INDIEPENDENCE 2010

Curve Music

Hey mystic, it was around 4k on the Saturday last year so would expect the same amount or more this year

mystic86

cool, thanks. how many of that 4,000 would you reckon camped there? just wondering what its like, I have camped at a certain other well known festival and I absolutely hated it... so I'm wondering what this is like for the conditions of the field and more importantly the people, if there will be lots of scumbags and people pissing on my tent etc and if there will be any chance of getting to sleep with noise etc...

Curve Music

mystic86 wrote: »

cool, thanks. how many of that 4,000 would you reckon camped there? just wondering what its like, I have camped at a certain other well known festival and I absolutely hated it... so I'm wondering what this is like for the conditions of the field and more importantly the people, if there will be lots of scumbags and people pissing on my tent etc and if there will be any chance of getting to sleep with noise etc...

mystic we had absolutely none of that, though obviously I can't speak for everyone but feedback from the campsite last year was brilliant.

This year the campsite is literally a stone's throw from the main arena, we're completely housed onsite. Of that 4,000 last year I would say 500 camped. We probably expect a bit more than that to camp this year.

The site itself is extremely sure underfoot. It is grass but we wouldn't camp people in miserable conditions. We had a campsite sorted last year but due to the rain we didn't think it fair to let people camp there as it got wet so we ended up using the local GAA pitch.

mystic86

nice one, this is definitely looking like I'm gonna go..... does it normally sell out much in advance? Like a week before or so? also, it says you can camp from friday evening but no music till sat afternoon, so just wondering do people usually set up there on the fri evening or wait till the sat morning... like would I need to go there and get a good spot on fri evening or end up somewhere crap if I only arrive on the sat? Cause that's a big issue in another festival I know of.

Curve Music

mystic86 wrote: »

nice one, this is definitely looking like I'm gonna go..... does it normally sell out much in advance? Like a week before or so? also, it says you can camp from friday evening but no music till sat afternoon, so just wondering do people usually set up there on the fri evening or wait till the sat morning... like would I need to go there and get a good spot on fri evening or end up somewhere crap if I only arrive on the sat? Cause that's a big issue in another festival I know of.

We normally have tickets on sale on the day but tickets have sold well on line so I wouldn't leave it until last minute.

You can of course arrive Saturday morning but the field is a big square so there's no crap camping spots. Obviously people who get there Friday night get to pretty much choose where to camp in this field.

rainbowdrop

Just to say, I was at this last year and it was great. I'v never been to such a friendly festival. Probably due to the fact that it was so small and 'intimate', you would be seeing the same faces over the weekend and would end up chatting away and having the craic with them.
In fact, I ended up bumping into some girls I had met at Indiependence, at Electric Picnic a month later, and have made plans to meet up with them again at this years Indiependence. New festival-friends ftw. Saw no scumbags there, there was no pissing on/setting fire to tents. Only saw one fight (and I think they were just local lads acting like dicks).

The line-up isn't exactly 'mainstream' , but I think that's a good thing - it attracts true music fans who are less likely to act like skangers.

The only bad things last year were camping on the side of a GAA pitch, and the music finishing so early.... oh and the rain:cool:. But it's a new campsite this year, the music will be going on til 2am (correct me if I'm wrong Curve) and only God can decide on the weather.

I can't wait for it!!!!!


*EDIT*
We camped on the Friday night last year, and it was grand. Just chilled out with a few cans and got to know our neighbours. Think we might take a wander into Mitchelstown this year on the Friday, and have a few drinks in one of the pubs cos apparently there will be music in all the pubs that night. Think the site is about a mile outside the town.

greenmachine88

woah what a line up:rolleyes::D

mystic86

this is great, thank you for all your help/advice. About alcohol, if I'm getting the bus there it probably wouldn't be great idea to bring a crate of beer with me so:
a) is there off licence thats not too far of a walk away that isn't a rip off?
b) can you bring this alcohol into the campsite
c) can you bring this alcohol into area where the bands are on?

Curve Music

Alcohol can be brought into the campsite but not the main arena. There's loads of off licenses in the town and plenty shops/pubs that sell alcohol.

EDIT: rainbow, the music should be going until well after 2am.

mystic86

ok, im ok with that on condition of your next answer being acceptable

how much is a pint of standard lager being sold in the arena??

Curve Music

4.50

mystic86

ok prices, not recession friendly but they are reasonable. Any other prices you can inform me of? gf doesnt drink pints... btw I'm sold so I'll see ye all there! (not that I'd recognise ye )

Curve Music

I don't think the prices are anything other than great value. Check out www.indiependencefestival.com for more info

mystic86

they are decent value for pints at a festival, thats true. Cheers again dude.

greenmachine88

the bands really are not good but I suppose it would be worth going if the tickets weren't too dear and you were guaranteed a good time.

Curve Music

That's a matter of opinion greenmachine. The best of Irish is there and though you won't see Eminem you also won't be paying through the nose for your weekend.

nxbyveromdwjpg

I'd go if The Coronas werent playing

Rowley Birkin QC

This shows how close the festival is to the the middle of the town. About half that distance to the nearest petrol station/supermarket.

Miguel_Sanchez

upthewestboy wrote: »

You shouldnt be spoofing that rubbish to people. Whats wrong with the truth. You know there wasnt 4000 there last year so why are you stating it. There was approx 2000 and no more. I hope you get 4000 this year and good luck to you but be honest with the people when they are lookig for information

Where are you getting your info?

Are you the promoter of Cork X Southwest? If so do you realise how bad it looks for you picking fights online with promoters of other festivals?

Miguel_Sanchez

upthewestboy wrote: »

I am certainly no promoter and I genuinely have no ill will towards indiependence. I do however have a difficulty with people telling others things which are not true and can be misleading.

The capacity of Indiependence is 5,000 approx to the best of my knowledge. Claiming 4,000 people were there does not sound that unlikely to me.

Where are you getting your figure? Just because you think it's untrue doesn't make it so.

I'd like to see some proof of your claims because otherwise you just come off as someone who has a grudge. Have you ever been to the Indiependence festival yourself?

The fact that you used the phrase 'we' in the Cork X Southwest festival thread you started would make it seem that you have more to do with the festival than just being a regular punter.

Curve Music

upthewestboy wrote: »

You shouldnt be spoofing that rubbish to people. Whats wrong with the truth. You know there wasnt 4000 there last year so why are you stating it. There was approx 2000 and no more. I hope you get 4000 this year and good luck to you but be honest with the people when they are lookig for information

There was approx 4,000 on the Saturday and 1,500 on the Sunday due to the weather. I'm not trying to exaggerate anything or pull the wool over anyone's eyes. If we were in the game of exaggerating things then our ticket prices would be a lot dearer than they are.

EDIT: There's enough room for two festivals in Cork, there's no need to be bitter about each other. We should be supporting each other if anything.

Curve Music

upthewestboy wrote: »

Fair enough. Then answer me this. Why did I read a post on some forum a couple of months ago by you that said you sold 3000 tickets approx in total. You see this is my reason for saying what I said first day. The inconsistency in your statements tell me you are a spoofer. If I am wrong then Im sorry for ever writing a word. Could you clarify this for me. And the "we" in the post I put up about cork x southwest is a west cork thing. "we" like to include ourselves in all thats good in the place. I did however work as a volunteer the two years i attended. Sadly i wont make it this year as i am out of the country. Fair point though mr. lebowski

WE sold 3,000 tickets. Ticketmaster sold the rest.

I'm not going to argue with you on it, I really couldn't be bothered and I would never attempt to sabotage a thread on Corkxsw through bitterness. If you're not associated with them then you shouldn't really go around promoting them while at the same time knocking other festivals. It sheds a bad light on 'ye'.

Curve Music

Just spoke to the head of the company and he gave me the exact figures for you so that we are all clear. We don't need to divulge this info but just so everyone is clear. Indiependence 2009: weekend camping tickets 1140. Weekend non-camping ticked 1495. Day tickets were 440 on Saturday and 105 on Sunday. With competition giveaways etc, there was in excess of 3500 people on site on Saturday and just over 2000 on Sunday as peope stayed in town due to the weather. This years sales are well ahead of last year, I hope this clarifies things for you-

ergo

Great festival last year, hassle free, nice size, friendly crowd, close to town!

great line-up this year too

too many negative vibes on this thread, let's get back on topic maybe....

btw I am in no way connected with running any festival anywhere (for the record) either, but can't wait for this one...and it has Ireland's best band Delorentos so worth it for them alone tbh

Curve Music

Im not the head of Curve by the way, just post on here. I am involved though and glad to hear of the great feedback from many of you.

I think Delorentos are one if the most underrated bands in the country, they should be ginormous! I'm really looking forward to hopefully catching them, Reverend & the Makers and Alabama 3. I don't know much about the last two to be perfectly honest but feedback from their live shows is what caught the eye.

rainbowdrop

Bad form of the Cork X Southwest promoters to join Boards.ie specifically to badmouth a rival festival though!! From a purely punters perspective, Cork X Southwest is €55 for ONE day, Indiependence is €79 for TWO days (3 nights camping) with a far superior line-up.

I know where I'l be this August bank-holiday weekend, and it won't be west Cork.

lordgoat

upthewestboy wrote: »

Fair enough. Then answer me this. Why did I read a post on some forum a couple of months ago by you that said you sold 3000 tickets approx in total. You see this is my reason for saying what I said first day. The inconsistency in your statements tell me you are a spoofer. If I am wrong then Im sorry for ever writing a word. Could you clarify this for me. And the "we" in the post I put up about cork x southwest is a west cork thing. "we" like to include ourselves in all thats good in the place. I did however work as a volunteer the two years i attended. Sadly i wont make it this year as i am out of the country. Fair point though mr. lebowski

Ok i'm a bit sick of your attitude here. First you say there was 2000 people at most then you say you read somewhere that 3000 tickets were sold. Well if you knew 3000 were sold then you were talking sh-te. Back up your claims from now on or else do not comment.

mystic86

B***h fight ha?

can ye stop please.

So are the ads for Castlepalooza never ending or what? I think the lineup for Indiepependance is much better and Indiependance is also cheaper. I suppose Tullamore is more central though, more accessible. One other thing which I think is good in Castlepalooza which I would love to see at Indiependance is the couples package they have which is basically for 50 euro extra per person they get:
pitched tent on arrival
sleeping bags
pillows and mats
chocolates
champagne

I think thats good and I would have gotten this package if it was available at Indiependance.

Cork X Southwest 2010

Cork X Southwest promoters would like to disassociate themselves from the negative posts regarding indiependience 2010. This came to our attention today and we would like to categorically state that we have no idea who wrote that malicious rubbish, he/she does not represent us in any way and we would not engage in such childish behaviour as we would have little to gain by doing so. We have a very good name and would hate to think the actions of an individual could tarnish it. We work hard on our own event and realise that negative comments by people do not help in any way. If anyone wants further clarification please pm us as there will be no further post by us on the matter.
Regards, Dermot on behalf of Corkxsw

Curve Music

mystic86 wrote: »

So are the ads for Castlepalooza never ending or what? I think the lineup for Indiepependance is much better and Indiependance is also cheaper. I suppose Tullamore is more central though, more accessible. One other thing which I think is good in Castlepalooza which I would love to see at Indiependance is the couples package they have which is basically for 50 euro extra per person they get:
pitched tent on arrival
sleeping bags
pillows and mats
chocolates
champagne

I think thats good and I would have gotten this package if it was available at Indiependance.

When we put together the festival this year we considered something like this but I think at the end of the day people would rather money spent on the music at our end. Which is what we've done this year - over 120 acts over the weekend to catch.

Sierra Oscar

I was there last year, loved it had a great time . . . will be there again this year for sure!:)

Curve Music

Tickets should be arriving from today on now folks.

Siog-Alainn

Curve, do you have any idea what time the music is due to start at on the Saturday? Just wondering if we'd be better off coming down the Friday evening, we're travelling from Meath for it

Curve Music

It'll all kick off by 1pm. If you're coming down the Friday night the campsite will be open and there'll be bands in slot of the pubs in the town

Siog-Alainn

Curve Music wrote: »

It'll all kick off by 1pm. If you're coming down the Friday night the campsite will be open and there'll be bands in slot of the pubs in the town

Brilliant thanks

Curve Music

Siog-Alainn wrote: »

Brilliant thanks

If the bands haven't started I'll let you sit in my car and listen to the stereo but all times etc will be posted over the weekend

Curve Music

Running times up

http://indiependencefestival.com/?page_id=2

citizenerased1

anyone know an easy way of gettin here from longford/weatmeath??

appreciated!:D

bodhrandude

Aphex Twin added apparently.

thedosiletigh

Really have to see reverend and the makers at this, does anyone know if its sold out????? Can i still get tickets for INDIEPENDENCE 2010, sort of left it a bit late, but does anyone know?????

Curve Music

bodhrandude wrote: »

Aphex Twin added apparently.

Dunno where you've heard this, definitely not true.

Tickets still available online and should be available on the day I would imagine though can't guarantee it.

Meath/Longford? I'm stumped.

glanman

citizenerased1 wrote: »

anyone know an easy way of gettin here from longford/weatmeath??

appreciated!:D

get into dublin and then get cork dublin bus, all buses go through mitchelstown. You can get aircoach or bus eireann

Mr.Mister

Longford - Galway (1hr)

Galway - Limerick (1.15hr)

Limerick - Mitchelstown via Hospital (40mins)

stmochtas

Planning to head down but have not got my ticket yet. If I order now does it require collection and where will that collection be?

Johnny86

stmochtas wrote: »

Planning to head down but have not got my ticket yet. If I order now does it require collection and where will that collection be?

was just about to ask the same question! so where is the pick up? is there one in dublin?

Mr.Mister

From what i am told and i have it on good word that:

Ya there will be a ticket ofice for box office collection at enterence to the site. Will be sign posted etc etc

falan

What Mr Mister said!! The organisers are saying on their facebook page that the box office collection point will be in the car park. The site is not that big so you wont have to walk far or anything..

Curve Music

And less than a week left.

Won't be able to answer too many questions for you good people over the coming week. I think we're experiencing the calm before the storm at the moment but I fully expect us to be shattered this time next week.

Site is coming together nicely, tents going up etc etc. Getting butterflies. See all of you next weekend.

Mr.Mister

Tick tock,tick tock,tick tock...

Countdown is on...

citizenerased1

just won a free ticket on facebook happy out