Irish Green Gathering (2 Viewers)

[Dromed]

Hope some of yous are coming to this!!

Word on the weather for tomorrow is..it's going to be a blazing day..scorchio....hot stuff..honest...we swear...don't forget yissir suncream.**




















*may or may not be true



*may see you pissed in a tent

 

[plug]

a question!

this is on in wexford. that's all I know. anyone know the goddamn address!!?

 

[drkdrk]

http://www.irishgreengathering.com/location.htm

 

[plug]

cool. s'not far at all. should be easy to find. famous last words?

 

[wild_cat]

I just have to wonder how my mother knew this was on and I didnt. First I heard about it was when I got off a bus on friday evening in Enniscorthy and some guy runs over to me asking me if I would like to share a cab to the green gathering. I just looked at him, didnt have a clue about what he was talking about. Then I asked me ma and she told me..

Its meant to be full of hippies alright my friends fella is working behind a bar there and he's bollocking on about seeing nothing but breast feeding. Would have gone only for ive got the flu.

 

[plug]

it was pretty empty. we played to, I dunno, about thirty people. and that was a relatively decent crowd. nice spot though. could have a lot of potential.

 

[Pantone247]

it was pretty empty. we played to, I dunno, about thirty people. and that was a relatively decent crowd. nice spot though. could have a lot of potential.

When did you play?

We played to about 20 folk to, the main stage seemed to be right in the path of all the wind and rain... the bar tent was the safest/dryest place to watch bands from really. Luckily it was grand for 10 past 7 and Rarely Seen Above Ground who were both incredible

Yeah lots of potential, small things like stages flooding and the insane lack of lighting between stage areas and at the campsite aside, it was great hopefully it'll run again next year

 

[maims bond]

Only stayed for the Friday night but had a good time overall. Cap Pas Cap had some serious sound problems (didn't seem to be their fault), but they took it in good humour. Rain was depressing, beer was good, not enough people. Potential though. I thought the premise of this was that it would all be run on 'sustainable' energy sources? Didn't seem that way to me.

 

[benni]

id def like to see this going next year again - with some better publicity and more of a crowd it would be legend - and a healthy sprinkling of good weather! We played to a v small crowd aswell... which in ratio to the amount of people who were actually there, was about 70% of the festival goers. Ha! Seriously tho - was a really nice vibe and *everyone* I met down there was really sound.

 

[Pantone247]

Seriously tho - was a really nice vibe and *everyone* I met down there was really sound.

This is very true, everyone was by and large cool and friendly

except the fella who kicked Dutchy in the arse for no reason at all

there's always one...

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

Cap Pas Cap had some serious soundness problems

You can sing that!

 

[broken arm]

I thought the premise of this was that it would all be run on 'sustainable' energy sources? Didn't seem that way to me.

i had my doubts.

 

[maims bond]

i had my doubts.

Yeah, there were a few cool things like the foot-powered lathe and the 'green' red bus, but I doubt the stall that was roasting the pig was using solar energy. Wouldn't have thought the chemical toilets were very 'sustainable' either.

 

[plug]

When did you play?

We played to about 20 folk to, the main stage seemed to be right in the path of all the wind and rain... the bar tent was the safest/dryest place to watch bands from really. Luckily it was grand for 10 past 7 and Rarely Seen Above Ground who were both incredible

yesterday afternoon on the main stage. we were originally supposed to be the final act on the wood stage, but apparently the stage sank!? anyway, it could have been less. I'm very bad at guessing crowds. and I'm including some people who were standing way back! but yeah, the weather was actually pretty deadly yesterday. made standing around in a field all the more bearable. pity I spent a large percentage of it driving to the venue and back to cork. not very sustainable behaviour at all!!!

I heard matt from ten past seven fell off the stage? haha.

re: sustainable energy... I saw some solar panels round the side of the main stage, although I seriously doubt they were of much use! there's a big wind farm off the coast of wexford isn't there? maybe that's where they got their energy?

good to see o'hara stout for sale. and I want one of those bicycle smoothie makers.

 

[Pantone247]

Yeah, there were a few cool things like the foot-powered lathe and the 'green' red bus, but I doubt the stall that was roasting the pig was using solar energy. Wouldn't have thought the chemical toilets were very 'sustainable' either.

I don't think there was ever a claim that the fest was running on sustainable energy, more that it was promoting sustainable living... I imagine powering a few stages, a couple of bars and the various eateries by sustainable means would be stupidly exspensive

There were three chemical toilets, but pleanty of green loos (read: bails of hay, the gents urinals were a gas) I think it's fair enough, most jobbies the green loos would handle, but if you needed some serious toilet time the chemi-loos were there

 

[Pantone247]

I heard matt from ten past seven fell off the stage? haha.

I have photos of this!

It were deadly

 

[maims bond]

I don't think there was ever a claim that the fest was running on sustainable energy,

Not to be a cunt but...

"This brand new, non-profit three day festival will be run on renewable energy only and will be full of Eco friendly events and fantastic music on 3 stages."

 

[pete]

festival will be run on renewable energy only

if they got their power from Airtricity then it was

 

[Pantone247]

if they got their power from Airtricity then it was

if they did then the generator "running out of diesel", as the sound guy put it, wouldn't have been a problem... I think maims bond has a point, I hadn't really looked at the site since coming home

 

[pete]

if they did then the generator "running out of diesel", as the sound guy put it, wouldn't have been a problem... I think maims bond has a point, I hadn't really looked at the site since coming home

maybe he meant bio-diesel?