Leeds Festival may not have been around quite as long as its twin Reading, but you won't catch anyone at Bramham Park this August Bank Holiday accepting that the northern site is inferior.
Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn is in charge of both sites, and he agrees that Leeds Festival has something special.
Benn was , which will see star acts perform including the Foo Fighters, Post Malone and The 1975.
When asked by LeedsLive about the difference between the northern and southern sites, Benn needed no second invitation to wax lyrical about the Leeds crowd.
"I guess the northern atmosphere is unquestionably there." Benn said.
"You can't describe it, you can't write it down, you can't measure it on a Richter scale or anything like that, but it's there, and that's a great separation.
"I think the site is beautiful and that's an incredible separation, I think the additional things we have like the Relentless Stage, the Piccadilly Party, the Dance to the Radio stage, the Anachronica Stage, there's a lot more goes on that we don't necessarily fly the flag about all that much.
"But, overall, I'd say it's the atmosphere.
"It's that intangible that you can't touch, that you know you're in the north and you know that you're among people who will look after each other."
Tickets
Leeds Festival runs between Friday, August 23 and Sunday, August 25.
You can buy tickets for Leeds Festival from Ticketmaster.
Ahead of this year's festival, you can find out all the latest news and gossip by visiting our Leeds Festival 2019 group. We'll bring you info on secret sets, our guide to the best acts to catch and all the important details you need ahead of the Bramham Park fun.
