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FEW music festivals are defined by music alone. They're as much about the people you meet incidentally, the unexpected friendships struck up for those few long days at least. At their best they are a shared experience, a mass party, that no-one will want to forget. And this year's Hydro Connect festival is already ticking those boxes.
By Friday afternoon a growing number of tents were pitched on the camp site at Inveraray Castle on the banks of Loch Fyne. The crowd is slightly younger than last year - on the first day at least - but there's still a healthy number of the very young and very old. At this stage, everyone is scoping everyone else out, looking for faces or emotions they recognise.See the full content of this document
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Stalls and tents are selling everything from fair trade cola to salmon rolls; there are people trying their first ever oyster with looks of trepidation, and those cracking glowsticks and painting their cheeks with fluorescent face paint in anticipation of dance music at the Unknown Pleasures tent.
The site is more compact than last year - the Guitars And Other Machines stage, previously on a shinty pitch, has moved closer in to the centre of the festival, making it even more compact. But the countryside - you know: trees, streams, rolling fields - is as awesome and awe-inspiring as ever. It's still early doors - you can tell by the way people spread and settle. They're catching comedy and acoustic music at the Speakeasy cafe, sipping fine malts at the Loch Fyne Whiskies tent, sitting in groups on the grass or on wooden benches, easing their way into things.Clouds are virtually touching people's heads but as yet no rain.Still, the wise have wellies and most people look completely up for it regardless. All they are waiting for is the spark, the bang, to get the party started And they get it, too.But we're going to concentrate on yesterday, and we're going to start at the top of the bill. . .BLOC PARTYWhat is it with bands coming up t...See the full content of this document
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