SPRAOI festival. 2018.

comeraghs

The Weather is looking great for the weekend & the lineup for this year looks pretty impressive. especially the music.

Hope the ATN festival in Curraghmore doesn't take away too much from the crowds.



http://www.spraoi.com/

Harry Palmr

It's hardly got a mention this year, I say that not listening to local radio but it feels like all together now has dominated discussion

Smell the glove

Love spraoi and thinks it's a fantastic festival for the city but this year I have to say I'm pretty underwhelmed by the rythem route and music in general. But I'll still being be going in around.

fricatus

comeraghs wrote: »

Hope the ATN festival in Curraghmore doesn't take away too much from the crowds.

I would hazard a guess that the overlap is small enough and that ATN would only pull a handful of people away from Spraoi.

With both festivals on, and hopefully at least some of the ATN crowd passing through the city, maybe spending a couple of hours on the way, there should be a great buzz about.

Flow Motion

fricatus wrote: »

I would hazard a guess that the overlap is small enough and that ATN would only pull a handful of people away from Spraoi.

With both festivals on, and hopefully at least some of the ATN crowd passing through the city, maybe spending a couple of hours on the way, there should be a great buzz about.

Yes both festivals should show both the locals and any visitors that Waterford can stand up and compete with its peer cities in Ireland. Dont think Galway has a major <music> festival does it?? Then again it does have the Races, the Arts Festival etc etc. Personally I think the Greenway and events like ATN have opened the door for Waterford as a city. Thankfully the weather looks like its going to behave over the weekend so everyone can really enjoy both events. I plan to pop into Spraoi early in the day before heading for ATN each afternoon/evening. ATN doesnt KO until after 5pm on the Friday apparently. Lets hope everything goes to plan and passes off safely.

Max Powers

In around today for couple hours, great buzz around, great acts, music, etc.looking forward to seeing more. Credit to all involved, it's a massive effort. what spraoi does for Waterford is incalcuable so,
Don't forget your gimme 5€ all, ....5 at the minimum.

enniscorthy

SEE YOU THERE.............BRIAN

marlin vs

Just back from it and it was good this evening,and hopefully better tomorrow Im looking forward to it. I can't wait for tomorrow boy, but I have to, time to go on the night shift.

Gillman1998

Great atmosphere in town yesterday (Saturday). Enjoyed some cracking music, especially Papa Zitas and a great last minute appearance by Mad Ferritt which really brought the Applemarket crowd alive. Looking forward to Microguagua and Thank Funk today.

By the way, is the same guy the singer in both Mad Ferritt and Thank Funk? I'm sure I read that somewhere, he does a great Liam impression anyway.

Smell the glove

Gillman1998 wrote: »

Great atmosphere in town yesterday (Saturday). Enjoyed some cracking music, especially Papa Zitas and a great last minute appearance by Mad Ferritt which really brought the Applemarket crowd alive. Looking forward to Microguagua and Thank Funk today.

By the way, is the same guy the singer in both Mad Ferritt and Thank Funk? I'm sure I read that somewhere, he does a great Liam impression anyway.

He's definitely in The Saucebirds. Great covers band.

StringerBell

Well done to the organisers and volunteers again this year, Spraoi was fantastic. Atmosphere was super and some real gems to be found in the outdoor performances.

bekosam

Fair play to the county council I was walking home on the Monday morning after Spraoi and the place was spotless. It was almost eerie how clean and quiet it was.

azimuth17

Its the city council staff that clean Waterford city. They did a great job after a huge event.

taytobreath

azimuth17 wrote: »

Its the city council staff that clean Waterford city. They did a great job after a huge event.

I thought its both, they joined together a few years back. According to their website it's Waterford city and county council.