3 Day music festival for Bolton Street car park

Aquos76

Looks like an announcement is imminent

http://www.daytripper.ie

mike65

Shall we play "Bolton Street Shows" bingo?

I'll say The Boomtown Rats

longshanks

There are a shit load of Irish bands I'd like to see at this.
I only hope they don't go for some Bressie type shite to attract crowds.

Ilikeyourcow

Kilkenny get The Boss and we get the coronas and emelda may!!!! May aswell of had it in the forum!! Just hoping the sat night will be big!!!

PTH2009

very good for Waterford to have something like this.

The Script for Saturday id guess

MitchKoobski

That Friday line up has me sold anyway. Any hints for the Saturday?

BIG-SLICK-POKER

Great news for Waterford something to look forward to

PTH2009

hoepfully the saturday lineup will be good.

How great will it be to simply just leave our own houses and go to a high class gig locally without having to wory about getting to Dublin or Cork

Ghostbusthat

There's no one on the line up so far that i'd want to see, but it's great that something like this is happening here finally.

KevIRL

Hope this is a success I really do. So far the line up doesnt float my boat too much personally especially at the price point of 42.50 per day

This is the type of thing its up against with regard to the price point http://www.longitude.ie/

Granted the capacity size means the local oragnisers cant hope to do a similar gig to the Dublin one at the same cost, hopefully there is at least one 'wow' name amoungst the Saturday line up

They definitely dont make this aim so far on the front page of the site imo

DAYTRIPPER aims to be the best value music event in the country this year with tickets costing just €40 per day plus service charge of €2.50. This is below the cost of many single act gigs in the country this summer and well below any comparable festival events.

Early days though, and dont want to be entirely negative. Great to see this type of thing happening, the potential of that venue was shown during the Tall Ships and Harvest festivals in the past.

leduke

a positive event for the city and something to look forward to! hopefully the line up for saturday will be worth waiting for.

deisediva

They know what they are up to. Waterford Marathon on that weekend on the Saturday so a lot will stay in hotels and buy tickets for something like this.
Hope someone decent playing on Saturday.

Ilikeyourcow

PTH2009 wrote: »

very good for Waterford to have something like this.

The Script for Saturday id guess

They are in luxemburg that weekend so tryin to think of another big irish act...

Hoffmans

its low budget so expect bressie jedward or jamilia for sat
anyway beat have linep in the morn...

O Riain

Hopefully they can maybe expand on this and have a proper walk-about music festival in the city. Think of the buzz it would create with various acts on at different times in diffferent areas of the city over the day with the headliner down in Bolton Street or possibly some gigantic aviation bunker out by the airport á la Sónar in Barcelona

S28382

Ilikeyourcow wrote: »

Kilkenny get The Boss and we get the coronas and emelda may!!!! May aswell of had it in the forum!! Just hoping the sat night will be big!!!

Jesus some people are never happy this town is not exactly alive and kicking, something like this is a chance to have a positive thing in the city and there is still people like you complaining. I bet if god himself was making a Devine appearance in Bolton st car park you would still moan it's not good enough.

Flyin Irishman

Is it definitely €42.50 per day? Or is that for the 3 days?

I'd like to see O Emporer at it, and Solar Taxi are class!

Ilikeyourcow

S28382 wrote: »

Jesus some people are never happy this town is not exactly alive and kicking, something like this is a chance to have a positive thing in the city and there is still people like you complaining. I bet if god himself was making a Devine appearance in Bolton st car park you would still moan it's not good enough.

No it is a good thing for the town but they seem to be acts who have played the forum put together. All im saying is we are bigger and better than the likes of kk so show it. I do hope it goes well and it will give the town a lift. I would love to see blur or mumford and sons along with irish acts so there is an international flavour to it esp for the price

S28382

Ilikeyourcow wrote: »

No it is a good thing for the town but they seem to be acts who have played the forum put together. All im saying is we are bigger and better than the likes of kk so show it. I do hope it goes well and it will give the town a lift. I would love to see blur or mumford and sons along with irish acts so there is an international flavour to it esp for the price

Well for the most part it's supporting Irish acts plus Saturdays act hasn't been announced yet maybe that will be a big one, I just think your criticism is a bit premature. This city needs more and more things like this to show people that it still is a place that can be good and that its not dead and buried just yet.

old gregg

Good news for Waterford, hoping it does really well. Personally, there's none there I'd pay to see but what does that matter.

Dicky Pride

old gregg wrote: »

Good news for Waterford, hoping it does really well. Personally, there's none there I'd pay to see but what does that matter.

Well it kinda does matter because that seems to be the general consensus on this thread. People are presuming that even if they don't like the acts there will be hundreds of others that will. But will they like them to the tine of 42 euro? Or 130 euro for the whole weekend? If Saturday is a big act then that will sell out and Saturday and Sunday might struggle.

It's a gamble, that's for sure. But I admire them for it and I hope they pull it off.

mecco

Dicky Pride wrote: »

Well it kinda does matter because that seems to be the general consensus on this thread. People are presuming that even if they don't like the acts there will be hundreds of others that will. But will they like them to the tine of 42 euro? Or 130 euro for the whole weekend? If Saturday is a big act then that will sell out and Saturday and Sunday might struggle.

It's a gamble, that's for sure. But I admire them for it and I hope they pull it off.

Imelda May and The Coronas will both surely draw crowds as I'd imagine they are big enough acts, they seem to have no problems everywhere else they go sure.

Although I'd agree with your point about a huge Saturday act having an influence. I presume they'll announce the Saturday act before tickets go on sale, otherwise it might cause people to hold off just in case.

jonnyfingers

This is great for the city. And to those looking for bigger acts, the site only has a capacity of 2,500. No very large act like Springsteen is going to play a show of that size. So I think the organizers have gone for decent acts that fit the venue. I would love to see some good Irish bands being supported though, especially O Emperor. And given the name of the event they have to throw in a Beatles tribute band somewhere!

mozattack

Metallica?

mozattack

40 quid... ha!

CardBordWindow

jonnyfingers wrote: »

This is great for the city. And to those looking for bigger acts, the site only has a capacity of 2,500. No very large act like Springsteen is going to play a show of that size. So I think the organizers have gone for decent acts that fit the venue. I would love to see some good Irish bands being supported though, especially O Emperor. And given the name of the event they have to throw in a Beatles tribute band somewhere!

Odds of that being Lebowski?

Bluezar

Ilikeyourcow wrote: »

No it is a good thing for the town but they seem to be acts who have played the forum put together. All im saying is we are bigger and better than the likes of kk so show it. I do hope it goes well and it will give the town a lift. I would love to see blur or mumford and sons along with irish acts so there is an international flavour to it esp for the price

Best of luck with that:)

Nypd

Didn't that area hold more for the tall ships concerts ?

old gregg

I suppose from a business perspective there must be a hope that people will travel from out of town to this. This raises the question as to how many of the acts listed are not already available to see on a regular basis around the country.

mike65

old gregg wrote: »

I suppose from a business perspective there must be a hope that people will travel from out of town to this. This raises the question as to how many of the acts listed are not already available to see on a regular basis around the country.

2,500 tickets per day doesn't sound like something designed to pull 'em in from near and far. Some will I'm sure but no one in Dublin or Cork is going to be packing a bag for a long weekend in Waterford

old gregg

mike65 wrote: »

2,500 tickets per day doesn't sound like something designed to pull 'em in from near and far. Some will I'm sure but no one in Dublin or Cork is going to be packing a bag for a long weekend in Waterford

That being the case then it means roughly 5% of the local population will need to attend each day which is a pretty high expectancy rate when many of the acts play here regularly anyway.

mike65

Well the "30 miles radius" crowd will turn up I'm sure for a chosen day but little beyond that I'd say.

Eroticplants

What a heap.

Nypd

mike65 wrote: »

Well the "30 miles radius" crowd will turn up I'm sure for a chosen day but little beyond that I'd say.

Think it will be a purely Waterford thing,
Got to start somewhere I guess,
Can't help but feel the ticket price is high for the acts.

O Riain

Nypd wrote: »

Think it will be a purely Waterford thing,
Got to start somewhere I guess,
Can't help but feel the ticket price is high for the acts.

Ticket prices woefully high, to put it into perspective longitude is €44.50 for one day with kraftwerk as the headliner as well as at least 10 other acts on the day. Now obviously marlay park can hold more but theres a lot of filler at the day tripper gig.

Loving the local aspect but it would have been better if it had one local band and 2 half decent headliners rather then 1 sub-par headliner, loads of well below par filler acts and then a local band. Hoping the Saturday has someone at least half significant!

Nypd

Local aspect is good but at the risk of sounding negative all those bands can be watched for free on johns street.
I really hope this works for the city, lord knows we need a boost.
Thought we might have had an annual big gig with the music fest in the sports centre but that crashed and burned (saying that the marketing was shocking)
Fingers crossed for a good Saturday night act.

O Riain

Is the old gas works site not intended to be used for this purpose with a bigger capacity?

stefan idiot jones

I cannot believe some of these posts. There is a gig being put on in the middle of town, over a weekend, with artists coming from as far as Germany and some of you are moaning ?
I'm sorry that Waterford cannot entice bands as big as the Rolling Stones and you have to put up with bands that you see in Johns street every week. But FFS at least someone is doing something good and positive.
I didn't realise that Kraftwerk were a charity and travel across Europe with all their equipment for free ? Setting up and running a gig is an expensive thing, you wouldn't get much change from sixty euro for an hour and a half of One Direction miming and that is at other end of the country.
God bless the local council, with all the economic gloom and misery at least they are making a positive contribution to this city. The Museums, Winterval etc., etc., etc. Get out and fu@king enjoy yourselves. Everybody had good things to say concerning the Winterval, so what makes people think that this won't be just as successful and enjoyable.
As regards to the ticket prices, you could easily spend that in a crappy club drinking crappy beer listening to crappy music and thats without the take away and the taxi home.
Quit your whineing and give the organisers the support and credit that they deserve because if you don't no-one will be bothered to organise things in the future.
Rant over.

Dicky Pride

Stefan that is a valid argument that should be pinned on notice boards in towns over ireland. People hate door charges of any description in this country.

jennygirl

Dicky Pride wrote: »

Stefan that is a valid argument that should be pinned on notice boards in towns over ireland. People hate door charges of any description in this country.

if afraid No Door Charge is just a Waterford thing. All other towns and cities have door charges. even Kilkenny on a Monday night!
on a positive note, i think weekender will be a great success. a great day(s) out. it should be supported and shouted from the roof tops to attract a regional crowd

old gregg

It is valid and worthwhile for people to have a discussion as to prices and lineup. We are after all the proposed audience. If people feel the price is high then it's not Waterford apathy or moaning as Stefan's post has suggested. It's just people evaluating a spending opportunity.

Personal experience tells me that Waterford people don't generally like to pay for music. That's a shame and on a personal level an experience that has/is costing me elsewhere. In this instance it appears that Waterford people are being expected to pay considerable money for something that is available on a regular basis. That's not Waterford bashing. Logic says that no major band such as the Stones or Kraftwerk are going to play to 2,500 people in a car park. There is however an opportunity to put on an event that will both entice locals to part with money and bring in a travelling audience. Whether this festival achieves that remains to be seen and I'd wish the organisers well.

For me personally there's nothing entice me to attend and that's largely musical taste. I'd travel to a number of festivals around Europe each year both to party and perform so am on the one hand receptive and on the other more clinical when looking at an event's pricing and attractions.

Nypd

O Riain wrote: »

Is the old gas works site not intended to be used for this purpose with a bigger capacity?

There is an objection in against it.

savic04

Hope this works the city, the organisers but as mentioned above, have seen most of the acts already and a lot for Free.

Dont see the wisdom in charging 42.50 if I'm honest, In saying that hope it does well for those concerned.

Looking forward to seeing the Saturday line up, as people have said above Fri & Sunday wouldn't attract me spending 42.50, and Stefan your point of spending that money drinking crappy beer in a crappy place.. Will the 42.50 include beer/food and a taxi home?
If not surely you still need the money to drink beer in Bolton St, and get taxi home and food too

jennygirl

i think we were spoiled with "free" gigs at tall ships, and cheap gigs at Harvest Festival - we need to pay --- agreed 42 is a bit up there --- 25 or 29 would be acceptable for a good night out
on the subject of "crappy beer and food"
i think all events in bolton st had a great beer offering at a reasonable price
and as for food - had the best noodles, burgers, paealla at these gigs -

PTH2009

anymore news on the Saturday acts ??

going to hold off til they annouce them before thinking of tickets.

Snow Patrol, Bell X1, Boomtown Rats, The Pogues, Mundy, Damien Dempsey, Mick Flannery (Think it his name , he played in the fourm last december), Glen Hansard, LAPD, Horslips and you never know U2 could all be potential acts for Saturday.

Nypd

Was told this morning it could be madness.
That would be a good act if it was true, then again you just don't know with this city, arms and legs get added to everything.

MitchKoobski

If it's a thing that Madness are announced, I'll be buying tickets for me, my family, and my dog.

Bards

Nypd wrote: »

Was told this morning it could be madness.
That would be a good act if it was true, then again you just don't know with this city, arms and legs get added to everything.

somebody was probably told the price of the tickets and then were told that the main act wasn't yet announced for Saturday.

They probably replied with "That's Madness" and someone else over heard Saturday and Madness and put two and two together and got Five:D

CardBordWindow

Bards wrote: »

somebody was probably told the price of the tickets and then were told that the main act wasn't yet announced for Saturday.

They probably replied with "That's Madness" and someone else over heard Saturday and Madness and put two and two together and got Five:D

Five are playing at it!! ?

Nypd

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Five are playing at it!! ?

Nice one five and madness

babystrawberry

Anyone know how to buy the tickets online?? There is no direction on their site to buy them online? Not on ticket master either??