Knockanstockan

Knockanstockan

An Independent Music Festival | Blessington Lakes, Co.Wicklow ,Ireland | Friday 27th July to Sunday 29th 2012.

KnockanStockan 2012- FIRST LINE UP ANNOUNCED

The first third of the line up is hot out of the oven!

knockanstockan line up A6 Flyer

100 Days to KnockanStockan- First Acts Announced

 

Celebrating 100 days to KnockanStockan
Announcing the first batch of bands for this year festival
Free BBQ from 5pm
Pixie Trix
2 stages
Fire Performers
Performance Art,
Market stalls
Line up:HASSLE MERCHANTS
http://breakingtunes.com/hasslemerchants

THE BAMBIR
http://www.facebook.com/thebambir

ELK
http://www.facebook.com/elkmusic

ARROW IN THE SKY
http://breakingtunes.com/arrowinthesky

TWIN HEADED WOLF
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twin-Headed-Wolf/112786932136037

ENDA REILLY
www.endareilly.com/

SARAH RED
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Red-Music/237679562947827?ref=ts

The Winner – KNOCKAN’POETRY Competition is Sinéad Murphy ‘Ode to KnockanStockan’

There were some fantastic poems submitted for the competition, thank you to all who entered. The voting was intense and extremely close, but Sinéad Murphy won with a whopping 138 likes in the end! Congratulations Sinéad!

poetry-winner

KNOCKAN’POETRY

Hey Folks! Its competition time!!

One ticket up for grabs for the winner and their poem will be published on our website!
Here’s how it works…
1. Your poem must be your own.
2. Your poem must be about Knockanstockan and/or Independent music.
3. Your poem must be posted to our Facebook page before Thursday 29th of March.

Post on our Facebook Now!

4. The best poems will be shortlisted by us and then the top 5 will be put to a vote by all y’all.
Best of Luck!

Knockanstockan Trade Stall At Hotpress Music Show Feb 25th & 26th

Knockanstockan is happy to anounce our very own trade
stall at this years Hotpress Music Show, held this weekend in the RDS

"The recent surge of Independent Irish festivals has given a new
generation of Irish musicians a vehicle to connect with audiences up
and down the country. Explore this phenomenon and more, in the 26ft
tipi, which will host workshops, live performances, and talks with
organisers on all things music and festival related. Peace, Love and
Revolution" Hotpress

We're going to be taking band applications for this years festival so
if you're interested, drop by for buzz and a chat.

Tickets for the Trade Show are €12 for one day & €16 for the weekend.

Hopefully see you there!

Peace

Opportunities for Creative Artists

We’ve just completed an online presentation for any creative people that would like to get involved in KnockanStockan this year. Theres info about the theme this year, how to apply for the Art team and an introduction to our new 4-Dimensional Extravaganza!!  Please check it out at share it around. Applications can be made under Creative Concepts! We’ve already had some great submissions and are looking forward to seeing loads more! DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS MAY 10TH 2012

AA Camping at Knockanstockan

Knockanstockan are delighted that AA Camping will be providing camping supplies at Knockanstockan this year!
Order via the site and collect when you arrive at Knockanstockan!

http://www.aaacamping.net/index.php?fontstyle=f-larger&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

Irish Festival Awards

http://www.irishfestivalawards.ie

The nominations have been announced for the 2011 Irish Festival Awards and we are delighted to announce that we’ve been nominated for no less than 6 awards including;

  • Best Small Festival
  • Best Line Up
  • Social Responsibility Award

So if you were there and had as much fun as we did and feel like having your say you can vote for us (and many more amazing festivals) at  http://www.irishfestivalawards.ie

Gigs, Gigs, Gigs

A huge thank you to all who took part in the KnockanStockan 2011 Wrap Party (better late than never) at the Sweeney Mongrel on the 11th of last month.

Bands and fans alike, it was amazing to see so many of you out having the craic, all 3 floors packed to the rafters and everyone played a blinder!

The Hippies

Also another huge thank you to everyone involved in Seshtival which took place a week later on the 18th in Newbridge. Hosted by The Barley Mob and featuring some of the best bands around it was an amazing night by all accounts and it was great to see a few festivals (Rock An Oir, Booleigh Ska Festival and ourselves) coming together to help decorate and promote the night.

And one for the future – Plans are underway for a benefit gig to be held up in Ballyknockan in the New Year to help raise some much needed funds to repair some of the damage caused during the floods – the line-up will feature some of the bands who played last years festival, some local favorites and a special guest or two, so stay tuned for more information!!

KS 2012

Plans are well underway for KnockanStockan 2012 – there’s no real need to go into it too much right now but rest assured we have a few things up our sleeves including a new specialized family camping area and holistic healing area among many other ideas flowing.