Our second summer tour in our little purple truck has come
to an end! It involved lots of hard work, tonnes of fun and laughs with lots of
new Not Dogs fans! Here's a little round-up for the blog...
We kicked off with BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in May - we'd
never travelled to Norwich before but by the end of the event we simply loved
the place! Not only is it a beautiful town to visit, the people there are so
friendly and love Not Dogs which is always a good thing! Despite being very
busy, we managed to get some #SausageSelfie photos with lots of fans and also a
few of the artists performing there which was great - although a shoutout on
the radio from Greg James on the way home topped it off for us!
Up next was our second appearance at Godiva Festival in
Katie's hometown of Coventry - last year's event was so good we knew we didn't
want to miss it this year! Although it may not be as well known as some of the
summer's events, Godiva is a fantastic free festival for all ages with some
great performers. We had a surprise visit after closing one evening from punk
band Slaves who were two of the nicest people we met all summer and they loved
their Not Dogs!
In July it was off to London we went for one of our
favourite festivals - Lovebox in Victoria Park. We traded at Lovebox in 2014
and 2015 exceeded all expectations! It's an amazing festival with the best
atmosphere so it's really fun to be there and get lots of #SausageSelfie
pictures! We actually sold out of Not Dogs on both days! This really is a
festival not to miss.
Staying in London the Not Dogs truck attended a new one-day
festival for 2015; Citadel, again located in Victoria Park. We have to say that
Citadel is now our new favourite festival! The event organisers put on such an
amazing event there's something for everyone - we do hope it returns next year!
V Festival was a festival we had a goal of getting to when
we started Not Dogs so were happy to rock up to our pitch near the main stage
for some close-to-home fun in Weston Park, Staffordshire. Here we witnessed mud
wrestling, massive acts and our new potato waffle fries sold like hot
cakes/fries!
In 2014 we travelled up and down the country from London to
Wales and back again but this year we found ourselves staying closer to home in
the Midlands. Our last-but-one festival was Fusion Festival in Cofton Park,
Birmingham. Fans were greatly disappointed that the main attraction Justin
Bieber pulled out at the last minute but, much to our pleasure... Ed Sheeran
came to the rescue! Ed pulled in a massive crowd on the first day of the three
day festival where he did a 90 minute set - we had a great view of the stage
too which was a bonus! Brummies loved our Not Dogs and it was great to get so
many #SausageSelfies with people! Fusion was one of our highlights of the
summer.
Lastly we returned to where we started - Norwich for Sundown
Festival. Here, we met some great people, saw some fantastic acts and loved
hearing how tasty everyone said their Not Dogs were! It was good to round-up the
summer season where it had all kicked off!
Now we're looking forward to returning to Oxford, without
our little purple truck (into a chalet we go!) for the Oxford Christmas Market 2015. We had the best time last year so are very excited to be setting-up there
again with our winter menu. And, our plans for 2016 couldn't get any bigger and
although we hope to be doing a third summer tour, we hope to be sticking around
in a location for a little longer! Stay tuned!
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