Galway Art Festival music

arrianalexander

Was looking forward to big acts been lined up but judging by the launch of it.. there is none .. maybe im wrong.. last year we got david gray, bellx1.. not huge names i know but ones you would go see none the less... anyone know if anyone like this will be performing ?

Sponge Bob

http://www.galwayartsfestival.com/programme.php?category=4

none are suitable for large venues of which Galway has none ....that may explain some of it.

alabama3 have been around for years of course .

arrianalexander

are they not having the big tent across from the catheral.. i know big tent may not be the right word but ya know what i mean..was lookingforward to going to a good gig this year..

Sponge Bob

The last great gig was radiohead 10 years ago but they pulled out of Castlegar after that .

Sparkles

Lookin forward to Seasick Steve in ROisins, plays a three string guitar and used to be homeless-now thats rock n frickin roll! Anyone seen hem live before??

padi89

Sponge Bob wrote:

The last great gig was radiohead 10 years ago but they pulled out of Castlegar after that .

what a day that was ........memories.I remember thinking at long last Galway will be getting some decent acts.....then nothing.

roomwithaskew

apparently, Guinness pulled their sponsorship money so there's no tent this year.

The music lineup is pretty uninspiring to say the least. Seasick Steve being the only act that's got me interested. Alabama 3, Mark Geary, Mundy, Tom Baxter all could be playing their dreary muck in Galway on any random night of the year.

Sponge Bob

roomwithaskew wrote:

apparently, Guinness pulled their sponsorship money so there's no tent this year.

I will be at Moving Hearts of course , should be a great gig.

http://www.galwayartsfestival.com/programme.php?category=4&id=1690

Webbs

roomwithaskew wrote:

apparently, Guinness pulled their sponsorship money so there's no tent this year.

The music lineup is pretty uninspiring to say the least. Seasick Steve being the only act that's got me interested. Alabama 3, Mark Geary, Mundy, Tom Baxter all could be playing their dreary muck in Galway on any random night of the year.

I probably agree in that aren't any large 'pop' acts playing this year, but this is after all an arts festival not just a music festival that has an appeal across the board. I am sure there are people who would consider that the line up is a decent one. I for one would prefer to see Seasick Steve and Mikel Rouse than any of the acts that played last year so I guess its each to his own

roomwithaskew

Webbs wrote:

but this is after all an arts festival not just a music festival that has an appeal across the board.

I would have thought that more obscure and leftfield music acts would be right at home at an 'arts' festival. If interpretive dance troupes and the like have a place in the festival then surely a more interesting music line-up does.

Even if there are lots of people that like the acts I mentioned above I doubt many would be particularly excited about them being part of the arts festival as they can see them every second weekend down in the roisin dubh 12 months of the year. Surely Galway people are sick of Alabama 3 riding into town on the back of that theme tune by now?

Zzippy

All I can say is, thank God I got my ticket to see Bell X1 in Malahide - there's hardly one act on in the festival this year that I'd want to see

johnnyboy4711

but fairly ordinary lineup!
john

Sponge Bob

project06 (they havent gone away you know but have a BIG porn festival lined up for us as you can see ) ....and they will probably round up some crushties with drums outta somewhere