Mumford & Sons to play Salthill Park!!

emptybladder

Wow. This'll be a quality gig if we get the weather for it!!

http://www.facebook.com/ConnachtTribune

bearclaire

Epic Praying they come that will be so brilliant

BoogieCo

please spare us this cheesey cringe-fest drivel!!!

sonners

Any updates on this?

Furious-Red

Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of a series of ‘Gentlemen of the Road Stopover…’ shows this Summer. The one-day, outdoor events will tour globally and will come to Salthill Park, Salthill, Galway on Saturday 9th June.

The show will be headlined by Mumford & Sons, and will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves. The Vaccines, Willy Mason, Zulu Winter, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Correspondents have all been confirmed for the Galway Show.

Mumford & Sons said: “The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland's Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns not usually heavily toured by bands, and celebrate the people, food and music that inhabit them.

We’re keen to promote the town’s local businesses, and we’ll be using the local bars and venues for aftershow parties, whilst working closely with the local people to get everyone involved in making these shows spectacular. There will be a host of our friends playing too, and the vibe falls somewhere between ‘travelling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian travelling circus’. It should be a whole lot of fun.”

All of the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover shows will heavily involve the local communities, from the produce sold on the sites, to engaging visitors with the towns as a whole.

The band will also play a series of evening gigs preceding and between the Stopover shows, with the support acts selected from the Summer show line-ups.

Gentlemen of The Road Presents:
9th June – Gentlemen of the Road Stopover, Salthill Park, Salthill In Galway.

Mumford & Sons
+
The Vaccines, Willy Mason, Zulu Winter,
Nathaniel Rateliff, The Correspondents

Tickets for all dates will go onsale through Musicglue.com and local outlets from 9am on the 21st April.

Tickets from €49.50. (inclusive of booking)
This show is subject to license

For more information and to keep abreast of more events to be announced please visit: www.gentlemenoftheroad.com

Easy Rod

Sounds pretty cool to be honest.

JP Liz V1

Sounds good

Eod100

Looks good.

Wonder if you could just hang around outside the park and listen to the music for free though!

Curve Music

Eod100 wrote: »

Looks good.

Wonder if you could just hang around outside the park and listen to the music for free though!

:eek:

I......but....I.....never mind.

GoldenTickets

Eod100 wrote: »

Wonder if you could just hang around outside the park and listen to the music for free though!

Well, I certainly wouldn't pay to hear it...

:pac: wah wah wah

Seriously though, as much as I hate these guys (and that's a fair bit), it is cool that they're taking the shows to lesser visited towns / cities. That's a great idea and will likely add to the atmosphere on the day.

Furious-Red

GoldenTickets wrote: »

Well, I certainly wouldn't pay to hear it...

:pac: wah wah wah

Seriously though, as much as I hate these guys (and that's a fair bit), it is cool that they're taking the shows to lesser visited towns / cities. That's a great idea and will likely add to the atmosphere on the day.

Agreed and the fact they are gonna be working with local business etc

Speaking about the gigs, Mumford & Sons said: “The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland's Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns not usually heavily toured by bands, and celebrate the people, food and music that inhabit them. We’re keen to promote the town’s local businesses, and we’ll be using the local bars and venues for aftershow parties, whilst working closely with the local people to get everyone involved in making these shows spectacular. There will be a host of our friends playing too, and the vibe falls somewhere between ‘travelling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian travelling circus’. It should be a whole lot of fun.”

All of the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover shows will heavily involve the local communities, from the produce sold on the sites, to engaging visitors with the towns as a whole.

http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/171897/9

Eod100

Curve Music wrote: »

:eek:

I......but....I.....never mind.

Ah I was half joking! :P

I know, I know if everyone did that than no-one would go to concerts and musicians and promoters etc would be screwed.

But in my defense I think 45 euro is fairly steep price (and thats assuming you live in Galway and so dont have to pay extra transport and accomodation charges) and I'm saving my bob for Indiependence (which ye guys promote if I'm correct) where I'll pay 99 bob and get to see loads and loads of acts, have a place to crash and it's for a whole weekend!

Curve Music

Eod100 wrote: »

Ah I was half joking! :P

I know, I know if everyone did that than no-one would go to concerts and musicians and promoters etc would be screwed.

But in my defense I think 45 euro is fairly steep price (and thats assuming you live in Galway and so dont have to pay extra transport and accomodation charges) and I'm saving my bob for Indiependence (which ye guys promote if I'm correct) where I'll pay 99 bob and get to see loads and loads of acts, have a place to crash and it's for a whole weekend!

That is a noble idea squire.

With the headliners due to be annouced your €99 will be money well spent.

Lombardo86

Any idea how to get pre-sale? I am a member of the community but can't see anything on either site (mumford or gentlemen of the road)?

Also, how many people will the park hold? Any idea?

IsMiseJoe

Delighted that this was confirmed but then I saw the date. Flying to Poland that day....

seachto7

Tory Folk!

but1er

few finglas heads heading across

anyone reccomand a gaf we could rent for the weekend?

biko

Salthill has many B&Bs so that's probably easier to get than an apartment.
Some self catering exist
http://www.jamesonselfcateringgalway.ie/
http://www.stayingalway.com/

Google for more.

Discodog

I can't see how they can avoid thousands listening for free. The park is so close to the road & the beach.

tupelopenny

tickets on sale now,

http://www.gentlemenoftheroad.com/

just got 2

Lombardo86

Got myself four of them this morning too.

The tickets are interesting.. i bought four and it is issued on only one ticket that says the ticket will issue four people.

Good to stop touts flogging singles and the likes. Maybe everywhere else will catch on.

Nice to see people not using ticketmaster too. Even though there is a service charge, Mumford would probably it went into their own pockets than ticketmasters

coconut5

So excited! I really hope we get the weather for it.

'And it was not your fault but mine...'

Whoo!

babyfratelli_x

It keeps sayin to me card not issued in address country?

I changed the country to Ireland and it still wont work. Tried a Laser and A Visa credit card. Neither will work!!! So frustrating!

babyfratelli_x

It worked I got them!

Discodog

coconut5 wrote: »

So excited! I really hope we get the weather for it.

'And it was not your fault but mine...'

Whoo!

If it doesn't sell out there could be a last minute rush if the weather looks like being good.

deisedude

IsMiseJoe wrote: »

Delighted that this was confirmed but then I saw the date. Flying to Poland that day....

Sickener, not too many big bands in Galway but I assume you are going to watch the soccer so life can't be too bad!

lab man

tickets got now the weather

Slow Show

Anyone know what time of the day this is gonna be on at? Or even whether it'll be a daytime/nighttime event?

I'll be working during the day, probably until 6/7 and had completely ruled it out but if it was on later...hardly daring to hope here.

Eod100

Slow Show wrote: »

Anyone know what time of the day this is gonna be on at? Or even whether it'll be a daytime/nighttime event?

I'll be working during the day, probably until 6/7 and had completely ruled it out but if it was on later...hardly daring to hope here.

That's a very good question.. I'd also like to know this. Had a look on the website but there's no sign of this info which is a bit odd!

The other thing I'd like to know is how big is Salthill Park? Had a look on google maps and it doesn't look that big. And with there being 2 stages on the night, hopefully there won't be a sound spillover!

Avox

Eod100 wrote: »

That's a very good question.. I'd also like to know this. Had a look on the website but there's no sign of this info which is a bit odd!

The other thing I'd like to know is how big is Salthill Park? Had a look on google maps and it doesn't look that big. And with there being 2 stages on the night, hopefully there won't be a sound spillover!

Why would there be two stages?

Slow Show

Salthill Park isn't very big at all really, I'm curious as to how this will be worked. Hopefully I'll get going. I can't even find an e-mail or contact number or anything though...

And Avox, there'll be two stages because it's kind of a mini-festival, there'll be more than just Mumford & Sons performing.

Info: http://gentlemenoftheroad.com/galway

emergingwriter

Well the weather looks like it will be fantastic. I have 2 tickets I can't use now so I'd love it if someone would use them. Face value ono

Furious-Red

coconut5

Furious-Red wrote: »

Where did you get that from?

Does anyone have their tickets/know what time it's starting yet?

Furious-Red

coconut5 wrote: »

Where did you get that from?

Does anyone have their tickets/know what time it's starting yet?

I made it myself

Kristopherus

I have tickets, but have heard a nasty rumour that the gig may not be going ahead. They need an attendance of 7000, and are well short as of tonight:(

57544

Kristopherus wrote: »

I have tickets, but have heard a nasty rumour that the gig may not be going ahead. They need an attendance of 7000, and are well short as of tonight:(

Don't like the sound of that! When wud ya expect an announcement/ decision to be made?

Kristopherus

57544 wrote: »

Don't like the sound of that! When wud ya expect an announcement/ decision to be made?

Apologies for delay in replying. Only just in from a long day's work. Very latest news is that all is good to go.There's now over 8000 tickets sold. Hopefully the weather will hold up.

stevie06

Any Idea what time it all Kicks off and finishes?

coconut5

Kristopherus wrote: »

I have tickets, but have heard a nasty rumour that the gig may not be going ahead. They need an attendance of 7000, and are well short as of tonight:(

Were you emailed your tickets?

Dougal McGuire

I ordered 4 tickets but only need 2 of them now. they would hardly refund 2 of the tickets if I emailed them?
what time would you want to be in the park for?

witnessrenegade

What's the story about drink and this? Heard that you can bring your own beer into it?

Kristopherus

coconut5 wrote: »

Were you emailed your tickets?

No. Bought in arts Centre.

Furious-Red

http://www.mcd.ie/safety_notices/GOTRpublicinformationnotice.pdf

http://www.mcd.ie/safety_notices/GOTRinfo.pdf

ihavequestions

hey so 6 of us bought tickets yesterday for this, travelling up from Killarney. All accomodation seems to be booked out for that night, even 5* hotels (as if we could afford them anyways!). Can anyone recommend what we can do? Really don't want to have to sleep on a park bench.

coconut5

ihavequestions wrote: »

hey so 6 of us bought tickets yesterday for this, travelling up from Killarney. All accomodation seems to be booked out for that night, even 5* hotels (as if we could afford them anyways!). Can anyone recommend what we can do? Really don't want to have to sleep on a park bench.

Try the Anno Santo Hotel in Salthill.

I just did a quick search, this came up:

http://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=311076;label=hotel-41127-ie-i%2ACR6WTuPet_mqzvbZFeHgS12485759700%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg;sid=846f7e263af084913ac2295e9409203a;dcid=1;checkin=2012-06-09;checkout=2012-06-10;city=-1502950;highlighted_hotels=41127

Sorry, read the results wrong. I guess you'll have to either stay further out, or maybe go camping for the night? There's a campsite in Salthill.

Mars Bar

You can maybe stay in the Claregalway hotel? Bus Eireann and Burkes bus go to and from there many times during the day and it's picks up and drops off outside the hotel.

And if there is 6 of ye, then a taxi back won't cost much. Perhaps have a taxi booked early in the day.

squonk

Camp out in Eyre Square but make up a sign saying 'Occupy Galway' first. It worked for over 7 months for a group earlier this year!

Try out the Oranmore direction too, plenty of buses going that way.

Furious-Red

Last time i was down in Galway we stayed in the Barnacles Hostel , great location right across from the Quays Pub .

Raging im missing this since ive a 21st the night before and dont wanna have a big road trip from Kildare to Galway hungover ha . Seem them in Pukkelpop and they were brilliant . All i can hope is ye get the weather for it

lab man

hi i have, you should try b&b round oranmore. i tried lots of places an thats where i got us sorted , google it phone numbers will come up, L

Discodog

Bearing in mind that it may still be raining tomorrow lunchtime the park could end up in one heck of a mess !