Two decades of Budleigh rock

“Forget Glastonbury next year,” reads the entry from one of its Facebook fans. “Budstock all the way... Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Well, that was two years ago, and Budstock continues to have its thousand-plus passionate followers on sites like Facebook and MySpace. It’s still proud of its free and easy way of doing things, with its office “a tent in a field” and of course its free admission. But things are changing. This year's Budstock, the 14th, will have portaloos, on-site fire extinguishers, a security team to deal with any rowdies and an outside venue licence to meet new health and safety rules, all of which organizer Joe Holroyd found “a bit of a palaver.” Budstock Music Festival has been running for 20 years, though from time to time the effort of maintaining an annual event has simply proved too much. But on 1 August 2009 from 12.00 noon till midnight at Limekiln car park it will feature 20 of the best bands around playing on two stages for 12 solid hours...and it will...