SPRAOI Festival Waterford 2010

comeraghs

Looking forward to SPRAOI 2010 a lot ... the line up looks great

www.spraoi.com


C'mon people of Waterford ... lets get behind this great festival ... tell your friends & colleagues about it .... spread the word far & wide ... post it on your facebook & myspace ....

a festival for Waterford to be proud off ... hopefully the sun shines

longshanks

yeah its lookin unreal comeraghs, some quality bands playing about the town as well. and the street performer wierdos look good too.
to get in the festival mood i fully intend to support local drinking establishments this whole weekend.
i will also be ooohing and aaahhing at the fireworks, which are usually the business.

altogether now..... oooooohhhhh aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

comeraghs

Good man Longshanks!

& I'll be joining you in helping our embattled publicans in their time of need!

nkay1985

Yeah I always love Spraoi and I'm sure I won't be disappointed this year. Most looking forward to O Emperor on Friday night as shiftwork has stopped me seeing them on teh two previous occasions they've played here.

Grindylow

Only a day left so I figured I'd bring this thread back up to the top incase someone doesn't know about it! :pac:

MitchKoobski

I'm just glad I have monday morning off. Recovering from the after party in the forum is gonna be a challenge.

comeraghs

Does anybody else feel that the festival has been receiving less publicity than usual in the run-up?

Grindylow

comeraghs wrote: »

Does anybody else feel that the festival has been receiving less publicity than usual in the run-up?

A lot less! Last year I knew all about the acts/etc, this year I know nothing!

tom thum

oh yeah. the whole lot will be great fun??? walking around the streets watching 16-19 year old music heads ( or so they think ) p"£s and vomit all over the street that they are walking on.half of them off their heads on more than drink. cant wait to see all that. come on people of waterford.

jonnyfingers

tom thum wrote: »

oh yeah. the whole lot will be great fun??? walking around the streets watching 16-19 year old music heads ( or so they think ) p"£s and vomit all over the street that they are walking on.half of them off their heads on more than drink. cant wait to see all that. come on people of waterford.

That's not very fair.











I'm 28, not 16-19.

But in all seriousness I've been at Spraoi for nearly everyone of the 18 years its been on. There are always those eejits that see it as a piss-up but the majority of people will be out to have a good time.

old gregg

jonnyfingers wrote: »

That's not very fair.

tom troll doesn't do fair

longshanks

tom thum wrote: »

oh yeah. the whole lot will be great fun??? walking around the streets watching 16-19 year old music heads ( or so they think ) p"£s and vomit all over the street that they are walking on.half of them off their heads on more than drink. cant wait to see all that. come on people of waterford.

are you an idiot or something? 80,000 people come to see and enjoy all thats good about this weekend, and all you can contribute is that some teenagers might be drunk. big fuckin deal, the rest of the weekend rocks

ROCKMAN

Just heard weekend has started on a sad note , Young lad was knock down on the Quay, Hope he is all right ,Prayers and thoughts with him and his family.


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Sully

tom thum wrote: »

oh yeah. the whole lot will be great fun??? walking around the streets watching 16-19 year old music heads ( or so they think ) p"£s and vomit all over the street that they are walking on.half of them off their heads on more than drink. cant wait to see all that. come on people of waterford.

Just back from a ban and you start up again, eh? Take a longer break this time.

Banned

Christ Church

Joe Duffy broadcasting right now from Tower Hotel Waterford for Spraoi!!

Great national coverage for Waterford, nice one.

dermo909

There was a segment on radio 1 yesterday morning. Great publicity I thought.
Hopefully the city centre will be rockin tonight, I'm playing in a band thats, eh, playing tonight in one of the bars!

tonc76

dermo909 wrote: »

There was a segment on radio 1 yesterday morning. Great publicity I thought.
Hopefully the city centre will be rockin tonight, I'm playing in a band thats, eh, playing tonight in one of the bars!

Could you be more vague?

comeraghs

It's SPRAOI TIME!!!!!! Fastastic! it's time to party!!!!

hudsonriver

anybody know whos playing the festival club in the fourm tonight?

sorrywhat

hudsonriver wrote: »

anybody know whos playing the festival club in the fourm tonight?

Should be on the website in the programme thing

comeraghs

SHOULD BE on the website www.spraoi.com

Chochese

Go see Torann!!*



*not being biased there at all......

nkay1985

Chochese wrote: »

Go see Torann!!*



*not being biased there at all......

I heard they're gone off the boil. There's one lad who often wears glasses who's apparently holding them back. :P

Chochese

..also, saw a half page advert in today's The Ticket magazine in The Irish Times.

I can imagine a fair chunk of the 'local' advertising budget may have been sarcrificed to place that one.

nkay1985 wrote: »

There's one lad who often wears glasses who's apparently holding them back. :P

I'll tell Marc you said hello... :pac:

comeraghs

What's the weather forecast looking like?

ziedth

Fine all weekend,

18/19 and partly cloudy. Should be grand!

nkay1985

ziedth wrote: »

Fine all weekend,

18/19 and partly cloudy. Should be grand!

Poster, moderator, weatherman - is there anything this man can't do!

Are you not supposed to be in Vegas?

ziedth

I'm sitting by the pool with my laptop that's how dedicated I am

Na, tomorrow I'm off. you can talk about geoffs till your blue in the face for a whole week.

Odats

ziedth wrote: »

I'm sitting by the pool with my laptop that's how dedicated I am

Na, tomorrow I'm off. you can talk about geoffs till your blue in the face for a whole week.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas Ziedth remember no scenes like in the Hangover. Some spot for a stag my friend.

nkay1985

ziedth wrote: »

I'm sitting by the pool with my laptop that's how dedicated I am

Na, tomorrow I'm off. you can talk about geoffs till your blue in the face for a whole week.

I think I'll head into Geoff's for a pint this evening.....


Oh, you're still here!

Divorce Referendum

I see delorentos are playing in geoffs on sunday in the beer garden. Good band defintely worth a look.

dermo909

tonc76 wrote: »

Could you be more vague?

I figured pimping/promoting my band would'nt be appreciated here.

nkay1985

dermo909 wrote: »

I figured pimping/promoting my band would'nt be appreciated here.

Maybe you're right but still. Like I said I'm most looking forward to seeing O Emperor on The Plaza tonight and there's no problem with that so I don't see any harm in you saying "Yeah I'm playing in Kitty Kiernan's at 10 o'clock on Saturday" or something. It's not the same as trying to sell something really which is what the rule is there for I think.

Anyway, we're all intrigued now!

old gregg

dermo909 wrote: »

I figured pimping/promoting my band would'nt be appreciated here.

yea, but you're offering something cool to visitors to Waterford and the locals this weekend so stop procrastinating and spill the flippin' beans

thomasm

Saw O Emperor on the plaza for the first time last night. They are some band. Won't see a better gig this year I reckon. Great stuff

Asmodean

First time i'm ever missing it this year! summer just wont be the same now!

ROCKMAN

Is the fireworks tonight or Monday Night ?And what time do they start ? 10.30??

Chris P. Bacon

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Is the fireworks tonight or Monday Night ?And what time do they start ? 10.30??

Tonight at 10:30,be best to get there around 10 just to be sure..

ROCKMAN

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Tonight at 10:30,be best to get there around 10 just to be sure..

Thank you ,

MitchKoobski

Did anybody else see The Destroyers in The Forum last night? Or even on the TalkTalk stage? Best night I've had on the forum in ages. They were amazing.

LETS BE AVN IT

What happend to the days of people allowed to drink cans on the Plaza , a few years ago it was grand to watch a band and drink a few cans down there , they wont allow drink in at all know a bit sad

Chris P. Bacon

LETS BE AVN IT wrote: »

What happend to the days of people allowed to drink cans on the Plaza , a few years ago it was grand to watch a band and drink a few cans down there , they wont allow drink in at all know a bit sad

I was drinking cans down there yesterday as was loads of people,there was a few guards around but they said nothing,i was stopped by two undercover gardai but they just asked my name and that,said nothing about the drink,i saw them taking ID from a few of the skateboarding fellas though..

Adyx

Yeah was down there myself last night and there was loads of people with cans, I think there might be a limit to the amount you can bring "in" though.

Boooourns

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Did anybody else see The Destroyers in The Forum last night? Or even on the TalkTalk stage? Best night I've had on the forum in ages. They were amazing.

Saw a bit of them on the TalkTalk stage, just great fun, they're on in the tower at 10pm tonight i think.

Bol_Whelan

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Did anybody else see The Destroyers in The Forum last night? Or even on the TalkTalk stage? Best night I've had on the forum in ages. They were amazing.

They were certainly very entertaining. Brilliant.

dermo909

old gregg wrote: »

yea, but you're offering something cool to visitors to Waterford and the locals this weekend so stop procrastinating and spill the flippin' beans

Since the gig is over now there's no harm in mentioning it! My band is called FUSE and we played the kazbar on fri night. Awesome gig, one of the best ever. Hopefully some of you were there and enjoyed it!

AdMMM

Torann were quite amazing, as always. The atmosphere they create in the Forum is always electric, not sure if they played anywhere else as I was far too busy in work. Never has our place been so packed!

Professey Chin

AdMMM wrote: »

Torann were quite amazing, as always. The atmosphere they create in the Forum is always electric, not sure if they played anywhere else as I was far too busy in work. Never has our place been so packed!

They played the Plaza on Sunday afternoon aswell

MitchKoobski

AdMMM wrote: »

Torann were quite amazing, as always. The atmosphere they create in the Forum is always electric, not sure if they played anywhere else as I was far too busy in work. Never has our place been so packed!

"Tops off lads, and swing em in the air!"

nkay1985

dermo909 wrote: »

Since the gig is over now there's no harm in mentioning it! My band is called FUSE and we played the kazbar on fri night. Awesome gig, one of the best ever. Hopefully some of you were there and enjoyed it!

Yeah I was in there on the second floor. Listened to a couple of songs upstairs and you sounded really good. My brother and a couple of friends stayed on later and said the gig was great. Well done.

I ahte the third floor in the Kazbar though. They get some great bands in but if you put more than 20 people in there, it feels packed and is like a sauna.

AdMMM wrote: »

Torann were quite amazing, as always. The atmosphere they create in the Forum is always electric, not sure if they played anywhere else as I was far too busy in work. Never has our place been so packed!

Be quiet or Chocheese will get a big head.

Nah they were deadly yet again. They played Cathedral Square a couple of times and the Plaza once I think as well as the forum gig. Was teh Forum good last night?

dermo909

nkay1985 wrote: »

Yeah I was in there on the second floor. Listened to a couple of songs upstairs and you sounded really good. My brother and a couple of friends stayed on later and said the gig was great. Well done.

I ahte the third floor in the Kazbar though. They get some great bands in but if you put more than 20 people in there, it feels packed and is like a sauna.

Cheers, it was a great one alright! If you hate upstairs in the kazbar spare a thought for the poor musicians who have to carry all their gear up and then back down after the gig. For example, my guitar amp weighs 34kg!