Bare In The Woods Festival 2017

Furious-Red

Pack it up, Pack it in let us begin... Delighted the announce the first batch of acts preforming at BARE In The Woods 2017!!!!

House of Pain | Mike Skinner & Murkage present TONGA | The Correspondents | Dan Shake | Andrew Maxwell | The Hot Sprockets | Sounds of System Breakdown | Rews | MadDog McRae | New Secret Weapon & the first MobStar pick CraicAppeal
Many more TBA!

June 9 – June 11

Garryhinch Woods

MattD

Bought tickets to this yesterday. Still just €125 for 3 day camping plus fees, and I bloody can't wait. With a food village and a comedy lineup still to be announced this looks like it's shaping up to be a lovely new festival in the calendar.

D.Q

Saw new secret weapon at knockanstockan in 2015. Unbelievable stuff.

PabloAndRoy

Some great stuff in there. Whomadewho are a top notch live band. Also The Correspondents are excellent live.

Have not been to this festival before and am really looking forward to it. Just trying to convince a mate to go. Otherwise I will go on me own.

PabloAndRoy

D.Q wrote: »

Saw new secret weapon at knockanstockan in 2015. Unbelievable stuff.

Saw them at Vantastival a few years back and they were bloody brilliant.

RonkoDeTonko

Mike Skinner!!! Anyone ever seen him play post-Streets?

PabloAndRoy

RonkoDeTonko wrote: »

Mike Skinner!!! Anyone ever seen him play post-Streets?

Haven't heard anything from him in years.

So I took the plunge on this one and bought a ticket this morning, but looks like I will be "Billy No Mates" for this as all my mates (and SO) are wusses and won't go. Don't think I have ever gone to a festival on own before. At least I won't get split up from the gang

Furious-Red

ionapaul

Hmm - this looks interesting but there's not that much info on the website. I've no interesting in camping or glamping, so would look to stay in a hotel or B&B for the weekend; any nearby? Will there be shuttle buses to and from Portarlington town centre to the festival? And I may be blind but there doesn't seem to be any 3-day non-camping tickets? If anyone has more info I'd be most grateful

PabloAndRoy

ionapaul wrote: »

Hmm - this looks interesting but there's not that much info on the website. I've no interesting in camping or glamping, so would look to stay in a hotel or B&B for the weekend; any nearby? Will there be shuttle buses to and from Portarlington town centre to the festival? And I may be blind but there doesn't seem to be any 3-day non-camping tickets? If anyone has more info I'd be most grateful

I am not sure about hotels/B&Bs, but I would image that there are some in the area. No idea about shuttle buses either, but it looks like about 6 minutes by taxi.

I have never heard of any festival with a 3-day non-camping ticket. Its normally along the lines of 3-day ticket including camping.. other than that separate daily tickets.

Wrongway1985

Anyone reckon Therapy? to be under Helmet after their tour at the end of the month ends?

Furious-Red

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Anyone reckon Therapy? to be under Helmet after their tour at the end of the month ends?

Oh that would be unreal

PabloAndRoy

this lineup is surely the best kept secret of the year.

I would go for whomadewho alone.

MattD

I genuinely think this lineup is better than Sea Sessions, Indiependence or Castlepalooza. I'd have lumped Body and Soul in but for the announcement of Bonobo.

The only thing I would have loved to see added was some more Irish rock acts like Overhead the albatross or Girl Band. If anyone has any recommendations of same, I'd appreciate it!

saffron22

Looking like a good festival

PabloAndRoy

What's not to like?

quaidox

how far is the site from portarlington town?? google maps cannot find it, jumps to shandra woods, which seems to be a housing estate??

PabloAndRoy

MattD wrote: »

I genuinely think this lineup is better than Sea Sessions, Indiependence or Castlepalooza. I'd have lumped Body and Soul in but for the announcement of Bonobo.

The only thing I would have loved to see added was some more Irish rock acts like Overhead the albatross or Girl Band. If anyone has any recommendations of same, I'd appreciate it!

New Secret Weapon have been excellent any time I saw them live.

saffron22

www.divideofeverything.com


https://open.spotify.com/track/0obxRXEkND6ILKO8xQOPLA

More on the rock side of things but hopefully its the type of music you are looking for

BUBBLES1978

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Haven't heard anything from him in years.

So I took the plunge on this one and bought a ticket this morning, but looks like I will be "Billy No Mates" for this as all my mates (and SO) are wusses and won't go. Don't think I have ever gone to a festival on own before. At least I won't get split up from the gang

there wont be bother on you were a friendly bunch down in sunny port wel mind ya :D:D:D:D:D

PabloAndRoy

BUBBLES1978 wrote: »

there wont be bother on you were a friendly bunch down in sunny port wel mind ya :D:D:D:D:D

But do any of you speak English? My pidgin is a bit rusty, but I think I understand what you are saying.

And is there are scarcity of punctuation marks in "sunny port"? I don't think I can survive a whole weekend without commas and full stops and other such fancy things. Maybe i am too posh for this weekend "living in a field" sh!t.

PabloAndRoy

in other news .. Chastity Brown's new album is getting good review .. must give it a spin later.

BUBBLES1978

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

But do any of you speak English? My pidgin is a bit rusty, but I think I understand what you are saying.

And is there are scarcity of punctuation marks in "sunny port"? I don't think I can survive a whole weekend without commas and full stops and other such fancy things. Maybe i am too posh for this weekend "living in a field" sh!t.

We are more "punchuations" rather than "Punctuation" we are a feral bunch down here....

BUBBLES1978

statement on Facebook regarding the festival
its postponed!!!!!!
sad focking day

zoobizoo

May as well say cancelled as it'd be impossible to rearrange same or similar line up.

Can only assume low ticket sales as once you've covered the costs and aren't looking at major debt, you keep things running to retain confidence for future years if you can.

Pity to see any festival not happening.

PabloAndRoy

Really disappointing. Postponement is not an option.

Really surprised that such a good lineup didn't attract decent sales

Edit: Post says they can't meet conditions of licence.

zoobizoo

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Really surprised that such a good lineup didn't attract decent sales

I had never heard of the festival until I heard a competition for it on Arena on Radio 1 a couple of weeks back.

The hinterland they are in the centre of hasn't a big population so they probably aren't relying on a local base. .

With these types of festivals, 500 extra people per day can make or break it but getting those extra people through the gates is difficult to do once you've sold to your "core" audience.


It's a competitive market out there.

PabloAndRoy

zoobizoo wrote: »

I had never heard of the festival until I heard a competition for it on Arena on Radio 1 a couple of weeks back.

The hinterland they are in the centre of hasn't a big population so they probably aren't relying on a local base. .

With these types of festivals, 500 extra people per day can make or break it but getting those extra people through the gates is difficult to do once you've sold to your "core" audience.


It's a competitive market out there.

Festival has been building up a reputation over last few years. It's reasonably well known among small festival goers.

According to the Facebook post, they had difficulty meeting terms of the licence, whatever that could be. A few on Facebook seem to be blaming local council.

I had arranged irreversible time off work for this. Bitter taste in mouth.

zoobizoo

I guess that's where their core audience is so.

Moving from a 1 day to a 3 day festival is a big ask for a small team.

People can blame the council all they like but I'd be surprised if those issues hadn't been hammered out months back when the licensing app went in. With two weeks to go though, most issues should have been dealt with.

I stand to be corrected.

Mike Guide 69

Well from what was relayed back to me by a relative in Portarlington, the issue was with the extension of the days, local residents in or around the garryhinch area expressed concerns about the numbers that could possibly attend over the 3 day period. Also issues were raised in terms of security, accomodation/camping facilities (toilets and all, yeah that came up). Seemed the council obviously didnt carry out a full term spec in advance of putting through the licence for the event..........

PabloAndRoy

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Well from what was relayed back to me by a relative in Portarlington, the issue was with the extension of the days, local residents in or around the garryhinch area expressed concerns about the numbers that could possibly attend over the 3 day period. Also issues were raised in terms of security, accomadtion/camping facilities (toilets and all, yeah that came up). Seemed the council obviously didnt carry out a full term spec in advance of putting through the licence for the event..........

NIMBY Ireland strikes again.

zoobizoo

But that would be standard, no? security, accommodation and toilets for X amount of patrons is for the event team to know and cater for. It would be part of the event plan.

If security was on the low side, they could hire extra in - same with the toilets, particularly with two weeks to go.


You'll always get locals complaining so they need to be kept onside and informed and consulted.

PabloAndRoy

zoobizoo wrote: »

But that would be standard, no? security, accommodation and toilets for X amount of patrons is for the event team to know and cater for. It would be part of the event plan.

If security was on the low side, they could hire extra in - same with the toilets, particularly with two weeks to go.


You'll always get locals complaining so they need to be kept onside and informed and consulted.

In short we do not know exactly what happened. The facebook post states:

BARE in the Woods is a small, homegrown festival, run by a small core group of people and unfortunately, the limited time available for us to comply with the conditions on our licence, has realistically proven not enough.

Whatever that should mean... You could read that as "we ran out of time and didn't have ourselves well enough organised" or "the conditions on the licence were too onerous for us to comply with given the time available from the the licence being issued" or "we bit off more than we can chew and we stand to lose a shed load of money if we have to fork out to meet the licence conditions"

In short, we don't know exactly what happened, but the event is cancelled, trust is lost and the damage is done.

Offaly county council do have a document outlining the application process and pre-application expectations. http://www.offaly.ie/eng/Services/Planning/How_to_Make_a_Planning_Application/Guide_to_Making_a_Planning_Application/updates-2016/major-events-leaflet.PDF

vcngirl

shame, would have loved the lineup

Thundercats Ho

I see that BARE is back next year, July 6th/7th 2018.
It's changing location, from Portarlington Laois, to Borris Carlow.

I've been at a few gigs in Borris house over the years, and it's a beautiful site.

http://www.barefestival.com

Statement on their site, re last years mess
http://www.barefestival.com/statement-re-bare17-bare18/

I'll probably pick up tickets when they go on sale in a few weeks.

PabloAndRoy

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I see that BARE is back next year, July 6th/7th 2018.
It's changing location, from Portarlington Laois, to Borris Carlow.

I've been at a few gigs in Borris house over the years, and it's a beautiful site.

http://www.barefestival.com

Statement on their site, re last years mess
http://www.barefestival.com/statement-re-bare17-bare18/

I'll probably pick up tickets when they go on sale in a few weeks.

Also, anyone that ordered tickets for the cancelled event are getting a €30 discount on the tickets early bird price .. 2 day festival for €70. Very happy to support these guys for that price.

Thundercats Ho

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Also, anyone that ordered tickets for the cancelled event are getting a €30 discount on the tickets early bird price .. 2 day festival for €70. Very happy to support these guys for that price.

That's excellent.
I didn't have tickets last year. If anyone has a spare code, i'd gladly take it.

BUBBLES1978

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

That's excellent.
I didn't have tickets last year. If anyone has a spare code, i'd gladly take it.

me too hadn't ordered a ticket as had been given one :D

Thundercats Ho

Has anyone received their tickets yet?

phunkadelic

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Has anyone received their tickets yet?

They're etickets attached to email no?

Thundercats Ho

phunkadelic wrote: »

They're etickets attached to email no?

Ah, so they are, thanks!

evil_seed

Any word on stage times for this yet?

Nokia6230i

Anyone go/ing to this?

Would be interested to hear feedback in terms of price of pints (5 Euro), transport to & from (Kildare/Portarlington/Kilcullen etc. & Bagenalstown Train Stn.), sufficient security personnel/ticket checkers, sufficient quantity of jacks on site for both main gig and campsite, showers for campsite etc.?

I know the location quite well and one concern I had was in terms of gate-crashers hopping fences etc.; it's an incredibly wide open venue to control.

Any other issues, good or bad?

They've removed the review section from their FB Page.

gawker

Friends of mine went and said it was a very small turn out. Maybe a few hundred? About 100 camping. I thought it'd be much bigger. Apparently well organised though.

WoollyRedHat

gawker wrote: »

Friends of mine went and said it was a very small turn out. Maybe a few hundred? About 100 camping. I thought it'd be much bigger. Apparently well organised though.

There were things lacking on organisational front.. ie showers.

Furious-Red

Tbh id say what happened to the festival last year would have turned a lot of people off going id say

Dr. Bre

Does a bare 5hit in the woods?

fits

I went yesterday for a few hours. Thought it was well organised and laid out. Stunning views from the venue. It’s really a shame more people didn’t turn up.

Birneybau

Furious-Red wrote: »

Tbh id say what happened to the festival last year would have turned a lot of people off going id say

Bit Foghorn Leghorn there. I'd say I'd say

evil_seed

So here's my run down of the festival.

Organisation wise it was good. Everything ran to as close to on time as possible. Sound was good, lighting. Some amazing bands. Good food and a pleasant surprise to see O'Hara's beer and not heineken/usual muck.

This was my first festival, and I get people want to get f*cked up and all, but not even leaving the camp site... what's that all about? The acts that we saw were great and deserved to have a bigger crowd to play to, but still gave it 110%.

The security was really good too. There was a bit of a ruckus on the Friday night where some lads managed to sneak in, hijack some tents and then threatened people with blades looking for cans. Security turfed them out, and kept throwing them out each time they did sneak back in, which was a lot of times. A few of the security team I spoke with said it was the worst festival for trouble they've seen in a while. We spent all our time at the music so didn't see any trouble apart from hearing all the commotion on the Friday night.

List of who I remember seeing:
Kila 5/5
Lost brothers 4/5
Truck stop honeymoon 5/5
Davina and the messengers 4/5
Good is an astronaut 6/5
Natty Wailer 5/5
Cider wasps 4/5
Craic appeal 4/5
Exiles 4/5
Obie Trice & Swifty McVay 5/5

Former Former

If a bunch of blade-wielding toerags managed to sneak in multiple times, I'd suggest that perhaps organisation and security weren't really that good?

If turnout was as low as I've heard, it's hard to see this coming back.