Any normal year, a frosty dawn around this time would mean stumbling home after a Christmas after-party that went a bit too far, calling to a 24-hour Centra for a bottle of Lucozade. But as […]
Category: Festivals
AVA making up for lost time
Considering the DUP’s obsession with getting one over on the Papist Republic, it’s a wonder they haven’t been all over the North’s head start on gigs reopening over the last few weeks — especially the […]
Dublin’s Alive with the sound of Rising Damp
Dublin Alive! Is a free Dublin City Council day-long festival in partnership with Axis Ballymun, taking place all day in Mount Bernard Park in Cabra in the northside. It’s billed as a family-focused event, with […]
‘Come together again’ for Culture Night 2021
The tagline couldn’t be more inclusive this year: “Come together — AGAIN.” The 16th edition of Culture Night takes place all over the island tonight with hundreds of online and offline events. Wherever you are, […]
Check for Signs of Life in Kilkenny
Tomorrow (Saturday) kicks off a series of mini day festivals at Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre in Kilkenny, with an open music policy of folk, trad, hip-hop and Afrobeat. Tomorrow’s opening concert features Landless, Lemoncello, Maija Sofia and […]
Join the Village people this weekend
It Takes a Village is returning to the family holiday camp for a festival that’s probably more PG than its two previous editions, given the restrictions. It’s set up as a smaller scale version of […]
Irish ‘micro-festivals – what’s not to Love?
Another Love Story gave up long ago on a full 2021 festival, and last month announced the first six acts for next year, along with early bird tickets. In the meantime, they’re grasping at the […]
Can you really do Hellfest at home?
Of all festival experiences, a full-on extreme metal camping weekender might well be the most difficult to replicate in the virtual space. The iconic French festival Hellfest has had to call off its event for […]
Notwist at a jazz festival? Kinda makes sense
Named after one of Europe’s major rivers, the Elbe flows through the Czech Republic and Germany, notably through the industrial harbour city of Hamburg, which usually hosts the annual Elbjazz Festival. The organisers say that […]
The great indoors: Is virtual festival season a gimmick too far?
This weekend, thousands of music heads should be at Body & Soul festival, and for the rest of the summer we’ll still be getting calendar notifications for cancelled gigs and festivals. Still, many promoters are […]
Face To Face with Dublin Bowie Festival 2020
In the four years since David Bowie’s death, tributes have stopped feeling like a wake, and rather a celebration of maybe the greatest pop music icon of them all. As we’re hoovering up pine needles, […]
10 hyped acts at Electric Picnic 2019
Electric Picnic is now a far cry from its ‘boutique’ beginnings in 2004, with the site expanding to 57,000 this year, and a move in recent years to include huge pop stars among the leftfield […]
Spread the Love Sensation
In the last few years, Pride events in Ireland have grown exponentially, we voted an emphatic Yes in the marriage referendum, and no one batted a false eyelash when drag queen Panti Bliss was declared […]
Waterford’s getting it Together
With so many festivals in Ireland these days and new ones popping up almost weekly during the summer, it’s easy to take them for granted – miss one and you’ll get your kicks soon enough […]
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