How to obtain free beer at a festival
As a youth I attendened many a festival including Glasto and saw many awesome sets including Radiohead. I realise in retrospect this behaviour was a bit cuntish but honestly, £4 for a pint of warm lager...

More enjoyable than the music was the free beer available if you knew what to do.

To do this, go to a crowded festival bar and order as many pints as you need. Make sure you have passed all the beer back to mates behind you as they have been poured. Once this is done and the barperson asks you for the money, suddenly remember another drink you need that involves them turning their back on you. As soon as they aren't looking, beat a hasty retreat.

Drink your warm lager and repeat at as many times as necessary.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 0:17, 6 replies)

i vote this for "best scam of the year"
obvious and blatant but effective, i bet it works brilliantly. not sure if i'll try it though - mostly depends on whether i ever end up going to a show and how much i'd earned in tips
(chickensoupforyourface, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 7:24, closed)

At Big Weekend this year
they were asking for money before giving out the booze, I expect some people are wise to this scam
(Dr Zoidberg is going for a scuttle, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 7:42, closed)

A lot of festivals now make you buy beer tokens.
Then you exchange the tokens for the beer before you ever see it. There are still a few places that you can get away with it.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 10:42, closed)

A Friend of mine
Did this at last years Grand National, worked a treat!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 8:56, closed)

For the last two years I volunteered to work at festivals behind the bar.
For charity / good cause.

People who do what you've described are cunts, but you already knew this.
( IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 12:42, closed)

It is a bit cuntish, but...
...it's also quite clever - the state I've gotten at festivals I would never even have *thought* of this. However, I get that way because I sneak vodka and coke in in a Camelbak...
(berk, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 16:56, closed)