I’ve been goi g with friends to rewind south for the last 6 years , it’s brilliant people dress up , bands are really good so are the food outlets. I was really disappointed this year. Far too many people people let in really crowded at the front and not be able to get to the toilets due to people with seats being able to sit right up to the fences. Not enough loos lack of security. Drink and food prices ridiculous £40 for bottle Prosecco . Last act in the Saturday night Andy bell was a disgrace couldn’t string a sentence together was booed really disappointed.

Attended 80s rewind north last night. Tickets pricey but great acts, however the drinks prices were extortionate and rubbish choice . Who drinks black tower wine and carling?? that was your choice at a fiver a go. My advice to anybody going Smuggle drink in!! Having said that food was excellent and pretty good value. I would go again and risk taking our own booze. Car parking and crowd control was a bit disorganised at the end of the night. The stewards did their best however could have been more organised.

Our first time at a festival, and it deinately won't be our last had a fabulous time, the bands were great especially Human League, Billy Ocean, Go West, Bananarama and Buck Fizz. The camp site was great the security was really good only complaint were the toilets on Monday morning were disgusting but until then they had been emptied regulary but we did leave very early so no sure if that was the reason. The atmosphere was brilliant everyone was so friendly. The drinks were very expensive and were nearly at the end of the best before which is a bit naughty, they were extremely strict about anyone taking food or alcohol into the arena. We didn't have much of the food as we took our own what we did have was ok but nothing special. I didn't give it 4 stars for overall because of the price and quality of the drinks but other than that it was fantastic and would definately recommend it. To the person who complained about the car parking ruined their weekend needs to get a life, if you don't want to queue then leave early to avoid the rush and what do you expect when there are thousands of people leaving at the same time, to say it ruined the whole weekend is ridiculous.

the festival was very good but prices there were very poor could be greatly improved. Billy Ocean was fantastic and all of the acts were pretty good. It seemed like alot of thea cts were filler though the organisers should get alot more of the more iconic and succesful bands of the 80s such as aha, duran duran and blondie to play. but it was a great weekend and the atmosphere was excelent i found this review on facebook looks really good if youre thinkin of goin next year http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/80s-Rewind-Festival-Guide-Info-Page/244350492271202?sk=info

great again, hope it happens again 2011. Tried glamping, not a lot better than normal camping. When will organisers learn that more showers and toilets are required. Food and drink too expensive so we walked to Henley to get a good breakfast every morning which lasted most of the day.
Lets have a big name on Friday night to start things off with a bang.

Returned for 2010 after cracking Rewind festival in 2009. Didn't think the line up was as strong but I was proved wrong as all the bands, except Curiosity Killed the Cat who stank, were excellent. Thought Level 42 were excellent & although I'm no great fan of Jimmy Somerville he was really good & got the whole crowd going & sounded great. Rick Astley was superb & had great interaction with the crowd who loved him. He can still really belt them out as well. Line up worked well & progressed a lot faster than last year. Festival site was a lot more crowded than before & god help you if you were camping & arrived after 8pm on Friday looking for a spot to pitch. Next year we will be there by 6pm at the latest. Toilets were not really plentiful enough for the bigger crowd but there were enough bars(£4 a bottle of beer or glass of wine was a bit steep) & food outlets.
Security was very good without being overbearing & it was another really relaxed festival with no aggro or trouble anywhere. Weather held off until late Sunday night but didn't make too much difference to a great festival. To show how friendly & easy going this festival was then we were the group in the dark green landrover that spent approx 1.5 hours on Sunday morning pulling the stranded cars out of the mud to get them to dryer ground & allow them to go home. Would you get that at other festivals?

It was an amazing weekend, took our kids for their first festival experience and they loved it too. No one has mentioned Chesney so I will, we loved him! Also though amazing acts from Heaven 17, Jimmy Somerville, Rick Astley and kid creole. The kids favorite was Bjorn again because they actually knew the music! Very disappointed with Curiosity Killed the Cats as used to be a big fan, dreadful!

I do have a couple of complaints about the camping I am afraid! Trying to find the family campsite was tough especially when you have kids in tow and lots to carry. There could be more facilities in this area also.

It was a shame that the wine ran out and I think I'm right in saying it was only Black Tower anyway, gross! Maybe a little wine bar should be established next year for us over 35's!

Will definitely be going again and may even dress up next year!

As everyone says the bands and atmosphere at the event were excellent and we had great fun. However considering that the website plugs this festival as being up market with better than average facilities I think this is rather misleading. Toilets, showers and camping were horrendous and worse than you would find at any other. Bars were also rubbish - very little choice of drinks, huge ques on Saturday, no draught beer - it was like a local village hall bar! I work in the catering industry and I know the kind of mobile bars that are available and can think of no reason why they were so bad. Better bars would have made them more money as well! Food offerings were excellent though so perhaps the organisers are Foodie tee totallers!
Sort out the facilities for next year and you will have a good event on your hands!

We went for the second time to this kind of festival. First time we went to Retrofest in Glasgow. It was again Fantastic!! The Atmosphere was very good, the food was reasonable good. We loved every second of it. Best acts for us were Jimmy Sommerville and most of all Boy George. George has got so much Soul!! We loved both days, allthough the last act on sunday of Tony Hadley with ABC en Go West was a bit Messy.

Rewind Festival 2010. The music was great, however the camping facilities were appalling. There were the minimum number of toilets and showers, resulting in huge queues. The toilets were also very badly positioned with open urinals rights by peoples tents and the main walkway. Tents were packed together far too tightly and you had to hike your stuff quite a long way from your car. There were trolleys to hire, but these had a amazingly disappeared when the time came to pack up - maybe because they are not compatible with mud! The camping side of the festival was very badly managed. No thought to what would happen to the entrance to the campsite when it rained. Nothing put down to absorb the resulting mud, meaning it was a quagmire. I felt it was run by PR people from the radio station and not people who go to festivals.

This is our second year at the 80s Rewind, we came both days last year but this year the artists we wanted to see were on Sunday so we just came that day. All the artists were excellent and very entertaining - special mentions for 10cc, The Beat, Bjorn Again. Tony Hadley did a great job of closing and it was a credit to him that so many people stayed on despite torrential rain. We were sat next to a mad Scot dressed as Mr Blobby, who was a big attraction for lots of folk! Food & wine were reasonably priced & a good selection. Staff were friendly & helpful. Lots of interesting craft stalls and extra entertainment apart from the main stage, I watched the Karaoke stage for a while which was great fun. Toilets were the usual smelly portaloos, I felt sorry for the stalls who were downwind of them. Worst part was leaving the festival car park, they need to try and improve this if at all possible (perhaps send traffic down both the entry and exit roads just for that crucial time 10-10.45pm?). Overall a fantastic day, will certainly come again if they do it next year.

First time to the the Rewind Festival in 2010 with my wife and our Scottish friends, fantastic event despite the downpour & ponchos on Saturday night and Curiosity Strangled The Cat! The four of us reliving our teens with the highlights being Jimmy Summerville, Marc Almond, Midge Ure, 10cc, Tony Hadley, Heaven 17, Kid Creole, Odysey and the comedian, Rick Astley ! A few too many Henley ettes.....who took a dim view on how much Pimms we were consuming and our dance moves, particularly to Marc Almond ! Loved the Go West cover of Sex on Fire, hope to return next year....... if Henley will have us ? Rodders.

Attended the Rewind Festival for the second year and once again had a great time. Usual problems with shortage of toilets and showers in the camping area. Bar prices were naturally higher but not ridiculous (unfortunatley they ran out of wine on Saturday) Great choice of quality food at reasonable prices. Site was in a great setting, well organised and laid out with a lovely atmosphere. A good line-up but slightly lacking in female artists. Little disapointed that some of the artists decided to sing covers of other peoples recent songs rather than their own 80's hits. We thought the ticket prices were very good value. Many Thanks to all those involved.

We had an excellent time...the whole audience was so up for a laugh it made for a great atmopshere...some great acts who have not lost that sparkle...Jimmy Somerville, Rick Astley ( bonkers ), Tony Hadley, 10cc, Marc Almond...superprisingly good act Heaven 17....Curiousity killed the cat was the only bum note.

Great selection of food stores at usual Festival prices...beer was a bit steep and no where near enough toilets

The traffic management was an utter shambles on leaving...they reversed the one way system and didnt tell the warden mile down the road who merryily keep letting traffic come the wrong waydown the single track road from the main road. I asked nicely what was going on and the chaos she was causing - she said her radio had no contact with HQ and nothing she could do!

Rewind Festival - Had a great time, sadly let down by two important things - toilets & wine! The number of toilets was very low, especially in the campsite. If I were a cynic, I would suspect that the "pay-per-trip" toilets (comfy crappers) had a deal going. Second issue - how can you run out of white wine late on Friday, and not have any on Saturday? Combined with a strictly enforced "no fluids into the arena" policy, resulted in nothing to drink (unless you'd stumped up the extra for the "VIP" tickets perhaps? - another money-making deal here?) Very poor. However, I am sure these are teething issues - the event atmosphere brilliant, music great. Well worth it - I would recommend it to anyone - just be prepared for the odd painful moment here and there!