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Latest info on camping at Carling Weekend: Reading Festival

Due the persistent bad weather conditions over the summer which has made some areas of the campsite at Carling Weekend: Reading Festival unusable, organizers at Festival Republic have today announced that the Orange Car Park will now be a campsite. All car parking that was in the Orange area will now be directed to White where there will be ample car parking space. If you are attending the festival then please follow this link to read the full plans that have been put into place.

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2007
Richfield Avenue, Reading

Friday 24th August

Saturday 25th August

Sunday 26th August

BUY TICKETS HERE>>>

SEETICKETS


OR CALL THE NATIONAL CREDIT CARD HOTLINE ON 0870 060 3775

Day Tickets - £62.50 each + booking fee (no camping available)
3-Day Weekend Tickets – SOLD OUT
1-Day Car Parking Pass - available when you buy your tickets
Early Entrance Permit - £10 per person - this allows you entrance from Wednesday
Coach Packages including Weekend Tickets also available at various prices
 

Campervans
Click here for Reading info.

In Person:
Tickets can be bought at face value, when paid for in cash, at all Mean Fiddler Box Offices. Please note that picture ID/proof of address will be required at the time of booking.

Mean Fiddler Box Offices:
The Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2 . Monday to Saturday, 10am-6pm
Mean Fiddler Head Office, 16 High Street, Harlesden, NW10. Monday to Friday, 10am-6pm

By Post:
Cheques / Postal Orders payable to 'Reading Festival Ltd'
Weekend Tickets £145.50 including 50p booking fee (+ £4.95 on overall booking for 4 or more to cover registered post)
Please enclose SAE and daytime phone number.
Send to:
Reading 2005
P.O. Box 1707
London NW10 4LW

Please note that postal booking are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. Postal bookings are dealt with on a first come basis. Those received after the main allocation of tickets is sold out will be returned.

Tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of six per household - for those booking by telephone or online - or a maximum of four per person for those purchasing tickets at the Mean Fiddler booking offices.

No unaccompanied under 16's.  Any under 16’s must be accompanied by a ticket holder over 18 years old. Under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note that there is no separate children's area at this event but there is a Family Camping area in red campsite.

Tangerine Fields Easy Camping
Tangerine Fields brings a new camping service to both sites this year.  Leave your tent at home and book into a ready pitched, fully equipped tent set in chilled out surroundings on the festival site.  There’s the added luxury of extra loos and hot showers.  Is there any other way to camp? Available to anyone with a weekend camping ticket, for prices and booking visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk
[pls add link to : http://www.tangerinefields.co.uk/ ]

Disabled Facilities
Mean Fiddler produces a guide to Disabled Access and Facilities for all it's festivals, which includes details of the 2-for-1 ticket scheme. Applications for the Reading 2-for-1 scheme must be received by Friday 29th July. Please request a booklet and application form on 020 8961 5490.

If you have any other questions about Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festivals please call:
Mean Fiddler Information Hotline (Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm) 020 8963 0940

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Cold Beer Amnesty

Our Cold Beer Amnesty is back once again at Carling Weekend: Reading & Leeds Festival to make sure you never give your mates a warm beer again! Once again, you'll be able to swap ANY can of unopened warm beer for an ice cold Carling - free of charge! Opening hours at both sites are as follows:

Thursday: 6pm to 2am

Friday: 10am to 5pm and 10pm to 2am

Saturday: 10am to 5pm and 10pm to 2am

Sunday: 10am to 5pm and 10pm to 2am

Cold Beer Amnesty will be marked on your festival map included in the official programmes and we'll also be posting site maps showing their locations on Carling.com shortly.

ARENA OPENING TIMES
Friday 24 August - Arena opens 11am
Saturday 25 August - Arena opens 11am
Sunday 26 August - Arena opens 11am

ON SITE FACILITIES
On site facilities include: bars, cash points, first aid & paramedics, food & non-food stalls, information tent, left luggage, merchandise, free hot showers, Salvation Army tent, samaritans, welfare tent, new bar selling cases of lager etc. in the Purple Village café area, funfair in yellow campsite and traders selling mobile phone recharge kits.

FOOD / CATERING
Food for personal consumption only may be brought into the arena. There are plenty of outlets on site selling food & drink. No glass is permitted anywhere in the campsites or arena. Only sealed plastic bottles of water under 500ml size will be permitted into the arena.

The following items may not be brought into the arena: cans, alcohol, opened plastic bottles, illegal substances, portable laser equipment and pens, unauthorised professional film or video equipment, audio recorders, fireworks and flares. All Items will be confiscated. Water points on site are drinking water safe.

BARS
There are several bars onsite. They are all cash only. Bar staff will ask for proof of age ID whenever the customer appears to be under 18. Proof of the attainment of 18 years of age will be required before you are able to buy alcohol. If there is any doubt as to the age of the customer they will be refused service. The onus is on the individual to demonstrate unequivocally that they are 18 years old or over and if the individual cannot do so they will not be served. Proof of the attainment of 18 years of age will be required before you are able to buy alcohol. This must be evidenced by a Portman Proof of Age Card, Citizen Card, valid UK Card or by a full or provisional photo card driving licence issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority or by a passport.

CHILDRENS FACILITIES / INFO
No unaccompanied under 16's.  Any under 16’s must be accompanied by a ticket holder over 18 years old. Under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free but MUST be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Please note that there is no separate children's area at this event but there is a Family Camping area in red campsite.

DISCOUNTS / CONCESSIONS

• Children under 13 (12 and under) are admitted free when accompanied by a ticket holding adult.
• Passport to Leisure cardholders are entitled to 10% discount on the face value of the ticket.
• These tickets are only available from the Reading Tourist Information Office in person and are limited to one per cardholder and are subject to availability.
• Disabled customers please see ‘DISABLED INFO’
• Only tickets purchased from authorised agents will be admitted. Tickets purchased from other sources will be refused admission.

No other discounts are available.

WRISTBANDS
Customers must exchange their ticket for a wristband as soon as possible after arriving on site. Re-admittance to the site is possible once they have been wristbanded. Entrance to the arena is only possible with a valid wristband, tickets will not be allowed through at this point.
Wristbands removed from your wrist or tampered with will be rendered invalid and will not be replaced.

CAR PARKING
All festival car parking passes must be booked in advance and passes are strictly limited. Car parking will be in nearby fields and a park and boat service will run between the car parks and the festival site Only cars arriving at the car parks with an official festival car-parking pass will be allowed to park in the official festival car parks Follow the colour-coded signs to your car park. To book your car park pass go to the ‘BUY TICKETS HERE’ section.

CAR PICK UP/DROP OFF POINT
The new pick up and drop off point for cars is by Orange gate again this year, NOT at the Rivermead Centre anymore – please follow the signs for the orange car park and then look for the car drop off/pick up point signs.

CAMPERVANS
Anyone wishing to bring a campervan or caravan to the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival 2007 must pre-book a campervan pass There will be a £10 charge for bringing your campervan to the festival. Campervan passes will be strictly limited and the access to the site with a campervan will be via White Gate. This year, for the first time, Campervans will NOT be permitted access into Red Gate, by the Rivermead Centre. The exact directions to White Gate will be on the back of the campervan/caravan pass that you will be sent nearer the event.
Please note that we have revised the terms and conditions for access into the campervans field and please check them carefully when you pre-book your campervan space.

COACHES
The coach drop off and pick up point is at Rivermead Leisure Centre for authorised coaches only.

CROWD SURFING
Ever had someone’s boot in your face while trying to watch your favourite band? Not much fun is it? Please don’t crowd surf at this year’s festival Not only could you hurt yourself but you may injure someone else and ruin their weekend too You will be ejected from the festival if you’re found to be persistently crowd surfing.

ANIMALS
No animals are allowed onsite at all, with the exception of registered guide dogs.

LOST PROPERTY
The Lost Property postal and email addresses for queries are:
Waves,
Carling Weekend: Reading Festival 2007,
PO Box 150,
Droitwich Spa,
WORCS
WR9 0WX
Email: lostproperty@wavesltd.org

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CAMPING

TANGERINE FIELDS – Easy Camping

Tangerine Fields brings a new camping service to the Carling Weekend:Reading Festival. Leave your tent at home and book into a ready pitched, fully equipped tent set in chilled out riverside surroundings on the festival site, it’s even got its own boat for crossing the water. There’s the added luxury of extra loos and hot showers. Is there any other way to camp?

Available to anyone with a weekend camping ticket, for prices and booking visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk

Tangerine Fields is only available in white campsite

FIRE SAFETY

• Small clean, campfires only are allowed in the campsites - below knee height and less than one pace wide. They will be monitored and extinguished if otherwise.
• There will be a firewood trader onsite to buy clean wood for your small campfires.
• There are to be no bonfires permitted in the campsites this year.
• There are to be no fires at all in the arena this year.
• Candles are plain dangerous; torches are far less of a fire risk in and around tents.
• Watch out for flying embers and sparks, as they could start a fire, even from some distance.
• Don't burn plastic, rubbish or any unwanted items.
• Never use petrol or paraffin to start or revive a fire.
• If you cook, always do it outside, ensure that there is constant supervision and keep well away from any flammable materials.
• The zone manager in your campsite will be able to help you on any fire issues you may have.

 

Guidelines for the safe use of Camping Gas:
Gas canister and aerosol exchanges points will be set up in the campsites at your zone managers’ caravan.
When you hand them in, you will receive details of a special festival competition.

If you must bring gas to the festival please follow the guidelines below:

• Before coming to the festival have your equipment serviced.
• Never light a gas cooker inside your tent.
• Always store any spare canisters out of doors.
• "EMPTY" canisters and aerosols may not be completely empty. When you've removed it from your stove store it upright outside your tent for a while to allow any gas that may be in it to evaporate before bringing it to the gas canister exchange at your campsite zone managers’ caravan where it will be disposed of safely. A system will be in place to swap empty gas canisters and aerosols for a voucher for a competition to win free tickets to many of next year’s festivals.
• Never change gas cylinders inside your tent.
• Never hold gas cylinders upside down when changing.
• Never use a naked flame to search for a leak.
• NEVER put a camping gas cylinder on a fire or try to heat it artificially. This can prove fatal. Anyone seen doing so, or even thought to have done so, will be evicted from site.
• Check the colour of the flame: If the flame is burning blue it’s fine. If it’s burning with an orange or yellow flame or is creating sooty stains on your stove you may have a problem with your stove, don’t use it.
• Never attempt to refill a gas canister.

 

If you smell gas or think you have a leak turnoff if possible. Evacuate the area and get help from a steward or on site fire team.
Remember the zone managers and on-site fire team are there to answer your questions.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU DISCOVER A FIRE?

You must get everyone out of the tent, evacuate the area as quickly as possible and get help from the nearest steward or security who will call the onsite Fire Safety Team.
In the campsites you can go to the nearest Fire Tower (situated around the perimeter of the campsites and easily visible). In the unlikely event that you cannot find a member of security or steward nearby then please dial 999.
You may discover a fire in its very early stages and think that you can deal with it yourself. The first thing that you should remember is that fire spreads very quickly. Even a small, contained fire can quickly spread, producing smoke and fumes, which can kill in seconds.
If you are in any doubt do not tackle the fire, no matter how small. You can put yourself at risk by fighting the fire. If in doubt, get out, get the onsite Fire Safety Team out, and stay out.
Many people put out small fires quite safely. However, some people die or are injured by tackling fires which are beyond their capabilities.

Here is a simple fire code to help you decide whether to put out or get out -

• Only tackle a fire in its very early stages.
• Always put your own and other peoples safety first. Make sure you can escape if you need to and never let a fire block your exit.
• Fire extinguishers are only for fighting a fire in its very early stages. Never tackle a fire if it is starting to spread or has spread to other items nearby.
• Around 70% of fire deaths are caused by people being overcome by smoke and fumes.

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DIRECTIONS

Carling Weekend: Reading Festival 2007 – The address is: Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ.

BY ROAD AND CAR PARKING
All festival car park passes must be booked in advance when buying tickets and passes are strictly limited.  Car Parking will be in nearby fields and a park and boat service will run between the Green and White car parks and the festival site.  
Only cars arriving at the car parks with an official car-parking pass will be allowed to park in the official festival car parks.  
Ticket holders will be assigned the best car park for your journey thereby working to cut traffic going through Reading town centre, Caversham, and down Richfield Avenue to the event itself.

SeeTickets and Ticketmaster are set up so that people buying tickets from them will do the following:

• any vehicles coming from the West/M40 etc should go to Orange car park
• any vehicles coming from the East/London/M1/M25 etc should go to Green car park
• any vehicles coming from North West/Birmingham should go to White car park
• All campervans and caravans will go to White (not red anymore)
• all day ticket holders will go to Green car park

Follow the colour-coded signs to your car park.
To book your car park pass, go to ‘BUY TICKETS HERE’ section. 

LIFTSHARE
If you are travelling by car please visit the Carling Weekend: Reading Festival 2007 Car Share Scheme at www.liftshare.org operated by Liftshare. Car sharing will help save you money by sharing the travel costs, reduce the amount of congestion on the roads resulting in you arriving more quickly as well as being kind to our environment.

SHUTTLE BOAT SERVICE
This year there will be an increased amount of boats on the Green shuttle boats service.  This service runs from Kings Meadow car park (Green car park) and goes straight to and from site and takes about 5 mins on the river. It's free and the service starts on Wed when the campsites open and runs through until campsites close on Monday lunchtime.
On Wed the service runs until midnight.
On Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun it runs from 8am until 1am.  
On Monday it runs until after lunch.
Last year there were two boats on at peak times and this year there will also be a third to give an even better service.  
Last year some of you experienced problems getting between the White car park/campsite and the main site.  Mean Fiddler are currently working on a MASSIVELY improved system, as they know it caused problems last year, and so please watch this space as there will be more information to follow as they confirm it.  Rest assured that whatever they will do it will be very, very easy to get to and from the White car park this year.

BY COACH
Coach journeys other than those booked as part of the SeeTickets/ coach packages can be booked at www.nationalexpress.com, or by calling 08705 80 80 80 (subject to £1 booking fee).  If you go by authorized coach you will be dropped off and picked up at the Rivermead Centre, by Red Gate.
Anyone wanting to bring a mini bus or coach to the Festival must email their request to campervans@meanfiddler.co.uk prior to the event or write to: Festival Office, 16 Harlesden High Street, London, NW10 4LX.

BY RAIL
For rail information, you can get a timetable from www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk or from railway stations. Train time details are available from National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484 950 or www.nationalrail.co.uk . Network Rail also have a helpline number which is 08457 11 41 41
Reading Station is 35 minutes by train from Paddington or 80 minutes by train from Waterloo. Main station is approx. 15 mins walk from the site. National Rail enquiries 08457 48 49 50 or visit their website at www.thetrainline.com
Tilehurst Station is approx. 25 mins walk from the site. Thames Trains run from Tilehurst to Oxford, Slough and London Paddington with stops or connections to many other destinations. For bookings call Thames Trains on 08457 300 700 or visit their website at www.thamestrains.co.uk.
 
Check out www.nationalrail.co.uk for the latest information on train times including the last trains departing from Reading over the festival weekend.

CAR PICK UP/ DROP OFF
The car pick up and drop off point has changed and is now at red gate for coaches and by orange gate for cars, not at the Rivermead Centre anymore.  This will be signposted by AA and festival signs.

CAMPERVANS AND CARAVANS
Anyone wishing to bring a campervan or caravan to the Carling Weekend: Reading 2007 must pre-book a campervan pass and agree to our new terms and conditions.  There will be a £10 charge for bringing your campervan to the event.  Campervan passes will be strictly limited and for access to the site with a campervan follow signs for the white car park (directions will be on the back of the car/campervan passes as well as on the AA road signs).  Please see “BUY TICKETS HERE” section of the website to pre-book your campervan space.
For white gate, follow signs for the white car park (directions will be on the back of the car/campervan passes as well as on the AA road signs.

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VOLUNTEER / GIVE / HELP

CAMPSITE ASSISTANT TEAMS (CATs)

General Info
Gain free entrance to this summer's Carling Weekend: Reading Festival by joining our Campsite Assistant Teams (CATs).
Festival organisers, Mean Fiddler, are recruiting volunteers to be the 'eyes and ears' of the ever popular Carling Weekend: Reading Festival.
Typical duties of a volunteer include:

• Assisting festivalgoers with directions.
• Helping festival goers carry their belongings and pitch their tents.
• Reporting back on any problems in the campsites – such as litter and facilities.
• In return for their efforts all volunteers are provided with:
• A crew pass
• A CAT Pack
• A CAT uniform
• A secure camping area
• Access to crew café, bar, toilets, and hot showers.

All volunteers are welcome to enjoy the festival when they are off-shift.
To apply volunteers need to:

• Be 18 or over
• Be available to arrive at the festival site between midday>21:00 on the Wednesday prior to the weekend of the event.
• Be available for a briefing at either 14:00 or 22:00 on the Wednesday.
• Be available to work 3 x 8 hour shifts at any time between 16:00>midnight Wednesday and 16:00 Monday.

For more information please visit www.DCSiteServices.com/CATs/
Or email CATs@DCSiteServices.com

GIVE ME SHELTER
Your TENT could change lives…

Every year thousands of tents get dumped or trashed on site after people have finished using them and don't want to take them home for whatever reason. But please think differently this year, as these tents could change the lives of other people who are in desperate situations worldwide.

At this year’s Carling Weekend: Reading festival, please take your complete tent, sleeping bags and wellies to one of the collection points at your campsite zone manager's caravan before you leave. And make sure you get your mates to do the same.

Your festival kit could help:

Give shelter for families caught up in disasters such as earthquakes, famine and conflict
Give children from impoverished backgrounds the chance to have fun at a summer camp
Give emergency staff shelter and storage space for vital medical and educational materials
Together with the charity Global Hand, we’re making this happen.
Don't dump it. Don’t destroy it. Donate it.

OXFAM STEWARDS
charity number: 202918
Oxfam Festival Stewarding: Application forms are now available to apply to steward with Oxfam at a number of music festivals during the summer.
To steward you must be 18 or over and willing to work 3 x 8 hour shifts. In return, we will provide you with full training, a separate camping area with toilets and showers, a meal ticket per shift, chance to make new friends and the opportunity to help raise £450,000 for Oxfam.
To apply go to www.oxfam.org.uk/stewards, or call 0870 010 8553

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ACCESS AND FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
Mean Fiddler produces a guide to Disabled Access and Facilities for all it's festivals, which includes details of the 2-for-1 ticket scheme. Applications for the Reading 2-for-1 scheme must be received by Friday 27th July
Please request a booklet and application form on 020 8961 5490 or download full information on disabled access and facilities here:
http://www.readingfestival.com/info/Access%20R&L%2007.doc

and download the 2-for-1 ticket scheme application here:
http://www.readingfestival.com/info/DISAB_APP06.xls

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