On Saturday 30th April 2016, Live At Leeds
Festival will arrive and I cannot wait. One of my bucket list items for 2016
was to attend a huge music festival and Live At Leeds is the perfect event.
Live At Leeds is held annually across a variety of venues in Leeds and always
has an incredibly amazing line-up. It’s a great way to see the acts you love as
well as discover new performers to fall in love with. The festival celebrates
local bands as well as established artists and I’m so excited to attend. Jess Glynne is one of my favourite UK artists and I can't wait to see her live; it's also going to be amazing watching The Boxer Revellion, Will Joseph Cook, Loz Campbell and Tiggs Da Author perform!
See the line up below:
Of course, with every event I attend, I have essentials. And
there are plenty of essential needed for Live At Leeds.
A Good Camera
Taking your iPhone and an enormous DSLR camera is always a
nice idea, but can end up in damaged equipment. One of the best thing about
festivals is the atmosphere, and Live At Leeds always has an amazing and
enthusiastic atmosphere – so lugging around a heavy camera isn’t the most
sensible idea. However, it is important to get extraordinary photos so you can
look back on such a fun event. When on the go at a city festival like Live At
Leeds, a disposable camera or smaller digital reflex camera is definitely one of my
essentials.
Appropriate shoes
There’s nothing worse than wearing shoes that will cause
pure pain all night. It’s a pointless pursuit, especially when a music festival
is in more than one venue and in such a busy and exciting city. As Live At
Leeds is not just a stand-still festival, there’s plenty and walking and
exploring to do and so much the city can offer. It’s really important to wear
your favourite shoes, but shoes that will stay intact and won’t take away from
the experience by clouding fun memories with bruises and blisters.
Mini everything
I usually like to freshen up half way through the night because I'm slightly vain, so
bringing smaller beauty items and even a miniature perfume bottle is vital. Carrying
around a huge rucksack full of all your April beauty favourites is not the way
to go, the more compact the better. If you’re a bit of a hygiene freak like me,
why not pack an extra bottle of anti-bacterial or one of those Dettol sprays
that are in tiny bottles? Lipstick is also a huge essential for me, as you can
never have too much lipstick.
Cash. Plenty of cash.
Whenever I go out, I avoid paying with my card. I just
prefer being able to pay for something quickly at a bar or counter, without
having to pull out my debit card and remember my pin (which I always forget).
Honestly, I don’t like using my card for anything, and there’s absolutely no
chance you’ll catch me using a contactless payment card machine – I don’t trust
them! Having change in a little coin purse or wallet is really handy and less
of a hassle.
Tickets!
Obviously, it’s hard to get into a city festival, or any
festival without a ticket. I’m so excited to be able to offer all my readers
and followers the opportunity to winfree tickets to Live At Leeds 2016! There’s not long left, so head over to
The Blogger Programme’s Facebook Page (or click this link) and enter for the
chance to win some free tickets. There are 6 ways to enter and you don’t need a
Facebook account to be able to enter. Woohoo!
Ahhh, music festival season is definitely upon us and I'm feeling the blues; they don't occur where I live. I've been dying to see Ghostpoet live!
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Ahh! I'm only in Leeds for another few months, but I have exams then! So sad, i'd love to go to this!
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These are some great tips! What a fun venue!
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I only use my iPhone for music festivals as bringing a bulky camera is more trouble than it's worth - especially since I like to mosh my way to the front. Live at Leeds festival looks so good! I don't have any plans to attend a music festival this year since I haven't liked the bands so far - hopefully the second half of 2016 would be better!
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I have never been to one of the big festivals. Great info!
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I can imagine how excited you can be. Have fun there. xx
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Thanks for the tips!!
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Such good tips! I want to go to a festival!!
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Looks like it's going to be a totally incredible show!!! Great line up!!! WOWOWO!!!
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I would love to go to a music festival one day! It's just one of those things that I want to experience one day and this one isn't too far away!
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Appropriate shoes is a must for me, I learned from my first concert!
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Sounds Interesting...Thanks for sharing your thoughts....
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It has been ages since I went to a festival, and with the kids still being that little I don't see it happen anytime soon. I hope you have a great time there.
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This is exciting, Anika! Jess Glynne is also coming to a festival that will be held in my country and I'm super excited for that. Festivals are always so fun and I agree with you about cash part. I don't think carrying a debit card would be the bets idea, it's such a hassle, plus it can get stolen and we don't want that happening now, do we? :)
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I've always heard how awesome music festivals are, even though I've never been to one. I hope I'll be able to go to a few next year! Fingers crossed! I'll make sure I'll be wearing flats haha <3
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How exciting! It sounds so fun
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Have a great weekend!
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Excellent tips! Very helpful. :-)
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What a great line up, looks great!!
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Appropriate shoes would without a doubt be my biggest essential too. There's nothing like being in pain and having blisters when you're trying to have fun!
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Cash and shoes are the most important I think
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i'm heading to coachella for the second time next weekend and i'm so excited! i'm definitely going to take tons of disposable camera photos. i'd love to go to a festival in the UK one day as well :)
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Sounds like a fun festival! Great tips of what to bring!
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Gah! Wish I live nearby but I'm in Canada! I have never been to a music festival before but I can imagine how fun it would be!
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I've never tried a festival before, gigs are more my style! loving the tips though!x
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