What do parents think about Tramlines Festival for families?

The Star, Sheffield

We asked parents what they thought about Tramlines for its family-friendlyness.

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00:00Thank you. It's Alistair from the Sheffield Star. We're here on the second day of tramlines

00:04on Saturday. It's only just got started I prefer. I understand you were here last night

00:07as well. How did you find things? It was good. It was busier than I thought it would be.

00:13The weather definitely brought everyone out. It was a nice relaxed sort of vibe though.

00:19It's what I've got from people as well. I've asked around and it's a rather more relaxed

00:23scene than most. We're at a campsite and it's all rather go home afterwards. It has a very

00:26chill atmosphere and stuff. Will you talk to us about that at all?

00:32Yes, it does feel very relaxed. We don't live too far away so we can just walk in and then

00:37come and do what we want and then walk out. First tramlines you've been to or are you a

00:43repeat customer? No, just the first. We've been to every single tramline.

00:46Every single? Back when it was free.

00:49How has it compared to... It's got a lot more bigger and more organised but it's kind of

00:54steps away from places like Monrose Park and Demetria Green for example. Can you talk to us

00:58about your experience as a live-on customer I suppose about how it's changed over the years?

01:02Yes, I suppose now it's a little bit more globalised.

01:07It was globalised before and it was in the city centre and outside the outreach.

01:16Now it's all in one place.

01:17It's not as free as it was before. It's good for families.

01:21Any less enjoyable or is it its own thing?

01:25I'd say it's more enjoyable than myself because you don't have to travel

01:30to see what you want to see.

01:32And you can go from stage to stage quite quickly if there are different people you want to see.

01:35It makes it easier.

01:37Because of the headliners though, you tend to just go to the headliners whereas before it was about

01:41emerging talent and seeing new people. So people you hadn't technically met, you might not have heard

01:47of. But now you don't. It's harder to find new bands that you like.

01:52Who are you looking forward to seeing today?

01:54Jamie Tick.

01:58Oh and Everly Pregnant Brothers.

01:59Everly Pregnant Brothers, yeah.

02:00It's a classic, yeah. I'll be there for pictures later.

02:03Lovely, thank you very much.

02:05Yes, I think it's really good actually because we've got a weekend ticket and we've decided

02:09we're going to bring the kids. We bought them on Friday and we'll bring them today on Saturday

02:13and then on Sunday we're going to drop them off with our relatives and then we're going to come

02:18and have sort of a longer time just so they actually get to go to the stage.

02:22We think the kids are really good actually.

02:25So there's this nice area that's really designed for children.

02:28They can sort of walk around quite freely.

02:32Staff have all been really nice though because we've got a plan.

02:34We've got a room sort of around the lake which is really helpful.

02:38This one is great because this one's still in that place.

02:41As he is.

02:42All right.

02:42It's a good place to sit.

02:47That's a good sign in its own way.

02:48All right.

02:49The general atmosphere as well.

02:51They've made these provisions too.

02:53They've made these provisions too but I suppose how is it?

02:56Is it a vibe they've created or is it the things they've done for you?

02:59I think it's the nicest ever set in a separate area where it's mainly kids

03:03because then you don't feel like you're inconveniencing people.

03:05Because obviously when we went to see some of the comedy on the Tudor stage

03:09you sort of feel like you might have to lurk around the background.

03:13But no, it's been good just to come here and sort of mingle around with people.

03:20This is a lovely job.

03:21Thank you.

03:22Yeah, absolutely fine.

03:23She's really enjoyed herself and it's been really good.

03:27She's got down on her feet.

03:29All good.

03:31No, it's been really good.

03:32No problem at all.

03:33Maybe the queueing for food a bit too much.

03:36I really like it.

03:37It's quite a long queue for people other than that.

03:39Toilet's no problem.

03:42Provisions have been good or is it more of a vibe they've done?

03:45I would say more of a vibe.

03:46We haven't been to the kids tent yet.

03:47We're going to do that today.

03:49But there is a full variety of the main bit that we went on.

03:51I think quite expensive when you expected that.

03:53Not kidding.

03:53That kept it entertaining.

03:54But the vibe definitely.

03:56She's just really enjoyed being around people and seeing all the outfits and stuff.

04:00There's plenty of places to sit.

04:01All right.

04:02Which is so lovely.

04:04Have you been able to play with other people or is it a set and loose kind of situation?

04:07You can sit down and relax in a nice safe environment.

04:09A bit of both.

04:10It's not been quite as bad as I expected it to be in terms of

04:13kind of feeling like you've got to be on it all the time.

04:16Yeah, sure.

04:17It's felt quite...

04:18I think it's really friendly.

04:19It reminded me, as we said this yesterday,

04:21just how friendly Sisyphus is.

04:23You're invited to see them.

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