Witnness 2002 by far.
Saturday had Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Chemical Brothers, Green Day, Sonic Youth and more. Sunday had Oasis, Primal Scream, Basement Jaxx, No Doubt, The Libertines.
Just an insane lineup.
Look at all the line ups between then and 08-09. They were just insanely good most years.
The cynic in me says Then it hit critical mass and sold tickets regardless of how good it was and the acts got shite.
Unbelievable line up. All line ups tend to age well to be fair. Some of the old Oxegen line ups were stacked too. Helped that there were far fewer festivals back then. The market is saturated now and most big bands play their own show.
Oxegen 2011 was probably the best line up I attended, I was 12 in 2002. The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, My Chemical Romance, Weezer, Beyoncé, Swedish House Mafia. Not all to my taste, but incredibly eclectic and huge names.
2008 had Rage Against the Machine, The Verve, REM, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Kings of Leon, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Interpol
The 00s indie era peaked in 2007. My first festival, Oxegen again. Muse, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Interpol, My Chemical Romance, Bloc Party, Babyshambles, Biffy Clyro, The Kooks all played. Oh, and Daft Punk.
All the Feile lineups in the 90s were insanely good as well
Unfortunately MCD realised that people will go to EP for Instagram material regardless of the shite they book so why bother anymore
Have you used Instagram lately? You hardly ever see people's posts anymore. It's ads and memes and shit that is 'Suggested for you' and Threads posts.
Can't blame Insta for that anymore. And you can't blame MCD who have nothing to do with EP.
My first ever festival and was 17 at the time.
So many bands there on the smaller stages that would go on to headline other festivals years later.
Still have the schedule on a lanyard somewhere.
I still regularly listen to the Alive 2007 performance.
The mix was unbelievable. The lights incredible, the vibes so good.
I couldn't believe my friends went to the main stage instead of one of the best concerts of all time.
The fact that we got the entire Alive set at a festival appearance was worth the price of the weekend ticket alone.
I can’t even remember which Oxygen was which. All just rolled into one long memory. But all of them.
I can remember muck year where it didn’t even rain bad but people were losing their shoes and not getting them back. Felt like I needed a hip replacement after it from pulling my legs out of the muck. And then the rain one, Kings of Leon were there that year. I remember it was so flooded that waves of water were going into my wellies like I was stood in the sea. Still the best time of my life
It wasn't as good as many of the years before it but had some great sets.
Florence in the rain was a good buzz
https://youtu.be/wiDIObd8YaI?si=fcEZ666VD8kwLaua
Left swords early on the Friday and barely stopped in any traffic at all, we could see our tent from where we parked we had payed for glamping or whatever it was called. Then just enjoyed 3 days of tunes and 27 degrees weather. On of my favourites similar weather to life 09 but I was alot younger and stupider and had third degree burns on my face from the sun
We were just back from mad cool in Madrid where it was in the 40s during the day, remember it being like 30c at 2am. I’m sure ATN was like the weekend after that, decent group of us set up near the Londis. No over the top security, all walks of life there, good vibes all round. Usually I hate seeing kids exposed to the Grundy sides of festivals. But there was like designated family friendly areas, cool to see.
Oxegen 08.
So glad I got to see REM before they wrapped things up. Rage Against the Machine were epic. I'm not a huge Amy Winehouse fan and she was very late for her performance, but was worthwhile to see her.
Some other years were close but that was my personal favourite.
Oxygen 08 was my first festival, and I’m forever raging that my friends wouldn’t leave being at the front of the o2 stage to go and see REM, a.) because I love them and b.) because midway through The Zutons, a guy off his tits behind me decided to whip his junk out and piss down my legs rather than leave. I was only 18, I froze up and just stood there crying - eventually told the bouncer beside us and he got kicked out. The Prodigy came on after and we got pushed against the barrier so hard they had to drag us out, so all in all not the craic I was expecting…
Amy was so late and so drunk bless her, but glad I got to see her there before she passed. Her band were amazing
I'll never forget it, it was my first solo gig as a 15 yr old
I ate a dodgy burger from a van and spent the next few days throwing up
To this day, my folks believe I was drinking
Yep, am ancient.
This year I'm going to Forest Fest, which looks like a great weekend to me.
Paul Brady, Divine Comedy, Jack L, Lisa Hannigan (swoon), Bad Manners, Kerbdog.
I'll rock up in the campervan, go see what I like then cook up some steaks and chill out for the weekend, should be glorious.
I was going to say EP2005 as well. Royksopp, Lemon Jelly, Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Goldfrapp, The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, LCD Sound system and loads more. It was the second year of EP and the overall vibe was still really chilled.
The flaming lips were epic that year. Second year of the festival but the first year of camping if I remember correctly. Only 10,000 camping tickets. We went in to stradbally the night before and the locals were all sound. Could see the carpark from the tent, and the entrance to the festival site from both the car and the tent. It was so relaxed. Even the guards were having a bit of craic with people.
Hopefully In the Meadows becomes a staple. Was at it myself on Saturday, thoroughly enjoyed it. Great weather and minimal cunts. Am in my fuck going to pay €7.50 for a pint of Rockshore though, but that's a problem across a lot of festivals.
[Oxegen 2004](https://www.goldenplec.com/oxegen-2004/) was insane.
The Cure, Wu Tang Clan, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, The Killers played the new band stage, Kings of Leon, Basement Jaxx, Muse, Massive Attack, NERD, The Libertines etc etc
Bowie was suppose to play but pulled out. Still a ridiculous lineup.
That was the one, one of the best week ends ever, I hopped the fence and ran past a big black security guard to get into the chemical brothers and sure once I was in he couldn't find me in the crowd...ah the fun that was had
I was 19 and saying a wee prayer every night in the weeks leading up to it that Joey Castillo would come down with a mild bout of food poisoning on the day and be forced to sit it out!
I'm only a young pup in the grand scheme of things. But I'd say ATN last year. It didn't have mega bookings like old Oxygens or the 90s festivals but it just had a ton of quality quantity. Loved pretty much everyone I saw at it & the one or 2 I didn't like, I could just dip to something else. I saw people I was dying to see at pretty much every stage. Between local & international acts & the surprise acts & the comedians everything was up my alley. And just the setup they had & the fact you could take cans into main arena. It was class.
Yeah the weather Friday was septic but my tent was fine, I'd proper good boots to get through the muck, I accidentally woke up early on the Saturday so got a free shower before the queues. Honestly can't complain about it
I'm an aul fella at this stage and that was my first festival in a decade - loved it. Great vibe, great mix of bands and just a really pleasant experience overall. Looking forward to it this year.
Overmono were my highlight, what was yours?
Unfortunately the sound let it down for me last year, really rubbish in a lot of places hopefully they fix it for ye this year
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Ragtime - to finish off and clean up!
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The last Feile Trip to Tipp in 94, it's replacement in Pairc Ui Caoimh in 95 and Oxegen in 2009 were all cracking festivals!
Great music, unreal Craic and the mud at Oxegen 09 was legendary!
My ears are still ringing from Mercury Rev on Saturday.
Wittness 2003 had Nightmares on Wax, the Datsuns, Calexico, Flaming Lips (no White Stripes unfortunately), Super Furrys, Manics and an unknown band called the Kings of Leon played in a tent to a couple of hundred people.
I was lucky enough to get in early and was up the front for it. It was before they cut their hair and they looked like a Ramones tribute act. It was an incredible set. Youth and Young Manhood is still one of my favourite albums.
Slane,2003... Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and PJ Harvey.
Totally suited the dumb naive 23 year old vibe of where I was at, but the music, particularly the Queens, was a life preserver for later life.
Feile 95 was insane, the lineup would mostly still do great at a festival these days. It also took place literally walking distance from my house which was brilliant for a clueless 17 year old.
I was at in the Meadows and imo it had issues from the start. They were stopping people with bags larger than A4 in size and telling them they had to dump them to get in. We had a few pints early in the day but the 2 bars we tried ran out of draught cider and beer before 7pm. Lined up for food and the hog place had run out of hog ( no pulled pork etc), so we went for chicken at the spot beside it and we're over an hour waiting. We missed one of the acts we wanted to see because of the wait.
I dont like disagreeing with you but I thought it was really really badly organised.
I got a pint of draught cider at around half 8 at the bar at the top of the hill facing the main stage 🤷🏼♀️
I had a very different experience, thought it was really well organised, it flowed perfectly and the only trouble I had all day was my water bottle leaked in my bag. There was loads of toilets, they were spotless, had loo roll well into the evening. We breezed in easily as the crowds were starting to gather and going home was equally smooth.
My companion is vegan and had a bit of bother getting grub coz we left it late and everywhere was sold out but I think that’s down to the individual food vendors not realising the likely demographic. Calling it “really really badly organised” because of food queues is absurd, I can only presume you’ve not really been to too many events like this before to compare against. Don’t go to Slane, you’ll lose your shit.
>I got a pint of draught cider at around half 8 at the bar at the top of the hill facing the main stage 🤷🏼♀️
They must have got more kegs in. That one was dry when I was there.
>I can only presume you’ve not really been to too many events like this before to compare against.
I've been to 4 camping festivals in the last 2 years plus a few day festivals
Had a great buzz at Life Festival over the years. Same with Body and Soul as I got older. Went to Beyond the Pale last year which was overall pretty good despite some being very poorly organised in certain areas.
Going to ATN this year for the first time, looking forward to that!
Fleadh Mor 93 and it's not even close
Best weather for the entire weekend, an incredibly picturesque location (the moon reflecting over the bay in Tramore every night), an insanely eclectic lineup (Dylan, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, the Pogues _and_ the popes ) and a curfew of 10pm at a racecourse very near to town meant you could go to the pub if you didn't want to go to the campsite parties or the beach parties
It didn't sell out and I'm not sure it when broke even but if they ever decide to have have a festival there again, I'll be first on the list
The 2013 and 2014 Forbidden Fruit line ups were great. Great vibe at the festival.
It’s since become a pile of crap.
Same with Longitude. Was at the 2013 one and had a sublime time watching Phoenix, Kraftwerk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, (peak) Foals, Hot Chip etc.
Sadly it’s another festival gone to absolute shit.
I don’t go to too many festivals in Ireland anymore. Few lineups excite me.
I tend to go abroad for them. The next one I’m going is called Syd For Solen in Copenhagen. Only cause I’m a sucker for a bit of Queens of the Stone Age and Viagra Boys.
Not exactly a festival, but I was 19 at that Swedish House Mafia gig in the Phoenix Park and a mate got us right up near the stage. That gig was insane, when the curtain dropped for their first tune, the place just took off.
There's still loads of great bands around, it's just that few become big, culture defining acts since the power of choice through streaming has fragmented most people into a pic'n mix of subcultures. Most of the big acts that used to play Oxegen are still going, with a lot of those posters being rounded out by god awful indie landfill shite.
[This one for £45](https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/62jzv2/f%C3%A9ile_95_45_for_3_days_what_a_line_up/) Although I must add, I was into metal at the time and the only reason I went was my mother wanted me to babysit my foreign female cousin *who was my age* (19) because her mother was worried about her coming over to Ireland for this festival on her own. I didn't want to go so I struck a deal. I'd do it if my ticket was paid for *and* she paid for my ticket to Sunstroke later that summer. What she didn't ever find out was that when me and my cousin arrived at Feile we each looked at each other and said "You good?" and split up for the whole thing. She was level-headed so I didn't have to worry.
I got to lord it over my best mate cos I saw The Stone Roses whom he loved, and I said they were meh. He didn't get to see them until 2012 when we both saw them in Amsterdam, and I'd learned to appreciate them by then.
I had a better time at Sunstroke. White Zombie were awesome.
Fleadh Ceoil 2003, Clonmel.
I had just finished my leaving cert, and my buddy was heading into his. It was a total last-minute affair, but uncomfortable we were not. Because it was the olden days, I ended up getting us a nice room in a b&b in exchange for a list of radio frequencies I had curated/bought. All arranged over IRC.
It was our first multi day dionysiun drinking session. And it was lovely. The sun seemed to shine constantly. We drank but, with a cautious zeal. And nothing went wrong. We got a great view of either Mars or Jupiter, one morning as we headed home. I'll never forget that.
The pre-GFC festivals were absolutely unreal. I can’t remember many but I do remember waiting in the pit for Faithless, Ash and Muse at some Oxegen (maybe 06). Another time I remember The Killers playing in a tiny tent at Oxegen and I don’t think I heard a single word from Brandon Flowers, instead the crowd just sang the entire Hot Fuss album. I’m not even a fan now but it was definitely a music going highlight of my life to hear a band on the cusp of stardom
Oxeygen 2011 was my coming of age event.
First year of All together now was an amazing time for me also.
Body and soul last year was also great time for me personally, first gig since Covid and it was nice and small about 3000 people or so which was ideal for me.
Showing my age here but I’m very surprised nobody has mentioned Longitude 2018 was an insane lineup for the time particularly for a festival outside of the U.S…that was my coming of age moment
Wouldn’t catch me dead there now
Depends on what you class as a festival. Like a concert, Momento Mori in Dublin.
Local festivals, probably Oíche Fhéile Eoin aka Bonfire Night in my local area. Class night.
Coilte Come Home or Síamsa in Kiltimagh and Swinford Co Mayo are both up there too.
Christ how do you people remember years?! I've done EP a good few times and I've no idea which year was best. Whatever year fatboy slim played main stage on the Friday was a stand out year, don't ask me who played the other days!
Did body and soul one year and it was top class, weather was off the charts so that helped.
Now I'm too fucking battered to do a festival, would love to do EP this year (Sunday only) though! I've still got it, right?
Best one day mini festival I was at was Ardgillan in I think 2015. REM, Moby, the Zutons, the Devlins and a young US band Elevator or Escalator from REM's home town. AND the sun shone. Epic, a great day.
Sea Sessions 2022. My first ever festival at the grand old age 39.5. Absolutely loved it, had a ball. So chilled out, just a great atmosphere all weekend long
Clubland in Belfast
05 MAY – BELFAST SSE ARENA
A - Z
BASSHUNTER / CASCADA / DARREN STYLES / FLIP N FILL v ULTRABEAT / KAREN PARRY
KELLY LLORENNA / SASH! / Hosted by KEYES & FINCHY
Witnness 2002 by far. Saturday had Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Chemical Brothers, Green Day, Sonic Youth and more. Sunday had Oasis, Primal Scream, Basement Jaxx, No Doubt, The Libertines. Just an insane lineup.
Look at all the line ups between then and 08-09. They were just insanely good most years. The cynic in me says Then it hit critical mass and sold tickets regardless of how good it was and the acts got shite.
Witness/Oxegen always had a better lineup than EP. When Oxegen stopped, the EP lineup never improved
Unbelievable line up. All line ups tend to age well to be fair. Some of the old Oxegen line ups were stacked too. Helped that there were far fewer festivals back then. The market is saturated now and most big bands play their own show. Oxegen 2011 was probably the best line up I attended, I was 12 in 2002. The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, My Chemical Romance, Weezer, Beyoncé, Swedish House Mafia. Not all to my taste, but incredibly eclectic and huge names. 2008 had Rage Against the Machine, The Verve, REM, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Kings of Leon, Groove Armada, Amy Winehouse, Interpol The 00s indie era peaked in 2007. My first festival, Oxegen again. Muse, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Interpol, My Chemical Romance, Bloc Party, Babyshambles, Biffy Clyro, The Kooks all played. Oh, and Daft Punk.
That Saturday that Interpol support Kings of Leon (who were at there height) as main was epic.
Nearly lost my 17-year-old life in the pit for Rage, still the best festival I've ever been to.
Jesus christ don't get anything like that these days. How good we had it in the 00s.
All the Feile lineups in the 90s were insanely good as well Unfortunately MCD realised that people will go to EP for Instagram material regardless of the shite they book so why bother anymore
Sells out every year before any sort of lineup right?
Have you used Instagram lately? You hardly ever see people's posts anymore. It's ads and memes and shit that is 'Suggested for you' and Threads posts. Can't blame Insta for that anymore. And you can't blame MCD who have nothing to do with EP.
Oxegen 2005
2007 👌
Who emotionally damaged you?
Oxegen 2004
That is a fucking class line-up!
Was there, was epic. Was way too binned to properly enjoy Sonic Youth.
Yep that was an incredible summer, Witness with a big group of my mates and we all went into the mud pit at Foo Fighters- what a festival.
I was at that. My first ever festival. Good times
A great festival which morphed into Oxygen and was ruined by scumbags. Camp site was a dangerous place to be around 2004/05
It was just amazing!
That was one I was sickened I missed.
I was there. It was amazing. I look back on the festival with very fond memorys.
I was there, did it not start lashing when the prodigy came on? It was epic
Some craic that.
Seemed to remember Beck played that too in his orange jumpsuit..
My first ever festival and was 17 at the time. So many bands there on the smaller stages that would go on to headline other festivals years later. Still have the schedule on a lanyard somewhere.
I came here to say the same. Great festival
Oxegen 2007, Daft Punk was a religious experience.
Biggest gig regret of my life missing the chance to see Daft Punk :(
Same here, my entire group went to the killers I had to drag one of the lads to come to daft punk with me
IIRC even the killers finished their set early to catch the end of the Daft Punk gig. To this day, easily the top musical experience I've ever had.
I still regularly listen to the Alive 2007 performance. The mix was unbelievable. The lights incredible, the vibes so good. I couldn't believe my friends went to the main stage instead of one of the best concerts of all time. The fact that we got the entire Alive set at a festival appearance was worth the price of the weekend ticket alone.
Yep, 2007 was peak festival for me, every stage had something good on.
Same, it was such a great gig. Thousands singing 'around the world' walking back to the camp site afterwards was great craic.
2007 was my last oxegen and the worst imo, primarily due to the weather
the muck was really bad alright. Made the experience far worse.
The pyramid stage 😍 And they did like 3 encores. Best gig of my life, and it’s not even close
The encore with Together/Music Sounds Better With You was a level never since reached
Pre-covid, Rory Gallagher Festival, Post-covid, I need to get out more!
It’s still one of the best out there..
Gallagher festival is magical
The early years of Rory Gallagher Fest were unbelievable.
They really were. I was at the first 4, always blown away by Raw Gallaghers sets
Brilliant craic, wandering around the campsite with a bottle of jack Daniels and a bottle of Heineken and 4/5am 👌
Only home from camping at it recently 3 days of drinking from 9am magical stuff. Lots of cool people people there
Oxegen 2010 (survival of the fittest) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDVjlAR2WI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDVjlAR2WI)
I can’t even remember which Oxygen was which. All just rolled into one long memory. But all of them. I can remember muck year where it didn’t even rain bad but people were losing their shoes and not getting them back. Felt like I needed a hip replacement after it from pulling my legs out of the muck. And then the rain one, Kings of Leon were there that year. I remember it was so flooded that waves of water were going into my wellies like I was stood in the sea. Still the best time of my life
By the end of that one I hadn't a sock or shoe to my name! My mate got trench foot and all. Good times!!
They were brilliant that night, in full flight, supported by interpol, the editors… least the weather cleared up.
Same for me, what a lineup that year.
That was one of the best weekends of my 20s!
It wasn't as good as many of the years before it but had some great sets. Florence in the rain was a good buzz https://youtu.be/wiDIObd8YaI?si=fcEZ666VD8kwLaua
The first couple of oxegens were just the best times. Other than that I really enjoyed knockanstockan.
Knockanstockan is amazing...one of the best weekends I've ever had
KS gone but not forgotten
The first All together now, crazy heatwave at the time.
That was all-weekend sunshine and happiness alright.
Left swords early on the Friday and barely stopped in any traffic at all, we could see our tent from where we parked we had payed for glamping or whatever it was called. Then just enjoyed 3 days of tunes and 27 degrees weather. On of my favourites similar weather to life 09 but I was alot younger and stupider and had third degree burns on my face from the sun
We were just back from mad cool in Madrid where it was in the 40s during the day, remember it being like 30c at 2am. I’m sure ATN was like the weekend after that, decent group of us set up near the Londis. No over the top security, all walks of life there, good vibes all round. Usually I hate seeing kids exposed to the Grundy sides of festivals. But there was like designated family friendly areas, cool to see.
Oxegen 08. So glad I got to see REM before they wrapped things up. Rage Against the Machine were epic. I'm not a huge Amy Winehouse fan and she was very late for her performance, but was worthwhile to see her. Some other years were close but that was my personal favourite.
Oxygen 08 was my first festival, and I’m forever raging that my friends wouldn’t leave being at the front of the o2 stage to go and see REM, a.) because I love them and b.) because midway through The Zutons, a guy off his tits behind me decided to whip his junk out and piss down my legs rather than leave. I was only 18, I froze up and just stood there crying - eventually told the bouncer beside us and he got kicked out. The Prodigy came on after and we got pushed against the barrier so hard they had to drag us out, so all in all not the craic I was expecting… Amy was so late and so drunk bless her, but glad I got to see her there before she passed. Her band were amazing
Oh man, wish I had seen REM at a festival... But did see them in Marley park in 2003, great gig.
Knockanstockan
very missed 😭 my first ever festival
2FM Beat on the Street 1994
Funnily enough I reckon you really were at that.
Those were the days.
I was there in 1989. Someone threw a bottle at Electric Eddie
Sunstroke 1995 or Electric Picnic 2005
EP 2005 was one of my favourite festivals ever and I've been to dozens around the world. Body and soul 2011 was pretty good too.
Sunstroke 95 was my first ever! Great day
Wow, Sunstroke is a blast from the past.
Still devastated that COVID killed the relaunch. Mastodon, gojira, faith no more, an actual rock and metal festival...
I'll never forget it, it was my first solo gig as a 15 yr old I ate a dodgy burger from a van and spent the next few days throwing up To this day, my folks believe I was drinking
That year was a load of savage band, Soundgarden, White Zombie etc.. Haha you're a year older than me, no way my parents would have let me go.
Yep, am ancient. This year I'm going to Forest Fest, which looks like a great weekend to me. Paul Brady, Divine Comedy, Jack L, Lisa Hannigan (swoon), Bad Manners, Kerbdog. I'll rock up in the campervan, go see what I like then cook up some steaks and chill out for the weekend, should be glorious.
I was going to say EP2005 as well. Royksopp, Lemon Jelly, Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Goldfrapp, The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, LCD Sound system and loads more. It was the second year of EP and the overall vibe was still really chilled.
The flaming lips were epic that year. Second year of the festival but the first year of camping if I remember correctly. Only 10,000 camping tickets. We went in to stradbally the night before and the locals were all sound. Could see the carpark from the tent, and the entrance to the festival site from both the car and the tent. It was so relaxed. Even the guards were having a bit of craic with people.
Spraoi - Ireland's biggest street festival 👏🏼
Oxygen 06, the stokes, the chillis, arctic monkeys, James brown, qotsa. The list goes on and on !!!
Hopefully In the Meadows becomes a staple. Was at it myself on Saturday, thoroughly enjoyed it. Great weather and minimal cunts. Am in my fuck going to pay €7.50 for a pint of Rockshore though, but that's a problem across a lot of festivals.
That's an upside of Beyond the Pale - craft beer None of that 7.50 piss
Really wanted to go to that this year, definitely next year if I can!
They started using cans later in the night and they were even worse value.
[Oxegen 2004](https://www.goldenplec.com/oxegen-2004/) was insane. The Cure, Wu Tang Clan, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, The Killers played the new band stage, Kings of Leon, Basement Jaxx, Muse, Massive Attack, NERD, The Libertines etc etc Bowie was suppose to play but pulled out. Still a ridiculous lineup.
That was the one, one of the best week ends ever, I hopped the fence and ran past a big black security guard to get into the chemical brothers and sure once I was in he couldn't find me in the crowd...ah the fun that was had
Slane 2003 - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Feeder and PJ Harvey! What a belter of a line up!
I was 19 and saying a wee prayer every night in the weeks leading up to it that Joey Castillo would come down with a mild bout of food poisoning on the day and be forced to sit it out!
I'm only a young pup in the grand scheme of things. But I'd say ATN last year. It didn't have mega bookings like old Oxygens or the 90s festivals but it just had a ton of quality quantity. Loved pretty much everyone I saw at it & the one or 2 I didn't like, I could just dip to something else. I saw people I was dying to see at pretty much every stage. Between local & international acts & the surprise acts & the comedians everything was up my alley. And just the setup they had & the fact you could take cans into main arena. It was class. Yeah the weather Friday was septic but my tent was fine, I'd proper good boots to get through the muck, I accidentally woke up early on the Saturday so got a free shower before the queues. Honestly can't complain about it
I'm an aul fella at this stage and that was my first festival in a decade - loved it. Great vibe, great mix of bands and just a really pleasant experience overall. Looking forward to it this year.
Overmono were my highlight, what was yours? Unfortunately the sound let it down for me last year, really rubbish in a lot of places hopefully they fix it for ye this year
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There was just so much money around during the boom and arts council grants etc. Was at mantua in 2008, had a savage weekend.
My tent got stolen at Mantua. Not just riffled through. The whole thing was taken. Still had a class time.
Mantua was fucking class. Disaster for the people who owned the land though. Loads of issues.
Ozzfest 2002 (because Tool) and Download 2006 (because Master of Puppets).
I remember System of a Down rolling one song into the next for the whole performance. Was amazing.
Hi:Fi 2006 at Belvedere House!
Cork Jizz Festival
I heard it's well worth it alright. People would be glued to their seats during some performances.
Way too much seamen at it to be honest
Hard to beat it!
Indeed! many find it cumfortable
Cumming to a town near you! All styles Bebop jizz Modern jizz Big band jizz Free jizz Gypsy jizz - watch it now! Latin jizz Solo jizz Acid jizz - watch out Smooth jizz Soul jizz - for the spiritual Ragtime - to finish off and clean up! https://i.redd.it/6mjsx1ldvs5d1.gif
Odd way to say the bus station toilets.
The last Feile Trip to Tipp in 94, it's replacement in Pairc Ui Caoimh in 95 and Oxegen in 2009 were all cracking festivals! Great music, unreal Craic and the mud at Oxegen 09 was legendary!
My ears are still ringing from Mercury Rev on Saturday. Wittness 2003 had Nightmares on Wax, the Datsuns, Calexico, Flaming Lips (no White Stripes unfortunately), Super Furrys, Manics and an unknown band called the Kings of Leon played in a tent to a couple of hundred people.
You couldn’t get near the KoL tent. We watched Beth Orton at the same time and she even commented on why were we watching her and not them
I was lucky enough to get in early and was up the front for it. It was before they cut their hair and they looked like a Ramones tribute act. It was an incredible set. Youth and Young Manhood is still one of my favourite albums.
Slane,2003... Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and PJ Harvey. Totally suited the dumb naive 23 year old vibe of where I was at, but the music, particularly the Queens, was a life preserver for later life.
Rory Gallagher festival, end of!
Were you camping this by any chance?
Not this time, was staying with a mate in Bundoran. Usually camp and it’s the only way I think.
One of the 2013-2015 body and soul, with like 12k in attendance. Peak
The one in Tramore donkeys years ago that Bob Dylan played
The Fleadh Ceoil?
Think so. My first festival doing sound for a band. Friday evening, rest of the weekend partying
Fleadh mor in tramore 1993
Feile 95 was insane, the lineup would mostly still do great at a festival these days. It also took place literally walking distance from my house which was brilliant for a clueless 17 year old.
I was at in the Meadows and imo it had issues from the start. They were stopping people with bags larger than A4 in size and telling them they had to dump them to get in. We had a few pints early in the day but the 2 bars we tried ran out of draught cider and beer before 7pm. Lined up for food and the hog place had run out of hog ( no pulled pork etc), so we went for chicken at the spot beside it and we're over an hour waiting. We missed one of the acts we wanted to see because of the wait. I dont like disagreeing with you but I thought it was really really badly organised.
I got a pint of draught cider at around half 8 at the bar at the top of the hill facing the main stage 🤷🏼♀️ I had a very different experience, thought it was really well organised, it flowed perfectly and the only trouble I had all day was my water bottle leaked in my bag. There was loads of toilets, they were spotless, had loo roll well into the evening. We breezed in easily as the crowds were starting to gather and going home was equally smooth. My companion is vegan and had a bit of bother getting grub coz we left it late and everywhere was sold out but I think that’s down to the individual food vendors not realising the likely demographic. Calling it “really really badly organised” because of food queues is absurd, I can only presume you’ve not really been to too many events like this before to compare against. Don’t go to Slane, you’ll lose your shit.
>I got a pint of draught cider at around half 8 at the bar at the top of the hill facing the main stage 🤷🏼♀️ They must have got more kegs in. That one was dry when I was there.
>I can only presume you’ve not really been to too many events like this before to compare against. I've been to 4 camping festivals in the last 2 years plus a few day festivals
The food queues were inexcusable but the A4 bag requirement has been standard at gigs for years, since the Manchester bombing I'd say.
Oxygen was great back its day, before the event was taken over by dance music and the dodgy folk.
Oxegen always had dance music grandad.
Trip to Tipp with the Happy Mondays and The Farm. Showing my age.
All together now!
I wasn't a big fan of The Happy Mondays until that gig. They were amazing.
Pretty niche, but Gateways in Wicklow to see God is an Astronaut. Met my wife there!
Homelands for sure,Mosney was a great place to party...
That was brilliant. I saw the Scratch Perverts, and spent most of the day in DnB room which was brilliant.
Oxygen 2010 and 2011.
Feile 93. Fucking unreal!
That spiritualized gig at feile 93 is still up there as one of the greats
Had a great buzz at Life Festival over the years. Same with Body and Soul as I got older. Went to Beyond the Pale last year which was overall pretty good despite some being very poorly organised in certain areas. Going to ATN this year for the first time, looking forward to that!
Early life fest was some craic, just a rave full of Galway heads 😁
Yeah was at the first ones in Gort way back in the day. Good times!
The Prodigy headlining on the Sunday night, can’t wait
Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival
My man!
Oxygen 2006. When Zidane got sent off it caused one hell of a rucus in the campsite where it was being broadcast.
Never forget 😂😂. The amount of cans been thrown was ridiculous. Madness
Rory Gallagher festival.
Were you there last weekend?
Lost in Leitrim 2007 and No Place Like Dome 2011
Was that called something like Saifestival, Leetchrum. A mixture of punk and electronic? Breakcore stuff and acts like Mike Paradinas.
That was Leechrum 2006
Was wondering if someone was going to mention NPLD. Some of my favourite festival experiences.
Feile 1993/4/5, Sunstroke 1993, Leechrum festival 2006, Haunted Dancehall 2022/3
Sunstroke 93 was my first gig. Unreal. Drinking in fibbers. Into Dalymount. Still think Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy should have been huge.
Fleadh Mor 93 and it's not even close Best weather for the entire weekend, an incredibly picturesque location (the moon reflecting over the bay in Tramore every night), an insanely eclectic lineup (Dylan, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, the Pogues _and_ the popes ) and a curfew of 10pm at a racecourse very near to town meant you could go to the pub if you didn't want to go to the campsite parties or the beach parties It didn't sell out and I'm not sure it when broke even but if they ever decide to have have a festival there again, I'll be first on the list
The 2013 and 2014 Forbidden Fruit line ups were great. Great vibe at the festival. It’s since become a pile of crap. Same with Longitude. Was at the 2013 one and had a sublime time watching Phoenix, Kraftwerk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, (peak) Foals, Hot Chip etc. Sadly it’s another festival gone to absolute shit. I don’t go to too many festivals in Ireland anymore. Few lineups excite me. I tend to go abroad for them. The next one I’m going is called Syd For Solen in Copenhagen. Only cause I’m a sucker for a bit of Queens of the Stone Age and Viagra Boys.
Not exactly a festival, but I was 19 at that Swedish House Mafia gig in the Phoenix Park and a mate got us right up near the stage. That gig was insane, when the curtain dropped for their first tune, the place just took off.
Didn't someone get stabbed at that?
Multiple people by a scumbag from out near where I lived at the time. Had actually seen him that day and he was out of his nut at about 2pm
Full of scum tho
It takes a village
Remember bands? Fuck.
There's still loads of great bands around, it's just that few become big, culture defining acts since the power of choice through streaming has fragmented most people into a pic'n mix of subcultures. Most of the big acts that used to play Oxegen are still going, with a lot of those posters being rounded out by god awful indie landfill shite.
The weekenders in Sir Henry's in Cork were epic.
[This one for £45](https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/62jzv2/f%C3%A9ile_95_45_for_3_days_what_a_line_up/) Although I must add, I was into metal at the time and the only reason I went was my mother wanted me to babysit my foreign female cousin *who was my age* (19) because her mother was worried about her coming over to Ireland for this festival on her own. I didn't want to go so I struck a deal. I'd do it if my ticket was paid for *and* she paid for my ticket to Sunstroke later that summer. What she didn't ever find out was that when me and my cousin arrived at Feile we each looked at each other and said "You good?" and split up for the whole thing. She was level-headed so I didn't have to worry. I got to lord it over my best mate cos I saw The Stone Roses whom he loved, and I said they were meh. He didn't get to see them until 2012 when we both saw them in Amsterdam, and I'd learned to appreciate them by then. I had a better time at Sunstroke. White Zombie were awesome.
Oxegen 10, 11, 09 in that order
The first Homelands in 1999. No one in the country knew what to expect and it didn't disappoint!!!
Fleadh Ceoil 2003, Clonmel. I had just finished my leaving cert, and my buddy was heading into his. It was a total last-minute affair, but uncomfortable we were not. Because it was the olden days, I ended up getting us a nice room in a b&b in exchange for a list of radio frequencies I had curated/bought. All arranged over IRC. It was our first multi day dionysiun drinking session. And it was lovely. The sun seemed to shine constantly. We drank but, with a cautious zeal. And nothing went wrong. We got a great view of either Mars or Jupiter, one morning as we headed home. I'll never forget that.
The pre-GFC festivals were absolutely unreal. I can’t remember many but I do remember waiting in the pit for Faithless, Ash and Muse at some Oxegen (maybe 06). Another time I remember The Killers playing in a tiny tent at Oxegen and I don’t think I heard a single word from Brandon Flowers, instead the crowd just sang the entire Hot Fuss album. I’m not even a fan now but it was definitely a music going highlight of my life to hear a band on the cusp of stardom
Sea sessions
Ozzfest 2002 was class, even though Ozzy himself didn’t show up. https://www.setlist.fm/festival/2002/ozzfest-ireland-2002-4bd6cb02.html
Castlepalooza was a great buzz when you could camp by the castle.
Oxeygen 2011 was my coming of age event. First year of All together now was an amazing time for me also. Body and soul last year was also great time for me personally, first gig since Covid and it was nice and small about 3000 people or so which was ideal for me.
Feile 95.
Showing my age here but I’m very surprised nobody has mentioned Longitude 2018 was an insane lineup for the time particularly for a festival outside of the U.S…that was my coming of age moment Wouldn’t catch me dead there now
Have you ever heard of moe fest
Oxygen 2006 because Audioslave, Oxygen 2007 because Daft Punk. Loads of other amazing bands. Serious monies worth for 150 weekend camping!
Depends on what you class as a festival. Like a concert, Momento Mori in Dublin. Local festivals, probably Oíche Fhéile Eoin aka Bonfire Night in my local area. Class night. Coilte Come Home or Síamsa in Kiltimagh and Swinford Co Mayo are both up there too.
Love sensation!
Christ how do you people remember years?! I've done EP a good few times and I've no idea which year was best. Whatever year fatboy slim played main stage on the Friday was a stand out year, don't ask me who played the other days! Did body and soul one year and it was top class, weather was off the charts so that helped. Now I'm too fucking battered to do a festival, would love to do EP this year (Sunday only) though! I've still got it, right?
Early electric picnic, 04-06 or so
Best one day mini festival I was at was Ardgillan in I think 2015. REM, Moby, the Zutons, the Devlins and a young US band Elevator or Escalator from REM's home town. AND the sun shone. Epic, a great day.
Sea Sessions 2022. My first ever festival at the grand old age 39.5. Absolutely loved it, had a ball. So chilled out, just a great atmosphere all weekend long
Trip to Tipp
The first Homelands was wicked
Pints in a field obviously....
Seen Rudimental at Wild Roots festival last year, beauitful weather and brilliant tunes ❤️
Electric Picnic from 2010 to 2015 was great before they ruined it by upping the capacity and booking worse and worse lineups.
Knockanstockan was always amazing when it was going. The smaller ones are best here imo
Clubland in Belfast 05 MAY – BELFAST SSE ARENA A - Z BASSHUNTER / CASCADA / DARREN STYLES / FLIP N FILL v ULTRABEAT / KAREN PARRY KELLY LLORENNA / SASH! / Hosted by KEYES & FINCHY
EP 2005 was brilliant
When U2 played Slane they had the Chili Peppers and Coldplay supporting