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Here is the camping area
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In fact, write « looksor clisson france » on google maps, you will see Hellfest :slight_smile:

Hi all
Heading in from UK for first Hellfest at the ripe old age of… Let’s just say nearer 50 than 40. Had tickets 2 years ago but ended up in chemotherapy & had to sell them last minute when doctors wouldn’t let me travel
Should be having another operation in 2 weeks but have persuaded doctors (that is, I told them I wasn’t having it yet) to hold off until Tuesday after Hellfest.
Bringing my 10 year old… He’s a veteran of 2 Downloads and given the choice of Download or Hellfest this year, he chose Hellfest.
Staying in hotel in Nantes though as health issues and camping don’t mix well (as discovered at Download last year) and I need to be well enough for operation straight after.
Don’t get into Nantes on Eurostar until Thursday evening so much as I would love to meet up with people for a beer I won’t be there on time.

And last night I discovered I don’t need a ticket for my boy as he gets in free so now I have a ticket to sell but I can’t figure out how to get my tickets on the site - I kept getting an error message but I speak no French and google translate was useless! So help gratefully received!
Cheers

ZEPASS, but apparently you have problems with it, so the 2nd semi official way is through here. http://www.hellfest-forum.fr/viewforum.php?id=133. Just open a new thread, saying you have a ticket to sell, but don’t forget to mention the (maximum original) price with it!
Normally that shouldn’t be such a problem, as you can write in English.

For the rest, good choice to get to Hellfest! It will be fun!

Thanks Quark. I need to find my ticket number before I can do anything.

Don’t suppose you know how the free child part works? Do I just turn up with him & his passport to prove his age? In the English FAQ it just says children under 12 free, for the French speakers is there any more information on the French part I’m a bit nervous about selling his ticket and then having a problem
Thanks!

Don’t worry, you just have to go the ticket sale at the entrance of the site and ask for the free ticket. You’ll be asked to show yours and justify the age of your son. :wink:

And don’t forget to bring hear protections!!! :cool:

Actually, children from 12-17 pay half price, children under 12 have free entrance.

Pierrolefoo has explained the rest.
And no worries about sold out, there are enough tickets (half price/free tickets -12) in stock!
(so far the citation mentioned on their site)

It’s confirmed by moderators here and by official com manager :wink:

DO NOT (I repeate, do NOT) publish your ticket number if you’re going to sell it through the forum! ( = the link I sent you yesterday) But you’ll need to have it of course. :wink:

HELL-FUCKING-LO EVERYONE!!

Do I have your attention? Good.

I’m Lorelei, I’m coming all the way from BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA for a 3 month, 5.35 festival tour of Europe. Hellfest will be my 3rd festival in a row, then I get a month off before the insanity that is Wacken! I expect by the time Hellfest rolls around, I’ll either be all chillaxed and experienced old hand (even though it will be my first Hellfest!) or I’ll be a horrible wreck of a human being that zombies would cross the street to avoid from stress and fear, especially if I lose my wallet or phone or luggage or whatever.

I’ll be getting to Hellfedt via the coach service thingy courtesy of Argon Events, all the way from Nottingham, and an FYI for anyone who may be on that bus, I will have been at Download UK earlier that week, so I’ll either be passed out in exhaustion with a tension headache, sitting in a corner of the bus rocking back and forth while muttering random song lyrics and conversational snippets, or I will be so friggin’ excited and crazy and generally operating on too much adrenaline and not enough sleep you’ll think I’m on drugs (or sugar).

Oh, this is going to be FUN, huh?!?!

I will need to re-check the arrival times, but I’m hoping I’ll make it to the pre-festival ‹ meet your fellow Hellfestians › drinking session, where I look forward to making new friends, experiencing new adventures, and generally having the time of my life.

One thing though, I am actually really shy and totally lacking in self-esteem. I ask you, if you’re at the drinking session and you see an overweight girl, about 30ish, not sure what color my hair’s gonna be, but sitting by herself with maybe a glass of water or coke in front of her, maybe writing in a notebook, maybe pretending to be online, please, help out a fellow metalhead who just wants to have fun by walking over and introducing yourself. I’m going to all these festivals alone, and I believe that by the time Hellfest rolls around, I’ll likely be lonely and homesick. Engage me in conversation and I promise to buy you a drink!!! And once you get to know me, you’ll be glad I asked and you took the chance.

See you all real soon!!! ???

Whellcome Lorelei :wink:

Don’t be shy, we won’t bite! We’re all a friendly bunch of people who have one thing in common, good music taste! Even when this music may have different aspects, that not everyone likes. That’s all fine!
But if you want, and you’ll see a bloke with a caine (small one for the blind), and a cap on his head, that’s most likely to be me, myself and I. :smiley:

Edit Piaf zegt: I see you’re from (around) Brisbaine! A friend of mine lives there as well! A drummer, though she’s not doing much about it.

Thanks Quark! I know my fellow metalheads only bite if you ask them too; I was once a passenger on the inaugural voyage of 70,000 Tons of Metal, and then again the second year. Haven’t gone back abroad since. I know my people are kind, gentle, friendly and welcoming. But I still tend to say to myself « why would anyone want to talk to boring idiot like you when there’s so many hot, interesting-looking people around?! »

The open-mindedness and tolerance and acceptance of just about anything is what I love about being a metalhead. I’m very proud of my international community, and I love showing ‹ normal › people just how universal we are. It really is true.

Whether you be in Brisbane, London, Haiti, or Tennessee; whether you be wearing a Nightwish shirt, or a Cradle of Filth shirt, or a Slipknot shirt; if you’re wearing a bit of eye shadow and some lipstick, or no makeup, or full-on corpse paint; no matter what the differences may seem, all metalheads the world over will see each other in the street, say hello, and will help each other out. I wish the rest of the world could be as connected as we are.

See, now you got me started! If there’s one thing I love more than the music itself, it’s discussing how awesome metalheads are, and what a close knit international community we are! There are no strange metalheads, just metalheads you haven’t gotten drunk with at a festival yet!

Totally true!
I’ve been an experienced festival goer for more than 20 years so far, most times in Germany (where most festivals take place, for one reason or another), the Netherlands (my home country) and Belgium (my actual living country), and since last year to Hellfest. And you’d be surprised how open people can be! (if you are open for it as well of course :wink: )

If you come to the forum drink (Thursday, 7pm CEST) you’ll see how friendly we are. (and I’ll buy you a beer)

Hahaha you are crazy Lorelei, I like it :smiley:

Welcome on board Lorelei!
Another far far away metalhead who’s coming to experience Hellfest! Hope to meet you and have some drinks!

Thanks. I wouldn’t publish the number but I guess I need it to sell it!

Thanks to both of you. Has put my mind at rest about selling the other ticket.

Am I OK selling it through the forum or should I sell through zepass? I sold through them last time with no issue but I know they charge the buyer 20% on top and I’d rather just sell it for face value direct

In that case, the forum is an option.
Besides, Zepass is only available in French.

Yuss, at least one other Anzac!! Lol :smiley:

Welcome on the forum Lorelei,

Don’t worry there will always be a lot of people who will be glad to share a (or most likely a lot of) beer with you!
And i would be very happy to make my first Australian friend, even more if she’s a Metalhead! I hope to meet you soon in HF :wink: