Kaleidoscope 2020

27-09-2019 6:54pm

KGLady wrote: »

Email from the promoters about the presale, access to presale without a specific code

Nope, doesn't seem to be there either. Very poor organization

KGLady · 27-09-2019 8:25pm

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Nope, doesn't seem to be there either. Very poor organization

I didn't get the early discounted ones this morning either. I posted a link for access to the presale tickets, didn't say it was the cheap ones

Doodah7 · 20-11-2019 2:54pm

The Divine Comedy and Basement Jaxx have been announced today for Kaleidoscope 2020. Really pleased with both of these acts!!

fourmations · 20-11-2019 3:02pm

cant find anything on this on the usual channels
nothing on their own social media

is it just those two announced?

thanks

corm500 · 20-11-2019 4:11pm

Looks like they have slightly upped their game act wise

BadTurtle · 20-11-2019 4:53pm

Only a DJ set from Basement Jaxx, I think. Defeats the purpose.

beertons · 20-11-2019 5:04pm

BadTurtle wrote: »

Only a DJ set from Basement Jaxx, I think. Defeats the purpose.

Never did I think I'd be spending my 40th birthday with the kids at a Basement Jaxx gig. Happy days.

Patser · 21-11-2019 10:25pm

BadTurtle wrote: »

Only a DJ set from Basement Jaxx, I think. Defeats the purpose.

When it comes to a dance act, what does DJ set mean in reality - to me a modern dance act means playing music from a PC anyway with some mixing.

Genuine question, I'm not understanding what DJ set means.

Mind you a good few years ago I seen Stereo MCs live , and they put on a great, very slick act with live singing, dancing musicians etc.

BadTurtle · 21-11-2019 10:49pm

Patser wrote: »

When it comes to a dance act, what does DJ set mean in reality - to me a modern dance act means playing music from a PC anyway with some mixing.

Genuine question, I'm not understanding what DJ set means.

Mind you a good few years ago I seen Stereo MCs live , and they put on a great, very slick act with live singing, dancing musicians etc.

Basement Jaxx would be like Stereo MCs, but much moreso.

Ricosruffneck · 21-11-2019 10:51pm

Patser wrote: »

When it comes to a dance act, what does DJ set mean in reality - to me a modern dance act means playing music from a PC anyway with some mixing.

Genuine question, I'm not understanding what DJ set means.

Mind you a good few years ago I seen Stereo MCs live , and they put on a great, very slick act with live singing, dancing musicians etc.

I guess with Basement Jaxx they were always known for their great live singers and backing band.

To reduce it to a DJ set would be similar to letting Guns N Roses play without Slash imo.

Patser · 22-11-2019 6:53am

So DJ set means the 2 main lads just playing music, with minimal show around them? Like a DJ in any nightclub. Whereas normally they'd have some live musicians to mix into tunes, dancers and other stuff on stage?

nasty_crash · 25-11-2019 5:48pm

Do we not think that it will be somewhat sad to have the main stage with just DJ set, I loved Le Galaxie last year in the tent - and that made it better imo but cannot imagine with no dancers or stage set up that it would appeal to the family side at all!

BaZmO* · 25-11-2019 5:54pm

The "Named Act" DJ Set is just a cheap way to get a big name on the poster.

But yeah, it'll be a bit pointless to have them on the main stage for a family-centric festival. Fair enough in one of the smaller tents, but then what's the point in that.

ghostdancer · 26-11-2019 9:55am

Patser wrote: »

So DJ set means the 2 main lads just playing music, with minimal show around them? Like a DJ in any nightclub. Whereas normally they'd have some live musicians to mix into tunes, dancers and other stuff on stage?

yes, mostly other people's music:

nasty_crash · 26-11-2019 11:24am

Cannot imagine this working in blessington - like either that or the need a much better set! That will hardly keep kids attention - not that I care -I went with my wife last year with no kids and had a great weekend - Le Galaxie done a set like this last year - much better set imo - but i dont think this will work on the main stage

Patser · 26-11-2019 12:01pm

nasty_crash wrote: »

Cannot imagine this working in blessington - like either that or the need a much better set! That will hardly keep kids attention - not that I care -I went with my wife last year with no kids and had a great weekend - Le Galaxie done a set like this last year - much better set imo - but i dont think this will work on the main stage

Maybe they'll be doing a later night set - after the main acts are finished and kids are heading to bed. Somewhere away from the campsites. 1 thing I did notice last year was the big crushes going back to campsites as the last acts finished, and for those without kids nothing else to do but come back to campsites to drink on/party on.

Actually worked a bit counter active to the idea that the early finish would make it family friendlier as everyone could go fo a sleep - not if everyone including those that want to stay up all have to head back.

MAybe a silent disco or tented secluded late night stage would actually make for a quieter campsite for little kids to sleep in

nasty_crash · 26-11-2019 12:46pm

yeah i think something on til about 1am would have suited more - everyone kinda headed back to jerry fish tent after main stage ended for the last 30 mins! Food trucks were crazy busy after the main stage too!

Im not complaining that there is a bigger name announced like Basement Jaxx - but seems odd its only the dj set as it really wouldnt go with the family friendly headliners!

I will be looking forward to seeing who else they add as they really do need to get some nice bands/acts in this year cos it was a great weekend

gandalfio · 14-01-2020 12:07pm

Greatly appreciated if anyone can point me in the direction of a caravan ticket.

nasty_crash · 06-02-2020 11:07am

So who do we think that they are gonna add to the lineup? the social media channels saying announcements over the next week or 2 - think the lineup could be interesting because when you look at Saltwater Festival in Galway i would have thought most of them would play at Kaleidoscope but with No where we would rather be in Bray, there is a few there that wont be playing in Blessington too.

Anyone that you would like?

Current Wishlist - maybe Snow Patrol and Haim aint realistic!!!
Kodaline
Haim
Snow Patrol
Robyn
two door cinema club
Newton Faulkner
Freya Ridings
Thanks Brother

Patser · 06-02-2020 2:15pm

Not much by way of line up, but this article from last week suggests Zip lines, climbing walls, archery, zorbing etc to be added (hopefully not just what is in Avon Ri as a way of headline generating).

But yeah, a combination of zipline archery to the sounds Basement Jaxx after a free pints does sound really, really appealing to me.

https://www.meathchronicle.ie/entertainment/roundup/articles/2020/01/30/4185057-sports-and-wellness-all-part-of-the-kaleidoscope-experience/

budgemook · 11-02-2020 10:48pm

I am planning to go with two young kids - one nearly 4 at the time and one will be 1 and a bit. Will need to bring a fair bit of stuff and have a big family tent - is there plenty of room in the campsite?

Patser · 11-02-2020 11:37pm

It was all fairly friendly last year, and the car park was nearby (if you got there early ish) - so we could go back and forth to car easily.

Some tents last year were huge, but it was never too crowded.

Question is will last years success mean they try to get more in this year. That's what happened with All Together Now in Waterford last year. 2018 it was great, 2019 they sold thousands more tickets leading to traffic chaos

Macy0161 · 12-02-2020 10:10am

budgemook wrote: »

I am planning to go with two young kids - one nearly 4 at the time and one will be 1 and a bit. Will need to bring a fair bit of stuff and have a big family tent - is there plenty of room in the campsite?

Yes, we had the family tent we go to France with! They had other fields that they opened later/ didn't open at all. It could be a bit of trek to the car though, so we borrowed a camping trolley...

budgemook · 12-02-2020 11:32am

Thanks, was getting worried that a 21 sqm tent might not be cool! But it is needed for the travel cot.

I have a trolley

corm500 · 12-02-2020 4:49pm

nasty_crash · 17-02-2020 11:59am

there was plenty of room on the campsite - obviously the earlier that you get there the better site and location you get.
Last year we were there for 12 on the friday and got a great spot - loads of room - good car park close and done a couple of runs there and back. There was loads of high end big tents out so there is plenty of space there.

Patser · 17-02-2020 7:23pm

Would really appreciate if they started to name some acts though. Sports, vintage carnivals, side shows are all fine and grand but so far we've some DJs and a single (good one though) headline act

sasta le · 18-02-2020 8:35am

Basment Jaxx Dj set will be them just playing from a laptop prob only be one of them too

nasty_crash · 18-02-2020 10:24am

yeah they said last week that it would be announced in March - but then they put up a post yesterday saying more announcements this week - so prob will be like the bouncing castle coming back or something!

Hate this Festival Republic theme of not announcing any acts till very late - EP & Kaleidoscope just wreck my head with the delays - especially when you consider so many other Festivals running around the same time that have headliners at least confirmed!

sally cinnamon89 · 18-02-2020 10:29am

nasty_crash wrote: »

yeah they said last week that it would be announced in March - but then they put up a post yesterday saying more announcements this week - so prob will be like the bouncing castle coming back or something!

Hate this Festival Republic theme of not announcing any acts till very late - EP & Kaleidoscope just wreck my head with the delays - especially when you consider so many other Festivals running around the same time that have headliners at least confirmed!

Headliners for the fest confirmed already

corm500 · 18-02-2020 10:33am

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

Headliners for the fest confirmed already

It would be a bit of a worry if the headliner was a dj set. I hope you are wrong

nasty_crash · 18-02-2020 10:57am

Exactly - i picture basement jazz to be the Le Galaxie set last year - which was awesome but its not a main stage headliner - esp if its only a DJ set!

Patser · 18-02-2020 2:22pm

Who would be on your (realistic) wish list for the headliners:

For my Fontaines DC, Mick Flannery in a tent (with cider and angry at the world), King Kong (for their brilliance last year), Wild Youth (again great last year, especially for kids), Sawdoctors (for the nostalgia of hay being thrown at Feile a long, long time ago), Stereo MCs (very polished festival act), Elbow (feck realistic ideas), The Prodigy (seriously feck realistic, I want a chance to remember Keith Flint).

nasty_crash · 18-02-2020 3:02pm

I think kodaline could be a good shout cause the played EP last year. Think wild youth coming back would be a good shout! To be honest i wouldnt mind most of the acts coming back from last year - Riptide movement, ryan sheridan, thanks brother were all great last year!

fourmations · 03-03-2020 7:31pm

well, are we all ready for the line-up tomorrow?

trying to be optimistic here!

its all about the kids having a blast but
I hope there's a few interesting acts and not just
a slew of boring middle of the road irish acts!

corm500 · 03-03-2020 8:49pm

I expect the line-up will be similar to Saltwater Festival, without the interesting acts like Johnny Marr.

Doodah7 · 04-03-2020 12:31pm

Gavin James... who???

fourmations · 04-03-2020 12:35pm

god, what a pile of sh*te, depressing!

last year there was three acts i kinda wanted to see, down to one this year!
never heard of 85% of the lineup and im a music fan

Patser · 04-03-2020 1:27pm

Oh wow, that is poor. Ryan Sheridan was good last year, looking forward to Divine Comedy but can't see Neil being great for kids, Hamsandwich are always decent.....

But if that's the 3 headline acts on main stage, who the feck are the big names for the other stages. Bkick rocking beats is probably just Today FM broadcasting a DJ set live, Basement Jaxx more DJing. Where's the kid friendly, lively pop acts like Wild Youth (who my little one loved last year), King Kong Company (toned it down and were brilliant), even Kila last year brought a great tradition dance sound to main stage.

And JERRY FISH!! Can we not at least get his carnival tent back.

Comparing last years line up poster to today's shows how sparse this years is. Wonder if ticket sales will struggle and they'll announce more to boost, or will they just go full on 'shure it's a family day out, not a music festival'

corm500 · 04-03-2020 1:41pm

Wasn't expecting much but this is very poor.

Possibly the worst lineup I have ever seen for a festival outside of a village fete.

They keep saying 'it is not about the music' and they have just proved it

Patser · 04-03-2020 2:02pm

Googling the acts.

Lyra looks interesting. The Scratch could be the Riptide Movement. Camille O'Sullivan is a Lisa Hannigan sub.

But the 2 Johnies are a YouTube comedy act with a song about Coppers, another about Silage........and they are 3rd line from headliners. Again a live radio station broadcast makes their Top 15 acts over a 3 day multi stage festival....Bobbi Arlo has 1 song with 1.8k views.....True Tides have 5

nasty_crash · 04-03-2020 3:25pm

Im trying to put a positive spin on it.... but i really cant!! Like its a really poor lineup....

Gavin James & Divine Comedy will be good.... but ive had an issue with Basement Jaxx doing a dj set on the main stage as a headliner...

Last year had a much stronger lineup - Tom Odell, Le Galaxie, wild youth, riptide & BellX1 were great last year and there is very little to match this.
Its still a festival at the end of the day - a music festival.... like come on - the reason were going is for kids first festival - not just a play and activity weekend! Can just go camping around the country if we wanted to do that!

They are really trying to push a family festival but its actually a disgrace of a lineup so far imo

fourmations · 04-03-2020 5:32pm

12yo daughter just rang me in work to check the lineup
I got "who? who? who? who?" after every act i named!
she had only heard of Hamsandwich because of the name and i like them
i had to feign excitement for her on the rest,
i got a bit sick in my mouth after proclaiming
"hudson taylor are great" lol

had a bit of a quick skelp on spotify...
camille o sullivan is baroque funeral music, mostly covers,
Lyra is good, not mad on her voice but decent enough, will see her
Ryan McMullen - formulaic garbage
The Scratch are just odd but may be fun
Bird on a wire dont exist on spotify apart from the L cohen song
Lisa mcHugh is horrendous slackjaw shag your sister redneck country music
Stephanie Rainey is singer/songwriter with the odd upbeat dull song
True Tides are pure pop, wild youth-esque, kids will enjoy them i reckon
Lavengro - as above
Aimee is half decent pop/r&b, dua lipa-ish sound, not bad
Bobbi Arlo - one song on spotify, more pop/rnb, not bad
Luz Corrigan - one cover on spotify, very dull singer/songwriter stuff

Id imagine block rockin beats will go down well with the kids too
and might whip the crowd up a bit
is it some sort of live band or percussionists or something?
or just yer man bashing out cafe del mar, 3 drives, sandstorm etc etc on decks?

there you go, im bearing my daughter in mind with any positivity,
I'm there to have fun with them and i will grin and bear the acts,
but if it was a normal festival id be raging!

Having said all that, we had a great time last year and
the vibe was really nice so still looking forward to it

cheers

Stillill42 · 04-03-2020 5:48pm

fourmations wrote: »

12yo daughter just rang me in work to check the lineup
I got "who? who? who? who?" after every act i named!
she had only heard of Hamsandwich because of the name and i like them
i had to feign excitement for her on the rest,
i got a bit sick in my mouth after proclaiming
"hudson taylor are great" lol

had a bit of a quick skelp on spotify...
camille o sullivan is baroque funeral music, mostly covers,
Lyra is good, not mad on her voice but decent enough, will see her
Ryan McMullen - formulaic garbage
The Scratch are just odd but may be fun
Bird on a wire dont exist on spotify apart from the L cohen song
Lisa mcHugh is horrendous slackjaw shag your sister redneck country music
Stephanie Rainey is singer/songwriter with the odd upbeat dull song
True Tides are pure pop, wild youth-esque, kids will enjoy them i reckon
Lavengro - as above
Aimee is half decent pop/r&b, dua lipa-ish sound, not bad
Bobbi Arlo - one song on spotify, more pop/rnb, not bad
Luz Corrigan - one cover on spotify, very dull singer/songwriter stuff

Id imagine block rockin beats will go down well with the kids too
and might whip the crowd up a bit
is it some sort of live band or percussionists or something?
or just yer man bashing out cafe del mar, 3 drives, sandstorm etc etc on decks?

there you go, im bearing my daughter in mind with any positivity,
I'm there to have fun with them and i will grin and bear the acts,
but if it was a normal festival id be raging!

Having said all that, we had a great time last year and
the vibe was really nice so still looking forward to it

cheers

Is that a no on Lisa then?

BadTurtle · 04-03-2020 9:32pm

Basement Jaxx would want to cop the **** on and play live once in a while.

Patser · 04-03-2020 10:01pm

Tbf Gavin James is a good call, just played the 3 Arena as a sell out last weekend

beertons · 04-03-2020 10:04pm

Stillill42 wrote: »

Is that a no on Lisa then?

Be jaysus, I'd both listen to her and give her one.

Gavin James though.

Suckit · 04-03-2020 10:05pm

The scratch are good, and a decent live act. Hopefully will see more of them in the future.

Homesick Alien · 05-03-2020 6:16pm

Has anyone bought a campervan ticket for this? I went to buy one and they want to charge €18 postage with no print at home option. I assumed this was a mistake and queried with Ticketmaster and they said its because they will be sent by courier closer to the date. Like what the actual f***?! They're saying it's the same story for EP. Can anyone explain why they do this for campervan tickets but no other kind of ticket?

neacy69 · 06-03-2020 9:48am

Homesick Alien wrote: »

Has anyone bought a campervan ticket for this? I went to buy one and they want to charge €18 postage with no print at home option. I assumed this was a mistake and queried with Ticketmaster and they said its because they will be sent by courier closer to the date. Like what the actual f***?! They're saying it's the same story for EP. Can anyone explain why they do this for campervan tickets but no other kind of ticket?

Yes I paid it - absolute robbery the price of the ticket and thren the €18 deliery on top of that.

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