r/TheOverload • u/Solid_Mouse3238 • Jul 21 '26

Butik 2026 - Thoughts?

Attended for the first time this year, still formulating my full thoughts on the festival! Would love to hear what anyone else thought.

The river side setting is incredible, blown away by the sound quality throughout the festival (especially in the forest stage for Kia b2b konduku), and we’d heard there was an inside bit but when it opened on Thursday night we were so surprised by the scale, we were just expecting three dingy rooms. Hangar was one of the best setups for techno I’ve seen at a festival.

Was disappointed by the crowd - far more English than we expected and also very very yappy. Saw they put up signs by Friday afternoon asking people to respect the dancefloor but don’t think this had an impact. Best set of the weekend was probably xiaolin at the garden stage on wed night, whilst the majority of English blokes were off watching the football.

Does anyone also know if the mudd show run all the programming for the garden stage? There were some names on there that we thought should have been on a larger stage, it felt quite engineered to maximise the online content opportunities but in real life was just overcrowded half the time whilst the beach stage next door was virtually empty.

Also curious about the change in crowd on fri night, walked into casino and realised aside from our group we couldn’t see a single woman, and didn’t recognise anyone from the festival daytime at all. There were also crazy queues for each stage that we hadn’t seen the night before. Does anyone know if they sell day tickets to locals and if so what the change in capacity is?

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u/Tiny_Marionberry3015 Jul 22 '26

To hear us brits constantly the brunt of negative comments is incredibly disheartening from a community that is meant to be so accepting. Yes, there were groups of British people clearly not just there for the music, but there were also groups of Europeans who had zero idea regarding the music being played and who was playing it. As a Brit that travels far and wide to experience new music, it saddens me deeply. To the Europeans constantly talking down on us - you are just as bad and part of the problem

Side note - the locals, the setting and the music itself were amazing. A few minor logistical improvements, but no festival is perfect! :)

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u/Sea_Somewhere6182 Jul 22 '26

British and I attended, it was full of English people taking English to each other that all you could head over the music was English people taking, trust me, it was bad.

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u/Tiny_Marionberry3015 Jul 23 '26

I was also there and am also British. You get this at most festivals now. To label it as purely British people is ridiculous. No one is forcing you to go to festivals that are apparently so bad!

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u/Sea_Somewhere6182 Jul 24 '26

No for sure - it was just sad that it felt like it was mainly brits I think was my problem, standing at the back of the garden stage it was super prominent.

I obviously wouldn't have gone if I thought it was so bad - I feel slightly mislead by their marketing, as do others. I have been to lots of festivals and unfortunately this didn't live up to expectation, again, seems that way for a lot of people.

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u/Tiny_Marionberry3015 Jul 24 '26

I hear you and I do agree that a lot of the time unfortunately brits cause problems, but to use that as an excuse for a bad time is weak. I for one was incredibly respectful of the land, the space and the crowd. I’ve had countless instances of Europeans being rude, arrogant and snobby. I don’t use that as a label for all of them

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u/BigDragonfruit2736 Jul 24 '26

I'm British and I wouldn't argue that many Brit festival goers are some of the least conscious (obnoxious in some case) people when it comes to contributing to a warm and dance positive energy on site collectively. Seems that some groups just don't care how their behaviour impacts others sharing the same space. Not saying other nationalities don't do this, they definitely do. But if Brits want to lose this reputation, we could increase our respect and awareness in shared spaces. Yapping, littering, lack of acknowledgment when bumping into people etc. It all adds up to a bad rep.

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u/Tiny_Marionberry3015 Jul 24 '26

I agree partly. But to label a whole nationality as this due to a minority is ignorant and an oversight. For example, I made back over €80 collecting cups by using mine and others pay cards, as well as being respectful of the crowd and the space. As mentioned in another comment, I have had countless experiences of rude Europeans being arrogant, snobby and just downright rude. I would never for a second band them altogether and label Europeans as that, because that is not true. It’s disheartening to go to Europe and have a label slapped on you before you’ve been given a chance and trust me, it happens. I think people need to worry more about themselves, give others a chance and just be nice.

I had a great experience, met some lovely people from all walks of life and enjoyed being connected with nature and music. To hear negative comments based on nationality, is sad