This picture paints a thousand words of the Stone Roses Gig in the Phoenix Park last night...
Here's a review of last nights gig courtesy of Entertainment.ie The Stone Roses Review

Ahhhh so the sunshine is finally here... Will it last for any of the festivals that are to take place for the rest of the summer?? Who knows? I know I'm skipping right through to September but I could help drooling at the line up for Electric Picnic this year.. Hopefully my recession hit purse will be able to spread to the ticket cost...

The legends that are HotChip are playing this year.. Sure you'd have ta.. Above is a picture of them rocking out at last years Glastonbury Festival.
You can check out the rest of the line up on their website here. Electric Picnic Lineup
Who's your favourite?

Fantastic Review on the Body & Soul festival.. Body & Soul 2012 Review
Go on re-live it!!!
Enjoy..

Well what can I say.. Tired and emotional today after a fantastic time at Body & Soul at the weekend.
Thankfully some sunshine showed yesterday..
Highlights of the weekend? Well,, some were Donal Dineen (always uplifting) Lee Fields ( sooo soulful) mmmm I'll have to edit the rest of the list as there are too many.. Where you there? What where your highlights? Photos to follow (it's still too early)

Westport Festival Onsite Photos

 

 

 

Maybe we should all be heading to Westport instead!!!

Look at the fab sunny photos direct from the good people at Westport Festival.
They've a fantastic line up including the ever entertaining Imelda May and also JOOLS HOLLAND!
Big cooo for Westport..Anyone going?

The anticipation for the Body & Soul festival is weekend is building and even the wrotten rain can't dampen my spirits.. I probably will need lots of spirits now to get me through it but still, I'm giving myself 10 out of 10 for enthuasism...
This has brought me back to one of my earlier posts about asking you to share ingenious or just a little bit clever, solutions to coping with the rain at festivals.. I'm on the look out for some ideas and will post any from the weekend to inspire you..
In the mean time here's some images from the the Isle of Wight festival.. They're having the same weather as we are but it's not showing on their faces... Isle of Wight Festival, Telegraph article
Enjoy!

In the Ticket Today inside the Irish Times there's a 4 page Festival Pull out.. Well worth a look ( no I do not work for the Irish Times so it's up to you if you want to buy it, although it does make you look intelligent whilst sitting on the dart) I digress, tis very good.. Here's a link to their facebook page which will give you a preview Irish Times Ticket Facebook
Seeing all the ads for Sea Sessions in Donegal remind me of the time I went there 2 years ago.. Had a very pukey episode in the car on the way home and may have puked on a random person waiting for the bus to work on the Monday after it.. Ooops...

Ok Apologies I've been a little quiet..
I've been busy enjoying my Euro 2012 Festival.. Which basically meant partying in other peoples houses whilst the football was on in the background.. Well the party invites have stopped along with Monday nights depressing match against the Italians so it's time to re-focus!!!
Back to proper festivals and the imminent beginning of Body & Soul.....
Here's a link to the stage times thanks to Nialler9 Body & Soul Stage Times
Are you heading to Body & Soul? If not are continuing on your Euro Festival?

The contionous downpour couldn't but remind me of past festivals (mainly within Ireland) where I've had to improvise or curse myself for not listening to my mother and packing for all weathers..
Packing a pair of wellies is probably as far as we get in preparation for bad weather at a festival. In my view you just have to go with the downpour if it comes. I'm not one for fighting it.. and instead have smiled at the rain through my Jack Daniels pinted glasses.
What's been your worst experience with weather at festivals? Have you any ingenious solutions to staying dry? Do you go with the flow and mud up?

Well, Festival Number 1 is over for the summer but there are lots more to go...
Forbidden Fruit was muddy indeed but yesterdays sunshine made up for it..
Unfortunately I was too busy enjoying myself to take any photos... Well ones that I can share anyway ..hahaha. So I've included the link to the Official Forbidden Fruit Gallery as they captured some fab moments. http://www.forbiddenfruit.ie/gallery.php

Why not send me on some of your photos from over the weekend? Maybe you where having your own Festival at home?

Hi All,
So the count down is on for Forbidden Fruit this weekend.
Can't wait and the weather is set to shine.
Looking forward to seeing Friendly Fires and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble mostly.
I'll also be popping in to see comedian Willa White.. Saw him a few times and he's all hilarious.. Way better than Des Bishop whom he always seems to support..
Here's a good link with a list of upcoming festivals of all shapes and sizes..http://entertainment.ie/festival/

Welcome to Festival Fever! 

I've decided to dedicate this blog to Festival Fun Times..(Yes, it's as simple as that)

Why? You may ask.. Well, Answer number 1 is I needed to create a blog for a college project.(I'm a sometimes mature student) Answer number 2 is that the recent bout of fantastic sunshine reminded me of all those great weekends/days out that I've had at various festivals both home and abroad and thought what better way to celebrate that than through this blog.

I'd love to hear about your experiences too.. So feel free to share your pictures (you may not be able to remember much more detail than where/when it was taken), ingenious ideas for setting up camp at festivals and whatever other happy memories you've had at festivals or what festivals you are looking forward to this year..

The fantastic thing about the dreaded R word (recession, it's the only time I'll say it) is that there are new and upcoming free/cheap festivals so if you find any little gems feel free to share your experiences here. 

Other than that I hope you enjoy reading and sharing your experiences and I'll try not to censor the photos too much....

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Something to get the juices flowing...

The Irish Times recently published this article on 9 upcoming Irish Festivals.
Thanks to a best friend who had a freebie ticket I'm off to Number 5, Forbidden Fruit in IMMA this weekend.
Where are you off to?