By Sunday, the weather had improved to the point that while it was still not sun-kissed, it was at least very mild and people had begun to shed their rain coats. The relaxed feel to the day set the tone for Gypsi Swing on the DoneDeal stage. Their jazz and trad style with violin, double bass and dueling acoustic guitars [...]

Irish superstars Snow Patrol have just confirmed they will be headlining the second day of Tennent’s Vital 2013. The gig is set to be held in Boucher Road fields on Thursday 15th August 2013 and joining Snow Patrol will be the rising stars Kodaline and Foy Vance and Jason Mraz. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at [...]

The early afternoon festival slot on a Saturday can be a graveyard for many bands, with most revelers just awaking from their slumber/hangovers and wandering the campsites like zombies. One of the many advantages of Vantastival is that you can roll out of the tent and, within the time it takes to make a few moans and groans at your [...]

Prince Rama – The Button Factory It’s impossible to know what to expect from Prince Rama. The Larson sisters and their two male touring partners have a tendency to perform the bizarre. That can be seen right from the off as keyboardists/vocalist Taraka Larson gets on top of the shoulders of one of those male band mates, then drapes a [...]

Words: Ros Madigan & Frank Hughes The bank holiday pilgrimage had begun once more as all the impatient festival goers loaded up the wellies, the hibernating tents and everyone’s much-loved festival hat (what do you mean you don’t have one?). From humble beginnings, Vantastival has risen to be a much loved fixture on the festival calendar.  On arrival, it was [...]

One of the most anticipated events of the year, The Dublin Camden Crawl kicked off last night. Team Goldenplec spread themselves across the capital to the best of their ability and the following were their highlights. Echo and The Bunnymen – The Button Factory Post punk, indie dinosaurs Echo and The Bunnymen proved they can still deliver the goods on [...]

The Camden Crawl returns to Dublin this bank holiday weekend for its second annual jaunt across the sea. Transferring the legendary London festival proved a masterstroke as though Dublin may not have invented the pub crawl, it is certainly a city that gives countless opportunities to perfect it. Last year saw international talent such as We Are Scientists delivering the [...]

Vantastival is fast approaching this weekend and we sat down and listed out the bands we’re really excited about catching this weekend. We have two guys heading down to Vantastival for the weekend and they bashed heads together to come up with 10 acts they would recommend catching down at Vantastival this year. Of course there is a ton of [...]

Every year there is upset, outrage, dismay and occasionally joy as the lineups for the summer festivals drop. This year we have more festivals than ever with Longitude joining Oxegen and Electric Picnic at the large scale table. Indiependence, Sea Sessions, Westport, Camden Crawl, Castlepalooza, Forbidden Fruit and Live at the Marquee give you a mid sized option while the [...]

As festival season well and truly kicks into gear this week we get the Glasgowbury lineup for its 13th year. Electric Picnic and Oxegen have now passed on their opening salvo’s, Vantastival and Camden Crawl happen this weekend and Glasgowbury have given out their initial lineup for 2013. Heading the list of acts are the fantastic northern rockers The Answer [...]