Initial line up is out
Has BTP not doubled capacity though, could probably still sell out as it is a stellar line up.
Heard it’s doing okay but won’t be selling out by any means.
I think the 10,000 capacity was wishful thinking, similarly last year the application was 7,000 and I declared it “sold out” on the day at 3,500 tickets
Would recommend Real Lies for anyone not familiar with them:
Was planning on doing Fri & Sat, as I have a heavy week’s work the following week, but that Sunday lineup has thrown a spanner in the works!
Never been to B&S but have been threatening now for the last few years to go. I like the sounds of it, chilled, relaxed kind of vibe. Plenty acts there too that I’d like to see. I’ll push the button on it next week.
Is it only Sunday they do the day ticket for?
Yeah unless you get artist guestlist for the Friday or Saturday.
Besides driving yourselves no way out of the site Friday or Saturday
Or volunteer to work it, additional parking space and crew camping areas for staff. Here's a taster of Body&Soul from last year.
Cheers for that, never heard of them and enjoying their stuff
Where's the love for this thread why is Beyond the Pale getting all the attention.
Attention correlation to number of people going
New site layout looks great, they have finally abandoned the old main arena (it's now "boutique camping") making the site more compact with the new main stage located where the old Midnight Circus tent used to be. The beacon stage going into the woodlands is a great idea and as usual the walled garden area is filled with delights!
The Friday night lineup at the beacon soundsystem is class, I won't be moving too far from there (though the superb Beth Orton is on ridiculously early on the main stage and Fabio & grooverider could be a good one too).
Both Saturday and Sunday at the main stage have a great flow. Meute into Goldfrapp into Moderat into Weval is the stuff of dreams. Kurt Vile into Fever Ray into The Blaze not far behind and I'm really looking forward to Tinariwen. Saw them in Galway a while back and they were mindblowing.
Some great stuff on in the Secret Orchard too. Thumper, Real Lies and Sorcha Richardson standing out for me.
I'm not the biggest hip-hop head but this is a serious lineup at the Hennesey house. There was a great atmosphere there last year. Looking forward to catching Strange Boy of Friday evening.
Loads more going on of course but this is what has me most excited as well as just the magic of the place itself. Fair play to the organizers, they have really pulled it out of the bag this year in the face of "challenges"! Now all we need is some decent weather... It's going to be an amazing weekend.
It all looks great. If I'd been around, this is the one I would have gone for. Best of luck to everyone going.
was raging when I saw the BTP line up but after going through the line up for this and knowing all the magic there I’m so happy to be going next wkend
I wonder how many tickets they've sold relative to BTP, both are 5k capacity right?
I can't wait, always my favourite weekend of festival season.
btp applied for 10k capacity but can size up and down within that. Heard early sales were good for BTP.
heard b&s has sold a 1/3 of btp sales as of a month or so ago.
Do ye think it will be the least busiest to date? I can't wait for it regardless. Always epic.
Well last year was fairly empty, Steward on the Friday evening last year said to me they only had about 1,500 thru the doors by 8pm
Gilles Peterson is a phenomenal DJ tbf. Underrated. Seen him many times at his festival in Sete called Worldwide Festival. Epic times. Sad I can't make it this year. Fingers crossed for next year though.
Looking forward to these lads.
Going to be mindblowing...
Been going through some of my unknowns from the lineup and one of our own, Aoife Nessa Frances is a revelation. Gorgeous layered Beach House-y sound. The whole of her latest album "Protector" is right up my street. Another one for the list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH09JuKKZsQ
I know someone on the production , and as of this week , they are expecting it to sell out.
The Tulla ceili band will be great to get things going Sunday morning too!
It’s gonna be a scorcher!!!
Looking dodgy for us....was always going to be touch and go with twins landing early July, but the heat this week has the better half banjaxed.... if the heat keeps up, which it looks like it will, then we will have a campervan pass and tier one tickets going here at face value 😥
First festival review of the year, enjoy.
I'm still debating whether to go or not, was going to make a call on it on Thursday. Did they give any more info on this?
I have a campervan ticket for sale if anyone here is interested
I put it up on toutless but no takers unfortunately
Please god the weather will be okay.
It will be alright Landers but bring waterproofs just in case, I always bring them with me as you never know.
It’s looking like a complete washout unfortunately… 😬
Hopefully my Met Éireann app is wrong.
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