It's summer (in some places). That means festivals. Which ones are you going to?

It's summer (in some places). That means festivals. Which ones are you going to? (Read 1559 times)

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The Riddler

#1 June 11, 2008, 11:47:51 pm

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I live in Scotland, and at the moment I'm going to T in the Park, and I'm going to get a ticket for Connect Festival.

If you can't be bothered clicking the links, the pick of the bands at T in the Park are (in my opinion): Rage Against the Machine, Aphex Twin, Justice, Pendulum, MGMT, R.E.M., Ben Folds and The Chemical Brothers. I am definitely looking forward to this fest, as I would happily pay the ticket price for RATM alone. So, it's going to be awesome. That's at the start of July, so it will also be sunny - a bonus, though, as it's Scotland and you can never guarantee sun.

The Connect Festival is a different festival, it's held in a castle, and the highlights of that weekend, for me, are: Bloc Party, Sigur Ros, Asobi Seksu, Crystal Castles, The Roots, and The Coral. This festival doesn't have as good a lineup, as it only started 2 years ago and is still struggling to compete with T. But I'll still enjoy those bands and there's more to be announced so hopefully it will be better than the Kaiser Chiefs or Franz Ferdinand, ugh.

Anyway, give us details of festivals you are going to and the highlights of the lineup for you. Also, please include a link so we can check out the lineup for ourselves.

Last Edit: June 12, 2008, 01:00:58 am by el capitano

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Shepperd

#2 June 12, 2008, 12:41:36 am

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none.

Also haven't heard any festivals happening over here right now.
Maybe because it is winter.

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ATARI

#3 June 12, 2008, 01:02:44 am

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none because no festivals come near me ever except for country music

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ThugTears666

#4 June 12, 2008, 01:09:04 am

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The only major festivals we have here are usually during new years, I will probally go to bigdayout as I do every year hence I've seen Tool, Spank Rock, Chem brothers etc.

Children of bodom are coming but their newest album was shit so I'm not going.

Why dont you travel to one atari? It's worth it.

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ATARI

#5 June 12, 2008, 03:32:41 am

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because even if i were to travel i honestly cannot think of a single worthwhile festival that would be in my area (if anyone knows of any decent festivals that would be around philadelphia let me know even if its 3 hours away from me its the closest any bands ever come)

also it doesn't help that my parents are extremely over protective and every time i've inquired about going to a concert they always say no and claim that i'll get hurt or smoke pot or something my god

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ThugTears666

#6 June 12, 2008, 08:37:31 am

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Hahaha oh man Atari, bet you can't wait to move out. How old are you?

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thecatamites

#7 June 12, 2008, 09:27:52 am

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The only festival I've ever been to was a country music one, which pretty much made me vow to never go to another festival again... Ankle-deep mud, pouring rain, hundreds of fat pricks in deckchairs blocking everything, and there was a four-hour gap between the bands I wanted to see. And that four-hour gap was filled with schmaltzy Garth Brooks soundalikes.
Having said that, there's something on in my area next week where Leonard Cohen, Morrisey and...gasp...the Stooges are all playing consecutive nights at a local venue. I've already got my ticket for the Stooges, and Stiff Little Fingers are opening for them, so I'm pretty psyched about it really!

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Cheshire Cat

#8 June 12, 2008, 11:27:12 pm

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Leeds, but more for the craic than the music if i'm totally honest.

Flogging Molly though (and i wont lie, buzzing to see slipknot and tenacious D).

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Blitzen

#9 June 13, 2008, 03:18:05 am

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Ottawa BluesFest usually has awesome acts. I live in Ottawa, so at the very least I think I will go see the Tragically Hip when they come around.

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Wil

#10 June 13, 2008, 07:08:44 am

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We have our local Diversa Fest which has a few MAJOR bands and of course the local ones. Of course my favorite local band is not attending, only a few like Colourmusic, Congress of a Crow, and Callupsie (lots of Cs).

I will probably go to the Paramore concert, though I can't say I'm exactly thrilled about it (going with a friend). I'll also check out Zappa Plays Zappa probably for the sake of ZAPPA being in the name. I confess, I don't have any real plans of who I ought to see, so someone should recommend anything they think is good in this list!

Lineup:

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Headliners
* The All-American Rejects
* The Roots
* The Disco Biscuits
* Clutch
* Paramore
* Zappa Plays Zappa
* Ghostland Observatory
* moe.
* Helmet
* Phantom Planet
* Edison Glass
* Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
AM
* Ty England
* Ravi
* The Apples In Stereo
* Joshua James
* Cory Chisel
* Paper Route

Emerging Artists

* 20%
* 40engine
* Acoustic Ross
* Adam Lopez & Mas Rudie!
* Adam's Attic
* Admiral Twin
* Alex Winston
* Alyse Black
* Angela Ortiz
* Astellaway
* Bait
* Bangalore
* Beau Jennings
* BEN.BEN.
* Benji Kay
* Black Swan
* Black Wednesday
* Blake-O
* Blowing Trees
* Born A Number
* Brice Woodall
* Bricolage
* Callupsie
* Carter Sampson
* Cat-a-tac
* Cavedoll
* Cecada
* Cheyenne
* Cheryl B. Engelhardt
* Chris McLeod
* City Riots
* Colourmusic
* Congress of a Crow
* Crocodile
* Crooked X
* Dance Robots Dance/Trash Yourself
* Deas Vail
* El Paso Hot Button
* First Lady Assasins
* Galapagos
* Ganem
* Gentlemen Auction House
* Ghost of Monkshood
* Ghosts
* Glister
* Gravity Propulsion Systems
* Greg Reichel
* Hazzard
* Here Is There
* Hey Hollywood
* Hush Hush Commotion
* I Said Stop!
* Jabee
* Jayne Doe
* Jeremy Buck & The Bang
* Jesse Aycock
* John Moreland & Black Gold Band
* Kawnar
* Kendal Dean
* Klondike5
* Leopold and his Fiction
* Lords of the Fjords
* Love In October
* Mama Sweet
* Mando Saenz
* Matt Stansberry Band
* Maxtone Four
* Mayola
* Mercy Street
* Miniver Cheevy
* Motive For Movement
* My Solstice
* Odis
* Of god and science
* Oxygen
* Palmerston
* PDA
* Philpot
* Progress In Color
* Quiet Company
* Rainbows Are Free
* Recorder
* Red Dirt Rangers
* Ruthie Bram
* Ryan Lindsey
* Salute
* Sam and The Stylees
* Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers
* Scott Goldman
* Sherree Chamberlain
* Sir Threadius Mongus
* Sleeperstar
* Slorder
* Soulfege
* Sparky Quano
* Stanley Maxwell
* Stars Go Dim
* State Bird
* Steve Liddell
* Stop, Revolt!
* Sworn Against
* Taddy Porter
* Tech Tonic
* Tell Tale Heart
* The Abdomen
* The Boxing Lesson
* The Brandon Clark Band
* The City Lives
* The Compulsions
* The Cringe
* The Decomposed
* The Effects
* The Feed
* The Non
* The Oh! Johnny Girls
* The Starkweather Boys
* The Stockmarket Crash
* The Twenties
* The Uglysuit
* Three Penny Upright
* Topaz & Mudphonic
* Vandevander
* Vannadine

Last Edit: June 13, 2008, 07:10:16 am by Wil

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ThugTears666

#11 June 13, 2008, 08:09:12 am

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The Roots The Roots The Roots

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The Riddler

#12 June 14, 2008, 04:33:37 pm

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Quote from: Cheshire Cat on June 12, 2008, 11:27:12 pm

Leeds, but more for the craic than the music if i'm totally honest.

Flogging Molly though (and i wont lie, buzzing to see slipknot and tenacious D).

I saw Flogging Molly the other week, and they were incredible. Such a great gig. Everyone was well up for it.

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An Hafferdat Squid

#13 June 20, 2008, 04:17:15 am

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i should be at gaian mind right now

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Lars

#14 June 20, 2008, 12:57:08 pm

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goin' to roskilde for the 4th year in a row

B)

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ThugTears666

#15 June 20, 2008, 01:09:51 pm

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Who goin lars

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Lars

#16 June 20, 2008, 03:31:31 pm

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of artists/bands??

MIA was gonna come but she ditched and she was nmb. 1 on my list

other than that there are two i care about: Digitalism and Fedde le Grand. Digitalism rocks but not as much as MIA but still good and Fedde le Grand will be MAINSTREAM HOUSE so bring ur pills and lets get fuk'd up is w hat im sayin.

other than that lots of shit i dont really care about: Santogold (didnt really like her style 2 much), Radiohead, Neil Young, duffy (if only it was uffie

), Jay Z, Judas Priest (they played outside my window just a couple of weeks ago btw) and Slayer (i used to love REIGN IN BLOOD but i dont know anything except this so im not really excited, but that cd is fucking fantastic tho).

the whole bandlist is here http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/2008/forside/program/bands/

also any other GW'ers goin to roskilde???

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tuxedo marx

#17 June 22, 2008, 11:45:31 am

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haha, lars if you get a chance go check out Seasick Steve.

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The Riddler

#18 June 22, 2008, 01:01:49 pm

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oh man, rocksilde looks awesome. you need to go see cat power, digitalism, liars, MGMT, mogwai, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, RADIOHEAD and TOKYO POLICE CLUB. man, that is an amazing festival.

the bands in caps are one's that i'm going to see soon (radiohead on friday, MBV next thursday), i saw tokyo police club last week and got a ticket for MGMT in november.

i want to go to roksilde now.

EDIT: look at Oya Festival, another amazing lineup: http://www.oyafestivalen.com/pages/eng/8-artists_a-z

Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Ros, Cut Copy, Mogwai, Iron & Wine.

Also awesome.

Last Edit: June 22, 2008, 01:04:05 pm by el capitano

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Lars

#19 June 22, 2008, 04:19:28 pm

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scandinavian festivals ftw

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ThugTears666

#20 June 22, 2008, 11:28:20 pm

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holy fuck that festival is massive so many bands man

at the gates
battles
the black seeds (from nz haha my girlfriendknows them they are cool)
chemical brothers
dillinger escape plan
girl talk
jose gonzales
hot chip
jay z
lupe fiasco
neil young

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