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Festivals – why I’m still going at 68

And some advice for promoters

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Denise Taylor
Sep 09, 2025
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My first festival was Reading at 16. I took virtually nothing, slept in the back of a van crammed with friends, and didn’t care one bit. That was the beauty of youth – the music came first, everything else was just background noise.

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Dr Denise Taylor is a chartered psychologist, researcher and later life writer. She explores identity, purpose and ageing beyond conventional ideas of retirement with a particular interest in what matters now. Her tenth book, ThriveSpan, is out now.
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