Westport Music Fesitval June 23rd/24th

YouTookMyName

Some big names in this line up, should be a great weekend for the town if the weather holds.

Ray Davies, The Waterboys, Seasick Steve, Alison Moyet, Nick Lowe, Lloyd Cole, and Duke Special are among more than 50 acts just announced to take part in the inaugural Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts.

Seasick Steve - Westport bound
The new festival takes place in the 400-acre grounds of Westport House over the weekend of June 23 and 24. It offers on-site camping and is being billed as "a grown-up festival for music fans who treasure their record collections."

Also announced to play on one of the three stages at the family-friendly festival are The Dubliners, Tom Baxter, Damien Dempsey, Mundy, Hothouse Flowers, Eddi Reader, The Minutes, David Kitt, Jerry Fish, The 4 of Us, The Kanyu Tree, The Riptide Movement, Bipolar Empire, Cars Love Girls, Rainy Boy Sleep and Eoin Glacken.

Further family attraction include the Westport House Pirate Adventure Park on the festival grounds. Families will be able to enjoy the Pirates Swinging Ship and Plunge Ride, Swan Pedaloe Boats, bouncy castles, and the Westport House Express miniature train ride.

Tickets, on sale now, are €75 incl b/fee for Saturday or €75 incl booking fee for Sunday or €130 incl booking fee for weekend.

More information at: westportfestival.com. Facebook: Westport-Festival-of-Music-and-Performing-Arts. Twitter: @westportfest

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nuac

Best wishes to all involved in this. Excellent location at Westport House.

Good mention today also in Irish Times.

YouTookMyName

Can't wait!

yop

A serious looking festival.

bensweeney

Are those really the price of the tickets? OMG!!! no way can I afford to see that. Wasnt the festival free for all these years.

Samhain

Are those really the price of the tickets? OMG!!! no way can I afford to see that. Wasnt the festival free for all these years.

The festival held on the fairgreen is a different festival to this, more local acts etc. In comparison to other festivals, this is actually quite cheap. Alot of the artists wouldnt be my kind of thing but i know plenty of people who would love this. Id say it will do well.

Mayo Miss

I looked at the Westport music festival website mentioned in the poster and I could only find info for last years festival.

I looked at the website selling the tickets and it doesn't list which day the bands are playing.

It looks like it will bring a great buzz to the area but they would need to start giving out more info soon.

saralou2011

Crazy prices to be charging! looks like i won't be going:(

ureds

Mayo Miss wrote: »

I looked at the website selling the tickets and it doesn't list which day the bands are playing.

It looks like it will bring a great buzz to the area but they would need to start giving out more info soon.

http://www.westportfestival.com/festival/line-up/


SATURDAY 23RD OF JUNE
Ray Davies
The Waterboys
Nick Lowe
The Dubliners
Damien Dempsey
Lloyd Cole
Royseven
The Minutes
The Undertones
The Riptide Movement
Rocco DeLuca
The Kanyu Tree
Bipolar Empire
The Lost Brothers
Rainy Boy Sleep

SUNDAY 24TH OF JUNE
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Imelda May
Seasick Steve
Macy Gray
Alison Moyet
Duke Special
Tom Baxter
Mundy
Hothouse Flowers
David Kitt
Eddi Reader
Jerry Fish
The Four of Us (acoustic)
Eoin Glackin
Cars Love Girls

Ilovelucy

Sunday has the best line up but I would love to see the Waterboys - decisions, decisions.

Truman Burbank

yop wrote: »

A serious looking festival.

Can you consider moving this thread over to 'Gigs and Events' please?

Hadn't heard about it til today.

yop

Truman Burbank wrote: »

Can you consider moving this thread over to 'Gigs and Events' please?

Hadn't heard about it til today.

The festival is in Mayo so this is related to Mayo. Can't see any reason on moving this.

rainbowdrop

yop wrote: »

The festival is in Mayo so this is related to Mayo. Can't see any reason on moving this.

I second the request to move this to gigs and events. I'm from Limerick, have never visited the Mayo forum and wouldn't have seen this thread only for finding a link to it buried in the Electric Picnic thread in the Gigs and Events forum.

I know the festival is in Mayo, but with a good line-up like that, people will probably travel from all over Ireland for it.......

Definitely more relevant to gigs and events than Mayo forum imo



Edit:
Just found something else for you Mayo folk in the gigs and events forum...... Knock Rave lol!!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056570405







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Mayo Miss

ureds wrote: »

http://www.westportfestival.com/festival/line-up/


SATURDAY 23RD OF JUNE
Ray Davies
The Waterboys
Nick Lowe
The Dubliners
Damien Dempsey
Lloyd Cole
Royseven
The Minutes
The Undertones
The Riptide Movement
Rocco DeLuca
The Kanyu Tree
Bipolar Empire
The Lost Brothers
Rainy Boy Sleep

SUNDAY 24TH OF JUNE
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Imelda May
Seasick Steve
Macy Gray
Alison Moyet
Duke Special
Tom Baxter
Mundy
Hothouse Flowers
David Kitt
Eddi Reader
Jerry Fish
The Four of Us (acoustic)
Eoin Glackin
Cars Love Girls

They must have heard me! Sunday looks like the day for me.

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I second the request to move this to gigs and events. I'm from Limerick, have never visited the Mayo forum and wouldn't have seen this thread only for finding a link to it buried in the Electric Picnic thread in the Gigs and Events forum.

I know the festival is in Mayo, but with a good line-up like that, people will probably travel from all over Ireland for it.......

Definitely more relevant to gigs and events than Mayo forum imo



Edit:
Just found something else for you Mayo folk in the gigs and events forum...... Knock Rave lol!!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056570405







.

Holy Moley a Rave in Knock! Nuns bopping in their habits and waving glowsticks, I'd go to see that, lol.

oscarBravo

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I second the request to move this to gigs and events.

Just start another thread there.

YouTookMyName

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMqNsAgfgg

houseplant

Hotels have really let themselves down in Westport this weekend. Especially the Castlecourt who are charging an insulting €418 for the two nights for a double room compared to €296 for the weekend before. Shame on you! I hope you fill your rooms at this ridiculous price and reap the bad publicity! It does nothing for tourism in your fine town.

My advice would be to look at a place like Achill and organise a bus from there...i'm sure if you called one of the hotels there, they would probably help you organise it all

yop

houseplant wrote: »

Hotels have really let themselves down in Westport this weekend. Especially the Castlecourt who are charging an insulting €418 for the two nights for a double room compared to €296 for the weekend before. Shame on you! I hope you fill your rooms at this ridiculous price and reap the bad publicity! It does nothing for tourism in your fine town.

Thats disgraceful. They never learn.

Just Like Heaven

houseplant wrote: »

Hotels have really let themselves down in Westport this weekend. Especially the Castlecourt who are charging an insulting €418 for the two nights for a double room compared to €296 for the weekend before. Shame on you! I hope you fill your rooms at this ridiculous price and reap the bad publicity! It does nothing for tourism in your fine town.

Jesus that isn't fair at all.

If it's any consolation you can sleep on the floor in my house?

For €75

Ascii

Deleted User wrote: »

My advice would be to look at a place like Achill and organise a bus from there...i'm sure if you called one of the hotels there, they would probably help you organise it all

You could look at some other surrounding towns with nice hotels which could probably make travel arrangements - Newport, Castlebar, Louisburgh - spread it about. Doesn't have to be just Westort that capitalizes on this event. The likes of Newport, Achill and Louisburgh would also have excellent watersports (fishing/surfing/canoeing) available if thats you thing. Nothing like hitting the surf the morning after the night before to shift the hangover.

YouTookMyName

This weekend!!

Neworder79

Any word on ticket sales? I'd say a lot of people have left booking to this week given the poor weather earlier this month.

Saw a sign for the festival passing through Westport so looks like there will be an entrance from the town centre.

nuac

From speaking to my children, seem to be a lot heading for this festival

Mickeroo

Body & Soul will drag a reasonable amount of the crowd away, annoying they're both on the same weekend. Still, hope this does well.

Mayo Miss

Should be a lively weekend in Westport. I saw an entrance sign between Danolla's and McCarthys, might be easier to park in town and use these entrances.

Hopefully the weather will be nice, I don't fancy getting soaked.

irishgeo

Mayo Miss wrote: »

Should be a lively weekend in Westport. I saw an entrance sign between Danolla's and McCarthys, might be easier to park in town and use these entrances.

Hopefully the weather will be nice, I don't fancy getting soaked.

not looking too good.

NEXT WEEKEND : Staying unsettled and cool over next weekend with temperatures in the mid teens. Starting off dry in many areas on Saturday, but rain will become widespread from the south during the day with heavy falls in places on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The rain then clearing to brighter weather with scattered showers on Sunday afternoon.

oscarBravo

Setting the stage...

ash23

Neworder79 wrote: »

Any word on ticket sales? I'd say a lot of people have left booking to this week given the poor weather earlier this month.

This is exactly what I did. I live locally enough so was planning on going over with my daughter if the weather was nice but with the amount of rain all week I'd say the place will be a mud-fest, plus it's meant to rain at the weekend too so I think I'll be giving it a miss.

Neworder79

Hardly any rain of any significance in Westport for the last few days, so fingers crossed.

NewBeefFarmer

Neworder79 wrote: »

Hardly any rain of any significance in Westport for the last few days, so fingers crossed.

where ya bin? lol. . . yesterday in westport there was a good few very heavy showers.

anyway, if the grounds of our best estate dont get mucked up as it is, tomorrows/fridays rain will distroy the place. suppose to be bad.

oscarBravo

To be fair, the grass seemed in excellent condition when I was there yesterday, no trace of softness underfoot.

gigantic09

NewBeefFarmer wrote: »

where ya bin? lol. . . yesterday in westport there was a good few very heavy showers.

anyway, if the grounds of our best estate dont get mucked up as it is, tomorrows/fridays rain will distroy the place. suppose to be bad.

On the plus side survival rates from 'the rain' are much high higher nowadays with the onset of designer wellies etc, also i think people are still on a high having coped so admirably during the recent earthquake!

ash23

I had the misfortune of attending a festival a few years ago where I ended up caked head to toe in mud and then my car was swamped in the parking area. I'd to pay a bloke 30 quid to get him to pull it onto the road with his tractor. What an entrepreneur! Though I was calling him a lot worse at that time.

I can hack it myself but I think I'd lose the will to live doing it with a child in tow.

Splinters

Does anybody know of any arranged buses, carpools etc from Dublin? If so could you please send me a pm with details.

Im heading down on my own and although the journey down seems nice and easy (train gets into westport just before 11) the journey home seems to bit of a nightmare. Theres no trains after the festival ends and the bus has a stop over which means the entire journey will take about 7 hours and Ive to work on Monday.

Any help would be appreciated.

gizmo555

Splinters wrote: »

Does anybody know of any arranged buses, carpools etc from Dublin? If so could you please send me a pm with details.

Im heading down on my own and although the journey down seems nice and easy (train gets into westport just before 11) the journey home seems to bit of a nightmare. Theres no trains after the festival ends and the bus has a stop over which means the entire journey will take about 7 hours and Ive to work on Monday.

Any help would be appreciated.

There is an early train leaving Westport at 5:15am on Monday morning which gets into Heuston at 8:38am. That any use?

Mayo Miss

ash23 wrote: »

I had the misfortune of attending a festival a few years ago where I ended up caked head to toe in mud and then my car was swamped in the parking area. I'd to pay a bloke 30 quid to get him to pull it onto the road with his tractor. What an entrepreneur! Though I was calling him a lot worse at that time.

I can hack it myself but I think I'd lose the will to live doing it with a child in tow.

Park in the town (although from the Facebook page they have dedicated car parks on the approach roads), have a spare change of clothes/shoes in the boot. I can't see how it will be a big mud fest given that most people are going Sunday and not Saturday (fingers crossed!).

Splinters wrote: »

Does anybody know of any arranged buses, carpools etc from Dublin? If so could you please send me a pm with details.

Im heading down on my own and although the journey down seems nice and easy (train gets into westport just before 11) the journey home seems to bit of a nightmare. Theres no trains after the festival ends and the bus has a stop over which means the entire journey will take about 7 hours and Ive to work on Monday.

Any help would be appreciated.

If you post your request on their Facebook page you might get get a few replies. I have seen others do the same.

steph1

Just be careful where you park in the town. See below.

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15488:festival-revellers-asked-to-use-park-and-ride-facilities&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

irishgeo

mudfest pending i think1

goodie2shoes

oscarBravo wrote: »

To be fair, the grass seemed in excellent condition when I was there yesterday, no trace of softness underfoot.

i agree the whole area enjoys excellent drainage, so dampness shouldn't be a problem.

Enjoy!:D

oscarBravo

Just back from spending the afternoon and evening at the festival. The ground was a little muddy but not bad enough to need wellies (I'll have to clean my boots and the hems of my jeans are muddy).

But most importantly, it was mighty craic. Some great acts, a super atmosphere, a lovely setting for a music festival. I hope it's an ongoing thing.

gizmo555

A little flavour of Sunday night's fantastic performance from Jools Holland with guest Marc Almond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvxoM2Z-RQQ

threebeards

oscarBravo wrote: »

Just back from spending the afternoon and evening at the festival. The ground was a little muddy but not bad enough to need wellies (I'll have to clean my boots and the hems of my jeans are muddy).

But most importantly, it was mighty craic. Some great acts, a super atmosphere, a lovely setting for a music festival. I hope it's an ongoing thing.

Same here. Had a great day. Everyone in great form, 3 great stages, and the rain on Saturday didn't do nearly as much damage to the ground as I thought it might.

I hope the organisers are happy with how things went and that they're starting to plan for next year. It's a fabulous venue for it, so, long may it continue

Just Like Heaven

Festival set-up was really good, especially pleasent on the sunday. The crowd was poor enough I thought with the exception of sunday evening, felt guilty then as I couldn't afford a ticket so snuck in, but i'm glad to hear they're doing it again next year and will buy a ticket next time :P

All the facilities were good and the lines for the toilet were never disastrously long. Russian Delinquents, Undertones and Steve were the best I saw.

oscarBravo

I took a few shaky video clips and a couple of photos - I think they're publicly visible here:

https://plus.google.com/101589882375232278977/posts/FhyZ4yKvVyc

Mayo Miss

I really hope Westport Music Festival 2013 goes ahead!

I wasn't there on Saturday but Sunday was a fantastic day. Alison Moyet and Imelda May were the highlights for me. I was delighted to see a mix of age groups there.

It gets 10/10 from me.

gigantic09

Same here.There on the sat.Highlights 4 me were the minutes,bipolar empire,lloyd cole and ray davies who was class.The whole set up was great esp for 1st time event.even the heineken which i normally detest was going down well. This fest def has a future methinks!.

nuac

wasn't there myself but family members with experience of festivals were very enthusiastic about it.

Congrats to all involved.