Sausageandciderfest Reviews 

In total agreement with many other reviewers - we attended in 2023 and enjoyed it - however, Warwick Sept 2024 was totally rammed, with the only place to sit being behind the vendor stalls next to the toilets. Dangerous for children and disabled folk. We witnessed lots of very drunk people with the only real security present at the gate.
Stayed for 30 minutes and decided to leave.
Won’t be coming again.

Dreadful we were shunted into a small overcrowded area with even more still coming in! Warwick Sept 2024. This was dangerous you couldn't find anywhere hardly to stand and if you tried to sit you got stood on. We left after half an hour thinking we could return later to see if it had calmed down but told you can't re-enter. People were leaving feeling the same we then went for a meal and found that they were still selling tickets to get in at 6pm for an extortionate price!

If I could give it a minus number I would. I ordered a "Gourmet Pork & Wild Boar" sausage (£9.50). Once I got the the pen where you watch the tribute acts and took a bite I noticed it was a frankfurter, its not rocket science, it wasnt even busy. Its served in a bit of French stick, with red cabbage and lettuce (?!) The can of fanta was £3, and ciders were £7 upwards. I tried to leave as it was absolutely shoddy. To my amazement there was no dedicated exit, only an entrance, which was blocked by people coming in. Staff seemed bemused I wanted to leave, with "once you leave you can't come back in" said to me 3 times. The best one though was when I told a girl at the gate I wanted to leave and she said "you can't", at which point I was so disturbed by the whole experience I dragged my mother past the hoards of unsuspecting victims / hostages and went to the High Street to have some real food. SAVE YOURSELVES, DONT GIVE THESE PEOPLE MONEY!!

Winchester event.
Positives:
Easy to get in with minimal security check (but we didn't arrive until 5.30pm)
Decent cider selection (3 independent vans plus tent with reasonable selection) - managed to try 6 different ones I hadn't had before - all good!
Decent sausage selection (several vans selling several varieties each) - ours were very tasty.
Negatives:
Prices too high (pints £6-7, sausages in rolls/baguettes £7-8) on top of steep entry fee
Bands not great - all tribute acts and sound wasn't very good
Probably wouldn't go again unless bands were better and got a cheap ticket

Who thought it was a good idea to put axe throwing right next to the children stage is completely mental.

I went to this event yesterday and to be honest for £45 a ticket was very disappointed. Way overpriced, the website description was poor as it gave the impression you would get to sample different ciders and sausages.
Nope, that was not the case, very little choice on the food trucks of sausages, no healthier food you could purchase, not even a jacket spud as couldn't face sausage in a roll for lunch and tea. Also if you got a drink from the bar I was in a warm can, so was the coke at a grand total cost of £9.50!!! There was no mention on the website you could take refillable bottles in but the bars did provide free water. 2 of the bands were good, 2 others didn't see as had to use public transport to get home and the other 2 seemed a bit dreary for a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Also god forbid you wanted to do the silent disco as it was rammed.
Don't get me started on the fact you couldn't take your own food or drink in but if you did the tough security would have confiscated it after going through every pocket of your bag and giving your camping chair a good patting down.
So, all in all was disappointed with food stalls, rubbish beer stands and the high cost, my view is if I went again I would plan, find cheaper tickets, check the bands before booking and eat before I went. Or not go at all.

Absolute rip off, will not be going again!
Starts with an excessive search by security staff of all bags and camping chairs etc on entry, where any food and drink you might have (including soft drinks) is confiscated, leaving you no alternative but to pay for the extortionately overpriced, and limited selection of mediocre food and drink on offer at the venue, heaven help anyone with any dietary requirements, or a family on a budget!

Went to the one in Winchester today.

Started at 2 but didn't get in until 3 due to the security being tighter than passport control.

The event itself was not worth the price of the ticket. Just an opportunity to be overcharged by all of the sellers at the event.

Sausage in a roll starting at £8 and single cans of cider/beer starting at £6.50.

Been to other events at this location with this event being by far being the worst.

Attended this festival at the red fox, Wirral. Unfortunately more Perry than cider. Not cheap, £6 per pint, a bit more than I paid in Dorset and Somerset region. As for the sausage, basic type type could be bought in local shops, but not at £7.95 in a bun. Pity really, I was looking forward to it.

Despite having parking last year they manifestly failed to mention there was no parking this year at point of booking

So, we had tickets for June's 'Summer Sundays' festival in Tunbridge Wells, the bands were fab, the food and drink stalls dire! Queue 'Sausage & Cider' festival tickets at Quest Thanet in July and the stalls were exactly the same, rubbish mediocre food stalls and even worse bars. The main bars only selling 330ml cans of camden pale ale at £6.50, with another tiny bar selling pints of the same pale ale at £7. The best looking 'sausage' stall was chubbies which had big bowls of loaded fries and 3 different sausages included, but when we queued they had run out of the bowls by then so were only supplying cardboard trays, so noticeably less food, but for the same price and also harder to eat out of. The main part of the festival being the music was the worst thing of all. The sound was terrible, you could barely hear any of the acts from further back (it was packed) and having the silent disco right behind us meant any chance of hearing the bands on the main stage was drowned out by loud, terrible singing of the drunk punters in there, we had to move twice to try and get away from them all. Whoever decided to put the silent disco in that position obviously hasn't managed a festival before. We went to the Blue Reef festival on the Friday night and it was a completely different experience, well managed and run and great food and bar stalls. I wouldn't bother going again.

Not wasting too much of my time on writing a review it's rubbish over priced shockingly organised mess. 2 bands never turned up no rides or activities apart from face painting for kids even tho they are selling tickets for kids, go and do something else like watching paint dry.. don't come back to Aberdeen next year let someone else have a go.

I don't understand all these bad reviews, was at the one in Aberdeen yesterday, there were no long queues for anything, not even for the toilets, toilet conditions were no worse than any portaloos at any festival. Pints were cold, cocktails were strong, prices were normal for any outdoor event, you could get a can of juice from the ice cream van for £2 as well as take in your own water. Sausage selections, there was plenty, as well of plenty of other places to eat. All in all had a great time.

A bad money making exercise!
Huge queues. No water available - only small cans for £3.50! Cider started from £7. Sausage in a bun from £8. Bog standard.
Stinking toilets and urine stench around. Over flowing bins and litter everywhere.
Unsafe exit points. Everyone was channelled through a narrow exit in the dark. People will pushing and swearing. Security guards were even screaming and being held back from fighting locals?! Unsafe vibes. Organisers should be ashamed.

Do not bother , waste of money. Cider selection rubbish was serving in cans early evening. Sausages uninspiring nothing exciting , better off having a BBQ at home. Tickets this year 25% dearer than last , all you are doing is trying to make a load of money on the cheap.

Should definitely not be advertised as a Sausage and cider festival!

Felt very underwhelmed when arrived, minimal stalls and limited choice on ciders.
If you are expecting to try lots of different ciders and sausages as advertised you'll be very disappointed. Drinks and food way over priced, £7 for a can of strongbow cider.
No where to sit unless you take your own chairs and then you'll be pushed to find somewhere, alot of people crammed in and queuing barriers everywhere for the alcohol tents.

Lots of porta loo's but could do with being checked a bit more often.

If you paid full price of £30 per ticket it was definitely not worth the money.
Would rather go to the food and drink festival which is alot cheaper and has alot more stalls and music

Why it's rubbish and why I would tell people I know not to bother going,
1. Searched on the way in - not for anything illegal but just food and drink items.
Even bottles of water are scrutinised.
2. Arena too small for the amount of tickets sold
It was packed and you had to queue for everything (except for the gents urinals- which was a bonus).
3. Food and drink stands should be kept to the edge of the field to allow for a clear view of the bands.
4. Food very expensive as expected.
5. Stroppy security wandering around - telling people to move their chairs even though it was advertised that you could bring them.
6. The only place where you could sit was next to a crappy disco which completely drowned out the sound of the bands.
(the original publicity stated that it was a silent disco! ).
The stage sound system was rubbish and very muffled, even as we left the arena and were on the path behind the main stage all we could hear was the bloody disco.
So all in all, what could have been a good event was ruined by the money grabbing organisers.

This festival is clearly an exercise in making as much money as possible. We felt coralled into a very tightly packed space like cattle! Everything is overpriced and you have to wrestle your way around. We lasted 2 hours and then left. Not the chilled afternoon in a field watching music we had thought. Just thousands of people pushing and stepping over each other with barriers everywhere to limit movement.

The queues were insane. Opened at14.00 and took an hour for our friends to get in. Then we waited at 15.00 and also took an hour to get in may aswell of gone away for an hour and come back if we'd known. Not acceptable for the price paid for our tickets. If we'd paid £15 a person then not so bad but £35 we expect more. Download or bloodstock have smaller queues and better organised.

Really disappointing in this festival. The food and drink offerings were really expensive, limited and poor quality. There is no excuse for this these days with such amazing food trucks everywhere. There was no set list any where and so when the 'headline' act had finished we, like many others, pressumed it was over. But it turned out there was another act on after them that we missed as there was no communication. The kids 'tent' was a very small stage - again with no printed schedule so you had hope something was on. Very little for kids considering it was set as a family event. The music was great and it was local so a good time had but definitely wouldn't go for the food. I wouldn't go again.