Irish Music Festivals Summer '09
nutmeg81
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Hey there folks,
Well I thought I'd set this up for anyone on here who is wondering what is happening where and when throughout the stretched evenings during the summer months regarding festivals on our fair isle. It is also a heads up for anyone visiting/traveling about the country.
Date Sat May 2nd
Site http://www.sibinfestival.com/
Where Man O' War, Balbriggan Co Dublin
Tix for this 1 dayer cost E48 and I think it is in its 2nd year?! From the pics on the site the venue looks great and the info on the homepage seems as though its somewhere you'd wanna be instead of in the City Centre! Mainly Irish acts who the organisers feel get neglected are playing and some international acts too but no one massively big it seems. Which may be alot better!
Date June 26-28th
Site http://www.seasessions.com/lineup.html
Where Main Beach, Bundoren, Co Sligo or Mayo (??!!)
3 day Surfing and Music festival. Tix E54 excludes accommodation with Hostels sold out already more or less. Ya can camp on the local GAA pitch with it E5 per tent per night! Super Furry Animals, KIla, Andrew Weatherall, Dj's and more Irish bands all playing.
Date July 12-14th
Site http://www.oxegen.ie
Where Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare
Oxegen is a 3day festival with 80,000 tix on sale. There are single day, weekend with camping and weekend without available too. Yes you have NME/Mtv 2 mainstream rock acts but you also get alot of smaller bands both Irish an international. The Specials, Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, Blur, YYY's Tv On The Radio all playing along with KOL, The Killers & Snow Patrol. You can get stuck beside young kids up for their first ever music festival, scumbags, guitar wielding folk or sound out people in the campsites. Alas as it in my home town I go home to bed each night!
Date Aug 1 & 2
Site http://www.castlepalooza.com
Where Charlieville Castle, Tullamore, Co Offaly
Only a 2 day festival over bank holiday weekend with tix E89 including camping. Based mainly for Irish acts both signed and unsigned and ain't heard a bad word about it with it now going for its 4th year. David Kitt, RSAG, Dark Room Notes added so far.
Date Sept 4-6th
Site http://www.electricpicnic.ie/
Where Stradbally Castle, Stradbally, Co Loais.
EP is now in its 6th year and the best in the country. Tix are 3 day camping only at E240 all in. Aimed at mid/late 20's upwards along with 30/40 odd yr old music fans as well as young families. Orbital, Basement Jaxx, Madness, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, EITS, Seasick Steve and many more announced so far. Rumours of David Byrne (Talking Heads) Bon Iver and Brian Wilson abound.
There will be more added to this when I can and if anyone hears of anything let me know!
Mantua festival meant to be going ahead too.
Well I thought I'd set this up for anyone on here who is wondering what is happening where and when throughout the stretched evenings during the summer months regarding festivals on our fair isle. It is also a heads up for anyone visiting/traveling about the country.
Date Sat May 2nd
Site http://www.sibinfestival.com/
Where Man O' War, Balbriggan Co Dublin
Tix for this 1 dayer cost E48 and I think it is in its 2nd year?! From the pics on the site the venue looks great and the info on the homepage seems as though its somewhere you'd wanna be instead of in the City Centre! Mainly Irish acts who the organisers feel get neglected are playing and some international acts too but no one massively big it seems. Which may be alot better!
Date June 26-28th
Site http://www.seasessions.com/lineup.html
Where Main Beach, Bundoren, Co Sligo or Mayo (??!!)
3 day Surfing and Music festival. Tix E54 excludes accommodation with Hostels sold out already more or less. Ya can camp on the local GAA pitch with it E5 per tent per night! Super Furry Animals, KIla, Andrew Weatherall, Dj's and more Irish bands all playing.
Date July 12-14th
Site http://www.oxegen.ie
Where Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare
Oxegen is a 3day festival with 80,000 tix on sale. There are single day, weekend with camping and weekend without available too. Yes you have NME/Mtv 2 mainstream rock acts but you also get alot of smaller bands both Irish an international. The Specials, Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, Blur, YYY's Tv On The Radio all playing along with KOL, The Killers & Snow Patrol. You can get stuck beside young kids up for their first ever music festival, scumbags, guitar wielding folk or sound out people in the campsites. Alas as it in my home town I go home to bed each night!
Date Aug 1 & 2
Site http://www.castlepalooza.com
Where Charlieville Castle, Tullamore, Co Offaly
Only a 2 day festival over bank holiday weekend with tix E89 including camping. Based mainly for Irish acts both signed and unsigned and ain't heard a bad word about it with it now going for its 4th year. David Kitt, RSAG, Dark Room Notes added so far.
Date Sept 4-6th
Site http://www.electricpicnic.ie/
Where Stradbally Castle, Stradbally, Co Loais.
EP is now in its 6th year and the best in the country. Tix are 3 day camping only at E240 all in. Aimed at mid/late 20's upwards along with 30/40 odd yr old music fans as well as young families. Orbital, Basement Jaxx, Madness, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, EITS, Seasick Steve and many more announced so far. Rumours of David Byrne (Talking Heads) Bon Iver and Brian Wilson abound.
There will be more added to this when I can and if anyone hears of anything let me know!
Mantua festival meant to be going ahead too.
26/10/96 dublin
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
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Thanks a lot,
May give Castlepalooza a look this year. Did POD stop running the Garden Party?
how??!!
pass some along man aint missed any of the 5 so far!!
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
hey theres a lot more to be announced.
where u traveling in ireland?
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
still working that part out, dublin is all i know. i'm not sure how long to stay in dublin though.
u hittin any euro dates before the trip over?
where ya from?
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
2 MANY DJS, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, ABC, ALABAMA 3, AMADOU & MARIAM, BASEMENT JAXX, BAT FOR LASHES, BELL ORCHESTRE, BELL X1, BILLY BRAGG, BRIAN WILSON, CHIC, CHRIS CUNNINGHAM LIVE, DAMIEN DEMPSEY, DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, EFTERKLANG, EROL ALKAN, ESG, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, FIONN REGAN, FLAMING LIPS, FLEET FOXES, FOUR TET, HALFSET, HEARTBREAK, IMELDA MAY, JAMES MURPHY & PAT MAHONEY, JAPE, JAZZANOVA (LIVE), JEFFREY LEWIS, KLAXONS, LISA HANNIGAN, LOW ANTHEM, LYKKE LI, MADNESS, MAGAZINE, MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO, MARINA & THE DIAMONDS, MGMT, MICACHU, MICHAEL NYMAN ORCHESTRA, MODERAT, MUNDY, NÔZE, OKKERVIL RIVER, ORBITAL, QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA & HIS COMBO BARBARO, RICHMOND FONTAINE, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, ROOTS MANUVA,ROYKSOPP, SEASICK STEVE, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE), SKREAM & BENGA, THE FIELD, THE SUGARHILL GANG, THE WAILERS, THE WALKMEN, TUNNG, VILLAGERS, WHITEST BOY ALIVE, ZERO 7
Main Stage: Blur, Snow Patrol, The Script, Lily Allen, James, The Coronas
Stage 2: Keane, Pendulum, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Therapy?, The Answer
Heineken Tent: 2 Many DJs, Republic Of Loose, Mogwai,Fight Like Apes, Dreadzone, God Is An Astronaut
Red Bull Music Academy: Ladyhawke, M83
Dance Arena: DeadMau5, Swedish House Mafia, Crookers, Tom Middleton, Aeroplane, Japanese Popstars, Frankmusik, BURNS
SATURDAY 11TH JULY
Main Stage: Kings Of Leon, Bloc Party, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Morrison, The Blizzards, Squeeze, The Saw Doctors
Stage 2: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Doves, The Mars Volta, Maximo Park, Eagles of Death Metal, The Game, The Gaslight Anthem
Heineken Tent: Pet Shop Boys, TV On The Radio, Peter Doherty, Regina Spektor, The Saturdays, Daniel Merriweather, Gary Go
Red Bull Music Academy: Crystal Castles, Tinchy Stryder
Dance Arena: Tiga, Boys Noize, Annie Mac, Digitalism, Yuksek, Dr Lektroluv, Popof, Don Rimini
SUNDAY 12TH JULY
Main Stage: The Killers, Razorlight, The Specials, Paolo Nutini, Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris, Ocean Colour Scene
Stage 2: Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, The Ting Tings, Katy Perry, White Lies, Starsailor, You Me At Six, The Horrors
Heineken Tent: Manic Street Preachers, Glasvegas, Jason Mraz, Foals, Friendly Fires, Noisettes, Iglu And Hartly
Red Bull Music Academy: Florence And The Machine, Of Montreal
Dance Arena: Felix Da Housecat, Miss Kittin & The Hacker (live), Fever Ray, MSTRKRFT, The Bloody Beetroots, Hudson Mohawke, Kissy Sell Out
stage not yet decided: Spinnerette, Hockey, Wallis Bird, The Hours
Went for the NIN / JA sets, got front row centre, both were brilliant. NIN in particular though, they were just amazing. Short set by their standards but that was always gona be the way.
I also caught Fever Ray (the girl from The Knife), Foals, The Maccabees, RSAG (REALLY good). Id wanted to see them.
Went wandering the stages for the day and saw Telepathe, Ting Tings, Noisettes, Wallis Bird, Phenomenal Handclap Band, White Lies, Blood & Whiskey and a few minutes of the Specials. Wasnt particularly impressed by any of them except The Noisettes and Phenomenal Handclap Band, who were both great.
Great line-up for the festival, but it just cannot compare to the Picnic for me. Cant wait for that now!
Bats For Lashes, Sugarhill gang