Dance festivals...any good ones left?

Now that Life has passed, and Solas, and Techfest, and Electric Picnic, anything left anywhere. And if not here, anywhere on the continent near a Ryanair airport?

Anything really, preferably towards the minimal techno or IDM end of the range rather than 50,000 German trance fans jumping up and down to Tiesto in some hangar.

JCDUB

Conor,

I was talking to a few folks down at the picnic who told me planet love is on next weekend up in Antrim.
Dunno what the tunes will be like but I'd say it's a very young crowd so you can expect plenty of pikie tunes and maaadoutofits:pac::pac::pac:

Whatever floats your boat I suppose, not my cup of tea though...

Did you make it into Fairyland at the Picnic?Now that's more my style, great tunes and a deadly atmosphere.Bodytonic quiite good too..

L1011

Won't be madourrerits at PlanetLove in the North. The name is sullied down here by knackbags, however PL has been going for a decade up there.

However, there won't be much in the way of minimal techno or IDM there... three trance arenas (more or less); Meganite and Q-Dance arenas, and so on. And Tiesto's playing the main stage the night before.

www.planetlovemusic.com

JCDUB

JCDUB wrote: »

I was talking to a few folks down at the picnic who told me planet love is on next weekend up in Antrim.

The horror, the horror. I'd rather iron my sack

JCDUB wrote: »

Did you make it into Fairyland at the Picnic?Now that's more my style, great tunes and a deadly atmosphere.Bodytonic quiite good too..

No, didn't make Picnic at all, or Techfest in the above list. was just mentioning them as festivals that got good reviews. Went to Solas and Life though.

Found a few on other sites and boards, being

I Love Techno
http://www.ilovetechno.be/2008/

Time Warp (TW Holland)
http://www.time-warp.de/content/e2/e4578/index_ger.html

Awakenings
http://www.awakenings.nl/?lang=en

KevIRL

A bit closer to home there is the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival over the October bank holiday weekend

http://deafireland.com/blog/

Heard about that alright. Luke Vibert, Chymera, Sunil Sharp, Laurent Garnier and, best of all, Model 500, amongst lots of others. Never seen them, but 'Deep Space' is one of my favourite albums and 'I Wanna Be There' an absolute anthem.

Zavi Discoma

check out 'A day in the Life' festival down in wicklow next saturday. kraftwerk and soulwax playing. its in Lugalla estate and its a one day thing! shud be fun!!

Kold

Where can I order tickets for Luke Vibert? This likely to sell out?

gerry99

we are seriously lacking in good quality dance gigs \ festivals in this country . i was @ techfest & the south planet love and have to say techfest was by far the best , proper techno & minimal & proper techno fans . for the price of a ticket to oxygen i got a wkend in amsterdam & went to dance valley which was a crazy session and i plan on goin back in november in which i can then travel by train to the i love techno gig over in ghent belgium .. its surprising how lil these trips can cost , the same as 1 or 2 good wkends out in any local city .. check out the link for line up for the ILT gig , i think its a crazy line up with a lot of massive names ... http://www.ilovetechno.be/2008/

trance = **** !!!!! techno =

Zavi Discoma

Zavi Discoma wrote: »

kraftwerk and soulwax playing. its in Lugalla estate and its a one day thing! shud be fun!!

Not no more it aint.

Moved to Kilmainham Hospital, weather problems and lake could flood.