Festpod

By: Wilko Productions
  • Summary

  • The latest news about your favourite Rock and Metal festivals. We'll cover the predicted line-up of bands, the latest announcements, and answer your questions about camping in the UK.

    We love seeing live Rock and Metal. We started off covering Download Festival exclusively, but now cover a broader range of rock gigs and festivals. We're here to offer news, opinions and advice.

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Episodes
  • 70 - Gig at Lions Den
    Feb 15 2025

    In the 70th episode of Festpod: This episode, we're out at Lion's Den bar in Manchester to enjoy the Defences gig, with support from Crushed By Waves. By this point, we've already drunk a lot. Sorry.


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    #festpod #festival #music #livemusic #rock #metal #rockmusic #metalmusic #podcasting #podcast #wilkoproductionsuk #wilkoproductions

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    19 mins
  • 69 - Our Guide to Radar Festival
    Jan 18 2025

    In the 69th episode of Festpod: The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide...

    Our hosts are: Neill Wilkinson, Rich Holmes - from Richard Holmes Photography, and Arran Prime from the metal band Crushed By Waves.


    This time we're talking about Radar Festival - a 3-day indoor rock festival held in Manchester. It's described as modern, contemporary and progressive. It won 'Best New Festival' in 2022. And we love it!


    with https://fatfrankscampingshop.com


    Timestamps ⏱:

    0:00 - Pre-titles

    0:26 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 1st sponsor spot

    01:08- Title sequence

    01:29- Welcome

    05:12 - Crushed By Waves at Radar 2023


    -- Friday at Radar Festival --

    08:38 - Trafford Park in Manchester

    09:16 - Friday timings poster

    09:43 - Cestra

    10:55 - Music & Gaming Market

    12:19 - Earthside

    13:13 - Unpeople

    14:38 - Ichika Nito

    16:14 - Vower

    17:55 - Vola

    20:29 - Food vendors and outdoor area

    20:59 - Thrown

    21:15 - Plini

    22:24 - Caskets

    25:12 - The Midnight


    -- Saturday at Radar Festival --

    28:36 - Saturday timings poster

    29:07 - Tesseract

    35:20 - Bars & Merchandise


    37:43 - Combichrist break bumper

    37:52 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 2nd sponsor spot


    -- Sunday at Radar Festival --

    38:57 - Sunday timings poster

    39:27 - Adharma

    40:09 - The Omnific

    41:34 - Future Static

    42:20 - Mike Dawes (instead of Oxymorrons)

    46:44 - Pintglass (instead of Siamese)

    48:14 - Sungazer

    51:48 - Blood Command

    53:51 - Holding Absence

    57:24 - Humanity's Last Breath

    59:10 - Leprous


    1:05:10 - Our conclusions

    1:07:38 - 2025 lineup so far

    1:17:38 - Outro


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    #festpod #festival #music #livemusic #rock #metal #rockmusic #metalmusic #podcasting #podcast #wilkoproductionsuk #wilkoproductions #radarfestival #radarfest #rockfestival #radarmanchester #radar2024 #radarfestival2024

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 68 - How is DL looking for 2025? Dubs of Rock & Veiled's new album
    Nov 30 2024

    In the 68th episode of Festpod: The Unofficial Rock Festival Guide...

    Our hosts are: Neill Wilkinson, and Rich Holmes - from Richard Holmes Photography.


    We'll talk about Download's lineup for 2025, Nova Rock, and Rock am Ring! Then we chat with Rich Halpin from Dubs of Rock - a rock festival of tributes, and finally, we catch up with Veiled at their album launch in Leeds!


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    Timestamps ⏱:

    0:00 - Pre-titles

    0:24 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 1st sponsor spot

    01:05- Title sequence

    01:33- Welcome


    -- Festival News --

    04:51 - Download Festival release their 2025 lineup poster

    05:32 - Headliners

    12:51 - Logo bands

    22:52 - Undercard

    36:06 - Nova Rock

    41:17 - Rock am Ring


    -- Interview --

    46:54 - Rich Halpin introduces us to Dubs of Rock Festival


    1:25:23 - North Atlas break bumper

    1:25:30 - Fat Frank's Camping Shop - 2nd sponsor spot


    -- Interview --

    1:26:27 Veiled launch their debut album


    1:38:13 - Outro


    Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/festpod

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    #festpod #festival #music #livemusic #rock #metal #rockmusic #metalmusic #podcasting #podcast #wilkoproductionsuk #wilkoproductions

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    1 hr and 39 mins

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