February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
Enter to Win a trip for to Ireland and, while you’re there, we’ll send you to Ireland’s hottest music festival Witnness Festival 2002. That’s right – one lucky winner will score the trip of a lifetime in our coolest giveaway contest ever.
Prepare for an exciting five-day, four-night escape to Dublin, Europe’s party capital. We’ll fly you there via Aer Lingus, and you’ll have some time to soak up the sights and sounds of the city before spending the weekend at the super-hot Witnness Festival 2002. The action takes place at the Fairyhouse Racecourse just outside Dublin in County Meath. We’ve snagged two weekend passes for the event, which takes place July 13-14.
Headlining the Witnness Festival this year are The Prodigy, The Foo Fighters, No Doubt and those bad boys of Brit Rock (whose family is rooted firmly in the soil of County Mayo), Oasis.
The line-up:
Saturday, July 13
The Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Chemical Brothers, Air, The Hives, Ian Brown, Sonic Youth, Mercury Rev, The Beta Band, The Bluetones, The Devlins, Kosheen, Electric Soft Parade, Beverley Knight, Melaton, Cornelius and many more to be announced
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Sunday, July 14
Oasis, Basement Jaxx, No Doubt, Gomez, Badly Drawn Boy, Groove Armada, Dandy Wharhols, Starsailor, Morcheeba, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Less than Jake, A, Lemon Jelly, Complete Stone Roses, Hoobastank, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Rival Schools, Soulwax DJs, plus many more to be announced.
The prize:
The prize includes two round-trip tickets to Dublin from New York’s JFK, four nights in a premier city center hotel, and two weekend passes to the Witnness Festival 2002.
The question:
Week #1
What are the first names of the two Gallagher brothers who front Oasis? (Hint: the names will be found somewhere in this week’s edition of the Irish Echo.) There will be a different question every week.
Contest rules:
For the next four weeks, we will ask a question pertaining to one of the bands playing at the festival. Write down the answer, plus your name, address, home phone number, age and e-mail address. You can enter once a week – four times in all, via snail mail or e-mail. Entries are limited to one entry per person, per week, or four entries in total. Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Contest ends Friday, June 21, at 5 p.m. Winner will be chosen at random from all correct and completed entries.
Send postcards to:
Send Me to Ireland! Week #1
c/o Irish Echo Newspaper
309 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016
To enter online:
Subject line must contain your last name, first initial, Week #1 and the word “Witnness.” No attachments. Send e-mail entries to: contest@irishecho.com. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
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If you order a new subscription or renew your current subscription between May 22 and June 21, your name will automatically be entered four times in our drawing – no need to answer questions!. Orders must be received by June 21 to qualify.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest open to all readers 18 years of age and older. Prize consists of: two economy class, round-trip tickets to Dublin on Aer Lingus, departing JFK International Airport, NYC, on Wednesday, July 10, and returning Monday, July 15, 2002; hotel accommodations Thursday through Sunday nights in Dublin’s city center; two weekend passes for the Witnness Festival July 13 and 14. No other expenses (meals, transportation, etc.) are included. Void where prohibited by law.