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Glasgowbury up for six Irish Festival Awards

We’re proud to announce that Glasgowbury have picked up six nominations in the 2011 Irish Festival Awards.

The ‘small but massive’ festival are in the running for:

  • Best Small Festival
  • Best Line-Up
  • Best Family Festival
  • Best Service
  • Social Responsibility
  • Best Toilets

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This is the 5th year of the acclaimed Dublin bash and we’re proud to have picked up a number of awards over the years including holding on to Best Family & Best Service for three years running.

You can show your support and vote for Glasgowbury by FOLLOWING THIS LINK

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2012 submissions now closed

The submissions period for Glasgowbury 2012 is now closed!

The Glasgowbury team have been overwhelmed with the amount of submissions received for this year’s event, and the demo team will now spend the next few weeks listening and deciding on this year’s line-up.

Keep an eye on www.glasgowbury.com for more news and information.

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Rams’ Pocket Radio in pre-Christmas G Session

AS part of an Irish tour, Rams’ Pocket Radio stops off at the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on Saturday 3rd December to celebrate with a pre-Christmas G Session spectacular.

The alter-ego of Peter McCauley, Rams’ has been enjoying the most successful of years yet following festival appearances throughout the UK and coveted support slots to the likes of Darwin Deez and Snow Patrol.

With new EP ‘Dogs Run In Packs’, he’s stretched his legs yet further with a sophisticated songwriting style that he’s managed to make his own, enthralling many in the process.

Support on the night comes in the form of the Katie And The Carnival and Window Seats.

Katie and her carnival collective have also enjoyed a hugely enjoyable and successful year with the release of her debut single alongside a highly memorable festival appearance at Glasgowbury.

Window Seats too have been making huge waves with their blend of indie rock, best observed with ‘Local Superhero’ and it’s insanely brilliant video.

All three join forces under the one roof on Saturday 3rd December for a night of much celebrating. Doors are at 9pm and admission is £5.

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Best Festival award at first ever NIMAs

Glasgowbury were delighted to pick up the Best Festival award at the first ever NI Music Awards in Belfast on Wednesday night (November 2nd).

Presented by the NI Tourist Board, Glasgowbury were honoured to have beaten off strong competition from the likes of Belsonic, Open House and Pigstock.

In the first year of the awards other acts such as Cashier No 9, General Fiasco and ASIWYFA all picked up awards for their work over the last year.

Next up, Glasgowbury have been invited to the prestigious UK Festival Awards in London later this month where we’re in the running in the Best Small Festival category. Fingers crossed!

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LaFaro showcase new album at November G Session

INITIALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 19TH, THIS GIG HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO SATURDAY 5TH NOVEMBER.

Belfast rock beasts LaFaro are set to destroy Draperstown on Saturday 5th November when they take to the stage at the G Sessions.

Celebrating the release of new album Easy Meat, the four piece will roll into the Cellar Bar in Draperstown amid a swell of well deserved and rightfully placed praise for their second album.

Known for their famed live performances during which they pour their heart, guts and soul on to the stage, LaFaro have played out some of their most memorable gigs under the G Sessions banner and this November will be no exception.

Support on the night comes from Derry rock kings Fighting With Wire who will showcase material from follow-up album Bones Of The Twilight due for release next year.

The whole thing kicks off from 9pm at the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on Saturday 5th November and admission is £5.

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Glasgowbury in running for festival awards

It’s festival awards season time again and Glasgowbury are delighted to announce that we’re in the running for some silverware.

The ‘Small But Massive’ festival are currently in the running for Best Small Festival at the UK Festival Awards (after coming runner-up for the prize in 2010) and are up for Best Festival in the first ever NI Music Awards.

The NIMAs will take place at the Ulster Hall on Wednesday 2nd November and will feature performances from festival favourites such as General Fiasco, And So I Watch You From Afar and Cashier No. 9 among many others.

Later, on November 15th, Glasgowbury will find out the results of the UK Festival Awards in London where the local event is in the running for Best Small Festival.

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Vote Glasgowbury in UK Festival Awards

Glasgowbury have been nominated in the 2011 UK Festival Awards for ‘Fans’ Favourite Festival’ where every vote counts!

In a shortened version of categories this year, the public will be able to vote in just a few sections while a team of judges have been out visiting events to assess their merit in other categories.

So as well as helping us towards the ‘Fans’ Favourite Festival’ award, Glasgowbury are also in the running for the ‘Best Small Festival’ award as judged by an industry panel.

To vote for Glasgowbury and enter yourself into a draw for a pair of tickets to every winning festival, click here.

Voting closes on Monday 10th October, so cast yours soon!

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MTC head up October G Session

Fresh from some main stage action at this year’s Glasgowbury Music Festival, More Than Conquerors headline the first G Session proper of our new gigging year.

Taking place at the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on Saturday 1st October, the gig sees three of the hottest young talents around gathering under one roof.

Since they formed in early 2009 the Belfast based MTC have risen to prominence in the local music scene with memorable live shows backed up by some killer hook laden songs.

Earlier this year their efforts even saw them picked up and signed to Smalltown America Records where they’ve been readying new material to take their work to the next stage.

Joining them for the experience will be Runaway Go (formerly Phoenix Fire), the stunningly atmospheric five piece led by a unique male/female dual vocal.

Completing the bill is Colly Strings, the Bangor four piece who stormed an opening slot at this year’s festival with their fantastic indie sensibilities.

The whole thing kicks off at 9pm at the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on Saturday 1st October, admission: £5.

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Line-up announced for IMRO Showcase Tour

We’re delighted to announce that we will be linking up with IMRO and their acclaimed IMRO Showcase Tour again this September.

The gig will be the first G Session of the new gigging year for Glasgowbury and our first since this year’s festival.

We are delighted to announce that the night will feature four extremely exciting acts in the form of:

  • Rams’ Pocket Radio
  • Intermission
  • Our Krypton Son
  • Mojo GoGo

Taking place on Saturday 10th September at the Cellar Bar, the event will be one in a series of gigs for the IMRO Showcase Tour which will also take place in cities such as Belfast, Cork and Dublin.

In previous years acts such as LaFaro, Here Comes The Landed Gentry and Building Pictures have all performed at coveted Draperstown leg of the tour, in highly memorable performances.

Paddy Glasgow said it was a privilege to once again welcome the IMRO team to the G Sessions and looked forward to celebrating the acts on show.

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Reviews, views, links and more

We’re already feeling the withdrawal symptoms from another glorious day in the Sperrins.

Thankfully there were plenty of people on hand throughout the day to document proceedings and allow us to look back on our 11th birthday celebrations.

From reviews to radio to video and photos, there’s plenty to sink your teeth into and relive another memorable day in the mountains.

Reviews:

The BBC were out in force at Glasgowbury filming, snapping and generally reviewing the asses off every band there:

BBC ATL REVIEW

Others doing the rounds included:

Live4Ever

Culture NI

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State.ie

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Photos:

A host of photographers were snapping away all day and although a lot of links and snaps can be found on our Facebook page, check out these exclusive sets too:

Official Glasgowbury photo set by Shane Kelly

Across The Line

Panic Dots

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Daily Mirror

Alan Maguire (Live Music Pics)

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Videos:

We are proud to announce that Glasgowbury 2011 was used to officially unveil new technology from the BBC which saw them stream footage from the Small But Massive Main Stage to computers worldwide.

As well as that, we had a secret backstage tipi where Radio One Introducing were filming acoustic performances all day. Check both sets of footage out here:

BBC Footage

TG4 were also on site filming an hour long special which broadcast last week. Catch it on repeat online or check out a couple of special acoustic performances here:

TG4 Footage

And as always, do a search on Youtube and you’ll find any number of crazy cameos:

Youtube Footage

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Elsewhere there’s a raft of more reviews, photos and everything in between. To stay up to date with all advancements, keep an eye on our official Facebook page!

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