SUMMER MUSIC FESIVALS
Time to dust off those wellies, begin the annual search for tent pegs (just where do those things go?!) and break out those outfits that you'd never be caught dead in anywhere else - it's festival season! This summer is about as packed a summer festival schedule as we've ever had on this island, with an incredible list of acts playing across the country over the course of the next few months.
It was looking up in the air for a while, but Electric Picnic will return this year for its tenth anniversary ensuring that this is one picnic that you can expect some birthday cake at. Not only that, Oxegen will also reclaim its position among Ireland's festival elite when it makes its return to Punchestown after taking some well deserved time off last year. The newcomer to the festival calendar this year is Longitude, which will take over Dublin's Marlay Park for three nights in July (and boasts a whopper of a line-up too). As well as the big boys, there's a music festival this summer to cater for just about every musical taste and budget, like Camden Crawl, Castlepalooza, Sea Sessions and Body & Soul among many more.
We'll be spreading our net across the country to bring you just about every bit of news, every line-up announcement, all the hottest snaps, ticket information, interviews and just about everything else you can imagine from all the top festivals in Ireland this summer right here, so leave it to us to make sure you don't miss a beat!
Not to bother you too much but this year we've joined forces with thinkcontraception.ie to help promote the message of safer sex at festivals across Ireland, something we think is very important. Sharing a tent with a brand new friend might seem like the best idea you've ever had in a field in Laois at four in the morning - just as long as you're aware of the risks! To join the discussion and get all the latest news by using #thinkjohnny.
To book festival tickets on entertainment.ie/tickets, just surf on over to the tickets page.
SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL NEWS 2012
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Soulwax pull out of Oxegen, replacement act namedWed 22nd May 2013239 views1 commentSoulwax have pulled their summer tour dates, including their slot at Oxegen, to finish work on their new album. A statement...
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EXCLUSIVE: Nile Rodgers talks Chic, stage fright and Daft PunkWed 22nd May 2013657 viewsA newspaper recently tried to calculate the monetary value of the music that has been created on the guitar that Nile...
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Robert Plant among several new Electric Picnic additionsTue 21st May 20131495 viewsLed Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has been added to the this year's Electric Picnic line-up. Plant will play with his new...
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CSS among new additions to Castlepalooza line-upTue 21st May 2013264 viewsCastlepalooza has revealed a new batch of names who'll be present at the Tullamore festival this August, including Brazilian...
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Helium Festival announces full lineupSo it's summertime and your getting geared up for the plethora of music festivals ahead of you. While you're at it why...
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Body and Soul just got a little bit more awesomeThu 16th May 2013317 viewsThe words 'James' and 'Murphy' now appear on the bill for the upcoming Body & Soul festival in Co. Westmeath in...
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Who, what and where: Sea Sessions day-by-day- breakdown releasedWed 15th May 2013484 viewsGet those diaries out kids, it's time to formulate your plan of action for Sea Sessions. The Bundoran Surf N' Music festival...
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New acts announced for Sea SessionsTue 14th May 2013275 viewsBeardyman, Normal Jay, Walking on Cars, Hot Sprockets, Raglans and The Dead Prezidents have all been added to the line-up...
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Ghostpoet, ASIWYFA to headline CastlepaloozaMon 13th May 2013708 viewsAnyone up for Castlepalooza this year? Ghostpoet, And So I Watch You From Afar, R.S.A.G., Girls Names, Fight Like Apes, Le...
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Wondering about your Summer Festival options this year? Look no further!Fri 10th May 2013570 viewsGiven that entertainment.ie is your home for everything summer festival related in Ireland this year, we thought it only...
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youbloom@Dublin to host 100 acts across 5 venues this summerThu 9th May 2013689 viewsyoubloom is coming to our nation's capital city this year and bringing with it a festival featuring 100 of the most...
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Vantastival 2013 - Photos and VideosVantastival took place over the May bank holiday weekend at Bellurgan Park Co Louth and was a huge hit with festival goers....
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Video: Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin 2013Mon 6th May 20131432 viewsJohn Balfe reports from the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin 2013, which took over the city on the May Bank Holiday weekend....
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Meteor Camden Crawl: aaaand that's a wrap!There are likely more than a few people nursing sore heads this Bank Holiday Monday after last night's culmination of the...
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Photos: Meteor Camden Crawl opens its doorsThe Meteor Camden Crawl returned to our capital city last night, with a host of performances taking place across more than...
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Ten of the Best - Echo and the BunnymenSat 4th May 2013609 viewsLiverpudlian legends Echo and the Bunnymen make their long awaited Dublin return this weekend when they headline the...
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Camden Crawl Q&A - VerseChorusVerseThu 2nd May 2013500 viewsTony Wright is a familiar fixture on the Irish music scene. His time spent in And So I Watch You From Afar introduced his...
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Win - The Ultimate Summer Music Festival Golden Ticket!Thu 2nd May 20134039 views4 commentsDust off those wellies, music fans! To Celebrate the launch of our brand spankin' new Summer Music Festivals section on...
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Camden Crawl Q&A - DOGSWed 1st May 2013607 viewsA few days now separate us from the opening of the Meteor Camden Crawl, a festival which will take over the centre of Dublin...
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New acts added to Forbidden Fruit line-up!Wed 1st May 2013908 viewsA few more tasty treats have been announced for this summer's Forbidden Fruit festival in Kilmainham, including some of the...
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Camden Crawl Q&A - The Casanova WaveTue 30th Apr 2013609 viewsBrian McCartan, who you might know as The Casanova Wave, has been described on these pages as "one of the finest up n'...
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Valentia Isle Festival to take place in mid SeptemberMon 29th Apr 2013507 viewsThis year's Valentia Isle Festival will go ahead on the 13th, 14th and 15th September, closing off the 2013 summer festival...
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Camden Crawl Q and A | BoutsMon 29th Apr 2013521 viewsWe're just a few short days away from the official start to the Irish summer festival season when Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin...
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Even more names added to Electric PicnicFri 26th Apr 2013866 viewsMore names have filtered out for this summer's Electric Picnic. Somewhat oddly, names have been released in three separate...
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My Bloody Valentine among NEW acts added to Electric Picnic line-up this eveningThu 25th Apr 20131404 viewsFour new names have been added to the Electric Picnic line-up at this evening's launch party in Dublin's Fitzwilliam Square....
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All you need to know about Electric Picnic 2013!Thu 25th Apr 20138694 viewsThere's little doubt that today's Electric Picnic announcement has been the talk of the town since word filtered out this...
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Electric Picnic headliners announcedThu 25th Apr 201310580 views3 commentsThe first list of acts who'll play this year's tenth anniversary of Electric Picnic have been released this afternoon and...
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The National to perform same song for six hours in New York galleryThu 25th Apr 2013514 views1 commentHow's this for art-rock? The National will bridge the gap between performance art and music when they play their song...
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Coming Up For Air: Our analysis of the Oxegen announcementWed 24th Apr 20132477 viewsThere was considerable eyebrow raising when the Oxegen line-up announcement was made yesterday evening, revealing a new...
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Album Review | Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Mosquito'Wed 24th Apr 20131082 viewsYeah Yeah Yeahs first came into our lives in 2001 with their self-titled EP but it was in 2003 that their first album and...

































































































