q debate: Are summer music festivals awesome or awful?
Heads up! As festival season lands like a stray beach ball, music critics Liisa Ladouceur and Lorraine Carpenter debate the merits of the big fest.
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Blue skies, big stages and bustling crowds. As music festival season lands on us like a stray beach ball, we ask: are these jam-packed concerts a good place to take in musical talent? Or have they become overpriced, overcrowded and overwhelming?
Guest host Gill Deacon convenes a q debate between music critics Liisa Ladouceur and Lorraine Carpenter.
q: Live music fans, do you like seeing your favourite artists as part of a lineup? Or do you avoid festivals in favour of smaller shows?