Glasgowbury Music Festival

Glasgowbury Music Festival
Genre	Rock
Dates	Vary
Location(s)	Draperstown County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Years active	2000 - present
Founders	Paddy Glasgow
Website	Official Site

The Glasgowbury Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is considered Northern Ireland's largest independent outdoor music festival.

History

The Glasgowbury Music Festival made its first appearance in the summer of 2000 as a gathering of local bands, acts and showcases to raise awareness for the local charity, the Ulster Cancer Foundation. The event was co-ordinated by locally revered singer/songwriter, Paddy Glasgow and the event is named after him. The name is a play on the prestiged Glastonbury Festival. Since its foundation in 2000, the festival has been growing in popularity and with each year, the event draws a significantly larger crowd than the previous year. By 2008, the festival had expanded to four separate stages with several areas allocated to traders, small businesses, and alternative entertainment. In recent years the event has enjoyed significant media coverage, with BBC Radio Foyle and RTÉ 2FM often broadcasting live throughout the day. Music journalists from various magazines such as Alternative Ulster and Hot Press have also been in attendance. Fans are invited to camp at the festival, with ground set aside to accommodate those who wish to do so.

Glasgowbury Music Festival featured Artists/Bands (2003 - 2008)

Year	Location	Artists / Bands
2003	High Ridge, Drumard	Corrigan Dirty Stevie Element Indigo Fury Leon	Little Hooks Onya Paul Casey Savasana Screaming Gypsies	Triggerman Troy Campbell The Undertones Urban Circus
2004	Draperstown Playing Fields	Alphastates Ann Scott The Answer Ben Reel Band DeXtra Elation The Evangelists Fast Emperors	FISTO Fighting with Wire Fractured The Humbleweeds Inuendo Invinyl John D'Arcy Kyle	Lovechild mojoFURY Nice'n'Sleezy Mantic Onya Paul Casey The Rags über
2005	Cellar Bar, Draperstown	Angelfall Dutch Schultz The Delawares Ego Fighting with Wire FISTO The Flaws	The Gags Beasley John D'Arcy Leya Little Hooks mojoFURY Paul Casey The Rags	Swanee River Trip Fontane The Velvet Scooters Vesta Varro The Zoo
2006	Eagles Rock	Spurs of Rock Stage
		Ann Scott Bronagh Gallagher Dutch Schultz Ego Ignition	The Immediate In Case of Fire J.A.W. Jaded Sun mojoFURY	Neil Fallon - (Clutch) The Rags Red Organ Serpent Sound Red Sirus
		Eagles Rock Acoustic Stage
		Angelfall Chadsko Civilian The Delawares Grainne & Liam The Henry Girls	Iain Archer Little Hooks Mantic Nina Armstrong Oonagh Clarke Paddy Nash	Paul Casey Pictures of Buddy The Tides Tracey & Dee
2007	Eagles Rock	Spurs of Rock Stage
		Mantic Susan Bluechild Furlo CODA Farago	Freerider King Coma SUPERJIMENEZ Swanee River Skruff	Black Tokens Henry McCullough The Delawares Desert Hearts And So I Watch You From Afar
		Eagles Rock Acoustic Stage
		Junior Johnson Ard Ri Barefoot John D'Arcy	Oonagh Clarke Scary Biscuits Joe Echo Paddy Nash	Cat Malojian Paul Casey Robyn G Shiels
		Small But Massive Main Stage
		Duke Special Oppenheimer In Case of Fire mojoFURY The Beat Poets	Triggerman Inishowen Gospel Choir The Q Delorentos The Jane Bradfords	Superfreakz Fighting with Wire General Fiasco Nice'n'Sleezy
2008	Eagles Rock	'G' Sessions Stage
		Black Horse Cashier No. 9 Colenso Parade Cutaways	The Dagger Lee's Deep Fried Funk DJ's The Delawares Grainne Duffy	Hybrasil Pat McManus SuperFreakz
		Spurs of Rock Stage
		The Beat Poets Dutch Shultz Ed Zealous Freerider	Here Comes The Landed Gentry Interrogate LaFaro Lotion	mojoFURY Swanee River Sword Chant Triggerman
		Eagles Rock Acoustic Stage
		Ard Ri Ben Glover Boathouse Cat Malojian Dolbro Dan	Joe Echo John Gribbin Junior Johnson Keith Harkin Oonagh Clarke	Paul Casey Rachel Austin Roisin Atcheson Self Healer
		Small But Massive Main Stage
		AndSoIWatchYouFromAfar Ash Fighting with Wire Furlo	General Fiasco Ham Sandwich Inishowen Gospel Choir Mantic	The Q Panama Kings Skruff Oppenheimer

2009 Festival

The 2009 Glasgowbury Music Festival took place on Saturday 25 July at Eagles Rock, Draperstown. The line-up included acts such as General Fiasco, In Case Of Fire, Cashier No.9, The Jane Bradfords, LaFaro with And So I Watch You From Afar headlining.

Awards

Irish Festival Awards

In 2008 the Glasgowbury Music Festival was nominated in six separate categories as part of the Irish Festival Awards, winning two of them. The Irish Festival Awards were created with the purpose of recognising those events within Ireland which celebrate music, art and performance. Voting was opened to the public, with the winning event being that which received the most votes in each category.

• Family Festival Award (Winner)
• Best Service Award (Winner)
• Best New Festival
• Social Responsibility Award
• Best Toilets
• Best Lineup

External links

• Glasgowbury Music Festival
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