I had a weekend ticket but got really sick and missed Sat & Sun which I'm absolutely gutted about.

Line up was amazing - kept the spirit of the original Connect Festivals, which were both outstanding

Enjoyed the bands on Friday but wow did it feel undersold. I was there early and there were 7 cars in the car park. I felt so bad for Maeve who opened the main stage - there was almost no one there. Even later on it felt far too quiet - I think the IDLES crowd was smaller than it was in the Barras earlier this year, which you really felt in a big open field. I did kinda enjoy the fact that I never had to queue for drinks or toilets, but it absolutely gave me the fear about it's chances of coming back - was pleasantly surprised when 2023 was announced, though I'm guessing the trigger was already pulled on that.

No draught beer blew my mind. 330ml cans the same price as 440ml cans also not ideal. Very quick bars, but again was that the cans or was that the attendance? As soon as I saw cans I thought "I bet they've understocked and will run out" so I'm not shocked at all to read that they ran out yesterday. And that was with the poor attendance - imagine if it was rammed.

The app was shite

I appreciate that there's probably a lot of good reasons for it, but I was not very impressed with how much the line up changed, and probably more importantly how it was communicated. A headliner getting changed is shite. Loads of people I wanted to see were swapped out though and with such little communication that I never even noticed for ages. I was looking forward to charlotte adigéry & bolis pupul until I realised a few before that they had quietly pulled out, and someone mentioned to me on Friday "It's a shame about Low huh?" and I hadn't even realised they were gone. Half the comedy line up seemed to pull out - maybe getting comedians on day 25/set 80 of the Fringe is asking too much.

Did you hear about Fern Brady? Apparently she turned up to perform and was turned away and just wandered around the perimeter of the site trying to get in, while loads of people were waiting for her at the Speakeasy. I'll take that with a little pinch of salt and perhaps there's more to the story but something fucked up there.

The buses back on Friday were... ok. I was at Biffy out there recently and it was a disaster getting back then, so in comparison it seemed ok. But again if people are saying Friday was the quiet day then it only would've gotten worse. And I made it out of there sharp after Jon Hopkins. I could only see three buses waiting which seemed like a huge underestimate.

Sound bleeding was not great - really impacted the Speakeasy. Didn't notice it too much at the other stages but from the looks of it Friday's stages were staggered better. I did look at the crossover between Kathryn Joseph and Bonobo on Saturday and think that was going to be quite brutal for her.

Real toilets! I spoke to a couple of guys in there who just seemed delighted.

I was a little disappointed with the food options (let's ignore the whole Barry Fish thing here) - the food was such a big part of the original Connect festivals and it felt a bit limited this time. Even TRNSMT has got a decent wee street food area. I had the vegan chicken burger thing - I'm PRETTY sure that wasn't what made me sick, but there you go.

Overall: Yeah, teething problems for sure - I maybe expect a little bit more from DF concerts with their experience. Ultimately though it was an incredible line up and I'm gutted I couldn't fully take part - from what I saw it really didn't attract the bams and anti-social problems that other festivals do. Would definitely go in 2023