Tramore Ska Fest - 3 Day Music Festival in Tramore

Sully

Surprised nobody has posted about this yet.

The first international ska fest is being held in Tramore from March 29th - 31st 2013. Line up includes The Beat, The Little Beauties, 1-Stop Experience, The Bionic Rats and The Jackmans. Live in a number of venues including The Grand Hotel, Raglan Road, The Victoria House, The Seahorse, and O'Shea's Hotel.

The Grand Hotel is the festival hotel and all the pubs are free gigs. The late gigs have a small charge. You can buy tickets on Ticketmaster here.

I'm just doing some posters and flyers for them, including the pub trail times & gigs. Will post it up when there done.

Ska lovers and surfers are in for a treat! To the great delight of Ska and Reggae lovers, plans have just been announced for Ireland’s annual Ska festival.

The three-day international ‘SkaFest’ is slated to kick off on Friday, March 29th next in the picturesque sunny south-east seaside village of Tramore in Co. Waterford. The venue is renowned for its long unspoilt sandy coast line, sea sports, amusement park and fairground. Hence the town is eagerly anticipating the arrival of hordes of Ska addicts and surfers to its shores over the coming Easter weekend.

Kicking off on the Friday night, 2-Tone legends ‘The Beat’ – led by Ranking Roger – will light the fuse with their catalogue of hit tunes: ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’, ‘Too Nice To Talk To’, ‘Can’t Get Used To Losing You’, ‘Hands off She’s Mine’ and ‘All Out To Get You’. The band’s formidable reputation precedes them and their dynamic live show ensures that the ‘massive’ will be out in force to show their support.

Thereafter the festival is dominated by a host of indigenous talent, with the impressive 7-piece SKAZOO supporting the aforementioned ‘Beat’ on the festival’s opening night. The Bionic Rats lead the Saturday night charge – as they continue to promote their new and well received album ‘Should Be Seen And Not Heard’ – with the lively Jackmans in support. The Saturday night-Sunday morning slot is taken by the longstanding ‘7 Deadly Skins’, who will strut their wares with a lively combo of ska and reggae sounds, serving to emphasise their well deserved ‘deadly by name, deadly by nature’ reputation.

Those surviving until the festival’s closing night will be treated to the best of old school ska with magnificent SKAZZ. This combo promises to have the surfers and sea lions stomping with their up tempo Ska\Reggae sound, criss-crossed with pop, latin and blues influences. Their arrival is eagerly anticipated, as is that of the experienced and multi-talented 9 piece ‘Little Beauties’.

Another welcome feature of this festival is the hosting of a wide range of Ska-related musical events across a range of the town’s hostelries,there is a pub trail running over the weekend too with gigs in Murphs with Synergy on sunday ,dj mado and dj del bionic in the seahorse and the St Ledger on Saturday and Sunday with a ska jam all star gig in Alfies see the facebook or .com for times and details. So all roads lead to Tramore, Co. Waterford for some serious Ska stompin’ next March.

comeraghs

Shouldn't this be in the events guide Sully?

Sully

comeraghs wrote: »

Shouldn't this be in the events guide Sully?

No. Larger festivals and gigs are always given their own thread.

skaface

:cool:
Looking forward to The Beat on Friday nite, great band live..
Hope people come along and support this Festival
PS; The Beat would have been an ideal "support" for MADNESS at the Daytripper

Sully

Flyer with the lineup below.





There will also be a FREE Ska Market "2 Tone Market" in The Grand Hotel on Saturday 30th.
Selling all spa memorabilia including posters, records, books, and souvenirs. All visitors & locals are welcome.

Support this local event if you can folks and spread the word. Its great for the town and local businesses - support they badly need.

comeraghs

YOU moved the MUNSTER FLEADH last year in Dungarvan to the events page! The SKA FEST will be some success if brings 10,000 people to Tramore for the weekend. I hope it does.

Sully

comeraghs wrote: »

YOU moved the MUNSTER FLEADH last year in Dungarvan to the events page! The SKA FEST will be some success if brings 10,000 people to Tramore for the weekend. I hope it does.

Indeed I did, an oversight, I apologise.

The policy has always been that big events get their own thread. The Events Guide was to handle the smaller gigs, acts in pubs, and so on (within reason, and within the rules regarding to spam.)

Sorry again.

Sully

Updated Schedule.



There may be further updates closer to the time, and if there is, ill post here.

Sully

There is a slight change to the schedule in the graphic/flyer being distributed. 7 Deadly Skins will now be performing at 9.30pm in the Grand Hotel-Tramore and NOT at 11.30pm as advertised. This was due to scheduling changes following a change of venue and has only just been confirmed.

Enjoy the weekend folks.