Witnness was one of the first big Music festivals in Ireland running from 2000 to 2003. It was held at Fairyhouse Racecourse until the final year, 2003 where it moved to Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare for its final year.
In 2004, Guinness dropped out as sponsors and were replaced by Heineken and the festival changed it’s name to Oxegen and has been such ever since.
The 2002 festival was moved from August to July 13 and 14 at Fairyhouse Racecourse
| Saturday July | Sunday July |
|---|---|
Witnness Main |
|
| The Prodigy | Oasis |
| Foo Fighters | Primal Scream |
| Greenday | Gomez |
| The Frames | No Doubt |
| The Hives | Starsailor |
| Jimmy Eat World | The Revs |
| The Bluetones | Maria Doyle Kennedy |
| Beverly Knight | The Polyphonic Spree |
| Turn | |
Witnness Upstage |
|
| David Kitt | Basement Jaxx |
| Chemical Brothers | Dandy Warhols |
| Ian Brown | BRMC |
| Wilt | Less Than Jake |
| Gemma Hayes | A |
| Hundred Reasons | Cooper Temple Clause |
| Electric Soft Parade | Rival Schools |
| The Parkinsons | Hoobastank |
| Desert Hearts | Haven |
| Berkeley | |
Witnness Rising |
|
| Air | Idlewild |
| Mercury Rev | Melaton |
| Sonic Youth | Badly Drawn Boy |
| Beta Band | Damien Rice |
| Sandra Bernhard | The Devlins |
| Cornelius | Mundy |
| Decal | Redneck Manifesto |
| Gonzales | The Libertines |
| Peaches | Archive |
| The Jimmy Cake | Nina Hynes |
Witnness Dance |
|
| Richard Fearless | Soulwax DJs |
| Spiritualized | Resettaz |
| Johnny Moy | Morcheeba |
| Kosheen | Mr Ray |
| Areveene | Groove Armada |
| Junkie XL | Complete Stone Roses |
| The Disconauts | Pat Macmellow |
| Lady Miss Kier | Lemon Jelly |
| Creative Controle | Tiga |
| Scott McNaughton | The Bays |
| Ri Ra | Eamon Sweeney |
Witnness Cafe |
|
| Hacienda That | Josh Ritter |
| Rodrigo y Gabriela | Hamell on Trial |
| The Pony Club | Eileen Rose |
| Woodstar | The Reindeer Section |
| The Warlords of Pez | Adam Snyder |
| The Thrills | David Couse |
| Goodtime John | The Coral |
| Turpa | Ikara Colt |
| Pet Sounds | The Session |
| Superskin | Athlete |
| Clearshot | Leaves |
| The Answer | Olympic Lifts |
| Babelfish | Jetplane Landin |
| Label | |
Witnness Festival Archive
Witnness 2003 | Witness 2002 – Then Becomes Oxegen
Oxegen Archive
Oxegen 2014 | Oxegen 2013 | Oxegen 2012 | Oxegen 2011 | Oxegen 2010 | Oxegen 2009 | Oxegen 2008 | Oxegen 2007 | Oxegen 2006 | Oxegen 2005 | Oxegen 2004