Indie-pendence 2009 line up Announced

Heisenberg.

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samsemtex

Us locals better be getting concessions to this. Don't fancy having to pay €60 just to go to what is traditionally the only good weekend of the year in Mitchelstown.

Bren Jacob

If its the only good weekend of the year then I would have thought you wouldnt mind forking out a few bob for it!

I was at it a couple of years ago when Hybrasil played it and had a great time.
From the looks of this years line up and the ramping up of the organisational aspects it looks like this festival will soon be on the "must go to" list of summer festival in Ireland.

samsemtex wrote: »

Us locals better be getting concessions to this. Don't fancy having to pay €60 just to go to what is traditionally the only good weekend of the year in Mitchelstown.

dereko1969

If you bothered reading to the end of the flyer you would see
There will however be a limited number of special offer weekend passes available locally for just €39. These will be on sale from a number of locations around Mitchelstown including a number of the bars, Coral Dry Cleaners and T3D.

indiechoc

INDIEPENDENCE Festival Line Up with just a couple of announcements left!

August 1st & 2nd
Mitchelstown
Co. Cork

202's
Travega
Vesta Varro
Stone Roses Experience
Ham Sandwich
The Chapters
Fight Like Apes
Ocean Colour Scene
The Jades
Panama Kings
Pocket Promise
Heathers
Rarely Seen Above Ground
Messiah J & The Expert
Mundy
Snowman
The Hot Sprockets
Gavin Glass
Ian Whitty & The Exchange
The Vital Spark
Carosel
Ollie Cole
Fish Go Deep (DJ Set)
The Minutes
The Aftermath
Fred
Delorentos
The Blizzards
The Super Furry Animals
Sickboy
Cowboy X
Setmaker
Dark Room Notes
Villagers
Director
The Frank & Walters
Killer Chloe
Remy
Reemo
Myp Et Jeep
Joe Echo
Grand Pocket Orchestra
Le Galaxie
Nicole Maguire
Gillian Verrechia
The Kinetiks
Mo Kelly (DJ Set)

3 Stages / 2 Days / 2 Bars / Gourmet Food Stalls

€39 Special Offer Tickets Available in Mitchelstown (Nearly gone!)
€59 Weekend Full Price Tickets available from Ticketmaster

www.indiependencefestival.com

mushypeas30

Any mention of when they will announce the daily breakdown?

Hacks

Anyone else hear of a 2 day festival in Mitchelstown in August ??? Cant find the details anywhere, Super Furry Animals and Ocean Colour Scene were the headliners i think.......????

Knifey_Spoony

http://www.mitchelstownfest.com/

Really decent line-up..and only €59!

I can't wait for it

glanman

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60992197#post60992197

Just posted in there about the new camping. Line-up isn't bad at all. Good weather and we will be laughing!!

tanora78

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glanman

Its hard to say as it is a new festival but I wouldn't say you should have any problems! If 16/17 year olds are getting into oxegen I can't see what should stop you here.

If you are stopped just attach yourself to some over 20 people and say you are with them. If that doesn't work just be honest and say you are there for the music and don't care about drinking!

Heisenberg.

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glanman

Fight Like Apes are on Saturday, Fred Sunday as of this:

http://www.mitchelstownfest.com/Indiependence_lineup.pdf

monthehoops

INDIEPENDENCE Music & Arts Festival Gets Camping Green Light
Its been a while coming to fruition but the INDIEPENDENCE Music & Arts Festival has finally been given the green light for an official festival campsite at O'Connell Park, Mitchelstown. This means that festival goers heading along to see headliners Ocean Colour Scene and The Super Furry Animals along with top Irish acts, The Blizzards, Mundy, Fight Like Apes, The Frank & Walters, Director, Delorentos, Fish Go Deep, Wallis Bird, The Chapters and over 50 more top acts and DJ's will now be able to stay on site for the weekend and enjoy the full festival experience!

But here's the best bit, festival organisers in these recessionary times have decided not to charge any extra for the campsite! Anybody with a €59 weekend ticket purchased from ticketmaster even where these tickets state "weekend non-camping" will be given access to the campsite. The site is adjacent to the festival arena and car parking facilities are less than 5 minutes walk away.

The Festival which is sponsored by Bavaria, offers three stages with 10 hours of music on site each day. On top of that, the entire town of Mitchelstown is turned into a festival centre with 2am extensions in all bars and live music and DJ's on offer into the early hours.

All €59 weekend tickets purchased from Ticketmaster will allow access to the campsite. Any festival goers who bought €39 day or special offer early bird tickets will be able to access the campsite by paying a supplement on arrival at the site.

Check out www.indiependencefestival.com for details!

monthehoops

andyrew120 wrote: »

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If you promise me you won't drink, and I mean PINKY SWEAR it, ye can all get in...

monthehoops

mushypeas30 wrote: »

Any mention of when they will announce the daily breakdown?

INDIE-PENDENCE Stage Times:

Saturday
Bavaria Stage
2200 Ocean Colour Scene
2045 Mundy
1915 The Chapters
1800 Ham Sandwich
1700 The Stone Roses Experience
1615 Vesta Varro
1530 Nicole Maguire
1445 202'2
1400 The Minutes

Cyprus Avenue Stage
2100 Fight Like Apes
1930 Messiah J & The Expert
1815 Rarely Seen Above Ground
1730 Heathers
1645 Panama Kings
1600 Pocket Promise
1515 The Jades
1430 Agbonlahor

Red Bull Village
2200 Mo Kelly (DJ Set)
2100 The Brilliant Things
1945 Sickboy
1830 The Vital Spark
1730 Ollie Cole
1645 Carosel
1600 The Hot Sprockets
1530 Snowman
1500 TBC
1430 TBC

Sunday
Bavaria Stage
2200 Super Furry Animals
2030 The Blizzards
1915 Delorentos
1800 Fred
1700 Wallis Bird
1615 The Aftermath
1530 16 Layers
1445 Elspeth
1400 Travega

Cyprus Avenue Stage
2100 The Frank & Walters
1930 Director
1615 Villagers
1730 Dark Room Notes
1645 Ian Whitty & The Exchange
1600 Setmaker
1515 Cowboy X
1430 Gillian Verrechia

Red Bull Village
2200 Fish Go Deep
2100 Wiggle
1945 The Kinetiks
1830 Le Galaxie
1730 Grand Pocket Orchestra
1645 Joe Echo
1600 Sara Lou
1530 Myp Et Jeep
1500 Reemo
1430 Remy
1400 Killer Chloe

Weekend Camping Tickets €59
Day Tickets €39

Special Offer Weekend Non-Camping Tickets available from The Old Oak €39

Check out www.indiependencefestival.com for further details!

www.ticketmaster.ie

3 Stages / 2 Bars / Gourmet Food & a town turned into a venue!!

NumptyB

i'm from the town, actually gutted that this is the first year i will ever miss the festival - esp as it's the first year it's gonna be in this proper festival form. bit sad it's been moved out of the square, a lot of the family feel has gone from it, which is what the heart of it was, but sure it could be a step in the right direction!

monthehoops

NumptyB wrote: »

i'm from the town, actually gutted that this is the first year i will ever miss the festival - esp as it's the first year it's gonna be in this proper festival form. bit sad it's been moved out of the square, a lot of the family feel has gone from it, which is what the heart of it was, but sure it could be a step in the right direction!

It just wasn't feasible to hold it in the square again to be honest and the idea was always to make it bigger & better. Mitchelstown has suffered a lot in recent times with job losses etc and the festival generates money for the town directly or indirectly. I'd love to see the 'brand' take off and turn the town into somewhere like Thurles when Féile used to be there. Fair enough there are always going to be some anti-social aspects to it but there's life breathed into the place for that weekend and I'm sure the people of Thurles would welcome Féile with open arms again because of the business generated by it. I think having it out of the square also takes some of that anti social behaviour away from the town centre and at least if it's going to happen it happens in a controlled environment rather than in an unmanned alleyway.

Anyways, I'm rabbiting on. The idea is to make it bigger and better. None of us take a wage out of it and none of us make money from it. Everything that's made is pumped into making the following year bigger & better. Long may it continue.

D-Generate

Have got tickets for this and was just wondering about the drinking situation.

Will the bars only serve Bavaria or will there be other beers on offer? Also is it possible to bring in your own drinks or is that only for those who are staying on the campsite?

monthehoops

D-Generate wrote: »

Have got tickets for this and was just wondering about the drinking situation.

Will the bars only serve Bavaria or will there be other beers on offer? Also is it possible to bring in your own drinks or is that only for those who are staying on the campsite?

Can't bring in your own beer and there's more than Bavaria available.

FUNKY LOVER

cant bring own drink in??

thats ridiculous.

monthehoops

Not really. How can we allow people to bring in glass bottles etc?

FUNKY LOVER

monthehoops wrote: »

Not really. How can we allow people to bring in glass bottles etc?

what about cans??recession and all that.

monthehoops

FUNKY LOVER wrote: »

what about cans??recession and all that.

If you can find a festival with a similar line up for €59 including two days camping let me know - I'd like to meet the organisers.

Beer onsite will also be a hell of a lot cheaper than it would be at any other festival in the country.

A big part of what we've done is to try and make the ffestival accessible for everyone, and at €59 for a weekend ticket with camping I think we've done that. One of the main sponsors is Bavaria and part of getting sponsorship from anyone is that the customer base has pretty much exclusive access to their product. There has to be some give & take. Pints won't cost more than €4.50 either.

ergo

monthehoops wrote: »

If you can find a festival with a similar line up for €59 including two days camping let me know - I'd like to meet the organisers.

Beer onsite will also be a hell of a lot cheaper than it would be at any other festival in the country.

A big part of what we've done is to try and make the ffestival accessible for everyone, and at €59 for a weekend ticket with camping I think we've done that. One of the main sponsors is Bavaria and part of getting sponsorship from anyone is that the customer base has pretty much exclusive access to their product. There has to be some give & take. Pints won't cost more than €4.50 either.

yeah, fair play for the line-up for that price - IMHO much better line-up than another festival which I have been a big supporter of but which costs the ridiculous sum of €240 - now I know that festival is about more than just the music line-up but seriously - this is proper value for money

FUNKY LOVER

thats fair enough but to be honest the bands playing are nowhere near as high peofile as the killers kings of leon etc,and oxygen is a 4 day festival so when you look at it like that its not a great package if you cant bring in your own drink.

ergo

FUNKY LOVER wrote: »

thats fair enough but to be honest the bands playing are nowhere near as high peofile as the killers kings of leon etc,and oxygen is a 4 day festival so when you look at it like that its not a great package if you cant bring in your own drink.

I was talking about the Electric Picnic really

re: bringing drink in: well you can bring it in to the campsite I presume - just not into the gigs - which is same as Oxegen/EP . Or am I wrong?

FUNKY LOVER

what i dont get is it says no glass objects allowed in on the webpage,now no cans or anything??

EllaD

Im heading down to Indiependence this weekend. Have hostel booked in Cork City, does anyone know how it would be possible to get back to Cork from Mitchelstown after on the sat or would i be better off driving? found out that the last bus is half nine which is no good.

monthehoops

FUNKY LOVER wrote: »

what i dont get is it says no glass objects allowed in on the webpage,now no cans or anything??

It's not there to hoodwink you, it's standard fare at most festivals that you simply cannot bring alcohol onto the site. As for the camping, I'm not 100% sure on that to be honest; I only volunteer to help out on the weekend itself so I'm only passing on what I know about it.

If you think it's too expensive, if you think that it's unfair that you can't bring any drink onto the festival site and if you're generally unhappy with that I don't think there's much you can do unless you hawk your ticket.

Ella, I can't really advise you on that. The campsite is secure and ample parking out there if you fancy it.

rainbowdrop

I asked this question (about bringing drink into the camp site) on the Facebook Indie-pendance fan page last week, and was told that drink,in cans and plastic bottles, IS allowed into the camp site. We just can't bring it into the festival arena. This is fair enough, and I hope it still stands, as I bought my slab of drink today! YaY!
I think that €59 for 3 nights of camping and 50+ bands is great value, and I hope it is a great success. Hope ye all have a blast!!

Toast

Honestly not being able to bring your own drink into arenas is standard terms and conditions for practically everything in this country. A few places are more lax in enforcing it on the day than others is all.

PB1982

No alcohol on-site is fair enough once you can drink your own beer out in the campsite.

Does anyone know if BBQ's are allowed in campsite?

FUNKY LOVER

monthehoops wrote: »

It's not there to hoodwink you, it's standard fare at most festivals that you simply cannot bring alcohol onto the site. As for the camping, I'm not 100% sure on that to be honest; I only volunteer to help out on the weekend itself so I'm only passing on what I know about it.

If you think it's too expensive, if you think that it's unfair that you can't bring any drink onto the festival site and if you're generally unhappy with that I don't think there's much you can do unless you hawk your ticket.

Ella, I can't really advise you on that. The campsite is secure and ample parking out there if you fancy it.

fair enogh suppose ill just have to stop bitching and enjoy it:D

run_Forrest_run

folks, does anyone know if there are any bus services going back to Cork city after each night? Well, Sunday night in particular? Myself and a friend are looking for a way to get back Sunday night.

monthehoops

Folks, as I mentioned already, I'm only one of the crew on the weekend, I don't call a lot of shots other that what sh*t get's dragged where and when to drag it. It may well be the case that you can bring drink on site though since there's a drinks sponsor I doubt it.

I'm pretty sure there's no BBQs allowed on the camping site, safety officer won't allow it.

My advice to anyone camping is to get ther early and if you have your tickets already got head for Mitchelstown GAA pitch out the Limerick road. In the last two days tickets have absolutely flown out the door and if getting a good spot to camp is your thing then get there early and make a proper weekend of it.

P.S. The festival is in a field, and the sites looking well at the moment. The Cyprus Avenue tent looks class and there's a real country feel to the whole place. So bring wellies!

this_time

Oh god, would really love to be going to this now. Decided on fatboy slim for some, now unknown, reason:eek: The festival of dreams in many ways. A feile stlye festival has been missed greatly.

rainbowdrop

Hope this festival turns out to be a great success, and that it keeps getting bigger and better every year, like Feile did, and Electric Picnic has.

At least we can say were there at the beginning , for the very first Indiependance festival. I'm not including all the years I stood in the square in Mitchelstown watching bands perform on the back of a lorry, cos its not quite the same thing,even though I have many happy drunken memories of those times.

Forget Fatboy Slim, Mitchelstown's where it's at this weekend. Woop!!

Ps- Weather report from my gaff (I live about 20mins drive away from the festival site)....It's like November, Lads + Ladies, grey skies, chilly with rain showers. Hopefully it's going to clear up by this evening, but bring your wellies and waterproofs, we're going to need them. x

LittleKitty

ou, im so excited!
truely the best value for your money anyway.
headin down in the morning, should be down at bout 12 noon. too late for a good spot?
any good tips for the campsite? how many are expected to be there?

Jane Doe

Can anyone tell me if i can get a ticket at the gate tomorrow?? Left it too late to buy tickets for tomorrow and ticketmaster isn't selling them anymore. Really don't want to miss the bands!!

monthehoops

Campsite is mobbed, but chance your arm anyways. We geuninely didn't expect the volume of people we got today but they're all more than welcome. The atmosphere was amazing tonight - Fight Like Apes KILLED the Cyprus Avenue tent.
You can buy tickets on the gate, there was about 5-6000 poeple there tonight and we have a site that could hold 40,000 if we need it so you should be ok for tickets.

monthehoops

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Ps- Weather report from my gaff (I live about 20mins drive away from the festival site)....It's like November, Lads + Ladies, grey skies, chilly with rain showers. Hopefully it's going to clear up by this evening, but bring your wellies and waterproofs, we're going to need them. x

I got sunburnt today:D

Enjoy the weekend folks! I will be.

Gill_Breakbeat

Woah...Better Advertising next year dudes!

Its the 2nd aug and i just found out cos of this ad!! Would have loved to have gone!

LittleKitty

that was possibly the best craic i have had in ages!!!
campsite was full so i slept in the car in the small carpark, the craic was mighty.
have to say, SFA were amazing, but the chapters and the dark room notes blew me away!

def be back next year!!!

glanman

Good:

I thought Fight Like Apes were amazing, great show!! SFA were good too, what was the story with the sign with franz ferdinand lead singer on it about tho!!! pity they did no encore but they haven't done any this summer from what I have heard! Due to other commitments I only saw Mundy (crap, but what do you expect??) and RSAG, got a poor crowd as he was delayed, not bad tho.

Beer was good, good price too. 4.50, cant complain.

Bad:
There were a few bottle necks on the site that were a bit annoying (on the way to main tent) Maybe the main stage could have been put back furhter, was loads of space!

A few of the artists that I spoke to said they were a bit dissapointed with their treatment, like having to carry their own gear to the tent, limited drinks tokens etc...

One of the security staff was a twat, she was complete power freak but thats probably only one person!

Bar closing at 10/10.30 but I appreciate the whole side of getting people to the town!

Overall:

Really enjoyed it, wish I could have been for whole thing. Best of luck next year and I really hope ye get it going and it goes from strength to strength!

Aglomerado

Went both days, great atmosphere!

Highlights for me were the Franks, Messiah J and the Expert, Blizzards, Delorentos, Director, and watching mud splattered people dance like they hadn't a care in the world.

I'm looking forward to next years already.

Samurai

blizzards were awwwesome, most definitely going back next year :pac:


edit: whomever handed my passport + wallet(still with money inside!) to the security I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU

monthehoops

Samurai wrote: »

blizzards were awwwesome, most definitely going back next year :pac:


edit: whomever handed my passport + wallet(still with money inside!) to the security I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU

:D:D

We found them cleaning up the site on Sunday morning and they were in two different places. You are haunted you got your wallet back, it was plastered in ****. I hope we looked after all the punters. We got great feedback from the campsite with regards facilities for people out there etc.

If I remember right there was €90 in it. Should buy you your ticket for next year. And bring some friends.

Samurai

oh my god dude i love you!!!!

Mr. CooL ICE

Another local here. Couldn't give a crap about indie music, but I went along for the craic anyway.

All I can say is that I'm definitely there next year again, and gonna piss off as many of my mates into going too. Can't believe something like this was pulled off in mitchelstown. 10/10 to the organisers.

I went on Saturday afternoon and saw most of Messiah J & The Expert (really entertaining), Mundy (better than I expected) and Fight Like Apes (great show). Left for the pub during OCS. Weather was crap on sunday so went to the pub instead.

HaydensMom

Festival on the whole was mighty, had the best laugh Saturday jumping around in the muck to OCS, after about 20 cans of Kopperbergs. However, speaking for all the ladies who spent the weekend camping on a slope in a wet GAA pitch, I have to point out that the toilet facilities were DISGUSTING by Saturday morning and got progressively worse as the weekend went on. Please sort this out for next year! They really were grim. Plus there was nowhere to put rubbish and it was absolutely everywhere. Oh yeah, to the boys who climbed up and wrote "cuntypiss" on the match scoreboard at about 5am Sat night, that was inspired!