Are Festival Prices Becoming too Expensive?

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The average price of festival tickets have increased in recent years, with UK prices increase a huge 22%. Do you think they’re becoming too expensive?

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00:00I thought about going to Reading and I thought about going to Track Festival but

00:05yeah the cost really put me off especially when there's like concerts in

00:09Newcastle that are like 25 quid and then for a festival it can be like 300, 400

00:15quid and that's before even getting accommodation. I was looking at going to

00:21Leeds or Download Festival but extortionate prices and then also getting

00:26down just for the day or even the weekend it's like £30 for the bus as

00:33well each way so. I've got none books I wouldn't say it's because of the ticket

00:39prices it's more because we booked to go on like holidays instead and that kind

00:43of thing I mean ticket prices are expensive but I guess I think that's

00:49what you pay to go. If I wanted to go to one we're talking £300 just for the

00:53ticket. That's probably like in total you'll end up spending £600 to like

00:58£700 I reckon on one festival.

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