Wild Roots Festival 2020

Paddytee

Kasier Chiefs have just been added to this new festival in Sligo this August.

Lineup is slowly taking shape. James Morrison, Blindboy amongst the acts.

Any of ye heading?

https://twitter.com/WildRoots8/status/1232002251163607042?s=19

CBear1993

Still on?

Furious-Red

CBear1993 wrote: »

Still on?

Postponed to next May

El Director

Hi folks. They have secured a new weekend in August, 13th - 15th. They are very active on instagram so I guess they must be fairly confident of the August date. Fair play to them for securing that and getting the acts to agree, I'm surprised that more festivals haven't pushed out to late Au/Sept. Anyway, anyone planning on going? I'm considering getting some, it's a lovely location.

El Director

I must say the amount of posting these guys are doing on IG would have you believe that it will actually go ahead! I've contacted them, they are great at getting back (the beauty of a small festival), and they are being very positive about it going ahead now. They are onsite a couple of weeks now too. They think that antigen testing will form part of the whole set up as well. Anyway...I'm still holding out hope.

Furious-Red

Myself and a few friends are gonna get tickets for it in the next few weeks, we all know the chances of it happening are 50/50 but at least if it goes ahead we'll have our tickets. Plus it would be nice to go to a small festival again

El Director

Furious-Red wrote: »

Myself and a few friends are gonna get tickets for it in the next few weeks, we all know the chances of it happening are 50/50 but at least if it goes ahead we'll have our tickets. Plus it would be nice to go to a small festival again

Yeah, myself and 3 of my friends decided to just be positive about things and we bought weekend tickets. A small festival would indeed be lovely :cool:

zweton

Think this will sell out?

El Director

zweton wrote: »

Think this will sell out?

60% of weekend tickets are sold so there’s plenty left. In the next few weeks there will be more guidelines for event organisers so probably safe enough to wait for a while yet.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/festivals/industry-experts-will-advise-on-post-covid-gigs-and-events-40272543.html

Furious-Red

El Director wrote: »

60% of weekend tickets are sold so there’s plenty left. In the next few weeks there will be more guidelines for event organisers so probably safe enough to wait for a while yet.

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/festivals/industry-experts-will-advise-on-post-covid-gigs-and-events-40272543.html

Tbh id say the decision on events will be after the pubs/hospitality so we could be waiting till June or July sadly

Alkers

zweton wrote: »

Think this will sell out?

I'd say it will be postponed again to their August date or even later but that if it does go ahead it will sell out at soon as it's confirmed!

El Director

Alkers wrote: »

I'd say it will be postponed again to their August date or even later but that if it does go ahead it will sell out at soon as it's confirmed!

It has been already pushed out until August. Does anyone know of any September festivals (not EP)? Surly by then small gigs and festivals will go ahead.

Furious-Red

El Director wrote: »

It has been already pushed out until August. Does anyone know of any September festivals (not EP)? Surly by then small gigs and festivals will go ahead.

Forever Young festival has moved to Sept

RINO87

Seems to still be all systems go for this. Few of us thinking of just getting tickets. The lineup is cack but i really don't think anyone will care!!

It's a little too close to ATN for comfort, wouldn't get away with heading to both, but i wouldn't mind having that dilemma to be honest

El Director

RINO87 wrote: »

Seems to still be all systems go for this. Few of us thinking of just getting tickets. The lineup is cack but i really don't think anyone will care!!

It's a little too close to ATN for comfort, wouldn't get away with heading to both, but i wouldn't mind having that dilemma to be honest

Line up isn’t great but they do have a dance tent...so there’s that! I miss dancing. They are very active on Instagram and are really good at getting back to messages a d questions. They have a capacity of 10,000 for this year, could be a great test event.

I’ve ATN tickets too and it usually takes me 3 weeks to recover from that but if both go ahead this year then I’m willing, more than willing, to suffer on

RINO87

Dance tent you say?? Well that's where I'll be for the weekend then if anyone is looking for me!!

Booka Shade never disappoint either

Furious-Red

And they have King Kong Company which are always great live.

El Director

Furious-Red wrote: »

And they have King Kong Company which are always great live.

+1 to that

And Daft Punk Tribute, never heard them before but I'd imagine that could be cool too!

endainoz

I'm still thinking about heading to this one too, it could be seen as a triumphant return to live music for a lot of people. It wouldn't suprise me if they are working with the government with the idea of doing pilot events and this could well be the pilot festival. I'm about 60% on whether I'll go or not, tickets aren't cheap but the small festivals can be great fun.

El Director

endainoz wrote: »

I'm still thinking about heading to this one too, it could be seen as a triumphant return to live music for a lot of people. It wouldn't suprise me if they are working with the government with the idea of doing pilot events and this could well be the pilot festival. I'm about 60% on whether I'll go or not, tickets aren't cheap but the small festivals can be great fun.

That was very much my thinking when I bought and convinced 4 of my mate as well. ATN the first year was awesome.

They have a COVID plan too which they published somewhere and it would give you confidence that they can pull this off safely. Feck me, if it goes ahead it would be such a joyous occasion imo :cool:


https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/1116/1178418-strict-covid-19-procedures-for-new-sligo-festival/

GiftofGab

Is this still scheduled to happen?

endainoz

GiftofGab wrote: »

Is this still scheduled to happen?

Yup, they're starting to build the site already so they must be pretty confident.

Furious-Red

Last week or so they announced over 60% tickets sold.

endainoz

Furious-Red wrote: »

Last week or so they announced over 60% tickets sold.

Apparently updated to 70% today... I need to get off this fence!

Furious-Red

endainoz wrote: »

Apparently updated to 70% today... I need to get off this fence!

We've decided if it does go ahead and we can grab tickets closer we will, if not we will just go camping somewhere the same weekend. Its a risk but we will see what happens

El Director

endainoz wrote: »

Apparently updated to 70% today... I need to get off this fence!

Go for it! I’ve a good feeling about this one

endainoz

It is done, I'm officially off the fence and have bought a weekend camping ticket. This looks likely to be the return of proper festivals in Ireland after a long break, it could be quite emotional! I guess I may see some of you there!

El Director

endainoz wrote: »

It is done, I'm officially off the fence and have bought a weekend camping ticket. This looks likely to be the return of proper festivals in Ireland after a long break, it could be quite emotional! I guess I may see some of you there!

That’s awesome:cool: I share your sentiments! Be sure to follow them on Instagram, I love seeing the on-site posts of them building the infrastructure...makes it all more believable.

Furious-Red

El Director wrote: »

That’s awesome:cool: I share your sentiments! Be sure to follow them on Instagram, I love seeing the on-site posts of them building the infrastructure...makes it all more believable.

Yea the fact they are constantly building the site makes it so exciting and it looks like they are putting in a lot of effort into the theme/design of the festival which is great. Id say there will be some atmosphere if it is the first festival back after Covid.

El Director

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea the fact they are constantly building the site makes it so exciting and it looks like they are putting in a lot of effort into the theme/design of the festival which is great. Id say there will be some atmosphere if it is the first festival back after Covid.

Oh I’d say so! Can you imagine. There could be a big scrabble for tickets yet!

endainoz

Let's hope so, the idea of drinking cans in a field feels so far away

zweton

Lads is there a list of whos playing on which night, the website is giving me a headache.

El Director

zweton wrote: »

Lads is there a list of whos playing on which night, the website is giving me a headache.

No, no stage times yet.

Furious-Red

El Director wrote: »

Oh I’d say so! Can you imagine. There could be a big scrabble for tickets yet!

Tbh I would prefer if we just bought tickets now but the rest of the group would rather wait.

RINO87

Look at it this way. This festival is 3 months away.... Think back three months and look at how far we have come. 3 months agó was early February, our vaccine programme was barely getting off the ground and the outlook looked pretty bleak...

We are now in much much better place, add another 3 months of progress on top of that and i really can't see any reason for this not to happen.

I'm actually allowing myself to get excited over this!!

endainoz

Furious-Red wrote: »

Tbh I would prefer if we just bought tickets now but the rest of the group would rather wait.

Oh man tell me about it! I'm trying to convince the EP crew to come to this in case EP gets cancelled again due to its massive size. Wild Roots has a better chance to happen I think. Of course I'd love to see both happen and along with the Doolin folk festival in mid September, ill get three great festivals in a month!

El Director

RINO87 wrote: »

Look at it this way. This festival is 3 months away.... Think back three months and look at how far we have come. 3 months agó was early February, our vaccine programme was barely getting off the ground and the outlook looked pretty bleak...

We are now in much much better place, add another 3 months of progress on top of that and i really can't see any reason for this not to happen.

I'm actually allowing myself to get excited over this!!

I set up a Viber group with my mates for this festival and in my first post I lay down the one rule for the group: when talking about this festival you must speak as if it is definitely happening, like you would have had COVID 19 never been a thing. And you only got into the group once you had committed, ie bought a ticket (proof of purchase required). It’s worked a treat and helped lift some of the COVID gloom in our lives

There are 5 in the group now, not a cynic amongst us.

zweton

El Director wrote: »

No, no stage times yet.

I can only attend for one day but theres no way of telling whos playing on any given day (in full i mean). When will we know?

El Director

zweton wrote: »

I can only attend for one day but theres no way of telling whos playing on any given day (in full i mean). When will we know?

Not sure. I’ll ask. You’d imagine Kaiser Chiefs will be the Saturday night anyway.

zweton

El Director wrote: »

Not sure. I’ll ask. You’d imagine Kaiser Chiefs will be the Saturday night anyway.

If you can ask that would be super.

spindex

zweton wrote: »

Lads is there a list of whos playing on which night, the website is giving me a headache.

Some of the dates are up, kaiszer chiefs are Sunday.
https://wildroots.ie/line-up/
Just scroll down

El Director

spindex wrote: »

Some of the dates are up, kaiszer chiefs are Sunday.
https://wildroots.ie/line-up/
Just scroll down

Very good. Well spotted.

zweton

spindex wrote: »

Some of the dates are up, kaiszer chiefs are Sunday.
https://wildroots.ie/line-up/
Just scroll down

oh ya i can see some of the main acts but for example king kong company(who i want to see) and smaller acts you have no idea...even a day would be good.

El Director

zweton wrote: »

If you can ask that would be super.

I asked but no reply, unfortunately. They have been excellent at replying to my messages up to now, hopefully, they are just so busy now they've no time to reply to my questions! Certainly looks that way from their IG stories :cool:

zweton

El Director wrote: »

I asked but no reply, unfortunately. They have been excellent at replying to my messages up to now, hopefully, they are just so busy now they've no time to reply to my questions! Certainly looks that way from their IG stories :cool:

no prob thanks, they may come back yet

El Director

I really have great belief in these guys organising Wildroots for a few months now, they are so proactive and tbh gave me great hope during some dark weeks through the winter! They are running a small test event in Sligo today - click here.

I really want this to go ahead more for their sake as much as mine at this stage because they have put so much into it!

endainoz

Great to look back at their Insta story from last night, a good sign.

timmyntc

Is there a definite answer as to whether this will go ahead?

endainoz

timmyntc wrote: »

Is there a definite answer as to whether this will go ahead?

Nope, but I do think there's a good chance of it being used as a pilot event as it's capped at 10,000

El Director

Nothing in the events sphere is definite yet. I believe there is a government announcement this Friday regarding live events which will include what will and will not be allowed go ahead. This will give organisers an idea of what they can do and if it’s possible to go ahead or not.

I’d imagine after this announcement we will see festivals being pulled, like EP perhaps, or they will be able confirm that they are going ahead. I personally think there’s a good chance of this one going ahead (got my tickets on Feb!) and All Together Now too which is two weeks prior.

bodhrandude

What's going to happen with this one now, with events capped at 5,000 people, will there be another restriction change during August to make this event possible by festival time.