St. Paddy’s is usually a highlight in the calendar for Edinburgh students, boasting the renowned 19-hour-long event at The Three Sisters that year after year attracts so many from Edinburgh and beyond. But this year, a shadow has been cast over the spirit of St. Patrick: the once reasonably priced £7 tickets have inflated to an outrageous £25, leading me to question everything. We all know that Edinburgh club prices aren’t ever easy on student budgets, but the one event that I once considered to have our backs financially has betrayed us all this year.
If you are still on the fence about whether to let Three Sisters get away with ripping students off in a cost of living crisis, let’s consider the life of St. Patrick himself. After being enslaved by Irish pirates for six years, Patrick converted to Christianity and promoted faith, courage and humility. As we decide how to celebrate his spirit on the 17th of March, surely Patrick’s lasting message is not to give in to corporate greed, but to show courage and deny Three Sisters our attendance at the event that they consider to be their crowning glory?
By 3pm last year, the waiting time for food and ladies’ toilets almost equalled the ridiculous queues down Cowgate to get in at 8am earlier that morning. Don’t be so naïve as to think that a £25 ticket will mean no queuing! After all this, many feel like leaving as the day-drinking drowsiness catches up and an hour queue for the toilet starts to seem unappealing. And for £7 you think you’ve got your money’s worth… but not this year! I can already picture hundreds of burnt out Three Sisters-goers at 3pm on Sunday convincing each other to stay another painful hour to claim it was worth it. Not many lasted until Jedward last year, and whoever the elusive ‘special guest performance’ is this year, nothing will feel special after paying such a bank-breaking sum (ok, maybe Paul Mescal).
I know it’s ‘the place to be’ and the annual chance for so many of us to announce our one eighth of Irishness, but let’s look further afield this Paddy’s Day…
I’m talking Dropkicks, I’m talking Kitty’s, I’m talking Irish bar crawl but please, join me in taking a leaf out of St. Patrick’s book this year and mustering the courage to teach Three Sisters a lesson against capitalist greed this Paddy’s Day. Our reward: the return of the £7 Three Sisters ticket next year. #boycottthreesisters2024
“Saint Patrick” by Lawrence OP is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Why I feel let down this St Patrick’s Day
St. Paddy’s is usually a highlight in the calendar for Edinburgh students, boasting the renowned 19-hour-long event at The Three Sisters that year after year attracts so many from Edinburgh and beyond. But this year, a shadow has been cast over the spirit of St. Patrick: the once reasonably priced £7 tickets have inflated to an outrageous £25, leading me to question everything. We all know that Edinburgh club prices aren’t ever easy on student budgets, but the one event that I once considered to have our backs financially has betrayed us all this year.
If you are still on the fence about whether to let Three Sisters get away with ripping students off in a cost of living crisis, let’s consider the life of St. Patrick himself. After being enslaved by Irish pirates for six years, Patrick converted to Christianity and promoted faith, courage and humility. As we decide how to celebrate his spirit on the 17th of March, surely Patrick’s lasting message is not to give in to corporate greed, but to show courage and deny Three Sisters our attendance at the event that they consider to be their crowning glory?
By 3pm last year, the waiting time for food and ladies’ toilets almost equalled the ridiculous queues down Cowgate to get in at 8am earlier that morning. Don’t be so naïve as to think that a £25 ticket will mean no queuing! After all this, many feel like leaving as the day-drinking drowsiness catches up and an hour queue for the toilet starts to seem unappealing. And for £7 you think you’ve got your money’s worth… but not this year! I can already picture hundreds of burnt out Three Sisters-goers at 3pm on Sunday convincing each other to stay another painful hour to claim it was worth it. Not many lasted until Jedward last year, and whoever the elusive ‘special guest performance’ is this year, nothing will feel special after paying such a bank-breaking sum (ok, maybe Paul Mescal).
I know it’s ‘the place to be’ and the annual chance for so many of us to announce our one eighth of Irishness, but let’s look further afield this Paddy’s Day…
I’m talking Dropkicks, I’m talking Kitty’s, I’m talking Irish bar crawl but please, join me in taking a leaf out of St. Patrick’s book this year and mustering the courage to teach Three Sisters a lesson against capitalist greed this Paddy’s Day. Our reward: the return of the £7 Three Sisters ticket next year. #boycottthreesisters2024
“Saint Patrick” by Lawrence OP is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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