Just wanted to drop you a line to say what a brilliant festival you put on this year. It was my first time at Weyfest as I and a couple of fellow old rockers, having seen the line up, decided to dust off the tent and go festivalling for the first time in many, many years and the effort was so worthwhile!

We had no real idea of what to expect but what we got was 2 days of terrific music in a wonderful setting. The comparatively small size of the operation was a big plus as you manage to combine the festival environment with an intimacy that enables the punters to actually see and hear the acts as if they were in a club venue! Also, the acts generally seemed to be having as much fun as the audience which is a great ingredient for a top show! The only problem was that there were times when you wanted to be watching two (or even all three) stages at once!

Despite the terrible weather on Saturday, a decent set of waterproofs, wellies, a hat and a few pints of Alton Best meant that we were feeling no pain!! Great camp site with, by festival standards, excellent facilities – the Village Store was terrific with their “full English” a great way to start the day off!

The three of us have decided that Weyfest must now become an annual institution as far as we are concerned and we are already spreading the word to other like minded folk so the numbers should certainly swell a bit next time if we have anything to do with it!

Already looking forward to next year and hoping the line up is in the same class as this year. AND meeting up again with some of the new friends we made just by keeping bumping into the same faces as we wandered from stage to stage (with the occasional stop in the beer tent!!).

Many thanks to all those who made it happen – you have created something really special!

Cheers!

Jamie  

Dear Ali

I just wanted to say what a great day we all had on Sunday, my husband Jackie Lynton and his band were playing on the main stage in the afternoon. He loved every minute of it, and apart from a little complaint about his language,(just as well you didn't have Ozzy Osbourne on)  He went a storm, and I thought Chas'n'Dave were brilliant,  how about Quo next year ?   Look forward to next year,

Best wishes

Vanessa xxx                                           

We have received an overwhelming amount of feedback from Weyfest 2008 and whilst our intention was to publish all the messages we received (and because most followed the same themes), we have decided to summarise them here with a few excerpts.

We are pleased to say that the feedback was mostly positive and any negative comments were realistic and balanced by the same writer with a greater amount of positive feedback. We did not receive any feedback that was entirely negative. Nearly all the feedback regarding 'Disliked' was about the weather… so we've had a word with the rainmaker himself and he's going to see what he can do for us this year..

The Weyfest team would like to thank everyone who took the trouble to submit feedback and if your particular comments are not included here it is most likely that it is because someone else has covered them.

A summary of our 2008 satisfaction survey is now available here. Below are some of the emails that we also received.

wow that was fun

great weather

fantastic music

great atmosphere

will be there next year - do you have a line up yet?

only kidding

I'll give you six months !

Regards brian  (and family)

What can one say....Superb Weekend

Loved every minute of it.

I do have a couple of comments which i will leave on your comments from....only minor ( Indian food a little pricey).

Thought the mix of bands was superb again, found another band which i had not listened to before which i thought were good....called....Solid juice Band!! The fun you have on stage comes across and adds to the great tracks you play...will look forward to coming to see u sometime when you are complete.

You will definately be seeing me at the Maltings.

What ever i can do for you next year let me know....I am definately at Glastonbury again and would be happy to get posters/leaflets in local shops etc any where around Hants/Surey.

I am sure you are still very busy with the clear up (and probably the seed for next year) so i will just say

Dont forget my offer of help and many thanks to you and all the weyfest team for another great weekend

Cheers

Martin

Thanks for a great day, we enjoyed every minute.

Very Best Wishes --Alan-- (Mungo Jerry Band).

Just wanted to drop you a quick line to tell ya how much I enjoyed ya festival.

Over the last few years I’ve been having this ongoing conflict about attending Glastonbury. I have had some fantastic times there but its not the festival it was or may be I’m not the person I was. I had tickets this year but didn’t go. I think this weekend the transition was made complete. Little festivals are where it’s at for me now.

First impressions were good even before I arrived due the personal email from you. I got to say on arrival I was wondering where the other campsites were; it is a little festival isn’t it? So park up and open up the van doors and sit in the back and drink some beers, everybody says hello, comes for a chat before we even left the camp site we had made new friends. And because of the size of the venue we keep seeing the same people, so friendship are made and kept, not just passing acquaintances.. And what a venue, a beautiful spot. The security are easy going and friendly, everyone is friendly the cook gives me foil for my bacon cooking next morning, the bar lady remembers what I drink. The sound quality is excellent. I've never been to a festival that has a car boot sale on a Sunday morning. And the dry ice provided but a steam train. Having the space and time to sit and discover new bands, and the clientele were such genuine and interesting people not a single twat or chav did I see. I’m torn between recommending it to anyone who will listen and keeping it a secret so nothing changes too much. No health and safety bollocks you can pet the sheep, touch the tools. And it was good value, good food and fairly priced beer. The only faux pas and I’m sure you have heard this already was the bouncy castle generators next the well being field. Oops.

Oh and the toilets were perfectly adequate too.

I got home not feeling frayed and drained but relaxed and ready for work, a very contentment post festival feeling. I’m so glad I have discovered you and will return next year.

I’d be interested to know what your capacity is and how many people attended. It seemed well attended. I hope you did ok on the takings.

Thanks for a wonderful way to rap up the summer

See ya next year

Flid

ThankyouthankyouthankyouThankyouthankyouthankyouThankyouthankyouthankyouThankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

Wonderful music, wonderful people. Superb organisation!  Take a bow.

How about Brett Marvin and the The Thunderbolts next year? You know exactly what they are like. Or even Little Feat????

Derek McIntosh

We are fairly seasoned festival go-ers (Download, Bloodstock, Monsters of Rock, Damnation) but we had never done Weyfest before, and didn't really know what to expect, so we decided to just go for the Sunday (as we are big Osibisa fans).

Many thanks to everyone involved (organisers, bands etc) for making this a fantastic experience for my wife and me - lovely relaxed atmosphere, great performances, helpful staff - the list is almost endless.

Bring on 2010!!! I think we will even do the whole weekend next year, but not sure about camping in September, so it might have to be B and B).

Keep up the good work.

Kindest regards

Josie and Steve Hale (Daventry - see - we even travelled over 100 miles to attend)

just a quick email to say thanks for the weyfest - had a great time and what a great setting.

keep it up see you next year

thanks andy and julie

The whole event was well organised.

The Camping was perfect and what a nice idea of a chill out tent for people to meet and play music late in the night.

Just a short walk ( 4min ) from camper to main stage. I have a six year old, it was fantastic to have the main stage in view of the play ground.

Beer tent had a great selection of Ales.

You could eat all sorts of stuff ( even my vegi friend was happy).

We all thought the space charactors walking round was fun, though the Dalek still scared me.(you can never trust one even if he is friendly )

Thanks again B

Guys,

Thanks for WeyFest 2009…it was simply superb…

..tickets were organized and exactly where I thought they’d be when we turned up…absolutely no hassle whatsoever which is excellent…so thanks also for that

Looks like it was very well attended given that Aimée tried to buy a T-Shirt in her size on Sunday first thing and they were already all sold out….so she bought an XL one…something to grow into I guess

I love to help out if you need any assistance ongoing…just a superb family oriented festival…brilliant.

Best Regards & Thanks

Kev Mackenzie

What a great weekend. Small festival but big on quality, sounds,  food,  atmosphere, and  organisation. Hats off to you all. We will definately be back next year. The standard of the music and food in particular was outstanding for a small venue.  The cosy friendly intimate atmosphere helped to make this festival one not to miss. What a friendly bunch.

See you all next year.

Cazzy

Hi,

Excellent festival and such a friendly atmosphere and chilled out people.

Leatherat were the stars of the weekend for me doing Friday Night "Acoustic" and Main Stage Saturday. I even managed to get out of my tent to see Pete and Jem with Steve (Mandolin) on Sunday morning. My head was probably in the same state as Pete's.

Also Rodney Brannigan - That guy can play and such a nice chap too.

Along with Guilfest and Beautiful Days this Festival is now definitely "on the list" and a great way to finish off the festival season being right on my doorstep as well.

Oh yes ......... and of course 4Play were pretty good as well. Regards, Andy

I wonder if you could please put a "thank you" on the feed back site to 3 children who were at the front of the stage for The Beat.

During to the Osibisa Set a disabled man at the back was unable to see anything, so my friend and I asked his carers if we could get him to the front for The Beat, would he like that, they said he would, so during the interval we wheeled him down to the front. The front row was full mostly of adults (the 6 foot ones) except for the above mention 3 children. Yes it was these that moved out of the way to let him in to the rail. One of your stewards did come to the front to ask him if he wanted to move to the disabled area, but he gestured a firm no.

A thank you to these 3 Children as I am sure it made his day. Just goes to show that the young generation being attracted to this festival are not like the ones we keep reading about in the papers.

Cheers Brian

Yet Another great Weyfesti. Went last year it p155ed down with rain from Fri ~ Mon spent the Weekend drinking cider 'N' Pushin cars but what fun. This year MO nature was kind and the groove was even better! Keep it real, keep it smooth, keep it small, keep it Rural but most of all keep the GROOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEE Steve 'N' Al the Kippers ;o)

Thanks to everyone & see Yaaaall Nxt Year

--

A Pleasure

Thanks Ali, Colin, Dave, Keith and Richie

for yet another great year, thankfully the rain held off this time and the bar did not run dry, so thanks also to Julian, we were only wet on the inside!

Everything was again well organised and seemed from the "punters" side to flow very well.

Bands were ALL excellent unfortunately some had to be missed due to times clashing. Hope to catch these next year!

Friends who we had recommended the festival to had travel from Exeter and Plymouth, and thought the journey was "well worth it".

One of the first campervans I saw to arrive on the site, was a Scotsman who had bought the tickets early in the year, as he found he would be working in Leicester at the time of the festival so was over half way there already!. (Jethro Tull fan I must add). So the news of what a good festival it is must be spreading!

Friday night was also  the icing on the cake. A chance to get up close to and have a beer with lots of the performers in the friendly cafe area.

Please tell me how can Leartherat keep going so long, Stage-campsite-stage-campsite-stage always performing I think they must love it here.

Please do not forget we normally do quite a few festivals and will take posters and fliers like we have in the past if you require. I know Keith and Dave do some of the ones we do so I have not put those down.

Guilfest

Trowbridge.

Bentworth

Shrewsbury

and occasionally The Larma Tree.(depends on the line up)

Our friends from Exeter and Plymouth say they would pass some around there area to if you like.

as they do there local ones Beautiful Days etc.

So just saying a BIG THANK YOU once again.

Yours Brian Cheeseman

Well done to you and your team for a great event, I think you organised the weather splendidly!

Jane and I really enjoyed our day, it was all so chilled, man.

A treat to see John and Billie - I used to listen to their album in 1981 at Brooklands, not knowing I would eventually see their 'show'.

I have been telling everyone about it, so hope to get a crowd together for next year.

You must have been exhausted after the weekend, I hope you have had a well earned break.

Love

Fraser and Jane

I just wanted to drop you a quick line to say how much we all enjoyed Weyfest this year. All the guys on Stage 2 were brilliant, so do pass on our thanks to them.  The gig itself was an absolute blast – we had such a great audience (especially pleasing as Tull were on the other stage at the time).

I hope you did well this year – you certainly deserve to.

Best wishes as always from the True Deceivers

Thanks for a great festival.  We loved it! Such a fantastic friendly atmosphere with brilliant music.   Will be back again next year.

Jane and Damian

We would just like to say how much we enjoyed our weekend with you. Everything was perfect. Well Done!

Looking forward to next year

The Briggs Family

I see that you still have my message from last year on the feedback page along with all the new ones from this year, so ...

Not much to add really except a dry Weyfest is even better than a wet one!!!

Bar MUCH better than last year - really good selection of beers and service.

Bands - enjoyed the lower bill more than the top billers this year (Dave Edmunds and Cockney Rebel were always going to be hard to beat), but that is maybe just my taste - never been a great Beat or Osibisa fan. Thought Mungo Jerry blew Tull away on Saturday night, though - never knew they had so many hits and Mr Dorsey is almost living up to his own hype now after 40 years!!!

I see someone suggested Little Feat for next year - what a good idea!! They seem to be coming over to do some gigs every year now, so I guess it would be a case of timing being right...

Keep up the good work and see you next year!

Jamie

"Hi Ali,

Just wanted to say what a fantastic time we had at Wayfest 2009!

Great facilites, amazing location, efficient and helpful backstage crew and security staff and most of all a FANTASTIC CROWD!

We hope you'll have us again!!!

Space Ritual Band and Crew"