YOUR FANCY DRESS COSTUMES FOR SATURDAY NIGHT!

Sounds wicked thanks for letting me know. I know we're going down in convoy so I will try and get everyone via Glastonbury - sounds fun to me. Will give you a ring thurs!

Nice one M! See ya there hopefully!

So, ANYONE WANT A LIFT TO SHAMBALA???? (said in a bumpy type way).

Hi hi hi there.............

me thinks that we may travel late thursday night.....missioning it to get there early friday morn....

But a stop off may be an idea.....depends what me and the rest of the drivers think about it.....disscussion needed.

Any which way it doesn't look like i'm gonna be getting any sleep on thursday night either......too excited.

tee hee hee

I'm going with Son of SHSheff and Joelc.....and a few beers in the cool box...

:clap:

Sheffield Forum members should meet up

Someone wanna make a big banner? :P

Originally posted by IanMitchell
Sheffield Forum members should meet up

Someone wanna make a big banner? :P

We are going to meet up! Does anyone not know anyone? If that makes sense :) or does everyone know someone who's going?

Ian & spdoinkal, if you're going to Glastonbury before let me know, I'll pass ya my mobile number and we can meet ya. Let me know.

I doubt it boroughgal as I'm going there by coach :rolleyes: :(

Right, well, maybe see ya there then!

I think I know just about all who are coming.

Originally posted by J-Blaze
I think I know just about all who are coming.

Ah, but will you recognise/remember any of us? (Apart from CherryNic, who isn't going anyway?) :D

not long now!

ooh I'm all excited

skint this year,but will be there next year,unless i spend all my money at next years global gathering

I'm backkkkkkk!

Good festival, but desperate for a wash now - I'm proper filthy.

Anyway, mjlacey - apparantely I saw ya whist wandering round with JB - he never thought to introduce us! I was the one with the greasy hair covered by a baseball cap.... It was a nice look, hope you didn't miss it.

Fave band: Bad Science Family.

So, anyone else's highlights....?

Nino in the secret bar, and the live drum n bass set on the main stage \o/

Joel

that chai tea tent in the camping field, 7am, playing mano chao!

odd highlight, but damn that was a good feeling.

I really liked the Bays, and spent a lot of time in the shisha bar.

I wonder if I met anyone from sheff forum without realising....


I'm unusually tall and have floppy black hair.

Just got out of the bath :D

Nice and clean now :P

Had a brill time, highlight for me was either Bison on the Saturday night or The Three Buskateers on Sunday afternoon ;)

this is slightly concerning:

From the organisers.
This message board is temporarily offline.

Note that any previous messages posted by festival goers do not represent the opinions of the organisers.

We sincerely apologise for any problems caused to local residents by this years' festival and we will be issuing a statement soon.

Kind regards,

The Organisers


taken from the shambala message board

it looks like it may not be happening next year :S

I was reading it before it went down. Basically there were a few local residents complaining about the noise and their "lives being ruined" for 3 days with the noise, traffic etc..

Basically they said they didn't even know the festival was happening until people started arrived (which is strange seeing as it was on the same weekend last year!) and basically the residents were going to do everything in their power to stop it next year.

The boards basically then turned into a slanging match between residents (calling everyone travellers and hippies) and festival goers having a go back...

I really hope it happens again cos I had a great time.

Originally posted by jimmy
I was reading it before it went down. Basically there were a few local residents complaining about the noise and their "lives being ruined" for 3 days with the noise, traffic etc..

Basically they said they didn't even know the festival was happening until people started arrived (which is strange seeing as it was on the same weekend last year!)


But was it at the same place as last year?

There was a traffic cop trying to direct traffic from 'that roundabout' and he said that he knew nothing about what was happening, he'd just arrived and found loads of people queuing from all directions.

Sounds to me like the organisers hadn't made their plans public beforehand....tho doesn't there have to be a public music licence or somesuch issued? Or was it all being done illegally?

I wasn't there last year but I heard it was the same place.

They did apparantly have to get a license to operate (there are also other concerts etc held in the same park throughout the year).

I heard from a fairly reliable source that the organisers are gonna find a new location if they decide to go ahead with next year's Shambala. There was also talk of a fallow year.....hope not! I need my annual Sham fix!
I had a great time down there.....a HUGE thank you to everyone who made it such a good weekend!

Originally posted by poimaster
I heard from a fairly reliable source that the organisers are gonna find a new location if they decide to go ahead with next year's Shambala. There was also talk of a fallow year.....hope not! I need my annual Sham fix!
I had a great time down there.....a HUGE thank you to everyone who made it such a good weekend!

It was hugely good. "Hugely" being the word for the toilet facilities at times, sadly! :D

But the rest of it was, yes, hugely good!

:clap:

Well I've only just got back, a little late I know.

Ninio were by far the best act this year, the Zen Hussies on Monday night were also fantastic.

Unfortunately the weekend of Shambala was also the weekend the quarry up the road needed to move large amounts of it's stuff down the hill. This resulting in lots of big trucks meeting lots of stuck hippies on friday.

As for the noise complaints, I got told off on Saturday in the secret bar after Ninio played. However I think it was Monday that swung it for the locals. No one wanted to the Zen Hussies to stop playing :D

Next year unfortunately there won't be another Shambala, it's just got too big and it's time for something new.

However there is certainly something lined up for next year, so keep your ears to the ground!

I can now annonce there will be a 1 day possibly 2 day event in Sheffield next July.

I need a lift to shambala please
Just me
Will pay my share of the petrol
Not much luggage
0751 547 5004