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
- ILenkus
- 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)
- Peppy
- 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 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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
