Tramlines Festival 2010

Tramlines 2010 felt just about spot on to us

Friday night was kind of intimate but with some fantastic gigs to get us warmed up. Saturday was hectic, there were big queues and some sweaty venues, but the smile count remained high all day. And Sunday felt like a Sunday should feel, a genteel/hungover start with a legendary finish. Whether you preferred the Hawley/Bunnymen finale on Devonshire Green, or the Gallows directed running moshpit around the War Memorial in Barkers Pool is a matter of taste; they were both pretty awesome by all accounts.

Our vision for Tramlines is to show Sheffield at its best, and to showcase the diverse array of music on offer. That could be the big stages, the hundreds of local bands on show (most of whom played for free) or some of this year’s great new features like the Blues and Ale trail, The Bromheads Busker Line or the wicked Audio Visual Zone. It really is a city full of music – so please don’t leave it a year to come back and see us. There is great stuff on every week, and from this week a full listings service at ExposedMagazine.co.uk tell you what’s on around the city.

If you enjoyed the festival, and want to help us out – there is a voluntary donation scheme running. Any money donated will be spent on next year’s event.

We know there are things that could have run better – (our list is currently up to about 500 items and growing by the day)! Managing the safe flow of people, whilst keeping the city accessible is one of our main concerns. We think we did pretty well at keeping the event safe – but can probably improve the flow a bit next year.

Anyway – please chip in with your suggestions. We will be reading every comment on Facebook over the next few weeks to make sure we don’t miss anything. Please keep the comments friendly if you can; it would be nice to keep the festival vibe alive a little bit longer.

We are sure you all have your own highlights. If we have done our jobs properly then some of them will have been unexpected, and hopefully you discovered some new favourite bands along the way too.

For us the highlight was another fantastic, über-friendly event – where you lot made the city one of, if not the, happiest place in Britain. Many many thanks for that; it really was a pleasure having you around.

See you next year!

The Tramlines Team x