Body & Soul Festival 2019

bodhrandude

Still no Sunday headliner, it must be hard to find someone at this short of notice.

grudgehugger

I’ve been telling my mates how weak this line-up is for a while now.

Last night I sat down and actually did some listening - and suddenly am all p1ssed off cos I’ll miss lots of good stuff while keeping the kids entertained.

Now have at least 20 acts I’d like to check out and that’s not even counting things like Mother or the chanting yoke I’ve signed myself up for...

Confidence Man sound like they will be immense fun live. Hopefully they get some kind of decent crowd - always a concern for non-DJs at this festival.

Video playlist of some of my new favourite acts, only listened to Modeselektor before really: BnS 19 playlist

bodhrandude

I created a B&S playlist too seeing that I don't have Spotify can't seem to stop these ads in the middle though, enjoy.

B&S Festival 2019

egghead1234

Hi guys, got two body & soul tickets on an installment plan and the second payment was due out on Tuesday but nothing has been taken out of my account. I've emailed ticketbooth about 6 times since Tuesday about it but haven't got a response back. Just wondering if anyone else had similar issues with an installment plan payment?

keithkk16

egghead1234 wrote: »

Hi guys, got two body & soul tickets on an installment plan and the second payment was due out on Tuesday but nothing has been taken out of my account. I've emailed ticketbooth about 6 times since Tuesday about it but haven't got a response back. Just wondering if anyone else had similar issues with an installment plan payment?

Give B&S a shout on their fb our other social media pages. They're pretty good with getting back to people having problems with tickets etc

keithkk16

I got a bit excited there when I seen Saint Sister and Jape pop up, but they are just having a chat about tunes they like.
Jafaris is added to Friday night and a few DJS mentioned for the Hennessy sound lounge that must be replacing the Absolut Bar stage
and still no mention of a Sunday headliner
https://nialler9.com/hennessy-sound-lounge-lineup-revealed-for-bodysoul-jafaris-added-to-lineup/

whelzer

grudgehugger wrote: »

I’ve been telling my mates how weak this line-up is for a while now.

Last night I sat down and actually did some listening - and suddenly am all p1ssed off cos I’ll miss lots of good stuff while keeping the kids entertained.

Now have at least 20 acts I’d like to check out and that’s not even counting things like Mother or the chanting yoke I’ve signed myself up for...

Confidence Man sound like they will be immense fun live. Hopefully they get some kind of decent crowd - always a concern for non-DJs at this festival.

Video playlist of some of my new favourite acts, only listened to Modeselektor before really: BnS 19 playlist

I am loving the line up, Confidence Man, Proper Micro NV and Coley a few that spring to mind..


A nugget of newish info over on Nialler9 this morning...https://nialler9.com/hennessy-sound-lounge-lineup-revealed-for-bodysoul-jafaris-added-to-lineup/

** also looking fwd to Meltybrains? and Baikal

Ferris_Bueller

keithkk16 wrote: »

I got a bit excited there when I seen Saint Sister and Jape pop up, but they are just having a chat about tunes they like.
Jafaris is added to Friday night and a few DJS mentioned for the Hennessy sound lounge that must be replacing the Absolut Bar stage
and still no mention of a Sunday headliner
https://nialler9.com/hennessy-sound-lounge-lineup-revealed-for-bodysoul-jafaris-added-to-lineup/

God if that is their replacement for the Absolut Bar it sounds like a significant enough downgrade. They have not enticed me whatsoever with anything they have announced so far, was expecting big things for their ten year birthday.

MJohnston

Worth noting the Hennessy sound lodge will have this DJ lineup for the evenings:

DJ sets from Fish Go Deep, Mr Saturday Night, Sassy J, Vic Creezée, Colm K aka Sunday Times, Donna Leake, Sim Simma Soundsystem, Move Slow Records, Aoife O’Neill, Mathman, Hang Dai Soundsystem, Cian Murphy, Eddie Otchere, and Sally Cinnamon & pals.

That's an almost perfectly built lineup for my tastes!

run_Forrest_run

is this Hennessy Sound Lounge just the absolute bar renamed or is it a different location?

MJohnston

Dunno. I think we're all assuming it is.

MadYaker

Could it be where the Veuve Cliquot thing was last year?

Peterd66

bodhrandude wrote:

' Hi Jack. We are working on it currently feverishly but can’t confirm until the new acts we approached confirms with us. On it though. '

I'd hate to see them on "slow"! Still have sneaking suspicion they are pocketing the savings. Will be happy to be proved wrong.

johnnyskeleton

Peterd66 wrote: »

I'd hate to see them on "slow"! Still have sneaking suspicion they are pocketing the savings. Will be happy to be proved wrong.

I get the general impression that ticket sales are lacklustre this year and this might be the last year

Peterd66

johnnyskeleton wrote:

I get the general impression that ticket sales are lacklustre this year and this might be the last year

I suspect so. Funny thing is I suspect 2 midsize acts would have got them a bigger crowd.

keithkk16

Peterd66 wrote: »

I suspect so. Funny thing is I suspect 2 midsize acts would have got them a bigger crowd.

Yeah like Jape and Saint Sister, they're gonna be there anyway.

jmauel

I know on the body & soul website FAQs it says that you are not permitted to pitch tents beside a campervan in the campervan field. Do they police this rule? I remember my friends were in a campervan a few years ago at B&S and had 2 tents outside belonging to their friends. We are staying in the campervan section this year for the first time and were wondering if a few more of our buddies could get away with pitching beside us? Whats everyones experience of this??

bodhrandude

So does anybody have an inkling about who is replacing Santigold yet, its getting kinda ridiculous now.

hugeglobe

Well lads weather's been crap and no sign of a Santigold replacement. How do we think this year is going to shape up?

AdamD

One would hope the weather will have picked up in two weeks time

MJohnston

The weather was ****e last year too just before it unfurled like a beautiful butterfly over the B+S weekend.

run_Forrest_run

AdamD wrote: »

One would hope the weather will have picked up in two weeks time

I remember last year waking up on Friday morning to blue skies and the start of a long heatwave, the wellies & poncho stayed in the car. I don't think we'll be as lucky this year.

hugeglobe

AdamD wrote: »

One would hope the weather will have picked up in two weeks time

Please god. Good few of my friends who'd be regulars are having their doubts this year which is sad.

hernie

keithkk16 wrote: »

Yeah like Jape and Saint Sister, they're gonna be there anyway.

Is Jape going to be at B&S? Don't see anything on the site. Would love to see him live

jmauel

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I remember last year waking up on Friday morning to blue skies and the start of a long heatwave, the wellies & poncho stayed in the car. I don't think we'll be as lucky this year.

Well Accuweather is forecasting it fairly nice for that weekend

jmauel

hugeglobe wrote: »

Well lads weather's been crap and no sign of a Santigold replacement. How do we think this year is going to shape up?

always hopeful!

MJohnston

hernie wrote: »

Is Jape going to be at B&S? Don't see anything on the site. Would love to see him live

He'll be there in Richie Egan form doing what sounds a bit like Desert Island Discs at the Hennessy Sound Lounge.

Peesh89

Even if they announced a Santigold replacement in the next day or two, is there still not nearly half a lineup missing compared to most years?
Have had my ticket from the day they went on sale and myself and friends can't wait for it but it's all a little worrying.
Seems a lot of money went in to the characters they created and all of the content around it. I'm seeing ads for tickets everywhere I turn too... Eeeeek.

MJohnston

I'm 100% sure sales are down on previous years, because we're getting to the point of festival overload again. All Together Now will have sponged off a lot of previous Body and Soulers too (although imo ATN isn't anywhere near the same kind of thing).

That said, aside from the missing headliner, the lineup in general is about as numerous with acts as it ever is. We'll probably get minor stage lineups in the last couple of weeks, and comedy acts etc.

The lineup at B&S is a funny old thing. I don't think I've ever once gone because of it, and I am not sure I've seen more than a handful of acts on any of the stages that I planned in advance. Last year, for example, I thought the main lineup was absolute turd, but I had an amazing year, hanging out at Arbutus Yarns, dancing in the sun, seeing my 2 year old enjoy the Soul Kids area (his birthday coincides with B&S, so he'll be having his 3rd birthday there this year!)

run_Forrest_run

MJohnston wrote: »

... but I had an amazing year, hanging out at Arbutus Yarns, ..

I had a great time at Donal Dineen there during the wee hours of one of the nights, some trippy cartoon type animation too if my memory serves me right, looking forward to revisiting it this year.