Gregg playing at the Rambling Man Fair
never thought I'd see the day 😮 😉

Fingers crossed with flights tickets and hotel rooms invested a bit too much money in this.

I lucked out and by coincidence will be in England on a family vacation at that time. So I'm breaking off from that and going to the festival with a couple of old friends of mine that live over there. I'm really looking forward to checking out the scene. The line-up is a bit obscure for me but I'm sure we're going to have a big time!

http://www.ramblinmanfair.com/

I'd say your best bet would be the Blues Stage.

I'll be at the Paradiso, hopefully early enough to get a front row spot.

If you, and anyone else attending are up for setting up a meet before or after the show it could be a fun idea!

How was it?

This report by the Kent Messenger doesn't even mention GA!

"Almost 20,000 festival-goers descended on Maidstone this weekend for the town's first Ramblin' Man Fair.

The two-day festival brings rock and country music to Mote Park and is one of the biggest events the town has seen recently — on the same scale as the Radio 1’s Big Weekend in 2008.

Organised by The Rock Collective – Abbie Marshall and Gary Turner – it will also bring glamping to the park, off Mote Avenue, for the first time.

Ms Marshall said: 'We came to Maidstone and we thought ‘wow’ – Mote Park is a fantastic location. We never get a park like that in a town centre. We usually have a huge problem with transport, but it has amazing transport links, and people are right in the centre of things if they want to have a wander around.'

Crowds on Sunday were met with adverse weather but didn't let it dampen their spirits, instead rushing to the festival's beer tents for shelter.

The day also saw iconic solo artist Seasick Steve and prog rock legends Marillion perform.

Starting on Sunday, Willington Street, which borders Mote Park in places, is set to be closed due to through traffic. It is a main route for people trying to connect between the town and the A20/M20.

Today there was some traffic congestion around town and the Leisure centre, but no signs of road - or pavement rage - as music fans made their way in small groups towards the site.

Stay tuned to kmfm for all the latest travel news

Ms Marshall added: 'The glamping is a first for us. This is a new festival in Maidstone and we don’t know how it will be received by local people but this is a long term thing for us and we very much want to work with local people on it. We have worked alongside the council with this, and they have been supportive since day one.'

The festival brings some of the biggest names in rock and country to Maidstone, including Scorpions, Marillion, Camel, American blues artist Seasick Steve, who already has a Kent following, heavy metal band Saxon and American rockers Blue Oyster Cult.

Other acts include The Temperance Movement, Blue Pills, and Jess & the Bandits. The event will also include food stalls, a beer festival and music cinema.

It will have several stages, with two camping areas – glamping will be within the Mote Cricket Club area, while other camping will be at the Hop Farm in Paddock Wood – and will take 10 days to set up.

Ramblin' Man gates open at midday with music starting at 1pm both days."

The show was great Gregg was in fine voice.The set was different from the Paradiso the addition of Stormy Monday(one of my favs) was a treat.The pace was a little slow for some in the crowd and Gregg sat at the B3 for most of the set.
The crowd was not as big for Gregg as I thought it would be and it was easy to get right to the front and I bet Marrilion on the Prog Rock stage drew a bigger crowd.Having said that it was an privilege to see Gregg at a festival for the first time.

Tons of pics from the Ramblin' Man Fair can be found here (scroll down for a dozen Gregg Allman pictures):

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/features/2015-07-27/ramblin-man-in-pictures

Festival looks very cool / relaxed, btw.