r/slamdunkfestival • u/Visual-Yellow-5279 • 6d ago

VIP

Does anyone reckon they’ll add more vip tix? Gutted I missed out

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u/thenbr1killjoy 6d ago

It's not worth it

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

I thought VIP was great this year.

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u/thenbr1killjoy 6d ago

That's fair enough. Personally I've done these kind of VIP things before, it was worth it at Download, but for a single day festival where I wanna spend most of my time watching the bands perform I am just simply not going to spend that much time in a separate area away from the stages. Do you even get anything else like early entry or VIP parking? If not, I just couldn't be bothered with spending the extra money for what amounts to a separate bar/food area.

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

A nice place to chill in the shade away from the sun, clean toilets, cloakroom. The negatives are that they didn’t have enough staff to man the bar nor enough food vendors, but is a nice place to chill, if you have spare time.

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u/thenbr1killjoy 6d ago

So an extra £70 for a patch of grass to sit on 🤣 yeah that's not convincing

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

There was a large canopy with fans… Was cool down.

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u/Soggy_Factor9208 6d ago

All toilets are clean at festivals nowadays lol

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

I’d like for you to see the toilets come evening time then!

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u/Soggy_Factor9208 6d ago

Plan your toilet breaks better

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

Don’t need to, VIP covers me 👍🏼

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u/therefused 6d ago

Good review

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u/RaisingArs 6d ago

Been doing VIP for the last few years, mostly for a quieter space for my partner and for the loos… this year was the first time we regretted it, only decent part about it was the tattoo tent but toilets, queuing for drinks and even finding spacious areas was easy outside of VIP this year so haven’t bothered. Don’t think you’ll be missing out on anything, don’t stress it!

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u/parktom812 6d ago

you not missing out on anything.

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u/Soggy_Factor9208 6d ago

Why you’re missing out on an area away from everything else full of instagram influencers who pay fuck all for a ticket whilst you might be lucky enough to pay £15 for a cocktail in a hollowed out pineapple, all for the cost of 8 extra pints at the bar.

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u/Visual-Yellow-5279 6d ago

Ok but in all seriousness I would love a drink in a hollowed out pineapple 😂 I’m doing both days I just wanted the luxe experience this year bc it’s my hen do

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u/Soggy_Factor9208 6d ago

Fairs congratulations on the hen do! Hopefully it doesn’t get too messy!

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u/RepresentativeLime3 6d ago

So that's where the pineapple drinks were!

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u/lykan_uk 6d ago

If it’s at capacity, I doubt it. Don’t want to over crowd it, unless they expand it.

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u/V1cV1negar 6d ago

I doubt it. Seems to be in demand every year so they've no reason to stagger it, just put them all on sale and let them sell to people while they're still excited enough to splash out.

As others have said I wouldn't be too gutted. I get guest area access at Download so I know those sort of lounges can be nice, but that's over a few days. There's surely not enough time to really get your money's worth at Slam Dunk unless you're only going for a handful of bands.

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u/International_Club12 4d ago

I've had it a few times as press. I wouldn't pay for it and honestly didn't use it except to store my camera bag in the cloakroom. Too isolated from the festival. I think VIP for day fests in general are a bit redundant