Body & Soul Festival 2017

A Shopkeeper · 03-02-2017 10:18pm

I see Pond are going to be in Europe around June. They'd be a nice addition.

MJohnston · 06-02-2017 4:12pm

Aphex playing Forbidden Fruit, so pretty definitely not at B&S. Not too bothered by that, seen him live twice now and never liked it at all (and I really like his music).

team_actimel · 06-02-2017 4:28pm

MJohnston wrote: »

Aphex playing Forbidden Fruit, so pretty definitely not at B&S. Not too bothered by that, seen him live twice now and never liked it at all (and I really like his music).

Was it his song choices or was he just not that good live?
I'm going to go see him at FF but it's a bit disheartening looking at recent setlists as to why he doesn't perform some of his best work live.
It baffles me as to why so many DJs/producers would rather mix other artists less quality songs.

MJohnston · 06-02-2017 4:39pm

team_actimel wrote: »

Was it his song choices or was he just not that good live?
I'm going to go see him at FF but it's a bit disheartening looking at recent setlists as to why he doesn't perform some of his best work live.
It baffles me as to why so many DJs/producers would rather mix other artists less quality songs.

It's just not music that works in a festival setting imo. I'm not convinced it works live at all, but definitely not at a festival. In comparison, Squarepusher is ridiculously good live.

Hoochiemama · 07-02-2017 6:41pm

MJohnston wrote: »

It's for their benefit too, it's a risky bet to try and capture a larger audience every year, because you drive off your core audience, which can jeopardise the whole thing, and you've to spend more money pulling the thing off. Better in many ways to remain intimate and exclusive.

To be honest though, I do think it probably is largely because that's who B&S want to be, rather than some underhand commercial reason.

Actually no. The locals were giving out stink about the increase this year. It was either reduce it or move your festival somewhere else

Sure people have been giving feedback since the first year to stop increasing the numbers.

MJohnston · 07-02-2017 7:20pm

Hoochiemama wrote: »

Actually no. The locals were giving out stink about the increase this year. It was either reduce it or move your festival somewhere else

Sure people have been giving feedback since the first year to stop increasing the numbers.

Except there wasn't an increase this year, there is a decrease?

Hoochiemama · 07-02-2017 7:42pm

MJohnston wrote: »

Except there wasn't an increase this year, there is a decrease?

Sorry I meant last year. I was talking to some locals after last year

bodhrandude · 13-02-2017 4:30pm

Is Bulmers one of the sponsors for Body & Soul too, if so, get the Zombies for the line up.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7542140/the-zombies-odessey-oracle-tour-dates-final

Peesh89 · 13-02-2017 4:50pm

Am I right in saying they made first line up announcement Feb last year?

bodhrandude · 13-02-2017 5:30pm

Yep 24th last year, there was a false one put up on 2nd February but it was quickly taken down when B&S got in touch with Boards.

JackMurphy606 · 15-02-2017 11:29am

How's a going. I am a student in UCC conducting a social media marketing project on B&S, as well as a festival go-er myself.
Just looking for some feedback on B&S over the years with regards to:
1) The main attractions- be it the music/artistic elements to the festival
2) How could B&S further improve the festival in your opinion?
3) Why would you choose B&S over other festivals in Ireland

All replies and feedback are greatly welcomed!

cruhoortwunk · 15-02-2017 12:06pm

Signup for eco camping is open:
http://bodyandsoul.ie/sustainability/

mossy464 · 15-02-2017 1:12pm

Anyone know if campervan tickets are gone? I can't see any reference to them on the ticketbooth site.

MJohnston · 15-02-2017 1:26pm

Yeah, I think they were gone pretty quickly.

Peesh89 · 15-02-2017 2:11pm

JackMurphy606 wrote: »

How's a going. I am a student in UCC conducting a social media marketing project on B&S, as well as a festival go-er myself.
Just looking for some feedback on B&S over the years with regards to:
1) The main attractions- be it the music/artistic elements to the festival
2) How could B&S further improve the festival in your opinion?
3) Why would you choose B&S over other festivals in Ireland

All replies and feedback are greatly welcomed!

Should make a little Survey Monkey thing and share it around..

1) The line up is always great, love the setting of the festival. It's the whole package really.

2)I think they seem to have dealt with some of the complaints I had from last year according to their recent mail outs - scaling back the capacity etc - I've no kids but I know people that do and had a bad time in family camping, again they've said that's going to be seen to this time round. Maybe they could get in touch with someone about turning off the big tap in the sky this year. That'd be fantastic. Much rather the sun, thanks.

3)Like I said it's the whole package, the art, the music, the "VIBEZZZ"... The B&S that I've witnessed is very chilled everyone's happy to be mates and a good time. It's big enough to have fun roaming around finding new things but small enough that it's kept a small festival charm.. I've friends who wont go to the likes of picnic because stress or anxiety for missing an act/losing your mates/losing your tents whereabouts/just too much too take in... I'll stop rambling now.

Arne_Saknussem · 20-02-2017 6:18pm

Just posted to their Facebook page:

"We're excited to share all of our plotting and scheming for this year's festival tomorrow evening at 6.30pm! We'll be going live over on The Ticket's Facebook page with Director Avril Stanley and Music Booker Jenny Fahy talking art, theatre, food, wellbeing and of course, music! Join us to find out what to expect in the beautiful grounds of Ballinlough this summer."

grudgehugger · 21-02-2017 12:47pm

Game for those of us spending today wondering who'll be announced @ 6.30

Name 3 acts you think we're likely to get - plus your dream booking (while still ideally within realms of possibility)

I'm going to go make a cup of coffee and come up with my own suggestions...

Arne_Saknussem · 21-02-2017 1:06pm

Likely to get:

Madness
Jon Hopkins
DBFC

Dream Booking:

Talking Heads(they're still alive so it's technically possible)

grudgehugger · 21-02-2017 1:33pm

Being over-optimistic on my "likely to gets" but they're all touring/playing Europe at the right time...

Likely to get:
Flaming Lips
DJ Koze
Jagwar Ma

Dream Booking:
A Tribe Called Quest (too expensive maybe????)

ghostdancer · 21-02-2017 1:40pm

I'll skip the dream booking one and just list 4 i think will play :P

Warpaint
Angel Olsen
The Flaming Lips
Bonobo

grudgehugger · 21-02-2017 1:42pm

Angel Olsen would be great but rare to see an international act play an Irish show close to a festival booking?

(very excited about her show in Dublin in May)

ghostdancer · 21-02-2017 1:44pm

oh I didn't realise she was playing then, scratch her so!
she's playing a festival in Poland that weekend, and probably playing Glastonbury too, so probably not coming back here in that case.

Arne_Saknussem · 21-02-2017 1:52pm

grudgehugger wrote: »

Being over-optimistic on my "likely to gets" but they're all touring/playing Europe at the right time...

Likely to get:
Flaming Lips
DJ Koze
Jagwar Ma

Dream Booking:
A Tribe Called Quest (too expensive maybe????)

I'd imagine A Tribe Called Quest would be possible, they had Nick Cave a few years back when the attendance was a lot lower.

If we're talking Dream Booking who possibly might be announced this evening and not in a Bowie, Prince, Daft Punk way then i'd go with Patti Smith.

Korvanica · 21-02-2017 2:56pm

Lineup Announcement today at 6.30

MJohnston · 21-02-2017 3:26pm

Ive said it before and it's a long shot, but we're coming up on the 50th (!) anniversary of Astral Weeks next year, so I would love to see Van Morrison booked for some sort of thing about that. I think it'd fit B&S to a tee.