Francois Harris

Ramfest festival was held at Nekkies in Worcester, and wow, what a party! Definitely one of the best festivals I have been to.

I went two years ago, it was quite a bit smaller people wise, and quite a bit more of a metal/goth crowd. This time there were no less metal heads, but there was more trance and hippy people, making the crowd a great mixture, everyone was welcome.

We arrived early on the Friday afternoon in an attempt to score a great tent location under some shade, but unfortunately so did tons of other people, so we gave up that idea and got down to pitching the tent, and cracking open some beers.

It was hot, very hot, very very hot!! Definitely a taste of things to come for the rest of the weekend, so once our tent was up, we made our way to the river to cool off, and relax for a bit before the main party that night. I must say the Nekkies venue is really nice, the river is great to swim in, and there is a swimming pool too to chill out in.

The main stage was rocking, with Taxi Violence being one of the highlights, I love their shows, they give a great performance.

The other tents were cool too, there was an Alternative tent with rock bands that was pretty cool, an Electro dome tent that stole about 5 hours of my life on friday, and the Voodoo beach tent bar, that was crazy on the saturday!

We woke up pretty early and setup our picnic spot next to the river where we spend most of the day enjoying the atmosphere, fascinated with the nature, water, and strange looking people. The Voodoo beach tent was insane, and the trippy beats were well appreciated.

At this stage in the weekend at a festival its about time to surrender to the dirt and blend in with the thousands of other revelers on a weekend of sun, fun, bands, and awesome times. We cleaned up as best we could, downed a few tequilas, and made our way to the music, alternating between the alternative tent and the main stage all night.

We left pretty early on Sunday, and all in all, I can say it was an awesome weekend. The music was awesome, the people, toilets, bands, food, security etc were all excellent. I highly recommend going, and I will be back next year for sure.