AllTogetherNow Festival 2018

Homesick Alien · 30-07-2018 02:48PM

Stillill42 wrote: »

Just got a reply to a query from them, taxi pick-up and drop-off is at Centra in Portlaw and shuttles go every 25 minutes from there to site and vice-versa.

So are the shuttles only going from Portlaw then? Or are there free shuttles from Portlaw but they're running ticketed shuttles from Waterford too? Wish they would just clarify.

Homesick Alien · 30-07-2018 03:13PM

Just noticed that Reggie Watts is on at 12:30pm Saturday on the Belonging Bandstand. What in tarnation?

Amirani · 30-07-2018 03:15PM

Friday: Chaka Khan, Mogwai, The Black Madonna
Saturday: Trinity Orchestra Perform David Bowie, Roisin Murphy, Underworld
Sunday: Talos, Villagers, First Aid Kit, Fleet Foxes, Nils Frahm, Hot Chip

Toast · 30-07-2018 03:18PM

Nialler9's recommendations are up.

gooseman12 · 30-07-2018 03:21PM

Anyone have any info on accessing the car parks from the Carrick side? I've got no response from them.

A trip all the way around to get to Kilmacthomas would be a pain in the arse....

BullBlackNova · 30-07-2018 03:37PM

Toast wrote: »

Nialler9's recommendations are up.

Some good recommendations in there.

You'd have to feel sorry for Nicholas Peterson, the guy who actually drummed on Fleet Foxes' debut and who has been all but written out of the band's history by journalists not fact-checking. Josh Tillman/Father John Misty played on the second album, not the debut...

Minor gripe I have!! Tillman joined after the recording was finished but before it was released. Toured it and recorded the second one with them before heading off on his own.

Also, Fleet Foxes were superb in Cork Opera House last year so highly recommend them if anyone is on the fence. Absolutely brilliant musicians with such a range of sounds throughout their discography, it's a mesmerising show.

Le Bruise · 30-07-2018 03:39PM

gooseman12 wrote: »

Anyone have any info on accessing the car parks from the Carrick side? I've got no response from them.

A trip all the way around to get to Kilmacthomas would be a pain in the arse....

Really interested in this info too. Assume they'll have to colour code/number the routes a la EP, as roads seem fairly tight around the area and there's two different car parks.

I'll be coming from Cork direction so Kilmacthomas is our route and we're heading for entrance 2 (Tangerine Fields)...would be strange to try and corral all traffic through there, particularly when you'd be on the right side for the general car park coming from Carrick..

greenspurs · 30-07-2018 03:39PM

https://www.mapalerter.com/latest/roads/item/waterford-city-and-county-council-road-alert-20-07-2018-30188

It seems the road up the back of the Scrouty is closed off , just off the Kilmacthomas road to Carrick.

boomshakalaka · 30-07-2018 03:48PM

gooseman12 wrote: »

Anyone have any info on accessing the car parks from the Carrick side? I've got no response from them.

A trip all the way around to get to Kilmacthomas would be a pain in the arse....

Also interested in this info, coming from Galway. I imagine anyone coming from that direction will be going via Limerick so it would hardly make sense for us to drive all the way around to approach from the other direction??

They'd want to come out with all the info soon, leaving it very late now!

Stillill42 · 30-07-2018 03:49PM

Homesick Alien wrote: »

Stillill42 wrote: »

Just got a reply to a query from them, taxi pick-up and drop-off is at Centra in Portlaw and shuttles go every 25 minutes from there to site and vice-versa.

So are the shuttles only going from Portlaw then? Or are there free shuttles from Portlaw but they're running ticketed shuttles from Waterford too? Wish they would just clarify.

As I understand it, ticketed shuttles from Waterford, free shuttles from Portlaw to site.

rorymagory · 30-07-2018 04:12PM

The info section says no garden furniture allowed....

https://www.alltogethernow.ie/information

Are they gonna make me stand around drinking cans?
Will I have to sit on the grass outside my tent on my arse?
My own arse?

alastair · 30-07-2018 04:15PM

rorymagory wrote: »

The info section says no garden furniture allowed....

https://www.alltogethernow.ie/information

Are they gonna make me stand around drinking cans?
Will I have to sit on the grass outside my tent on my arse?
My own arse?

Deck/camping chairs allowed - just not in the arena. Your arse will be grand at your tent.

rorymagory · 30-07-2018 04:19PM

alastair wrote: »

Deck/camping chairs allowed - just not in the arena. Your arse will be grand at your tent.

I just saw that on the FAQ section and came back to clarify. Nice one Alastair!

heebusjeebus · 30-07-2018 04:23PM

Got my email from Podpads. The map they liked to here says that the arena will be open from 5pm on Friday.

Le Bruise · 30-07-2018 04:33PM

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Got my email from Podpads. The map they liked to here says that the arena will be open from 5pm on Friday.

Car parks open at 10am, camping opens at Noon and Main Arena opens at 5pm on the Friday.

roll · 30-07-2018 04:38PM

My only unanswered question is that there is one carpark for normal camping and one for boutique camping but I would worry that the traffic stewards will direct you into whichever one suits them at whatever point of the day.... Has anyone seen an answer to this query? I stay in pink moo0n at EP and had a way of guaranteeing to get into carpark Z but not so for ATN it being the first year and all...

greenspurs · 30-07-2018 04:40PM

roll wrote: »

My only unanswered question is that there is one carpark for normal camping and one for boutique camping but I would worry that the traffic stewards will direct you into whichever one suits them at whatever point of the day.... Has anyone seen an answer to this query? I stay in pink moo0n at EP and had a way of guaranteeing to get into carpark Z but not so for ATN it being the first year and all...

Traffic and shuttles seem to be the most common questions now.
Youd imagine they have it sorted, but 'they' would want to tell gig-goers at this stage !!
I live about 5km from the site, and I still don't know how I can enter the site yet !!

roll · 30-07-2018 04:40PM

Le Bruise wrote: »

Car parks open at 10am, camping opens at Noon

Cue lots of slightly tipsy people putting up tents after a good few cans in the carpark!:D

Le Bruise · 30-07-2018 04:50PM

roll wrote: »

My only unanswered question is that there is one carpark for normal camping and one for boutique camping but I would worry that the traffic stewards will direct you into whichever one suits them at whatever point of the day.... Has anyone seen an answer to this query? I stay in pink moo0n at EP and had a way of guaranteeing to get into carpark Z but not so for ATN it being the first year and all...

This is what I was slightly concerned about, but one thing about EP is that there is no 'dedicated' Pink Moon car park. The way this site is laid out, there's a very definite car park for Boutique/Family and one for main camping. To get from one to the other you'd have to walk right through the main arena which is completely unfeasible. If they didn't have it well sorted it'd be an absolute sh*t show...but I'm sure they will.

Ferris_Bueller · 30-07-2018 04:57PM

A few posters have commented on how POD have got things wrong in the earlier years of other festivals such as EP & Forbidden Fruit.. What kind of stuff have they messed up on in the past?

Stillill42 · 30-07-2018 05:11PM

greenspurs wrote: »

roll wrote: »

My only unanswered question is that there is one carpark for normal camping and one for boutique camping but I would worry that the traffic stewards will direct you into whichever one suits them at whatever point of the day.... Has anyone seen an answer to this query? I stay in pink moo0n at EP and had a way of guaranteeing to get into carpark Z but not so for ATN it being the first year and all...

Traffic and shuttles seem to be the most common questions now.
Youd imagine they have it sorted, but 'they' would want to tell gig-goers at this stage !!
I live about 5km from the site, and I still don't know how I can enter the site yet !!

Ah ha! A local! I'm staying in a place in Gortrush, Greenspurs. Getting home in the evenings might be tricky. Don't suppose you have any local taxi contacts? I've been on to a place in Carrick but they're not filling me with confidence.

sleepysniper · 30-07-2018 05:17PM

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

A few posters have commented on how POD have got things wrong in the earlier years of other festivals such as EP & Forbidden Fruit.. What kind of stuff have they messed up on in the past?

I'd say making it a mandatory requirement to bring a U12 kid in with you to gain entry with a Sunday Only ticket is one this time round anyway.

Toast · 30-07-2018 05:22PM

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

A few posters have commented on how POD have got things wrong in the earlier years of other festivals such as EP & Forbidden Fruit.. What kind of stuff have they messed up on in the past?

Ran out of beer at the first EP. The beer cooling system broke at Forbidden Fruit too (they apparently had a single one?) causing there to be barely any beer available. Law of POD says something will happen with the beer at this.

Eod100 · 30-07-2018 05:44PM

Toast wrote: »

Ran out of beer at the first EP. The beer cooling system broke at Forbidden Fruit too (they apparently had a single one?) causing there to be barely any beer available. Law of POD says something will happen with the beer at this.

Jaysus there'd be riots, it would descend into Lord of the Flies stuff.. I may be slightly exaggerating but would be a dose. Think I'm a fair few years past the bringing slabs thing so will probably just pick up some craft beer cans. Bit of a pain dragging them all in only to leave some behind..

erica74 · 30-07-2018 05:54PM

Anyone have any advice on getting to the carpark closest to boutique camping? I can see on the ATN site map that we should enter via the E2 entrance/Kelly's Gate, I'm not a local so I have no idea where that is.

Chelon · 30-07-2018 06:42PM

This is probably a daft one but will they allow you to bring your own booze into the arena? Just asking...

Arne_Saknussem · 30-07-2018 06:42PM

Chelon wrote: »

This is probably a daft one but will they allow you to bring your own booze into the arena? Just asking...

Yep

Chelon · 30-07-2018 07:08PM

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Yep

Reeeally??? I'd be super impressed if so.

maximoose · 30-07-2018 07:16PM

Tesco have slabs of Heineken/grolsch/carling/molson/Carlsberg for €24 this week

Le Bruise · 30-07-2018 07:21PM

Chelon wrote: »

Reeeally??? I'd be super impressed if so.

Free flow policy. So once you bring booze into the campsite (Only on first entry and no more than 48 cans) you can take it wherever you please in the main arena. It’s the greatest policy known to humankind.

AllTogetherNow Festival 2018

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