All Together Now 2023

Jamie xx and Caribou headlining main stages.

siouxsie would be heading to EP as Melvin benn got her out of retirement for latitude

Cool list, we share v similar tastes.

Would comfortably add Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Chris Forsyth, La Femme, Elder, Cave, Endless Boogie, King Buffalo, WH Lung, Causa Sui. There does not appear to be a market for this kind of mid-tier garage/psych band here at all - this runs opposite to every other country in Europe. Elsewhere people are building entire festival line up around this kinda thing. In Dublin, we get a smattering. Loyal heads like Dwyer play here regularly, but he is a one off. King Gizzard stood out like a sore thumb on the ATN line up last year - and the reports from people who were there overwhelmingly positive! Why the lack of interest from promoters for this music???

Amidst the dozen or so banker type bookings you suggest above it is truly berzerk that Slift havent played here yet. Genuinely baffled by that. Its not like theyre from the West Coast of the US. Theyre from Toulouse ffs. Karkara another fab band from that city.

/fin

I know, I know I shouldn’t be asking, however if anyone has a campervan ticket they no longer need could you message me? They were sold out on presale in no time.. and gone as quick on the general… sorry for asking..

Gonna be a highlight of my year!!

This is solidly the best lineup in the country this year unless the Picnic sorts its **** out big time with the undercard.

That's partly down to Irish acts being in such a good place right now, but still.

Beyond the Pale v good too in fairness, but otherwise the festival circuit this year is a bit diluted by the number of different ones on the go.

Does anyone know when the next payment of the installment plan is due to come out? Paid through revolut and just want to make sure the account is topped up so it doesn't get declined.

Thanks

I did Boutique with Podpads in 2019 and it was a major letdown, the reasons are well documented at this stage. I thought they really upped their game last year, still not at EP levels but not that far off tbh:

1. The new location, a bit of a hike, I didn't bring my trolley and had my backpack and a cooler with 30 beers in it. It was painful, but this year I'll have the trolley again. But once I got to tent it was perfect, access directly to main arena, so it was 5 mins to tent during day to pick up cool beers.
2. The toilet and shower facilities were better, toilets regularly cleaned, and the q for showers wasn't so bad (all about the timing)
3. Food options in boutique were not great, but it was 5 mins into the arena so no big deal.
4. There was access to the VIP bar area for podpads, didn't use it, but friends used it to chill (and use toilets)
5. Most importantly, it was quiet at night, but woken up early with main stage soundchecks.

Valley Fest is the same weekend as ATN in the UK and Arcadia are a key piece for it , i think they were the week after last year. Was much of the reason id say they downgraded to the Bug last year.

Do Arcadia run different installations over the same weekend i dunno. Just warning people.

How early is early being woken by the sound checks?

They said on twitter yesterday it will be announced very soon.

Fairly sure they were around the 9/10 am time, I don't mind it, but woken up to dark and long by underworld last year, then not to hear it on the setlist that night was a bummer though

Should be fine on the main paths/tracks and the whole place is more compact as you say. Distance between Boutique/Main stage/Something Kind of Wonderful/Road to Nowhere is but a stones throw.

Another quick question. This is the first year we know people with campervan tickets. Can regular punters rock in there for a visit, or do you have a special wristband?

I'm just hoping that before second announcement, we get one of these cryptic Aphex Twin visual ads for Ireland, seeing as he's cropping up all over the place in June and July around Europe, Dour Festival being the nearest to ATN's dates and ATN being a Aiken and POD festival hence Forbidden Fruit of old. Probably not but one can dream.