johnl Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Confirmed for 11/13 Jan 2019. Went last year and loved it. It’s quite low key but some pretty cheap prices available now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 The first announcement for this was the other day. Gary Numan, Maximo Park, Terry Hall from the Specials, Lammo and then a raft of smaller names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJTM Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Mate has just text me saying venue just announced on PA that next years headliners are The Jesus And Mary Chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJTM Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Idles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJTM Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Not expecting any headliners but this is pretty decent Edited February 20, 2019 by CJTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 there are no rocks at ... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 5 hours ago, eFestivals said: there are no rocks at ... etc. Are we expecting The Specials then? Hopefully they’ll be a bit more exciting than Tel’s DJ Set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 minute ago, John L said: Are we expecting The Specials then? Hopefully they’ll be a bit more exciting than Tel’s DJ Set! No idea, but every time i hear the song I think of this festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I’ve never understood how this keeps going, y’know. It seems to never move off its introductory prices, gets a pretty low level of press, and then they moved it to mid-frigging-January. More power to it, but it keeps on surprising me when it rolls out its next edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frangipane Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I went this year; not only was the original price really inexpensive, at check-in I was also given an upgrade to the Shoreline hotel for just £30 for the whole weekend. I'd definitely go again, if the line-up suited my musical taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolywoly Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I've been every year it's been on. Would now pretty much go regardless of the lineup. It's become an annual catch-up with friends from all over the UK. This year we paid £95pp for a gold apartment. You couldn't get a Travelodge for that. Never mind the bands. As long as the good value remains, we'll keep going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregory Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromoz Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 This is GREAT news. 'Rumours & Cursors' is a FANTASTIC album. SO glad they are back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJTM Posted March 29, 2019 Report Share Posted March 29, 2019 Latest announcement has just got me booked in and confirmed. £90 for three nights apartment and entry to the music with more TBA. Bargain of the year? & also the usual late night DJ slot from Steve Lamacq I believe? Will be my first time, looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseamer Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 I’ve always wondered how they keep it so cheap. I wonder if Butlins basically let them have the site for virtually nothing as it’s a time when nobody else would want it and Butlins make their money through food and drink sales? A lot of the bands on the bill each year are relatively ‘small’ and probably come very cheap. I book a small multi venue festival in Portsmouth called Dials and we have had a couple of the smaller bands that have done Rockaway and their fees were less than £200 or thereabouts. Obviously the headliners would be a lot more but even now someone like Fontaines DC being relatively new won’t be too expensive. Jesus & The Mary Chain would be somewhat different. Also as they only have 1 stage running with live music at any one time they put on far less bands than most festivals. So assuming they are getting the venue cheap I can see how it could possibly work economically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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