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Forest Fest - 2026 - Emo - Co. Laois

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  • #32
    rossie1977
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    Paul Heaton, Boomtown Rats and Waterboys have been rumoured.

    Texas and Supergrass were rumoured last year so possibles for 2026 just like Travis this year.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978872#Comment_123978872

    They played a tremendous set which finished at 1am in the pissing rain and mud in front of dwindling crowd.

    Would love to see them again in better surroundings and James who faced similar issues that year.



  • #33
    CyberGarrick
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    the proclaimers are doing the rounds of festivals next year, they might make a return

    The social media also used brewing up a storm as a song on one of the recent posts, so the stunning might be there



  • #34
    sydthebeat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978912#Comment_123978912

    I was front and center for both. James were incredible in their set. Such energy



  • #35
    Furious-Red
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978912#Comment_123978912

    If they're the headliners for next year they wouldnt blow me away vs this year imo, I think a band like Madness would suit FF



  • #36
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123981179#Comment_123981179

    Or The Selecter doing the Bad Manners slot maybe.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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  • #37
    Mucker46
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123978716#Comment_123978716
    Screenshot_20251111_232628_Facebook.jpg

    Looks like acts. Night and Day also announcing so fingers crossed



  • #38
    Furious-Red
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    Announced Big news Brewing this week, could confirm the Stunning are playing or just the new location?



  • #39
    CyberGarrick
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123995812#Comment_123995812

    it’s a lineup announcement with an announcement event taking place in Dublin Thursday night



  • #40
    Furious-Red
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123996092#Comment_123996092

    Saw Doctors announcing 4 summer shows tomorrow, could have been a good shout for FF but if no announcement is due till Thursday probably rules them out.



  • #41
    CyberGarrick
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123996179#Comment_123996179

    no reason why they won’t also do forest fest aswell



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  • #42
    lisabiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭lisabiscuit


    James have just been announced for the Galway Arts Festival, gig the day before Forest Fest.......Would they do two Irish dates??



  • #43
    sydthebeat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123996930#Comment_123996930

    They are doing two Irish dates, Galway and Killarney.

    The question is will they do three??



  • #44
    Paddy2012
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123996930#Comment_123996930

    They would go down well with the camping chair crowd.



  • #45
    scruff monkey
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123997015#Comment_123997015

    that’s rather unfair to James.

    edit: the joke, i see it now, I am a dissappointment

    Post edited by scruff monkey on


  • #46
    KawaKris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭KawaKris


    Forest Fest News.JPEG

    I just can't decide if I'm gonna go to both this & ATN again this year. Two consecutive weeks @ 4 days each one is tough going, but I'm still looking forward to the lineup and let's see then.



  • #47
    lisabiscuit
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123997015#Comment_123997015

    Haha! I see what you did there! :)



  • #48
    rubick
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    Kind of miss the mid-2010s where James dropped Sit Down from their sets entirely. Not even Michael Eavis could get them to play it in 2016. See they've re-released the original 1989 version for the new Best of comp.



  • #49
    machiavellianme
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123972991#Comment_123972991

    I know I said I wouldn't go until they sort out the chair people but if either of Neds or PWEI play, I'm there and I will be crowd surfing. Deckchair fiends and arthritis be damned.

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  • #50
    Penfailed
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    First reveal tomorrow at 9am.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Korn



  • #51
    Ricosruffneck
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    Should be some leaks tonight hopefully. They're having a launch event tonight no?



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  • #52
    Penfailed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001683#Comment_124001683

    Think someone said earlier in the thread that the launch event was Thursday night.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Korn



  • #53
    Ricosruffneck
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    Bit meh for me but I know others will be happy

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  • #54
    conor1979
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    Line up looks great to me, a lot of bands where I will know 4 or 5 songs each and that'll do before moving onto the next arena/tent 😁

    Moving to Bee's Wing Farm too, not sure of the exact location but assuming much bigger area



  • #55
    Mucker46
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    That's a good starter for me.



  • #56
    Penfailed
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    That's excellent for me!

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Korn



  • #57
    scruff monkey
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    That's a pretty decent lineup, never seen the Charlatans and would love to but they're not enough to attract me back to Laois next summer.



  • #58
    sydthebeat
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    Bees wing farm??

    Sounds like one of the fields within the village confines. Not emo court anyway



  • #59
    Penfailed
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    There's six bands on there that I want to see but only one that I haven't seen before (Ned's).

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Korn



  • #60
    FullBack Jam
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    They'll do well to get Evan Dando out to Laois and back again in one piece.

    Black Grape could be fun. I remember seeing them in Cork Feile about 30 years ago. I like them at the time. Don't know what they would be like now, but would be nostalgic anyway.

    Fratellis should have been locked up for bringing that Chelsea Dagger on us.



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  • #61
    Macy0161
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    Absolutely love The Charlatans, but the rest of the line up would be a hard sell to the better half tbh. Although Deacon Blue were good supporting Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott in St Annes a few years ago. Find it hard to enjoy Black Grape/ Happy Mondays after too many stories of SR being a nob to other band members.



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