“New name, fresh approach, adventurous songwriter: that’s Wexford’s The Man Whom (aka Ian Doyle) for you.” The Irish Times

themanwhom.com

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This year for the first time we are offering a boutique camping option for those of you who want that little bit of extra comfort!

Boutique camping is provided by Silk Road Tents and you can choose the tent that best suits you and your friends from their range of yurts, tipis and bell tents which can sleep from 2 to 12 people.

BEDDING:
Beds are made with cotton bed linen, large cotton quilt, pillow, silk cushion.

Guests in boutique camping will also benefit from a covered chill out lounge space with fire garden and free solar powered mobile phone charging facilities. 

Our friends at Musicmaker will return in 2012 to host a fantastic line up in the beloved Paddy Mirage marquee. The Paddy Mirage originated at the Burning Man festival and has appeared at the Electric Picnic and Mantua festivals and the Viking Festival in Annagassan, but is at home at Vantastival, designed and built by our Event Director Benny.  A custom-built timber framed replica of Newgrange, the Paddy Mirage has amazing acoustics and will be an intimate setting for some wonderful acts over the weekend.

In the Paddy Mirage

Line Up

Friday 4th May

Reverend JM’s Panic Worship  -  The Henry Girls  -  The Man Whom  -  Master and Dog  -  EleventyFour  -  Tarantella Fall

Saturday 5th May

Loco Swing  -  Marc O’Reilly  -  Vickers Vimy  -  Eoin Dillon  -  Third Smoke  -  Ana Gog  -  SJ McArdle  -  Midtown Reign  -  Miss Paula Flynn

Sunday 6th May

I Draw Slow  -  The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock  -  Shadowplay  -  Wyvern Lingo  -  Watson Ace  -  Swords  -  Layne County  -  Inni-K  -  Willow Sea

This event is brilliant fun and a must for all you budding master chefs out there! There are a very limited number of places in the cook off so if you want in, you need to get in touch with us. Find out more here.

Ham Sandwich are an Irish indie band from Kells, Co. Meath. They have been around and about in one very interesting shape or another since 2003, but it wasn’t until the autumn of 2005 – with the release of their debut single, ‘Sad Songs’ – that they began to be known outside their home county.

In October of 2010 Ham Sandwich released their second LP entitled ‘White Fox’. Jam packed with potential radio hits, the first single lifted from the album entitled The Naturist signalled a different direction and intent by the band. It was not until February 2011 that Ham Sandwich finally reached their biggest audience yet with the release of their track ANTS combining their knack of creating a memorable pop melody with a dark twist. Aided greatly by an ingenious animated video, the track became a viral hit on the Internet accumulating over 120,000 hits on youtube to date. It went on to win best animated video at the 3rd Silversound festival in New York in January of this year. Due to the breakout success of ‘White Fox’ in 2011 the band have appeared at SXSW in Texas, Popkomm in Berlin and the twin festivals in Leeds & Reading in the UK.

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Frankie Gavin is one of the genuine legends of Irish music. From his first TV appearance playing the tin-whistle when he was six, to seven solo albums, his adventures in the realms of Jazz, Gospel, and Klezmer, through to appearances and recordings with such luminaries as Earl Scruggs, Stephane Grapelli, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, and the ‘Rolling Stones’, ‘the prince of Irish fiddlers’ is one of the outstanding performers of the past thirty years. Frankie is also the original founding member and band leader of internationally acclaimed traditional super group ‘De Dannan’.

‘Frankie Gavin & De Dannan’ have played support to the ‘Rolling Stones’ at Slane Castle, performed with the ‘U.A.E. Philharmonic Orchestra’ in Dubai, performed with the ‘Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra’ during a tour of the USA and performed at ‘The White House’ and at the ‘US Capitol Building’ on three separate occasions for US President’s Clinton, Bush & Obama.

Electrifying’ is an adjective that’s too often used to describe certain performances but this is one instance where it’s absolutely unavoidable. If you’ve never been lucky enough to see ‘Frankie Gavin & De Dannan’ perform live, prepare to be… shocked.

“Frankie Gavin and De Dannan are the jewel in the crown, and as the musicians hit top gear some of the fast reels in particular are mesmerizing”– Carl Dixon, The Irish Examiner, August 2009

www.DeDannan.com

Dublin roots band I Draw Slow have been drumming up enthusiastic reviews in Ireland since the release of their top 10 selling second album, Redhills. Irish national broadcaster RTE made Redhills album of the week and Redhills has been welcomed to the playlists of stations across the country. However, their impact abroad is redrawing the map for these Irish/Americana songwriters.

They have been described in the UK press as “American top league equivalents” destined “to blow the opposition away”, drawing favourable comparisons with Gillian Welsh and Alison Krauss. The band has played to audiences in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Belgium and started 2012 with a performance with the Legendary Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and an appearance at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow Scotland.

“What little treasures we unearth when we least expect it” – The Event Guide

myspace.com/idrawslow

Jinx Lennon is the epitome of a modern folk singer but influenced by Mark E Smith, Wu Tang, and Iggy instead of the Furies. He recently released ”National Cancer Strategy” and ‘Hungry Bastard Hibernia”  albums two hellish roller coaster rides through suburban tales of Irish life. NYC’s  The Village Voice called Jinx an ‘Irish talisman with quickfire verbal sorties’ and John Meagher of the Irish Independent describes Jinx as a ‘live show not to be missed’. A regular at The Electric Picnic, Jinx recently  toured Scotland converting new fans fervent to his cause, had a monstrous theatre show in Galway Theatre Festival called ”Man V Energy Vampire behold this S-S-Self Indulgence Gene ”. He is currently composing the soundtrack to a horror movie written by writer Pat Mc Cabe and Kevin Allen of ”Twin Towns” fame.

www.jinxlennon.com

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