Kaleidoscope 2019

cjdennis29 · 08-03-2019 7:54pm

Hoping it's west coast so as to avoid the radius clause and prevent good acts from turning down EP in favour of it. Or at least far enough away from Stradbally.

dav09 · 08-03-2019 8:13pm

As previously mentioned, I saw this on a Facebook post which was taken from a newspaper source, where MCD (Who are with Festival Republic) has applied for a permit for 3 nights at Dún Laoghaire. I wonder if this is it? Fits the seaside description well

08-03-2019 8:31pm

If tame impala and Robyn get announced for this new festival I swear to Christ....

Dr. Bre · 08-03-2019 8:31pm

Is forbidden fruit that weekend?

Stillill42 · 08-03-2019 8:33pm

Radiohead play the bandstand in Dun Laoghaire.

Ricosruffneck · 08-03-2019 8:34pm

I guess Madness are the first announcement then.

Playing the 1st june

dav09 · 08-03-2019 8:36pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Is forbidden fruit that weekend?

Yup, this could be their ploy to mess with P.O.D. even more as Forbidden Fruit seems struggling acts wise this year which could suggest ticket sales have been poor but may announce more, just have noticed Mura Masa went from tier 3 act to headliner in 2 years without really releasing an album in between, just says a lot. Have noticed it's Friday, Saturday, Sunday, unline Forbidden Fruit Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Not sure if there's room for both festivals in Dublin on the same weekend unless targeting different age groups (Madness would fit this if booked).

Ricosruffneck · 08-03-2019 8:39pm

Interesting how they're going for Fri Sat Sun, allows the customer to recover on the bank holiday Monday.

I reckon target audience is 25+

Eod100 · 08-03-2019 8:40pm

Silly question but how is there room for a stage and 8,000 people on DL pier?

dav09 · 08-03-2019 8:50pm

If they have booked this and are targeting older age groups, what sense was does it make for MCD to book Nile Rodgers for the same night (2nd of June), to play in the same city but at a different venue? (Even though many of us have seen him far too many times before) wouldn't he have be perfect for this?

Eod100 · 08-03-2019 8:57pm

All online for anyone interested in that sorta thing. Doesn't give much away after a quick glance

https://dlrcoco.citizenspace.com/planning/outdoorconcerts2019/supporting_documents/Draft%20Management%20Plan.pdf

cjdennis29 · 08-03-2019 9:06pm

**** it, we'll find out in, what, four and a half days?

Eod100 · 08-03-2019 9:12pm

cjdennis29 wrote: »

**** it, we'll find out in, what, four and a half days?

Ah yeah and the line up too, hasn't stopped speculation sure

BaZmO* · 08-03-2019 9:13pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

If that is true they would have been better announcing it before ATN did their line up announcement or wait to launch it for next year.

Id love to see something more on the rockier side (not Download style) where the we get the likes of Strokes,Weezer,Franz Ferdinand etc

Funny you mention the Strokes. I was listening to the them the other day and I was thinking they’d be a good shout for EP. Looked st their schedule and they are touring. They’re playing festivals in the UK, Spain and France through the summer. So they could play EP or the new summer festival?

sassyj · 09-03-2019 12:06am

MJohnston wrote: »

Couldn't be:

"The stunning location of this new festival has never before been used"

Whereas Dun Laoghaire harbour definitely has been. Unless they're being really sneaky and meaning the East or West piers, but then I can't even imagine how they'd fit anything worthwhile onto either of those (and not have it be a health and safety nightmare).

Could be St Anne's Clontarf? They have licence pending for 3 nights in June, Chic gig already announced

Rigor Mortis · 09-03-2019 12:26am

sassyj wrote: »

Could be St Anne's Clontarf? They have licence pending for 3 nights in June, Chic gig already announced

The other two nights are kodaline

sassyj · 09-03-2019 12:28am

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

The other two nights are kodaline

The poor locals, all the huns will be out for that 😁

Poorside · 09-03-2019 1:17am

Definitely going to be in Curraghchase in Limerick, Aphex Twin to headline as a homecoming.

bodhrandude · 09-03-2019 1:25am

Poorside wrote: »

Definitely going to be in Curraghchase in Limerick, Aphex Twin to headline as a homecoming.

Bump Musick Festival, I can't remember the order of the years but it was either 2010 and 2011 or 2011 and 2012, but a bunch of DJs from Limerick held a dance music festival with camping at the landscape gardens, Clonlara County Clare 30 kms from Limerick, I worked the 2011 year there and could make a nice site for another event.

bigpink · 09-03-2019 9:27am

endainoz wrote: »

I may or may not have some insider info on this one. AMP are looking to do a festival in Ireland this summer and was approached about hosting it on my farm last September.

Ultimately they didn't go any further with me unfortunately, but they had two other venues in mind, one was Ennis and the other was Westport.

This may not be related at all but it could be!

How did they contact you and why your place?

endainoz · 09-03-2019 10:49am

bigpink wrote:

How did they contact you and why your place?

They contacted me through email. I think it was late 2017, an email went around to some tourism businesses in Clare and one of them brought it to my attention. I decided to throw my hat in and pretty much forgot about it.

Then last September, literally the Monday morning after EP when we were getting gathered to go to face the depression they emailed me back and we explored the idea further.

The answer to why my place is quite simple, we hosted the Lisdoonvarna festival here from 1979 to 1983 and the huge history was very significant to them.

Ferris_Bueller · 09-03-2019 12:20pm

You would have to assume it's that one in Dun Laoghaire then, but why would they say it's in a location that has never been used before when Beatyard have been using the same location for the past couple of years?

endainoz · 09-03-2019 12:45pm

Because it probably isn't the one in Dun Laoghaire?! I wonder would this be an announcement for something in 2020, it really seems like too short of a time frame. But if that were the case why announce anything? It's all very confusing.

corm500 · 09-03-2019 1:07pm

endainoz wrote: »

Because it probably isn't the one in Dun Laoghaire?! I wonder would this be an announcement for something in 2020, it really seems like too short of a time frame. But if that were the case why announce anything? It's all very confusing.

The press release stated it was taking place this summer.

ghostdancer · 09-03-2019 2:58pm

isn't there some other non-music festival that takes place on the June bank holiday weekend too? Bloom or some food thing? if it's Madness headlining (or maybe just playing?) one of the days, it'd seem more like a "grown-up" event, which is strange timing, especially with Chic playing in St. Annes Park.

discobeaker · 09-03-2019 3:08pm

I recently just finished up a music industry course and one of the people on one of the industry panels was a Booker for MCD who said that they are looking into starting a new festival that will be more on the indie/alternative side of things.

It was going to happen this summer but the headline act they wanted wasn't touring until next summer so if everything lines up we could have a new festival in 2020.

discobeaker · 09-03-2019 3:13pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

isn't there some other non-music festival that takes place on the June bank holiday weekend too? Bloom or some food thing? .

Bloom is the massive gardening and food show they have in phoneix park. Youbloom is the music festival that have a stage at Bloom in the park and they also have a number of gigs in Dublin city centre aswell as industry talks but it's more for small,unsigned bands. I think it's end of May/Start of June this year

endainoz · 09-03-2019 4:53pm

discobeaker wrote:

I recently just finished up a music industry course and one of the people on one of the industry panels was a Booker for MCD who said that they are looking into starting a new festival that will be more on the indie/alternative side of things.

Out of interest, what's the name of the course? I'm doing an online one myself at the moment.

Hoboo · 09-03-2019 4:57pm

Eod100 wrote: »

corm500 wrote: »

Got an invite to the launch on Wednesday, interestingly it states "Line up for Electric Picnic 2019 revealed PLUS a brand new summer festival!!!

Interesting, wonder will they be going for the gap in the market for an Oxegen style festival with a new festival. Or set up a new smaller festival to rival All Together Now.

EP is oxegen. ATN is what EP originally was.

discobeaker · 09-03-2019 6:08pm

endainoz wrote: »

Out of interest, what's the name of the course? I'm doing an online one myself at the moment.

It was a course run by First music contact in the Dublin city council offices. It was about starting your own music business course. It just finished up afew weeks ago.

What course you doing?

Drop me a pm if I can help you out any way

bigpink · 09-03-2019 6:17pm

endainoz wrote: »

They contacted me through email. I think it was late 2017, an email went around to some tourism businesses in Clare and one of them brought it to my attention. I decided to throw my hat in and pretty much forgot about it.

Then last September, literally the Monday morning after EP when we were getting gathered to go to face the depression they emailed me back and we explored the idea further.

The answer to why my place is quite simple, we hosted the Lisdoonvarna festival here from 1979 to 1983 and the huge history was very significant to them.

Oh cool

09-03-2019 6:35pm

Hoboo wrote: »

EP is oxegen. ATN is what EP originally was.

EP is nothing like it. Longitude I guess is the closest to it now if you were to compare

wirelessdude01 · 09-03-2019 6:36pm

Jesus Dirty Backward wrote:

EP is nothing like it. Longitude I guess is the closest to it now if you were to compare

Realistically there is nothing like Witness/Oxygen in Ireland at the moment.

endainoz · 09-03-2019 7:08pm

bigpink wrote:

Oh cool

It would have been if they went any further with it!!

lbj666 · 09-03-2019 11:10pm

"The stunning location of this new festival – brought to you by the Electric Picnic family - has never before been used"

So Beatyard has used the carpark in Dun Laoighre , therefore my guess is its not going to be in car park in Dun Laoighre.

We'll just have to wait and see. But as we've seen with the emergence on ATN its festivals run by the smaller promotors that are gonna struggle the most, not Benn or POD.

kg703 · 10-03-2019 5:16pm

Mr.S wrote: »

The license application for a 8k event at Dún Laoghaire Pier has to be this though, doesn't it? But trying to figure out where they could fit that if it's not using the Beat Yard location

Though, would you really describe DL Pier as 'stunning'? Only a few more sleeps anyway

Ah, a lovely day with a Teddy’s in hand it’s great

Eod100 · 10-03-2019 8:49pm

Mr.S wrote: »

The license application for a 8k event at Dún Laoghaire Pier has to be this though, doesn't it? But trying to figure out where they could fit that if it's not using the Beat Yard location

Though, would you really describe DL Pier as 'stunning'? Only a few more sleeps anyway

Might not be. Could just be a coincidence. The DL June bank hol one is the one Madness are due to play yeah? Could just be another gig either side of that each night then?

Maybe EP's new festival is one sometime else and different part of the country?

PabloAndRoy · 10-03-2019 9:28pm

endainoz wrote: »

They contacted me through email. I think it was late 2017, an email went around to some tourism businesses in Clare and one of them brought it to my attention. I decided to throw my hat in and pretty much forgot about it.

Then last September, literally the Monday morning after EP when we were getting gathered to go to face the depression they emailed me back and we explored the idea further.

The answer to why my place is quite simple, we hosted the Lisdoonvarna festival here from 1979 to 1983 and the huge history was very significant to them.

I had my first festival experience on your farm in 1981. John Martyn was epic. Went again in 1982. Good times.

Ricosruffneck · 10-03-2019 10:44pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Might not be. Could just be a coincidence. The DL June bank hol one is the one Madness are due to play yeah? Could just be another gig either side of that each night then?

Maybe EP's new festival is one sometime else and different part of the country?

I saw another gig that was announced for that weekend though I can't remember the artist now.

I think it's the case that there's 3 one off gigs with support for that weekend in dun laoghaire.

I think the new festival will be somewhere else.

Ferris_Bueller · 10-03-2019 11:07pm

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

I saw another gig that was announced for that weekend though I can't remember the artist now.

I think it's the case that there's 3 one off gigs with support for that weekend in dun laoghaire.

I think the new festival will be somewhere else.

Chic & Nile Rogers? They are that weekend but they are playing in St. Annes Park.

Ricosruffneck · 10-03-2019 11:37pm

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Chic & Nile Rogers? They are that weekend but they are playing in St. Annes Park.

Nah it was something else, it popped up and then gone again. But yes in the same vein as chic, something funky like doobie Bros (it wasn't doobie Bros)

And was for dun laoghaire.

Too many foreign festival and irish announcements has my head truly muddled.

bodhrandude · 11-03-2019 12:50am

To Be Considered would be quite a cool name for a festival.

PTH2009 · 11-03-2019 1:00am

Eddie Vedder and glen hansard with a load of acoustic artists be a cool festival

Rigor Mortis · 11-03-2019 7:46am

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Nah it was something else, it popped up and then gone again. But yes in the same vein as chic, something funky like doobie Bros (it wasn't doobie Bros)

And was for dun laoghaire.

Too many foreign festival and irish announcements has my head truly muddled.

Madness

Ricosruffneck · 11-03-2019 7:53am

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Madness

I know madness are booked, I'm trying to figure out another booking on the day after/before.

endainoz · 11-03-2019 10:59am

PabloAndRoy wrote:

I had my first festival experience on your farm in 1981. John Martyn was epic. Went again in 1982. Good times.

Love hearing stories from people that were there! Wasn't born till the mid 80s myself so never got to experience it

Mushy · 11-03-2019 5:55pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Eddie Vedder and glen hansard with a load of acoustic artists be a cool festival

Had thought this morning and could be a very good shout. Last weekend in June, don't think there's much on festival wise

Eod100 · 11-03-2019 6:05pm

Was thinking more acts from All Points East weekends in London could play here. Bar Mumford and Sons, First Aid Kit, Julian Baker and John Hopkins playing here, there's a fair few other acts could play here

billybonkers · 11-03-2019 10:32pm

Same weekend as ATN at a big old house in Blessington, possibly a bit more family friendly....

Dun Laoghaire is something different thats not confirmed

BaZmO* · 11-03-2019 10:44pm

billybonkers wrote: »

Same weekend as ATN at a big old house in Blessington, possibly a bit more family friendly....

Dun Laoghaire is something different thats not confirmed

Russborough House? That’d be doable I suppose.

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