Festival news: KnockanStockan
The little festival that could, can and will…
KnockanStockan returns to Blessington Lakes at the end of July with festival organisers recently releasing details of the 2013 line-up. The non-profit knees-up has proven time and again to be a superb showcase of alternative Irish talent with over 150 bands and artists announced for this year’s lakeside get-together. With Cork nicely represented by The Altered Hours, The Vincent(s) and more, it’s also great to see past G-Man Presents… performers We Arrive Alive and John Blek & The Rats confirmed for the July session which has a pretty stellar homegrown line-up this year.
Other highlights include Enemies, Croupier, Nanu Nanu, Overhead, The Albatross, Myles Manley & The Little People Girl Band and Tandem Felix. List junkies check out the full line-up below.
– Corner Boy – The Hot Sprockets – Nanu Nanu – The Calvinists – Earthship
– Fox.E & The Good Hands – Hassle Merchants – John Blek & The Rats – The Eskies
– Juhn Echo – Land Of ThE Giants Markas Carcas – Arrow In The Sky – The City Apples
– New Secret Weapon – Conor Linnie New Valley Wolves – The Multiverse
– Punch Face Champions – Quincy – Redwoods – Crow Black Chicken – Ross Breen
– Rufus Coates & The Blackened Trees – Sarah Red – Saucy Jack & The Bang Bang Band
– Mikey & The Scallywags – Sinead White – Stephen Young & The Union – Tandem Felix
– Raglans – Rob Steenson & The Apartment Six Club – The FitzaFrenic – Rocher
– The Radioactive Grandma – The Rusty Fixtures – Tod Doyle & The Troubled – Veroa – She’s A Beauty
– Wyvern Lingo – King Kong Company – In Their Thousands – Kasper Rosa – Colour//Sound
– The Indecent Cigar Emporium – Mutefish – Those Creeps – Overhead, The Albatross – Tied To Machines
– The Urchin Collective – Val Normal – Girl Band – Zaska – We Arrive Alive
– The Cravingz – Tic Til Friday – Mongoose – The Barley Mob – Cat Dowling – Sive
– The Greasy Coat String Band – Myles Manley & The Little People
– VANN MUSIC – King Modo – Mossy Nolan – Slow Skies – Leading Armies Gypsy Rebel Rabble
– More Than Conquerors – Willow Sea – My Fellow Sponges – Slackers Symphony – Orchid Collective – Sails
– Cold Comfort – Radio Friendlies – The Salad Circus – Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – The Stoney Brokes – LaFaro
– Twin Headed Wolf – The Cujo Family – Psy Am – Worries Outernational – Psytori – The Yips – Siam
– Old Hannah – Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters – Tiny Fingers – Anunitu – Spirit Riders – The Young Folk
– Sen Lotus – Elevation Falls – The Northern Drones – Miles Iwes – The Vincent(s) – Blazin 38s
– Kerouac – The Boneyard Collective – White Trash & The Spearheaded Sparraw Hawks – GKB – Tamala & The Clark Family – Sixth String Out – Sophis D Kate – Bandia – Sotols – Sorcha Richardson
– The Ragmen – Daydream Regime – Kapitals – Jef Jef Jef – Swords
– Real Horrorshow – Ste O Brien – Hot Colossus – Sal Vitro – Bee Mick See
– Cfit – Lotus Eater – Saint John The Gambler – Adi Sharma – Garr Cleary
– Ghost Estates – Michael Lovatt – Lights Camera Sundown Tongue Bundle – Yatha-bhuta
– Stevie Cliff – The Boo Box – The Forbidden Itch – The Urges
– Spunje – Pete & The Purehearts – Rag & Bone Stomp – Qpop – The Amazing Few – Laura Ann Brady
– Mixile – Brian Keary – Daithi – Barry Krishna – Nursery Crimes – Andy Earley – Zyme – The Viking Project
– Noise Machine – Hugh Taggart & Friends – The Hip-Neck Blues Collective – The Altered Hours – Oddsocks
Watch/listen to a Youtube playlist featuring ten KnockanStockan artists below.
For more on KnockanStockan visit:
– KnockanStockan takes place in Blessington Lakes, Co. Wicklow from 26th-28th July
– Tickets are priced at €95 for a 3-day camping ticket and available over on knockanstockan.ie
