Sea Sessions Surf Festival

Fat Freddys Drop, Xavier Rudd and Bastille headlining in Bundoran, Co Donegal from the 21st – 23rd June.

Sea Sessions have released their official 2013 lineup and the headliners for each day are Fat Freddys Drop, Xavier Rudd and Bastille.

This will be Sea Sessions 6th year running as the biggest and greatest beach party in Ireland. Sea Sessions is the only festival of its kind, offering party goers a surfer spin, incorporated with the love of great music.

Daniel Browne, festival organiser says “Musically we are really going back to our roots here. This is a big beach party and we want to make sure the music reflects that fun loving happy life by the beach kind a thing we have going on. There is a fairly eclectic mix of music in the line up but it all has one thing in common, it’s quality. I remember a friend asking me once ‘well what kind of music do surfers like’ and I couldn’t answer as there isn’t really a surfer genre of music, there’s surfers that like drum and bass and surfers that love rock so we try and make sure the line up is as diverse the people coming to enjoy it”

“We’re really excited about the line-up this year. We’ve got New Zealand’s seven piece and one of the finest Live acts out there, Fat Freddy’s Drop, who play a mix of Reggae with Funk and even a hint of Electronica, plus from the same end of the world Australian Xavier Rudd. Not only is he a surfer but his mix of acoustic tunes and multi instruments have us very excited. He’s a big hit on the festival circuit and we can’t wait to see his live show. Closer to home Bastille are the one that are on everyone’s lips. Their version of Indie Pop is obviously popular. A number one album in the UK is testament to that.” say Ray ‘Razor’ O’Donoghue, Booker and Organiser. “Along with the headliners there are loads of interesting acts. The Milk, they’re from Essex and they play a kind of UK Soul. “The Jam doing Stax” are how The Guardian described them. Soak, Derry singer songwriter, she’s definitely one to watch and The Strypes. I just love their sound. It’s like early Rolling Stones and Yard Birds with serious guitar playing. I think Weller and Dave Grohl have been name checking them so another up and coming.” continues Razor.

“The Original Rude Boys and their infectious acoustic Hip-Hop plus Northern Hard Rockers Therapy? are also interesting acts on the line-up. Plus the legend that is Mud Morganfield is flying in from Chicago just for Sea Sessions. He’s the eldest son of Muddy Waters and he sounds exactly like him.”

Other Irish Acts include Le Galaxie, Foy Vance, Duke Special, Frank and Walters and festival favorites The Minutes. Plus International artists such as Ben Caplan, William Adamson and Ayah Marar add even more diversity to the line up.

“We’ve also got a storming DJ line up this year with Legendary DJ Gilles Peterson. He’s famous for discovering the likes of Jamiroquai, Erykah Badu and Roni Size. Anyone that listens to his Sat afternoon BBC 6 show will know he’s going to drop anything from Latin Beats to Dub Step alongside MC Earl Zinger. Other DJ’s include Greg Wilson, Aeroplane, DJ Yoda, Delta Heavy, Krafty Kuts, Billy Scurry and of course Manchester’s finest with a 4 hour special Mr Scruff.

There’s loads more acts including Funk / Hip-Hop 12 Piece Brass band Renegade Brass Band plus countless Irish acts and DJ’s. Exciting times ahead.”

There are lots of exciting new developments this year with the inclusion of some very cool inflatable structures from new sponsor Vodafone and also the Desperados stages. Mountain Dew are also bringing ‘Brushboarding’ to the set up, looks sure to be an attraction within itself.

Not forgetting where the festivals roots come from The Barefoot beach Olympics and Surf events are still a great highlight of the weekend, with already huge enquiries from last year’s competitors trying and suss out the competition. The Barefoot Expression Session Surf Event is the biggest cash prize and this year it’s the only Specialty event to be sanctioned by the ASP ‘Association of Surfing Professionals’

The involvement with The Gathering has already seen a marked increase in overseas enquiries with a lot of people noticing the event as being a great fun place to party and watch a high quality surf event. With such great incentives overseas people are now falling onto the shores of Bundoran, Co Donegal.

There has already been a huge increase of ticket sales due to the leak of incredible acts over the last few weeks. Fans who didn’t already snag a ticket can still purchase one through Entertainment.ie and the Festival website www.seasessions.com though sparse. Book now to avoid disappointment.

Weekend Tickets are €89.00, and Weekend Tickets with camping included are €99.00 – Festival dates 21st-23rd June 2013.