Daytripper 2015

Wonder will it have much impact on the festival, disappointed after waiting on the announcement to have the Friday scrapped

I see on their facebook page that Maverick Sabre has been added to the Sunday lineup as a co-headliner.

Anybody going to this??

UB40 on sat night. looking forward to night out. With the one in kerry going bust and another one in Kk i heard cancelled, people can make an effort to support these things or they wont be happening again, its as simple as that really. if you are one of the ones that whinge about lack of choice in music acts, then really, you have no business being anywhere else.

IMO, its not much money, sure UB40 arent my favourite band, just like Madness and Paloma Faith werent but i found its always good to support local and maybe next year they will have that bulgarian death metal band i really want to see:D. added to that, both times i have gone have been really good nights, well organised, some great support acts, etc.
You can go to the local/same pubs all year so when opportunity to do something a little different comes up in Waterford, we should grab it.

@ maxpowers and pth2009 both of you make very good points but for a person that use to go to a lot of concerts, ive actually never been to daytripper and ive no regrets. there just hasnt been anything of interest for me but im delighted to see this festival continue to happen. its fantastic for the town. i wish the lads running it the best of luck and i hope those of you going, have a great time. i knew about the festival in kerry being cancelled but i didnt know about the one in kilkenny. thats worrying. i think the recession is really kicking in. i just cant afford to go to the amount of concerts i use to do but i cant complain. i, like everybody else has to be very choosy what i go to now. was tempted though to buy an ac/dc ticket yesterday but the day would cost me a fortune. let us know how it goes and enjoy

MentalMario wrote: »

What type of crowd is expected on each day?

Will it get 2k per day?

Well you're the mental one, you tell us??

Gavlor wrote: »

The bar setup was farcical last night.

Proper amateur stuff

how were the fecken bands?

Gavlor wrote: »

The bar setup was farcical last night.

Proper amateur stuff

Bar was great last year, buy token from outlet on the way to bar then buy a beer with token. No queues and effective. What change was made this year

Bar set up was a joke, no control whatsoever and €6 a pint is pure robbery!
Soul II Soul and UB40 were great tho

This was a great night (Saturday) and its great to see a live festival like this in the city. The place had a fantastic buzz about it, good crowds, well behaved and it was really comfortable to watch the bands.

So this critism is intended to be constructive ...... I queued for 10 mins to get a drink, this was about half seven, thats fine, no problem with that, the way it worked was you bought drinks ticket vouchers (€6 each for a pint of Ale, Lager or Cider) just before you got to the bar, the bar staff then just handed out the pint on receipt of the voucher, no paying, getting change, receipts, etc. etc. ....... makes sense

Just before I got to the ticket booth, I was informed by an official that I could (if I wanted) buy numerous tickets and with these tickets I could go straight to the bar the next time and not have to go through the queueing process for the drinks vouchers again. Great, I bought 8 between both of us. The first two times worked well and I was able to just present my vouchers at the bar, later, at about 10.30 or so with my last pair of tickets, I approached the bar, they had closed off the side entries to the bar and I was told that I would have to go to the vouchers queue once again, the queue at this stage was, I would guess, about 45 mins long. I declined as I didn't want to miss UB40 and leave my partner on her own for this length. So I was left left with €12 worth of usless drinks vouchers.

I felt a little hoodwinked, being told one thing, handing over the cash based on this advice and than they moved the goalposts.

All in all though, it was a great night and I understand things can go a little awry sometimes.

How is it possible to water down cider ?

Anyways went Saturday to see UB40, was a good show and worth the money, only complaint was the bar, seemed to be far too small for the size of the crowd that was there, token system worked ok until it got busy and then it turned into a farce.
There was lots of irate people queuing for over priced beer the €6 was far to high a price.
Got a free ticket for Sunday night on entry, I found the crowd and atmosphere to be worlds apart, no atmosphere and low numbers crowd seemed uninterested when Maverick Sabre was playing.
Left after that as I had an early start on Monday and had zero interest in the darkness.

The bar situation has been like that the last 2 years. They need to sort that, its simply enought, position the vouchers cabin out of the line of the bar queue

Great weekend. They were so blessed with the weather, both in the city and in tramore. Imagine if Monday's weather arrived on Saturday? There would be a lot of business people lighter in the pockets.

€6 for a pint and €2 for a can of coke is a bit much but that's what you pay in Slane and all the other festivals so can we really complain?