Knockanstockan announce first 50 bands for the festival

Knockanstockan have revealed the first 50 bands to play the festival at Blessington Lakes from Friday 22nd to 24th of July for its 10th year.

They are:

• Æ MAK
• Raglans
• Overhead, The Albatross
• August Wells
• Beach
• The Altered Hours
• Booka Brass Band
• Vernon Jane
• Pretty Beast
• Enemies
• Sample Answer
• ETC.
• Feather
• Meltybrains?
• i am niamh
• I​L​enkus
• Jiggy
• Malojian
• MEGACONE
• Spines
• Mescalito
• The Hot Sprockets
• Oh Boland
• Robocobra Quartet
• Naoise Roo
• New Secret Weapon
• Orchid Collective
• Shrug Life
• Ye Vagabonds
• The Vincent(s)
• Pepp​y​
• The Eskies
• Crow Black Chicken
• Elm
• Slackers Symphony
• Mongrel State
• Red Enemy
• ZASKA
• Search Party Animal (Formerly Bagels)
• ProFound
• Slouch
• Come On Live Long
• The Hard Chargers
• White​_​Mice (Sinéad White)
• This Other Kingdom
• THUMPER
• Paddy Dennehy & The Red Herring
• TooFools
• Val Normal
• AikJ

​There will be 7 stages and 150 acts with “special honorary guests remaining anonymous.” 100 more acts will be announced before July.

Tickets:
Weekend Camping Tickets €115
Sunday Day tickets €50
Campervan tickets €35

Niall Byrne

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.

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