Irish Green Gathering just kicked off today with Doc Fiasco & Friends taking the main stage first slot at 12pm. Over the weekend a most eclectic expanse of contemporary music converges on Enniscorthy, a real nod to the strength of Irish talent across the scale from Cora Venus Lunny, The Guggenheim Grotto, Fred and 79 Cortinaz to brights like Ugly Megan, Grand Pocket Orchestra and deeper rumbles of Large Mound, Adebisi Shank, Sweet Jane and Rarely Seen Above Ground.

Along with the great selection of bands there’s a strong Earthy presence to the weekend so expect more than just merchandise stands and bellydance sessions. Striving to fit the family-friendly bill, children under 13 are free and a full programme of activities are scheduled in a pavillion and include discos, circus workshops and cookery.

Tickets are €65 for the weekend or €25 per-day. For more info check out www.irishgreengathering.com or Nicola’s IGGblog.

Read on for the full line-up at Irish Green Gathering:

Friday 8 August
12 – 3pm Doc Fiasco and Friends
3 – 3.35 The Tripps
4 – 4.35 Gavin Moore
5 – 5.35 The Neglected Eclectics
6 – 6.35 Saving J
7 -7.35 Ugly Megan
8 – 8.35 Cortinaz
9 – 9.45 Grand Pocket Orchestra
10 – 10.45 Fred
11 – 12 Ilya K
Plus change over DJs Michael Carr 96 FM, Sweet Oblivion, Toni Hennessey
Midnight till 4 Late nite visuals & lo fi music Donal Dineen, Pressure Drop, Kevin Blake

Sat 9 August
12 -12.35 pm DC Tempest
1 – 1.35 Brad Pitt Light Orchestra
2 – 2.35 Margaret Healy
3 – 3.35 Percolator
4 – 4.35 Deaf Animal Orchestra
5 – 5.35 Adebisi Shank
6 – 6.35 Sweet Jane
7 – 7.40 Large Mound
8 – 8.40 The Radio
9 – 9.40 Jinx Lennon
10 – 10.45 Rarely Seen Above Ground
11 – 12 GiveAMan AKick
Plus change over DJs Toni Hennessey, John Fitz, Sweet Oblivion
Midnight till 4 Late nite visuals and lo fi music Dinky Loop, Doc Fiasco, Jim

Sunday 10 August
11.30 – 1 pm Pressure Drop
1 – 1.35 Prairie Dawgs
2 – 2.35 Armoured Bear
3 – 3.35 Ian Whitty & D’exchange
4 – 4.35 Evi Vine
5 – 5.35 Cars in Walls
5.35 – 6.30 Stevi G & guests
6.30 – 7 Gorbachov
7 – 7.35 Cora Venus Lunny
8 – 8.40 Engine Room Orchestra
9 – 10 The Guggenheim Grotto
Plus change over DJs Mark Graham, Kraftwookie

We would like to thank all the bands and artists who applied to play at the festival again this year. The response was phenomenal. We literally had hundreds of bands contacting us. We hope that anyone who didn’t make the final line up will please contact us again next year on   This entry was posted on Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pm and is filed under Music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.