A lot has changed since the last time we made our way to the O2 for our country fix at C2C festival. Mainly our stamina. After months of lockdown bedtimes and pyjama living, we’re not sure our brains have yet computed the words “three nights out out in a row”. In. A. Row. This year... Continue Reading →
How to Cope when your Country Festival Leaves You
As reasons for cancelling things go, a worldwide pandemic is a pretty decent one. That said, there is a suspicious part of me which wonders whether Non-Country-Fan Boyfriend somehow orchestrated all of this to escape yet another country festival he was about to be dragged along to. Or perhaps it was my co-blogger Judi’s FOMO... Continue Reading →
The Hottest Ticket? CMA Songwriters Series @ C2C Festival
I thought maybe it was a sign of old age. A few years ago I looked back on my C2C memories and realised that – more than arena light spectacles, guitar changes and sparkly outfits – my favourite musical moments had been while seated in the Indigo forum listening to stories and stripped-backed songs. Ageing... Continue Reading →
C2C Glasgow: The Lowdown and 7 Essential Tips
While we’ve been busy enjoying London’s O2 arena being turned into a mini-Nashville every March, 400 miles away Scotland’s own version of the three-day country music festival has been steadily growing. We chatted to Edinburgh based music blogger Michelle, who’s been attending that Glasgow event since its launch in 2016, to find out what it’s... Continue Reading →
10 Do’s and Don’ts for C2C First-Timers [London 2019 Update]
Six years have gone by since we said “I just hope this new country music festival will catch on and come back to London next year”. It did. And it’s kept on returning, beating its own records each time. But despite the three-day all-day behemoth that C2C Festival has evolved into, we will always remember... Continue Reading →