YNOT

Last year I got roped into going to a festival I hadn't heard of before called YNOT. I will admit that at first, before the line-up had been released I wasn't too keen on the idea of going to such a small festival in the middle of nowhere in Derbyshire about 20 minutes away from where I live as I am accustomed to going to Leeds most years and I was convinced that nothing could compare to the ultimate festival. I couldn't have been more wrong, YNOT has so much to offer from dodgems to shisha tents and Italian stonebaked pizza (I lived off that for the weekend), small but mighty. The atmosphere of the festival was so comfortable, the staff (mostly volunteers) so friendly and helpful plus a cracking line up including headliners The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats and The View and meeting a barefoot Johnny Depp look -a-like outside a giant turtle was definitely the highlight of my weekend. Every year YNOT also casts a poll asking the public what the year’s fancy dress theme should be… This year the rumoured is Alan Partridge, a petition by Wet Nuns on Twitter that set the ball rolling, hashtag alphapapaynot! So if you were umm-ing and ah-ing about whether to get a ticket this year I  will just inform you of a new feature coming to the festival this year (probably the best thing ever)... A ROLLER DISCO. If that isn't gonna swing it for you then I don't know what will as I've already packed a whole array of Marc Bolan-esque sequined catsuits to don with my roller blades.

 

I <3 YNOT!