Lighthearted music festival podcast from Bilal and Tilly. We love Glastonbury, we chat about loads of others too such as Green Man, Isle of Wight, Reading and ...
Making the transition from volunteering to paid work at festivals
From Volunteering to working behind the scenes at Glastonbury Festival, Tilly and Bilal chat to Jess about her journey working at festivals. What does it take, how to you build your festival CV, what is difference in volunteer work and paid work. Plus - festival d*ckhead!You can find Jess at her Instagram handle https://www.instagram.com/thisblondejessie?igsh=NjBid2l1b3Q5eTVr
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Glastonbury headliner rumours and more festival posters drop
Try our rumours playlist https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/glastonbury-2025/pl.u-leyl2mACjgGopyTilly and Bilal chat about a secret text they received, maybe revealing the headliners for Glastonbury 2025. There are poster drops for Boardmasters, Wilderness and Parklife. And another "Am I a festival d*ckhead".Visit our website www.festivalsounds.co.uk for packing lists and moreThis the Stockport bar - Odioba
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Security at festivals
Our guest Keenan walks us through his journey to working security at Glastonbury, how he got into it, what it is like and who are the people to watch out for.
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Lakefest founder Lee Martin on creating the festival and how Pete Doherty saved the day
Please follow us on Instagram or BlueSky. Please share this episode with one friend who you think will enjoy it.Lee Martin is the founder of Lakefest, a 20,000 capacity festival in Herefordshire that has been headlined by likes of The Libertines, James, and Johnny Marr. He joins Tilly and Bilal to chat about what makes the festival so special to him, how they keep it affordable for families and how he has dealt with everything that comes your way. We also chat about his book, Festival of Love and Pain.Tickets for Lakefest are still available for 2025 https://lakefest.co.uk/buy-tickets/The book is available here https://lakefest.co.uk/product/festival-of-love-and-pain/
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Is Charli XCX a Glastonbury headliner? Jessi from GlastoCast joins us to discuss the headliner trends for 2025
Please share this episode with one of your friends who you think would enjoy our podcast.Jessi from GlastoCast and WheresMyTent https://wheresmytent.com/ joins us for the second part of the episode she has recorded with us. This time we review line posters from Truck, Tramlines, Coachella, Primavera Sounds and ask whether Glastonbury is ready for three female headliners?Love Yannis as much as Tilly?Here is the tour link https://yannisandtheyaw.com/#tour
Lighthearted music festival podcast from Bilal and Tilly. We love Glastonbury, we chat about loads of others too such as Green Man, Isle of Wight, Reading and Leeds, and End of the Road. We interview artists about songwriting and causes that are important to them. We chat to festival founders and people who bring festivals together.We love to hear your comments. Reach us on BlueSky, Instagram or TikTok.
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