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Kaleidoscope 2019

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    #272
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,791 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    PabloAndRoy wrote: »
    I am genuinely unsure if the poster is one of those parody ones or not. Its basically a list of things you might get at a festival.

    Scrumdiddlyumtious Festival of Food?
    Group Activities?

    Its gotta be a parody.

    Nah say its just to promote it before putting out line-up and judging by poster line-up won't be the main draw


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    #273
    Ferris_Bueller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,544 ✭✭✭Ferris_Bueller


    How many new festivals are there going to be this summer then?
    - Kaleidoscope
    - Tayto Park festival
    - Forever Young festival in Palmerstown House
    - The Biggest Disco in Navan.
    - Dun Laoghaire harbour (w/e of June bh)?!


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    #274
    billybonkers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Ferris_Bueller wrote: »
    How many new festivals are there going to be this summer then?
    - Kaleidoscope
    - Tayto Park festival
    - Forever Young festival in Palmerstown House
    - The Biggest Disco in Navan.
    - Dun Laoghaire harbour (w/e of June bh)?!

    Great for families to be fair!


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    #275
    Hoboo
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    sydthebeat wrote: »
    reminds me of the "boutique" elements of the first picnics.....

    The only picnics. Became the Not So Electric Saturday Night in McDonald's O'Connell St around 2010.


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    #276
    Stillill42
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    Hoboo wrote: »
    The only picnics. Became the Not So Electric Saturday Night in McDonald's O'Connell St around 2010.

    Such ****e. You can say you don't fancy it anymore without writing off 3 or 4 hundred thousand of us.


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    #277
    lbj666
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭lbj666


    It sounds like a peace offering to families after they let the picnic turn into a warcamp.Picnics version of camp bestival.

    Id don't see this as a straight dropping the guantlet to ATN, it's actually gonna take families away from their pals in body and soul and since it's in Wicklow Groove also.


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    #278
    BullBlackNova
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    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/kaleidoscope-new-three-day-family-friendly-festival-announced-1.3834259
    Richard Seabrooke is the festival’s creative director. A father-of-two, Seabrooke is a festival and events veteran. While most music and arts festivals have a family-friendly element, Seabrooke says he wanted to create a festival that was aimed squarely at families with quality programming aimed at all age groups.

    The programming is geared towards five distinct age groups up to four year of age, five to eight year, nine to 12 years, 13 to 16 and their families. Much of the festival is aimed at “unlocking the creativity and potential within kids” and “setting their minds alight”.

    Seabrooke says the festival addresses many of the “pinch points” associated with bringing children to festivals. For instance, there will be a communal breakfast to ease punters into the day while the rest of the programming will be staggered throughout the day to prevent energy levels peaking too early.
    “This isn’t a kiddie festival,” says Seabrooke. “It’s not a children’s programming event that is very much tailored to them and not their parents. It’s the opposite. This is a music and arts festival for everyone.”

    “It’s kind of like when school breaks and everyone escapes to the Algarve. This is the Irish version of that. It just happens to be in a field for a weekend.”


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    #279
    drunkmonkey
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    “It’s kind of like when school breaks and everyone escapes to the Algarve. This is the Irish version of that. It just happens to be in a field for a weekend.”

    Am I missing something or is the Irish version of that not escaping to the Algarve.


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    #280
    Eod100
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    drunkmonkey wrote: »

    “It’s kind of like when school breaks and everyone escapes to the Algarve. This is the Irish version of that. It just happens to be in a field for a weekend.”

    Am I missing something or is the Irish version of that not escaping to the Algarve.

    Mobile home by the sea, happy out :)


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    #281
    BullBlackNova
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    My reading of that was essentially...

    "We're different because we're totally kid focused. Everything is geared towards making sure your kids have a good time.

    "But we're not kid focused, we're focused on everyone. Everyone."

    I won't be surprised to see this bill lean heavily on the heritage acts and the Irish acts. No problem with that - my festival options are plentiful as it is - but it wasn't necessarily what I was hoping for when it was announced that there'd be a new addition to the calendar.


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    #282
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,791 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    BullBlackNova wrote: »
    My reading of that was essentially...

    "We're different because we're totally kid focused. Everything is geared towards making sure your kids have a good time.

    "But we're not kid focused, we're focused on everyone. Everyone."

    I won't be surprised to see this bill lean heavily on the heritage acts and the Irish acts. No problem with that - my festival options are plentiful as it is - but it wasn't necessarily what I was hoping for when it was announced that there'd be a new addition to the calendar.

    Yeah can't see many without kids rocking up tbh


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    #283
    BullBlackNova
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    Yeah can't see many without kids rocking up tbh

    Well, it's hard to see where the rave in the woods fits into the following categories...
    The programming is geared towards five distinct age groups up to four year of age, five to eight year, nine to 12 years, 13 to 16 and their families.

    :P


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    #284
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,655 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    As someone with a toddler, and someone who loves festivals, this sounds tedious! But sure, look, maybe the lineup will be good. We'll be at Body and Soul the weekend before instead with our kid!


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    #285
    bigpink
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    So will this turn into a drink and drug fest do people think?So many kids forced to festivals it very unfair


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    #286
    SteelyDanJalapeno
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    This is a great idea to keep the insufferable families away from ATN, Body And Soul and electric picnic


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    #287
    bodhrandude
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    I suspect this could be a failure the longer they hold back on a lineup announcement and seeing that there is already at least 3 festivals out there that cater for adults and families, one the weekend before.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #288
    drunkmonkey
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    Looking good for some shenanigans in Freetown if there trying to shuffle the families down there. You might see Apex Twin after all....


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    #289
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,655 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »
    This is a great idea to keep the insufferable families away from ATN, Body And Soul and electric picnic

    Shame they can't do anything to keep the insufferable forum posters away!


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    #290
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,590 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Any idea when they are announcing for this one.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #291
    Eod100
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Any idea when they are announcing for this one.

    Nope, just coming soon was the latest last Thursday. Say it could be out in next week or 2 but that's just guessing tbh


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    #292
    PabloAndRoy
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    Nope, just coming soon was the latest last Thursday. Say it could be out in next week or 2 but that's just guessing tbh

    Meanwhile families all over the country are booking their June holidays...


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    #293
    BullBlackNova
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    PabloAndRoy wrote: »
    Meanwhile families all over the country are booking their June holidays...

    It's shaping up to be a total mess, isn't it?

    I would imagine that any family that is planning on taking the kids away this summer already has a vague idea of what their plan is. And, in most cases, I would expect bookings...

    It seems like an oddly late announcement for a new festival. I can't understand what they're going for by announcing in late March/early April for a late June event that involves camping.


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    #294
    Stillill42
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    It's the Irish Fyre festival. Cut to June bank holiday and Lidl pop-up tents blowing all over the Wicklow countryside, 40 something couples from Foxrock wandering bereft up main street Blessington with plastic champagne flutes in one hand and a bawling toddler in the other. Netflix on high alert.


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    #295
    bodhrandude
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    Is this the same site as Knockanstockan?

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #296
    endainoz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,005 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Stillill42 wrote:
    It's the Irish Fyre festival. Cut to June bank holiday and Lidl pop-up tents blowing all over the Wicklow countryside, 40 something couples from Foxrock wandering bereft up main street Blessington with plastic champagne flutes in one hand and a bawling toddler in the other. Netflix on high alert.

    That would make for some segment on reeling in the years.


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    #297
    MJohnston
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Is this the same site as Knockanstockan?

    No, about 4 miles away.


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    #298
    corm500
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    Stillill42 wrote: »
    It's the Irish Fyre festival. Cut to June bank holiday and Lidl pop-up tents blowing all over the Wicklow countryside, 40 something couples from Foxrock wandering bereft up main street Blessington with plastic champagne flutes in one hand and a bawling toddler in the other. Netflix on high alert.

    I think the D4 set already their Fyre moment at the Streisand concert in Castletown house years back. The image of the well heeled trudging through the muck in all their finery looking for non existent seats still gives me a little smile 😊


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    #299
    D.Q
    Registered Users Posts: 6,053 ✭✭✭D.Q


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Is this the same site as Knockanstockan?

    I'd imagine the soil of the Knockanstockan site has a lingering toxicity that would make it unsuitable for a family friendly event such as this.


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    #300
    exilec
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭exilec


    Leaving it very late to announce anything . Strange set up considering they are aiming at families ??


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    #301
    corm500
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    exilec wrote: »
    Leaving it very late to announce anything . Strange set up considering they are aiming at families ??

    Apparently the lineup is supposed to be released this week.


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