Oxegen 2010 All discussion, no tickets sales/swaps. **Mod note post 1927**

munky_boy

this year will be my first time going to oxegen,i was just wondering what should i bring and how much money would you need for the 4 days????

eamoss

Well every1 is different but I wud take fcuk all food and a good bit of money about €100 shud cover u over the 4 days. I didnt use that much last year but just to have it just incase.

I wud take:
rain gear - rain jackets & wellies ect cos u can never tell wat irish weather is like
sun cream - got a nice irish tan on my back
shorts r sumthing wit pockets you will need it
caps off bottles - when u buy drinks they dont give u the caps

I wud nearly suggest not taking your tent but as I said every1 is diff some ppl need sleep others like me can go 4 days wit only 4 hours of sleep

garthv

Take your own tent, you'll be pissed off sleeping with other people after two days,trust me!
Suncream
Small travel lock for your tent
DO NOT PITCH YOUR TENT NEAR THE TOILETS.
The earlier you get there, the closer you get to the main gate
Bring a bright coloured flag/tshirt to drape over your tent so you can find it when you're pissed and stumbling about.
Wellies
Earplugs (you ever try to sleep next to a tent full of ravers?)

Heres a full list I prepared earlier, you wont need half this stuff for oxegen but it helps : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054935704&highlight=festival+checklist

Alter-Ego

My list is:

Ticket!!
Tent
Baby Wipes
Cigarettes(Even if you don't smoke, they can be used for trading when they get scarce on sunday night)
Drink
1 or 2 changes of clothes
Lock for your tent.
A bucket(Fill it with water, put yer cans in, and no more warm beer)
Some empty bottles, fill them when you get there.
Food: Crisps and biscuits are good
Condoms
Toilet Roll.
etc...


Also, Dont camp near anyone dodgy lookin(theres lots of them at oxegen), near the path ways and most of all, stay as far away from the toilets as you can!!!

Money wise, i'm gonna bring less than €100. But i probably wont buy drink or food in the arena and i'm bringing my own for the campsite.

munky_boy

Are you sure you will get by for 4 day on less than a 100 quid

baby*cham*bell

munky_boy wrote:

Are you sure you will get by for 4 day on less than a 100 quid

I spent the grand total of e6 at oxegen last year..on the water ride thingy, because it was that hot. had my own nibbles in the tent. this year i think ill just get chips though as food is suprisingly heavy and im bringing more drink.
if your buying drugs down there then you'll obviuosly need more. also if you plan to drink the outrageously expensiv heineken @ e5 a pint.
a few things i learnt as an oxegen virgin last year:
1) SHORT PANTS
the long pants get wrecked as theres mud everywhere, rain or shine! so shorts/ 3/4 lenghts, skirts and sun dresses all the way, and a nice pair a wellies
2) CAMPING CHAIRS
Chairs are very much taken for granted in our society, you realise this when you need to sit down and your suronded by mud/ k.o'd people
3) SUN CREAM
speaks for itself
4)PLASTIC BOTTLES/LIDS
Can never have enough

also make sure you have ALL the parts of the tent - rain covers come in suprisingly handy.

Alter-Ego

munky_boy wrote:

Are you sure you will get by for 4 day on less than a 100 quid

It varies from person to person. I wont be buying drink or band tee's in the arena. I might buy some of the crappy festival food. I doubt i'll spend more than €30.

Repli

I'm bringing about €300 spending for the 2 days.. Feck it - it only happens once a year! =D

JoseJones

How much drink should I bring?

Mushy

JoseJones wrote:

How much drink should I bring?

Depends on how much your able to handle. Just bring a lot and then some spirits or After Shock stuff and you will be ok. Think im gonna go for 24 cans of Miller and 2 litres of After Shock.

tyther

this is my first year gonig aswel,do you have any tips for a first timer

Mushy

^ Enjoy, the craic is great fun in the campsite. Make sure ya have enough supplies(as listed above). The most important thing to bring, apart from the ticket, is babywipes.

When setting up your tent, everything is like property idea: loacation, location, location. Lsat year i was near the toilets, and on SAturday morning when cleaning them, t'was difficult to breathe. So stay away from them. its worse when they dont clean them(more often than not). And as said, stay away from dodgy looking people. Try and set up where a few people have already set up nearby.

Not much else i can think of now. For any fist timers, do have fun, you will enjoy it make many new friends. ya mightnt see them ever again but ya know, meh! Oh, and also a camers so ya can put together a vague recollection of how the weekend was for when ya get home

Burago

I always manage to spend more money than I'd planned. It can be done on the cheap but **** it, why bother? Bring as much as you can afford and enjoy it. A supply of smokes and skins will make you lots of friends when pleople are stuck on Sunday night. This will be my 5th year going and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Have a great time everyone.

Jordonvito

I know its a bit early, but who are ye all hoping for next year.? Hopefully Artic Monkeys, Muse, and then someone like Daft Punk or Fatboy slim, cant be Killers or KOL again!

Captain Darling

Jaysis, there's early, and then there's EARLY!

AnonoBoy

Captain Darling wrote: »

Jaysis, there's early, and then there's EARLY!

A Christmas thread would be early. An Oxegen 2010 thread is waaaaay too early.

red.raven

daft punk would be class...bit of fatboy slim maybe coldplay there somewhere!!!

Toast

Would be nice to have a couple of headliners that haven't headlined before.

Zipp101

Radiohead..

GettingBy

Jordonvito wrote: »

I know its a bit early, but who are ye all hoping for next year.? Hopefully Artic Monkeys, Muse, and then someone like Daft Punk or Fatboy slim, cant be Killers or KOL again!

Anyone that you didn't mention to be perfectly frank. Can't stand mainstream music any more. Dunno how people listen to Arctic Monkeys. Muse aren't terrible, but like, I just don't like them that much; and as for Daft Punk or Fatboy Slim, don't get me started on them.

Furious-Red

Id say Blink 182 , Foo Fighters , Kasabian (possibly 2nd last on Main if not headline) , Green Day , Muse , Coldplay

honru

I wager the bands Mr.S dropped (Muse, Green Day, Arctic Monkeys) are very likely candidates. All of them are doing O2 gigs soon and should be back in the summer to do the Euro festival circuit.

Jordonvito

GettingBy wrote: »

Anyone that you didn't mention to be perfectly frank. Can't stand mainstream music any more. Dunno how people listen to Arctic Monkeys. Muse aren't terrible, but like, I just don't like them that much; and as for Daft Punk or Fatboy Slim, don't get me started on them.

Fair point, but oxegen is a mainstream festival, like if your looking for something a bit different oxegen aint really the place!

Jordonvito

f®eak s©enery wrote: »

I wager the bands Mr.S dropped (Muse, Green Day, Arctic Monkeys) are very likely candidates. All of them are doing O2 gigs soon and should be back in the summer to do the Euro festival circuit.

And a reunion of some sort, possibly the Libertines as an outside bet, but even so i doubht they would headline, imagine stone roses, epicness, v unlikely though

PTH2009

Oasis Reunion

freyners

passion pit to be on the o2 or green spheres tent
wud like to see bands like johnny foreigner/eagles of death metal on one of the main stages too

Chewabacca

Who I'd like to see is never gonna happen at Oxegen.

Orbital, NIN, Tool, QOTSA, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Vitalic, Daft Punk, Nas, Pearl Jam, Aphex Twin(happened once, probably never again), Asian Dub Foundation, Rancid, Royksopp, Dinosaur Jr, Gary Numan. See, never gonna happen. Maybe Daft Punk, Chems or Prodigy.

My predictions are Daft Punk, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Green Day and whatever crap indie bands the oxegen audience are liking and playing on their phones.

phasers

*Prays Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk are somehow magically all on on the same day*

:pac:

Jordonvito

phasers wrote: »

*Prays Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk are somehow magically all on on the same day*

:pac:

haha sum hope alri

phasers

Jordonvito wrote: »

haha sum hope alri

:pac: I can dream! I just don't want to camp but I suppose I can suck it up if the lineup is good enough!

Bluezar

Hoping for Muse and GreenDay...Then I will consider going again:D