All Together Now 2019

hibsman · 21-06-2019 11:19am

That's a brilliant comedy line up. I wonder if it will be the same small tent as last year considering the extra capacity?

Eod100 · 21-06-2019 11:21am

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

I always try to spend a few hours in the comedy tent at a festival. Just have a wander in and see whats on. I plan to do so this year. Unlikely to catch any big names due to music clashes I would imagine.

Yeah same, it would be great if comedy acts were on earlier in a music festival but can understand why the give the big names prominent slots too

maximoose · 21-06-2019 11:41am

Not bad! No Viper though

Stillill42 · 21-06-2019 11:43am

hibsman wrote: »

That's a brilliant comedy line up. I wonder if it will be the same small tent as last year considering the extra capacity?

Ah it can't be. That was a lovely little tent but wasn't there chaos for Tommy last year?

narwog81 · 22-06-2019 3:42pm

Can anyone remember from previous years if there will be buses running back to Dublin on the Sunday morning?

The event website doesn't have details of the schedule yet, I imagine there will be but I really need to catch a flight Sunday evening and will be in no humour to drive so trying to make my plans now.

Arne_Saknussem · 22-06-2019 4:07pm

narwog81 wrote: »

Can anyone remember from previous years if there will be buses running back to Dublin on the Sunday morning?

The event website doesn't have details of the schedule yet, I imagine there will be but I really need to catch a flight Sunday evening and will be in no humour to drive so trying to make my plans now.

You can get Buses & Trains to Dublin from Waterford City

narwog81 · 22-06-2019 4:17pm

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

You can get Buses & Trains to Dublin from Waterford City

I haven't been to this festival before, are there regular transport options from the event site into Waterford? A 30min taxi to get a bus sounds grim.

Arne_Saknussem · 22-06-2019 4:23pm

narwog81 wrote: »

I haven't been to this festival before, are there regular transport options from the event site into Waterford? A 30min taxi to get a bus sounds grim.

Not entirely sure. Last year was the first year and there were buses to and from the site from Waterford on the Friday & Monday, not sure if there were on Sat & Sun but possibly as there were Sunday day tickets.

Stillill42 · 22-06-2019 4:45pm

Buses from Waterford to the site were few and far between last year. I didn't have to use them but a lot of people unhappy. Schedule only published at the death. Hopefully they'll address it this year. The more people asking them the question the better.

23-06-2019 8:28am

reubenreuben wrote: »

Hi.

Can you bring small gas camping stoves? The type you can get for a tenner in halfords etc?
Been to a few electric picnics and used them there.
How about this place as it states on the website that they aren't allowed.
Did anyone go last year and see people using them?

Answered your own question here. Expect to get shut down.

eplady2017 · 23-06-2019 3:00pm

greenspurs wrote: »

I always wondered why festivals don't have a "Tribute Band" stage , if only for one day out of the 3.

I totally agree.. Last few years at EP These Charming Men, Roadhouse Doors and Harvest have been some of the acts I've always enjoyed seeing.. Last year at ATN The Bootleg Beatles were amazing..

johnnyskeleton · 23-06-2019 4:06pm

eplady2017 wrote: »

I totally agree.. Last few years at EP These Charming Men, Roadhouse Doors and Harvest have been some of the acts I've always enjoyed seeing.. Last year at ATN The Bootleg Beatles were amazing..

They work best at the early part of the day, when people arent drunk enough to dance to music they dont know but a good sing along can get them in the mood.

Coz · 24-06-2019 8:48am

If my sums are correct, only 53 music acts have been announced so far.

Am I right???

Ferris_Bueller · 24-06-2019 9:46am

Yep that looks correct based on the website. Last year there were 74 on the final poster but that didn't include acts on the One Love or the All My Friends stages or some acts on the Hotpress Acoustic stage. Possibly Arcadia too but they seemed to be mainly acts that were already playing at the festival.

So still plenty more acts to come, but probably smaller Irish acts and DJs based on last year.

El Director · 24-06-2019 9:51am

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Yep that looks correct based on the website. Last year there were 74 on the final poster but that didn't include acts on the One Love or the All My Friends stages or some acts on the Hotpress Acoustic stage. Possibly Arcadia too but they seemed to be mainly acts that were already playing at the festival.

So still plenty more acts to come, but probably smaller Irish acts and DJs based on last year.

Ah...the One Love area/stage my 2018 happy place

D.Q · 24-06-2019 11:03am

El Director wrote: »

Ah...the One Love area/stage my 2018 happy place

Was that the stage that had Claire beck etc playing disco on the sunday?

Edit:

Never mind that was All my friends. That was my 2018 happy place

El Director · 24-06-2019 11:12am

D.Q wrote: »

Was that the stage that had Claire beck etc playing disco on the sunday?

Edit:

Never mind that was All my friends. That was my 2018 happy place

Nope. It was a small area kind of hidden away in the woods. Probably obvious if staying in the boutique camping but not when in the general camping area as we were last year. There was a great vibe and there and even though I hadn’t a clue about any of the DJ’s they were excellent imo. Just did a search there Claire Beck was playing the All My Friends tent/area.

Ferris_Bueller · 24-06-2019 11:28am

El Director wrote: »

Nope. It was a small area kind of hidden away in the woods. Probably obvious if staying in the boutique camping but not when in the general camping area as we were last year. There was a great vibe and there and even though I hadn’t a clue about any of the DJ’s they were excellent imo. Just did a search there Claire Beck was playing the All My Friends tent/area.

Yeah those two stages were close together as far as I can remember? I think that area in general could be improved a bit this year, had great craic at the All My Friends stage myself but both stages were a bit out of the way and felt small enough.

Had a quick look to see what days certain acts are on, this is what I could gather so far:

Friday
Anna Calvi
Fontaines DC (think I saw that somewhere a while ago?)

Saturday
Hot Chip
Jon Hopkins
Lisa Hannigan
Jose Gonzalez
Kiasmos
Gus Dapperton
Loyle Carner

Sunday
The National (did someone post this a while back?)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
John Grant
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Wailers

El Director · 24-06-2019 11:39am

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Yeah those two stages were close together as far as I can remember? I think that area in general could be improved a bit this year, had great craic at the All My Friends stage myself but both stages were a bit out of the way and felt small enough.

Had a quick look to see what days certain acts are on, this is what I could gather so far:

Friday
Anna Calvi
Fontaines DC (think I saw that somewhere a while ago?)

Saturday
Hot Chip
Jon Hopkins
Lisa Hannigan
Jose Gonzalez
Kiasmos
Gus Dapperton
Loyle Carner

Sunday
The National (did someone post this a while back?)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
John Grant
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Wailers

Yeah they were close together alright. I posted here a few weeks ago about the Fontaines, it’s on their IG account that they are playing at ATN on the Friday. Still hoping they won’t be put on the main stage!

Coz · 24-06-2019 4:47pm

Ferris_Bueller wrote:

Yep that looks correct based on the website. Last year there were 74 on the final poster but that didn't include acts on the One Love or the All My Friends stages or some acts on the Hotpress Acoustic stage. Possibly Arcadia too but they seemed to be mainly acts that were already playing at the festival.

Cool. I'm a bit of a Clashfinder Nerd with excel sheets out the ying yang for my Festival homework.

I've been an EP goer until this year but we're making the switch!

Eod100 · 25-06-2019 8:26am

Did Little Green Cars new band Soda Blonde get added? Or did I imagine that?

Suckit · 25-06-2019 9:49am

Eod100 wrote: »

Did Little Green Cars new band Soda Blonde get added? Or did I imagine that?

I think it was mentioned that they might be added, but don't think they have been yet.

gaffolino · 25-06-2019 11:00am

Coz wrote: »

Cool. I'm a bit of a Clashfinder Nerd with excel sheets out the ying yang for my Festival homework.

I've been an EP goer until this year but we're making the switch!

Same. Ep for years and did both last year. Jumped ship to ATN this year only. I know I'm gonna have some serious fomo come the end of August so here hoping ATN is as good as last year if not better

ILIKEFOOD · 25-06-2019 12:15pm

only just getting in to John Grant now, I'd take him as a headliner over any of the actual headliners. So good.

RINO87 · 25-06-2019 1:10pm

ILIKEFOOD wrote: »

only just getting in to John Grant now, I'd take him as a headliner over any of the actual headliners. So good.

His show on the main stage of body and soul 2014 is one of my best festival memories. I was mad into the "Pale Green Ghosts" album at the time, the sun was setting behind the crowd, the buzz was amazing.... Still makes me smile! Looking forward to more of the same!!

How was that five years ago?? Well holy god says miley.

ILIKEFOOD · 25-06-2019 1:44pm

RINO87 wrote: »

His show on the main stage of body and soul 2014 is one of my best festival memories. I was mad into the "Pale Green Ghosts" album at the time, the sun was setting behind the crowd, the buzz was amazing.... Still makes me smile! Looking forward to more of the same!!

How was that five years ago?? Well holy god says miley.

can't wait. I feel ashamed that I let him slip through the net somehow. Must be losing it!

didn't realise sinead o'connors 'queen of denmark' is actually his!

Whodonnit better!? her cover is a bit of a belter too.

BullBlackNova · 25-06-2019 2:19pm

ILIKEFOOD wrote: »

can't wait. I feel ashamed that I let him slip through the net somehow. Must be losing it!

didn't realise sinead o'connors 'queen of denmark' is actually his!

Whodonnit better!? her cover is a bit of a belter too.

I was lucky enough to see her perform it live in the Cork Opera House once. Wouldn't count myself as a big fan of hers but I spent the rest of the gig picking my jaw up off the floor. Absolutely stunning.

John Grant at Electric Picnic back in 2010/11 ish is one of the best things I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant.

Cannot warm to the recent album at all but will still try catch him at this.

hankless · 25-06-2019 2:29pm

RINO87 wrote: »

Well holy god says miley.

I'm glad that other old people are going to this festival

llatsni · 25-06-2019 2:42pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Cannot warm to the recent album at all but will still try catch him at this.

This and James Blakes new album were the biggest let downs of the last year for me. Maybe my expectations were just too high?

whelzer · 25-06-2019 3:29pm

hankless wrote: »

I'm glad that other old people are going to this festival

Hah, I hear ya. My only negative thought from being at B&S all weekend is that for the first time at festivals, I was conscious of my age

Will not stop me doing B&S 2020, having said that 6 weeks to recover for ATN is just about right!

BullBlackNova · 25-06-2019 3:38pm

llatsni wrote: »

This and James Blakes new album were the biggest let downs of the last year for me. Maybe my expectations were just too high?

I loved the James Blake album but I saw a lot of people saying they were disappointed by it. I could listen to him all day, though!

Lots of ATN releases in recent weeks -

Hot Chip is excellent. Really looking forward to them now.
I haven't gone back to Fontaines DC much. I think it'll be brilliant live but some of the tracks fall a little flat for me on the album.
Black Midi sounds bloody mental. :eek: Great review on Pitchfork and elsewhere so I'll give it another go.
Haven't listened to Bedouine yet but I think the reviews have been generally good.
Big fan of the National too but that has been discussed (I think!)

Anyone have any other recommendations?

D.Q · 25-06-2019 3:48pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I loved the James Blake album but I saw a lot of people saying they were disappointed by it. I could listen to him all day, though!

Lots of ATN releases in recent weeks -

Hot Chip is excellent. Really looking forward to them now.
I haven't gone back to Fontaines DC much. I think it'll be brilliant live but some of the tracks fall a little flat for me on the album.
Black Midi sounds bloody mental. :eek: Great review on Pitchfork and elsewhere so I'll give it another go.
Haven't listened to Bedouine yet but I think the reviews have been generally good.
Big fan of the National too but that has been discussed (I think!)

Anyone have any other recommendations?

The Murder Capital have some stuff on spotify/youtube. I actually think they're a superior band to Fontaines DC, same vibe though.

Ships have one of the best albums I've ever heard on spotify. 'All will be' being the standout song on said album. Dreamy synthy pop with a dancey/chunky groove.

Father John Misty's first two albums are sensational.

Kojaque(as mentioned previosuly:pac::pac:)

King Kong Companys recordings don't do them justice. Whatever you do, don't miss their set.

Stillill42 · 25-06-2019 4:00pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Anyone have any other recommendations?

A Lazarus Soul album well worth a listen. Also, having not listened to Bombay bicycle club in an age, I'm loving them.

BullBlackNova · 25-06-2019 4:45pm

Some good stuff there for sure - I think I have 27 acts on my "to see" list... It'll be a busy few days.

I'm a little more optimistic about seeing a good chunk of them because of the free-flow drink policy. No excuse to sit at the tent with a can when I can bring the can in to a tent with a band!

ILIKEFOOD · 25-06-2019 5:29pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I was lucky enough to see her perform it live in the Cork Opera House once. Wouldn't count myself as a big fan of hers but I spent the rest of the gig picking my jaw up off the floor. Absolutely stunning.

John Grant at Electric Picnic back in 2010/11 ish is one of the best things I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant.

Cannot warm to the recent album at all but will still try catch him at this.

I've loads of time for Sinead but have to make the effort to see her if she performs again. Bit of activity on her FB page makes me think she might have some gigs / music on the way.

ILIKEFOOD · 25-06-2019 5:31pm

hankless wrote: »

I'm glad that other old people are going to this festival

This will be my dad's first festival at 65. It's almost my 65th festival at 34 ;P (slight exaggeration - maybe like my 40th? )

The demographic of attendees is one of the best things about ATN!

johnnyskeleton · 25-06-2019 6:11pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Did Little Green Cars new band Soda Blonde get added? Or did I imagine that?

Theyve been added to Knockanstockan. No reason they cant do both though

Eod100 · 25-06-2019 6:18pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Theyve been added to Knockanstockan. No reason they cant do both though

Ah hadn't spotted that! Guess the way it's 4 out of 5 members from LGC that it would be a pretty natural fit. Was wondering would they have enough material but think they has a debut gig in Dublin a short while ago. No talk of an album yet but guess must have the live material anyways

El Director · 26-06-2019 1:05am

ILIKEFOOD wrote: »

This will be my dad's first festival at 65. It's almost my 65th festival at 34 ;P (slight exaggeration - maybe like my 40th? )

The demographic of attendees is one of the best things about ATN!

Agreed. My mates and I are between 38-41 and we all look forward to this as it’s really the only 2/3 days we get (all) together that we have left now! :cool:

Le Bruise · 26-06-2019 9:50am

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I'm a little more optimistic about seeing a good chunk of them because of the free-flow drink policy. No excuse to sit at the tent with a can when I can bring the can in to a tent with a band!

I said the exact same thing last year....but still ended up hanging outside the tent with cans for a large portion of the day.

Will try to be more proactive again this year, but there's still something special about sitting around talking nonsense with your mates with a beer in hand. As El Director eluded to above, at our age you rarely get to do it!

Toast · 26-06-2019 10:39am

We were coming home at 1am to the tent and there was a group of heads just getting ready to actually leave the campsite and go in and listen to some music. Pretty sure they'd been there all day.

D.Q · 26-06-2019 10:42am

Toast wrote: »

We were coming home at 1am to the tent and there was a group of heads just getting ready to actually leave the campsite and go in and listen to some music. Pretty sure they'd been there all day.

Ended up getting stuck into a session at the tents on the sunday last year. Drinking from about 10am til 8/9 at the tents. Was great fun. Generally never do that at festivals, but there was nothing pulling me into the arena before then.

This year will be a different story for sure.

eplady2017 · 26-06-2019 11:23am

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Some good stuff there for sure - I think I have 27 acts on my "to see" list... It'll be a busy few days.

I'm a little more optimistic about seeing a good chunk of them because of the free-flow drink policy. No excuse to sit at the tent with a can when I can bring the can in to a tent with a band!

Free flow drink policy is a big draw for me. Did EP for years and both last year. The searching for beer entering the main area at EP always annoyed me slightly but last year after doing ATN it really pissed me off. So no EP for me this year. Jumping ship to ATN..

Ferris_Bueller · 26-06-2019 11:35am

D.Q wrote: »

Ended up getting stuck into a session at the tents on the sunday last year. Drinking from about 10am til 8/9 at the tents. Was great fun. Generally never do that at festivals, but there was nothing pulling me into the arena before then.

This year will be a different story for sure.

Yeah that happened to me as well, can't remember if it was the Saturday or the Sunday. It is fun in fairness and I think knowing you are only a 5 minute walk from the main stage rules out the risk of missing something you really want to see (unlike getting too cosy in the campsite at picnic!).

To be honest there wasn't a huge amount of stuff to draw you into the arena early, for me anyway. Hopefully a couple of more things going on this year.

hope80 · 26-06-2019 4:29pm

We're heading this year for our first festival and bringing the kids, only way we'd ever get to one as wouldn't have anyone to take them for the 3 nights! Obviously we are staying in family camping area but wondering will be able to access the general camping during the day as we have quite a few friends staying in that area?

llatsni · 26-06-2019 4:40pm

hope80 wrote: »

We're heading this year for our first festival and bringing the kids, only way we'd ever get to one as wouldn't have anyone to take them for the 3 nights! Obviously we are staying in family camping area but wondering will be able to access the general camping during the day as we have quite a few friends staying in that area?

I didn't see any kids in the general site at any point last year, but perhaps I just missed them.

sally cinnamon89 · 26-06-2019 4:54pm

hope80 wrote: »

We're heading this year for our first festival and bringing the kids, only way we'd ever get to one as wouldn't have anyone to take them for the 3 nights! Obviously we are staying in family camping area but wondering will be able to access the general camping during the day as we have quite a few friends staying in that area?

I cant see this being a problem. If anybody asks just say the kids want to check out Londis. But I doubt anybody will

Useful.Idiot · 26-06-2019 4:56pm

hope80 wrote: »

We're heading this year for our first festival and bringing the kids, only way we'd ever get to one as wouldn't have anyone to take them for the 3 nights! Obviously we are staying in family camping area but wondering will be able to access the general camping during the day as we have quite a few friends staying in that area?

It's the family camping area that will have restricted access and not the inverse. According to the website, general camping ticket holders are allowed to have up to two accompanying children under 12 y/o, so it shouldn't be any issue buzzing over to some friends in general camping with kids for a bit.

hope80 · 26-06-2019 4:59pm

thanks a mil, knew the family camping had restrictions but wasn't sure if the same applied

Stillill42 · 26-06-2019 5:45pm

So what's next, lads? Will we get something tomorrow?

All Together Now 2019

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