Of course, you could go to a civilised festival.
I went on tour with a uni jazz band to the Jazz festival in Vienne.

Four weeks of festival live on French TV. Not only did some of my fellow band members manage to amble over the stage and end up back stage with Dee Dee Bridgewater, half the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra came and listened to a little bit of our crappy afternoon gig on a side stage.

No dramas, no mud, no heavy security, no robbery. Just excellent music, in a huge Roman amphitheatre, with views down to the Med. And quite a lot of people smoking suspicious cigarettes without the police bothering to intervene.

You young people and your music, tsk.
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:40, 12 replies)

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There was a riot at the Beaulieu jazz festival between fans of Acker Bilk and Johnny Dankworth!
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:45, closed)

That's awesome...
I like to think it happened in black and white. With crackly sound effects.
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 15:47, closed)

ha ha ha :D
What a wonderful thought!
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:11, closed)

not the beaulieu
about 25 mins from montpellier, by Castries?
(micky2shoes has more shoes than feet, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 20:41, closed)

Thanks for reminding me...
Back in about 1984 I went with some mates to the Jazz festival in Frejus on the Cote D'Azur. We saw BB King and he was incredible. Sun, sea, shade and smokin'.

'Appy days.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:09, closed)

BB King is awesome
I was listening to "I like to live the love" only this morning
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:24, closed)

Seconded
I was listening to The Jungle last night. excellent.
(syllopsium, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:37, closed)

jazz, though
jazz.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:26, closed)

niiiice
Try Blues, instead ;).
(syllopsium, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 17:37, closed)

Jazz
mags are quite good.
(Monkey the Chicken Twitter: death_stairs, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 16:48, closed)

I read this as
Jizz mags are good... ha ha ha ha
( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Mon 8 Jun 2009, 23:28, closed)

I'm with Sean Lock:
All those hurricanes hitting New Orleans is proof that God hates jazz.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Tue 9 Jun 2009, 9:09, closed)