Just got an email there about early birds going on sale and the first round of acts getting announced in October.
Inspiral Carpets.
Mauro Picotto - Comodo
Sasha
Hazey Haze - Limerick hip hop.
Interview with Peter from Toxic Dogs.
Finally my Wild Roots review, I hope you like it.
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Went for the Friday and Saturday. First time there, very enjoyable two days.
The layout of the venue is nicely done and some really nice areas setup within it. Only complaint bar 7:50 rockshore.. the toilets.. the trenches of paschendale would have been more inviting.
Just started on review today, had tech issues moving videos to computer and the long due process of uploading stuff to Youtube and not getting copyright strikes, but hopefully up by tonight.
It depends on who was there. I walked through with a can in my hand once no bother. Other times they were searching bags, and by searching I mean looking into the top of the bags. We got beer through in our pockets / hoods / bottom of the bags.
Bought a pint of Guinness at the bar near the church on Sunday, I had one of the beer cups with me and expected to pay 6.50, but was still charged 7.50, I thought the Rockshore cups were supposed to be a euro off the pint. They should be encouraging recycling by taking the euro off the beer cup when returned like other festivals have done before in the past.
Enjoyed the festival. I found the camping hard going - am getting older !
Just wondering what people thought of the price of food and beer.
I am a seasoned boozer and would put away 10 - 15 pints in a day.
Personally I think Rockshore is P*ss and at 7.50 a pint just not worth it.
I just went into town and had pints.
Were they searching punters for cans going into main arena, we have a crew entrance which didn't have a search, even though I was mainly on water as I found the weather too warm at times to be drinking alcohol.
Yeah they seem to be under a good bit of pressure financially, some large balances were carried over from last year from what I heard. Hopefully everyone gets paid anyway, nobody wants to see a festival fail.
We brought the campervan and the kids, and we had a blast. The weather certainly helped things. I have two takeaways that put a dampener on the weekend.
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Bins:
We paid a lot of money for a family ticket and another adult ticket this weekend (we bought them before the bring a friend for free) and it just wasn't good enough. They were clearly saving money on the essentials.
Hi All, Hope you enjoyed the weekend as much as I did. The West was most certainly awake the weekend! The sun shone the whole time again this year. Much like the others here I felt the Toilet situation was a bit ridiculous. The lack of a free flow for alcohol may have helped the bars but it was disappointing as last year I had no issues. This aside it was fairly well organised. I've got a feeling they maybe struggling financially though! The lack of a wild west stage headliners on late night was obvious. The billed acts were moved as they are smaller playing in the church or in case of string ninjas(who were excellent by the way) playing the cornerstone. No Friendly Fires (blurred out act) and the 'Special Guest' was Strangeboy who was hardly a top on the bill act. There were good crowds Saturday and Sunday on day tickets so I am hoping it survives. The site was laid out better than last year for campervans and the showers were an excellent addition not to mention free! There were some great djs to dance the night away to in District 22. Jenny Greene played another blinder of a set on Sunday but Rudamental on Saturday were the highlight for me! The new Aperol Spritz area also seemed popular! A quick trip to Strandhill to recover a little before treking home last night. Sligo you never disappoint!
It was a great weekend.
Yesterday afternoon around Wild West for Paddy Casey was almost too hot though.
Lots of good music - Daithi was particularly excellent yesterday evening, and Rudimental were headline act for weekend for me - good fun, high energy etc.
Bars were well ran bar a beer shortage on Saturday and Sunday night which must have meant good business there.
Loo situation definitely needs addressing.
Roll on next year!
Just me checking, got back home at 4 today, a smashing weekend with hot sunny weather, maybe too hot at times, the wooden church had the most shade, similar to Scandinavian wooden buildings, with slats to let in air. Will give a bit more of a review later when I get back from my session, a short cap, Friday was pretty good Inspiral Carpets put in a decent performance, it went more rave for then with the last four DJs in District 22, some hard pumping techno and then some nice Euro Trance, ending the night with Sasha and more of a trance vibe. Saturday wasn't brilliant for main stage acts but caught a bit of Hazey Haze's set, enjoyable comedic Limerick rap and I think the church delivered for the wide range of folk music on offer especially some wild trad also visited the District 22 for a few sets, heard some amazing DnB in the vicinity of Toxic Dogs courtesy of District 22. Got an interview with Peter Vamos, one of the people behind the Toxic Dogs stage and their adventures. Sunday was pretty decent too Jiggy were brilliant, also a sweet performance from the lovely Ailbhe Reddy, some great acts in the church and Wild West stage. Agree with another poster about the toilet situation.
I didn't go this year, had fun last year despite very, very poor line-up. Back then, with the pandemic over, the incredibly good weather & positive approach from everyone, organisers and punters, it worked and it was a very friendly if low-key festival. I hoped this year they'd plan for normal Irish festival weather by having at least one stage in a marquee, but seems the Wild Roots luck as regards sunshine held, and I dont know if anything changed as regards the stages. Hope there was a bit more for people music-wise this time and that overall it went well, it's a great location so hopefully it will survive.
Looks well organised and laid out, can't see how it is financially viable with the numbers they get through the gates though?
Site looking great, but toilet situation is ridiculous!
Handful of portaloos on far side of Main Stage and then back towards Camping Area.
No urinals.. the long queues were essentially encouraging people to piss anywhere.
Enjoy the festival to whoever is going, fantastic weekend for it. Unfortunately the crowds look a bit sparse going by their Instagram stories.
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Been assured there is a comedy tent..
John Digweed has pulled out due to illness.
Kind of looks that way but weirdly there is a comedy tent on the map and it looks to be in a different location from last year.
Maybe they cut it out altogether.
Stage times above..
Sorry no idea on the comedy line up! I don't think they have announced anyone!
Anyone know about the comedy at this ? What comedians are performing ?
There was none last year but we had amazing sunny weather for it. I don't know if they have any covered area/stage/bar this year, but looks like the weather might help the festival out again if they don't.
Last year Jenny Greene stood in for James Morrison and was on stage playing belters at about half nine! No app this year for stages and times unfortunately! Its fairly open, there were no tents to shelter in. The site is quite compact, I'm in a camper and the campervan park was off-site. I think the car park was nearer about 500mtrs from the entrance. Thankfully the campervans are on site this year! Nearly there, can't wait to be cracking a can on Friday!
Bring a parasol. In all seriousness though, I'm pretty sure there's plenty of nice mature trees on site.
Also - anyone know any shelter against the elements ?
