Sick of the festivals? Think again. Samhain looks good.
Samhain Festival is a new one-day festival brought to you by Emergence, Life Festival, Bodytonic, Bedlam and Human Music which will happen in Glendalough House in Wicklow on October 27th. It’s a BYOB, Fancy Dress Halloween festival and features a pretty good lineup for its first outing as you can see:
Nina Kraviz, Marcel Dettman, Todd Terje, New Jackson, Kormac, Frank B, Solar Bears, The Hot Sprockets, Cillo, Handsome Paddy, Conor Feeney, Cold Comfort, New Secret Weapon, Cocaine Ponytail, Blind Yackety, Verona Daydream Machine and more TBA.
Ticket prices for early bird start at €45 until next Sunday but keep an eye out on Facebook and the official site or here for more info.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Todd Terje – Whateverest. Great little documentary here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5flEHYqcw8
Interesting! Poor bastard needs to head to Oslo tho!