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Festivals
Mosney’s last hurrah – Winter Party took place on this day in 2000
Having set the template for dance music festivals in Ireland with the first and second…
A summer to forget – the economic impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 festival season…
If 2020 were a music festival, it would be a forgettable, rain-soaked mudfest with no…
MTV comes to Mosney… MTV’s Dance Floor Chart reports from Homelands Ireland 2000
Homelands Ireland 2000 was 20 years ago – no, we don’t know where the time went…
It was 20 years ago today… How Sir Henry’s came to rock Homelands Ireland 2000
The second (and final) Homelands Ireland took place 20 years ago today, on 29 April…
Awakenings Festival is re-running its entire 2019 festival broadcast this weekend…
Last week, Awakenings Festival made the unfortunate, but sensible, announcement that its Easter edition, scheduled…
“It feels eerily dystopian…” Techno legend Umek helps partygoers keep track of cancelled festivals
The growing coronavirus epidemic cpmtomues to impact the music festival industry, with some of the…
Techno heavyweights set for 909 Festival in Amsterdam
Techno and house legends including Nina Kraviz, Sven Väth, Len Faki, Carl Craig, Secret Cinema,…
Loveland has announced a SERIOUS lineup for its 25th anniversary edition…
Sasha, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Rødhåd and Dave Clarke are among the heavy hitters…
Awakenings has just released its 20th anniversary lineup, and we can’t breathe…
There are festival lineups, and then there’s the lineup for this year’s Awakenings, which has…
“We had waited so long, and now it was a reality…” How Homelands Ireland 1999 changed everything
On an otherwise gloomy autumn day at the end of the last century, a small…
Another Love Story demonstrates that ‘festival sustainability’ is possible, if we all try hard enough…
Last weekend was a bumper one for Irish music festivals, with artists such as Kelis…
It was 50 years ago today… five of the best performances from Woodstock
This weekend marks marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock – the legendary festival that welcomed 500,000…
Beatyard 2019 takes place this weekend. Here are five of our top memories from the last few festivals…
Beatyard 2019 takes place at Dun Laoghaire Harbour this Saturday and Sunday, with Groove Armada,…
“This is one of life’s happy moments…” Five epic dance performances from Glastonbury over the years
For those of us unlucky not to get a ticket to this year’s Glastonbury Festival,…
Creamfields Ireland 2001 took place on this day 18 years ago… [June 2001]
Following its inaugural jaunt across the Irish Sea in June 2000, Creamfields Ireland 2001, which…
Why there’s nothing surprising about KFC’s Colonel Sanders performing a DJ set at Ultra Music Festival
It’s been said that in this era of Trump, Brexit et al, that politics is…
It’s been 19 years since Homelands Ireland 1999 – here are some of the best DJ sets from that historic day…
Today, 25 September, marks 19 years since a festival that marked a turning point in…
Loyalty and the music festival game…
The great Feargal Quinn, arguably Ireland’s finest retailer, calls it the ‘Boomerang Principle’. It’s a…
A baker’s dozen of Electric Picnic 2018 highlights…
Ok, I admit it, I was a bit apprehensive going into this year’s Electric Picnic…
We need to talk about Salvatore Ganacci…
I’ve written in the past on this blog about how the EDM scene (the hyper-commercialised,…
Are Orbital set to be the ’special guest’ at the World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony?
There are just days to go until the World Cup kicks off in Russia this…
Top one, nice one, get sorted. This Fantazia footage, filmed 26 years ago today, makes us want to go raving… [May 1992]
Think your day is going well? Not as well, I would argue, as it was…
Homelands Ireland 2000 was 18 years ago today. Check out this amazing video of Mr Spring’s set… [April 2000]
While the first Homelands Ireland (click here for more) was a landmark moment for the…
Love it or hate it, EDM is in serious need of a ‘punk’ moment…
The Ultra Music Festival, the 2018 edition of which closed in Miami last night, is…
Homelands Ireland, 18 years ago today… [September 1999]
Today, 25 September, marks 18 years to the day since the Homelands Ireland 1999, a…