Student events: Carnage UK vs The Big Night Out

Students like to drink, it’s kinda what we’re known for. I would say it’s a stereotype but it’s not. We like to go out and with so many student events and promotions who can blame us? The two biggest events at the minute are Carnage UK and The Big Night Out. But which event is better?

Carnage UK has received a lot of stick from the public recently, since the incident with Philip Laing, who was caught urinating on a war memorial last November during an event. However, it is not fair to blame them for something one irresponsible person did, he should have known his limits. Carnage UK does not promote binge drinking they only make it safe for students to something they would have done anyway.

From my personal experiences The Big Night Out is better, yes you have to travel two hours there and back on a coach but you do get to go clubbing in London. It’s different and it’s exciting. Carnage is a glorified pub crawl. And, it's always so busy that you barely have time to get a drink at each bar before you have to move onto the next.

Both are fun and well organised but spending half an hour at the bar trying to get a drink then having to leave before you’ve actually finished, well it annoyed me a little bit, I have to say. Although, the Big Night Out has its disadvantages too, for one, sitting one those coaches can get a little boring and as you’re allowed to drink, people get rowdy and very drunk. They can then be refused entry to the club which is a waste of time and money. But at the end of the day it’s not the company’s fault. We are all warned when we buy the tickets and when we are on the coach what the consequences are so if denied entry it is our own fault.