It’s the new one, Longitude is making its bow on the Irish festival scene and my word they have landed with a bang. The lineup is massive and the ticket prices are more than reasonable. It’s our pleasure so to have a pair of tickets to one of the three biggest festivals to give away. If you’ve been living under [...]

Optimus Primavera Sound festival at Parque da Cidade, Porto on 30th May – 1st June 2013 It’s now the second year of Optimus Primavera Sound, sister festival to the perennially popular Barcelona event. Perched at the corner of Parque da Cidade on the Atlantic coast, this festival in the hilly, jadedly scenic city of Porto is a world apart from [...]

This years Tennents Vital festival had extented to three days. Tickets for day one and two are already on sale. Tickets for day 3 go on sale Friday. Avicii has been confirmed to headline the third date with Tinie Tempah, Rudimental and Tommy Trash all on the support bill. The full lineup currently looks like….   Wed 14th Aug Thur [...]

Words: Stephen Byrne and Elizabeth McGeown There was a noticeable increase in attendance on day two of Forbidden Fruit. The main stage Sunday mentality soon set in, with a host of people plonking themselves down on the hill for the duration, putting their ‘impress me’ faces on while they waited for the main attractions of Chic and Primal scream.  However, [...]

Words: Stephen Byrne and Elizabeth McGeown With Dublin doused in heat, if not the sunshine we were promised, Forbidden Fruit got under way in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham. Following a shaky start it has fast become one of the most loved events in the Irish festival season, arguably one of the ‘big four’ festivals this year. This, [...]

Anyone heading to Longitude this year certainly won’t be heading for just one act. However it is the unfortunate announcement that Modest Mouse who were due to play the festival, have cancelled their entire European tour and will not be appearing at Longitude. Anyone who purchased a Sunday Day Ticket and wishes to obtain a refund due to the non [...]

Busy times in preparation for Sea Sessions. The festival season is well and truly in full swing and on June 21st to 23rd 2013 Bundoran will be taken over by surfing, music and with any luck some sun. The latest news out of the blocks is that Belfast Music Week is coming to Sea Sessions to showcase some great Northern [...]

So that’s it. Locked down and ready to go is Body and Soul 2013. We’ve seen off Camden Crawl, Forbidden Fruit and Vantastival. Next on the check list is Body And Soul festival later this month. Today they added the Michael Mayer, Overhead, The Albatross, Candice Gordon, Aindrias De Staic, Daithí and The Bahh Band. We’ve got a breakdown below [...]

  Ireland’s newest large scale camping festival has just released its final line up and ticketing information. A new festival that will be held in Ravensdale Equestrian Centre in Dundalk over the busy August bank holiday weekend between Friday 2nd and Sunday 4th will see the liked of Discharge, GBH, Kerbdog, LaFaro, Axis Of Gacy’s Threads, Dinosaur Pileup, The Mahones, [...]

Knockanstockan Festival 2013 is back bigger and better than ever. The not for profit event that pumps all it’s energies into the promotion and support of small Irish artists is back in Wicklow on the grounds of Blessington Lakes on Friday 28th July to 28th July 2013. They have lots of great acts in the lineup including a rake of the [...]