Okay, it seems the punkfest is go 
It's gonna be Friday 10th & Saturday 11th of August, here in Roscommon, in Batty O'Briens. Prices haven't been definitively set, but it'll most likely be £5 for one day and £8 for the weekend, which is pretty good since you'll be getting to see around 20 bands and have free camping space within staggering distance of the venue (it's only about 50 metres away...). Everyone pays in unless they'e actually playing, it doesn't matter if you do a zine, label, are the punkest fucker in Ireland, whatever. There's also an off-licence, chipper, and a shop which serves hot food adjacent to Batty's, and Batty will probably be selling pints for around £2.
There's a couple of buses on Saturdays from Dublin that go right through Knockroghery, I'm not sure of the times, I think Weeler knows them...? People can also get the train right to Roscommon, Knockroghery is 10 minutes from the town, you could hitch or get a taxi (it'll be cheap between a few of you, only about a pound each if you've 4 or 5 people). I'll supply phone numbers nearer the time. Also, you could get the bus/train to Athlone and go to Knockroghery from there, it's about 20 minutes, same thing applies with hitching/taxis.
All the money goes to the bands, with a certain percentage towards a charitable cause (which one exactly will probably be up to Batty, since he does something like that each year and is a responsible chappie...). Bands will be payed depending on distance travelled and number of people in the band. Obviously we won't be able to pay each band loads, but there should be enough to pay travel/food/drink costs for each band.
Here's a shortlist (in no particular order) of bands we want to get to play. Obviously we won't be able to get them all for whatever reason, but we aim at having about 20 bands (10 per night):
1. Puget Sound.
2. Runnin' Riot.
3. The Steam Pig.
4. Skint.
5. Fluffy Ink.
6. The Dangerfields.
7. Cold War.
8. Stress.
9. Mixtwitch.
10. Barberskum.
11. Fingermouse.
12. Fat Ethel.
13. Nerdlinger.
14. Weevil.
15. P.C. Fascists.
16. Kid Blunt.
17. Foot In Mouth.
18. Mislead Youth.
19. Pinion.
20. No Matrix.
21. Lawndog.
22. The Begrudgers.
23. The Bloody Mutants.
24. Mr. Nipples.
25. 2000 Strong.
26. The Dagda.
27. Half-Mast.
28. Blood or Whiskey.
29. SF8 Sellouts.
30. Fuktifino.
31. Circle Agian.
32. From Where I Stand.
33. Human Shield.
34. Your New Friend.
35. Rodan.
36. Prell.
If you're in any of these bands, get in touch, or else we'll be in touch with you soon...don't despair if your band isn't in that list, we've just momentarily forgotten Get in touch if you wanna play. No fucking cover bands. We'll also have space for record & zine distro tables, so if you wanna set up, get in touch (we only have limited space so first come, first served). We'll need help from people to do with various aspects of this, so please get in touch if you're willing to help us out in any way. We'll probably have a website up with various details about the festival before the end of the month. Okay, I think that's all for now, get in touch with questions/ideas. Bye for now,
-Cormy
It's gonna be Friday 10th & Saturday 11th of August, here in Roscommon, in Batty O'Briens. Prices haven't been definitively set, but it'll most likely be £5 for one day and £8 for the weekend, which is pretty good since you'll be getting to see around 20 bands and have free camping space within staggering distance of the venue (it's only about 50 metres away...). Everyone pays in unless they'e actually playing, it doesn't matter if you do a zine, label, are the punkest fucker in Ireland, whatever. There's also an off-licence, chipper, and a shop which serves hot food adjacent to Batty's, and Batty will probably be selling pints for around £2.
There's a couple of buses on Saturdays from Dublin that go right through Knockroghery, I'm not sure of the times, I think Weeler knows them...? People can also get the train right to Roscommon, Knockroghery is 10 minutes from the town, you could hitch or get a taxi (it'll be cheap between a few of you, only about a pound each if you've 4 or 5 people). I'll supply phone numbers nearer the time. Also, you could get the bus/train to Athlone and go to Knockroghery from there, it's about 20 minutes, same thing applies with hitching/taxis.
All the money goes to the bands, with a certain percentage towards a charitable cause (which one exactly will probably be up to Batty, since he does something like that each year and is a responsible chappie...). Bands will be payed depending on distance travelled and number of people in the band. Obviously we won't be able to pay each band loads, but there should be enough to pay travel/food/drink costs for each band.
Here's a shortlist (in no particular order) of bands we want to get to play. Obviously we won't be able to get them all for whatever reason, but we aim at having about 20 bands (10 per night):
1. Puget Sound.
2. Runnin' Riot.
3. The Steam Pig.
4. Skint.
5. Fluffy Ink.
6. The Dangerfields.
7. Cold War.
8. Stress.
9. Mixtwitch.
10. Barberskum.
11. Fingermouse.
12. Fat Ethel.
13. Nerdlinger.
14. Weevil.
15. P.C. Fascists.
16. Kid Blunt.
17. Foot In Mouth.
18. Mislead Youth.
19. Pinion.
20. No Matrix.
21. Lawndog.
22. The Begrudgers.
23. The Bloody Mutants.
24. Mr. Nipples.
25. 2000 Strong.
26. The Dagda.
27. Half-Mast.
28. Blood or Whiskey.
29. SF8 Sellouts.
30. Fuktifino.
31. Circle Agian.
32. From Where I Stand.
33. Human Shield.
34. Your New Friend.
35. Rodan.
36. Prell.
If you're in any of these bands, get in touch, or else we'll be in touch with you soon...don't despair if your band isn't in that list, we've just momentarily forgotten
Get in touch if you wanna play. No fucking cover bands. We'll also have space for record & zine distro tables, so if you wanna set up, get in touch (we only have limited space so first come, first served). We'll need help from people to do with various aspects of this, so please get in touch if you're willing to help us out in any way. We'll probably have a website up with various details about the festival before the end of the month. Okay, I think that's all for now, get in touch with questions/ideas. Bye for now,-Cormy
