The road to Thornham gets some Autumnal hints
Maui Waui Festival, Hill Farm, Gressenhall, Norfolk - 28th August 2021
Isobel sorts out some tickets to Maui Waui festival, which this year has moved to Hill Farm in Gressenham, near Dereham, west of Norwich. Along with the change of venue is an increase in size, with some 5,000 people in attendance, which still makes it much smaller than Latitude's 35,000. There's a good range of crafty things on offer - Nosher and Fred even sign up to do a spoon carving workshop - and there are several tents with music, although sometimes they struggle to play over the constant bass beats emmanating from the hardcore dance tents in the Outer Limits and Section 63.
next album: A Few Hours at the Fair, Fair Green, Diss, Norfolk - 5th September 2021
previous album: Head Out Not Home: A Music Day, Norwich, Norfolk - 22nd August 2021
Round bales in a field near Braiseworth
Allyson pokes around in a barbeque
Tent city in the quiet camping area
The path to the festival
Harry runs around with a green hat on
Bubble action
Children chase bubbles around
A UFO DJ station in the Outer Limits
The next day doesn't start well, weather wise
The boys make long bubbles
Isobel joins in
Harry makes a huge bubble
A spoon carver sets up
Fred and Harry are on the rifle range
Fred lines up for a shot
Isobel picks up some free wellies
Some festival music starts
Time for a drink
Harry and Isobel
Emma O'Reilly plays keyboards
Emma O'Reilly and band sing in Irish
Fred tries on a Chinese shirt
Fred looks at novelty bikes
Vibe City Brass Band do a sound check
Nosher and Fred sign up to do spoon carving
Fred uses a draw knife to shave down a handle
A selfie of the shrunken head workshop
Fred learns some carving techniques
Someone takes their cat for a walk
The Maui Waui Flavour Parlour
Isobel's got a beer
More music in action
Isobel gets face-painted
Double-bass action from Horse Puppets
A paint fight breaks out
Paint Pixies are setting up a mass paint fight
Fred gets some green paint
Fred's ready
Clouds of paint explode
Blue paint everywhere
A dude in a tutu
Blue Man
After the paint fight
Fred after the melée
A post-paint-fight group photo
An explosion in a paint factory
Announcement from a Paint Pixie
We find a frog roaming around and rescue it
The boys in the awning pod
Allyson and Isobel have a late-evening drink
The boys meet Penny from Diss
There's some comedy science in the circus tent
Handstand on stacked chairs
A dude balances on a ladder
There's a bit of Burlesque later on
The festival at night
Fred waves a glowstick around
A dragonfly on a towel
Harry queues up for some pasta
It's sort-of lunchtime
The Rye Sisters play in the café tent
A band photo of the Rye Sisters
Sparkly gold dress
An impressive suit
Hut People perform on the main stage
Hut People's percussionist
More festival get-ups
Harry plays piano
Giant statues, like Bladerunner 2059
Allyson and Pete have been face-painted
More music in the Flavour Parlour
Harry and Isobel do Table Football
Harry looks on
We bump into Amandines Sue
The Outer Limits DJ booth is a transformer
Harry's not impressed with the noice
A puppet Velociraptor
Harry leaps after bubbles
Harry's locked and loaded
Dan the Hat does his thing
Dan the Hat juggles five balls
The Donnie Darko rabbit waits for paint
Purple paint is loaded up
Pink paint everywhere
Yellow paint and green hair
Yellow and purple paint in a pot
William Wallace is ready
The paint fight starts
The paint flies
Well covered in powder
Emerging from the dust
A top up for a second round
Fred emerges, fairly unscathed
Some crazy paint fighters
A third round explodes
Fred's got a bit more paint on now
Another post-paint group photo
A girl shouts as some spiky punks walk past
Some children ask if there's any more
Hank Wangford in action
The boys get milkshakes
A break-out music session in the beer tent
Cabarat take to the stage in the Flavour Parlour
Allyson and Pete dance around
Traditional music action
Harry's found the way in to the picture wall
Harry runs around
Dave Thomas plays some blues
Funky LED shades
Outdoor café
A bit of juggling in the circus tent
Tightrope whilst playing the violin
Lights reflect from the bottom of the clouds
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The road to Thornham gets some Autumnal hints
The road to Thornham gets some Autumnal hints
Round bales in a field near Braiseworth
Allyson pokes around in a barbeque
Tent city in the quiet camping area
The path to the festival
Harry runs around with a green hat on
Bubble action
Children chase bubbles around
A UFO DJ station in the Outer Limits
The next day doesn't start well, weather wise
The boys make long bubbles
Isobel joins in
Harry makes a huge bubble
A spoon carver sets up
Fred and Harry are on the rifle range
Fred lines up for a shot
Isobel picks up some free wellies
Some festival music starts
Time for a drink
Harry and Isobel
Emma O'Reilly plays keyboards
Emma O'Reilly and band sing in Irish
Fred tries on a Chinese shirt
Fred looks at novelty bikes
Vibe City Brass Band do a sound check
Nosher and Fred sign up to do spoon carving
Fred uses a draw knife to shave down a handle
A selfie of the shrunken head workshop
Fred learns some carving techniques
Someone takes their cat for a walk
The Maui Waui Flavour Parlour
Isobel's got a beer
More music in action
Isobel gets face-painted
Double-bass action from Horse Puppets
A paint fight breaks out
Paint Pixies are setting up a mass paint fight
Fred gets some green paint
Fred's ready
Clouds of paint explode
Blue paint everywhere
A dude in a tutu
Blue Man
After the paint fight
Fred after the melée
A post-paint-fight group photo
An explosion in a paint factory
Announcement from a Paint Pixie
We find a frog roaming around and rescue it
The boys in the awning pod
Allyson and Isobel have a late-evening drink
The boys meet Penny from Diss
There's some comedy science in the circus tent
Handstand on stacked chairs
A dude balances on a ladder
There's a bit of Burlesque later on
The festival at night
Fred waves a glowstick around
A dragonfly on a towel
Harry queues up for some pasta
It's sort-of lunchtime
The Rye Sisters play in the café tent
A band photo of the Rye Sisters
Sparkly gold dress
An impressive suit
Hut People perform on the main stage
Hut People's percussionist
More festival get-ups
Harry plays piano
Giant statues, like Bladerunner 2059
Allyson and Pete have been face-painted
More music in the Flavour Parlour
Harry and Isobel do Table Football
Harry looks on
We bump into Amandines Sue
The Outer Limits DJ booth is a transformer
Harry's not impressed with the noice
A puppet Velociraptor
Harry leaps after bubbles
Harry's locked and loaded
Dan the Hat does his thing
Dan the Hat juggles five balls
The Donnie Darko rabbit waits for paint
Purple paint is loaded up
Pink paint everywhere
Yellow paint and green hair
Yellow and purple paint in a pot
William Wallace is ready
The paint fight starts
The paint flies
Well covered in powder
Emerging from the dust
A top up for a second round
Fred emerges, fairly unscathed
Some crazy paint fighters
A third round explodes
Fred's got a bit more paint on now
Another post-paint group photo
A girl shouts as some spiky punks walk past
Some children ask if there's any more
Hank Wangford in action
The boys get milkshakes
A break-out music session in the beer tent
Cabarat take to the stage in the Flavour Parlour
Allyson and Pete dance around
Traditional music action
Harry's found the way in to the picture wall
Harry runs around
Dave Thomas plays some blues
Funky LED shades
Outdoor café
A bit of juggling in the circus tent
Tightrope whilst playing the violin
Lights reflect from the bottom of the clouds