INSIDE THE WORLD OF MEETUP

The music highlight of the year 50 bands spread out over 7 stages. Met for breakfast in the 3 crowns before collecting wristbands. Had the usual group chat to keep in touch. Jude kirk . Started proceedings, bit bland for me but ok for the time of day. Sharp Class . Much better, the kind of band I came to see. Stained glass . Too loud and heavy for my taste, not worth walking across the city to see. Static kill . Entertaining and a bit different. Davoli. Bit bland, rescue rooms was packed by this point. High speed peach . Another cross city trip to Bogoda more worth it this time. Blood wizard . Listenable but a bit bland The outcharms , Bit of an Arctic monkeys feel, top 3 bands of the day. The publics . Excellent as per last year, stole the show. Commons . Hard act to follow in the red rooms Kaliko, Average Bored marsh .  Bland would have been ok at 1pm but not later on Pet Needs . Bit loud but needed since I was fading away fast. Stayed out later than most but time to head back to...

It was the standard evening at the crafty crow. Only went due to beat the streets the following day. Venue was initially busy on arrival but gradually thinned out. A reasonable night staying out longer than planned.

  60 signed up and another 20 odd on the waitlist. This was my biggest meetup hosted to date. Experience told me to half that figure. Got 18 in the organ grinder where the bar staff panicked in anticipation of 60 people joining. The good fellow George turned out to be a great venue with separate upstairs areas. The falcon was a bit too small for the size of the group which had swelled up to around 40 at this stage. It did annoy me that several people didn't take themselves off the list. The pub has a village feel to it. The Sir John Borlase Warren was another great venue with plenty of space. I had at least 3 drinks bought for me over the afternoon so I was doing something right. Finally it was the Irish bar. I’d done well and got great reviews. 

  It was a double bill of meetups starting with the debate. The presentation went well but the subject matter was a bit open ended and went off in several directions. One woman who was a raw milk advocate clearly had her agenda. She also happened to be a hard core anti-vaxxer (big shock) thankfully others shut her down as well. I picked up 3 people for my pub crawl.