Summer music festivals are back! Your one-stop guide
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- 01 Jun 2022
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There's definitely a summer in it, and we've selected a spattering of choice festival delights for the months ahead. It's been a long couple of years - time to get out there and enjoy yourselves...
BEYOND THE PALE
Where and when? Glendalough Estate, Wicklow, June 10th-12th, 2022
This new boutique event (attendance is being capped at a relatively modest 5,000) promises three days of music, art and food in the grounds of Glendalough House in Annamoe, Co. Wicklow, with a bill headlined by dance music titans Bonobo, Four Tet and Orbital, and an electric bill that includes the likes of James Vincent McMorrow, Lisa Hannigan, The Mary Wallopers, Soda Blonde, John Francis Flynn and - celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Connected album - Stereo M.C.s, as well as a busy arts and culture programme that features Emmet Kirwan in a one-off revival of Dublin Old School and Herself star Clare Dunne in her one-woman show Sure Look It, Fuck It, plus Beyond The Plate, a celebration of all things food and drink, conversations, comedy, cabaret and much, much more.
BODY & SOUL
Where and when? Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath June 17th - 19th 2022
After a two year hiatus, the much-loved festival of music and arts is returns to Ballinlough for the Solstice weekend with a reimagined event, offering - in founder Avril Staney's words - 'a new Body & Soul for the future'. With a reduced capacity and more intimate vibe, it's all about putting the experience ahead of big names - that said, the bill is toplined by a pair of proper star turns, namely Jon Hopkins and Róisín Murphy, alongside an eclectic line-up that includes Mogwai, Sampa The Great, Pillow Queens, CMAT, Remi Wolf, Yves Tumor, Just Mustard, Godford, John Francis Flynn. Byron Yeates, Soda Blonde, Optimo, Bishi, Blindboy Boatclub, Felispeaks, King Kong Company and David O'Doherty, plus the ever-popular Mother crew leading the DJ charge, cabaret turns, spoken word and a woodland art gallery that includes works from from Aoife Dunne and Maser. Watch out for the RTÉ 2FM Rising stage, featuring hot tickets Efé, Smoothboi Ezra, Sprints and Sophie Doyle Ryder.
SEA SESSIONS
Where and when? Bundoran, Donegal, June 17-19, 2022
Ireland's only surf and music festival returns to Donegal with a formidable lineup that includes headliners Tinie Tempah, Joel Corry, Kodaline and Basement Jaxx alongside the likes of All Tvvins, Daithí, Kneecap, Lyra, The Scratch, Block Rockin' Beats, Gemma Dunleavy, HousePlants, The Academic, David Keenan and drum and bass legend Goldie, with MC Jerry Fish on hand all weekend. Alongside music there's also surf, skating, BMX, graffiti and beach sports - so bring your togs.
KALEIDOSCOPE
When and where? Russborough House, Blessington, June 24th - 26th 2022
Perfectly timed for the start of the school holidays, this family festival returns to Co. Wicklow with art installations, activities-a-plenty and a host of live performances from headliners The Divine Comedy, James Morrison, Feeder and Dec Pierce's Block Rockin Beats, alongside Irish festival faves Jerry Fish, Camille O'Sullivan, Ryan McMullen, Lyra, HamsandwicH and the Frank & Walters. But that's only the beginning - there's a food bunch of different areas to keep the kids entertained, from the Scrumdiddlyumptious festival of food and the Ickle Big Top to the world's biggest bouncy castle.
MOTHER PRIDE BLOCK PARTY
When and where? National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, June 25th and 26th 2022
After three years without a Pride party, Dublin clubbing stalwarts Mother (fresh from a big weekend at Body & Soul - see above) return to Collins Barracks for their biggest event to date, with a Pride Block Party weekender headlined by Brazilian superstar Anitta, electropop queen Rina Sawayama and queer icon Peaches, alongside homegrown heroes Le Boom and Elaine Mai, Ru Pauls Drag Race UK VS The World winner Blu Hydrangea and a formidable bill of local queer talent and allies, with the inimitable Panti Bliss serving as mistress of ceremonies for the weekend. Bring your dancing shoes.
FOREVER YOUNG
Where and when? Palmerstown House Estate, Naas, July 15th - 17th
The ultimate '80s festival returns for a nostalgia-fest par excellence, with a bill perhaps best described as Now That's What I Call '80s Music: Wet Wet Wet's Marti Pellow, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Holly Johnson, OMD, Bananarama, Paul Young, Nik Kershaw, Nick Heyward, Tiffany, Chesney Hawkes, Hot Chocolate, Five Star, Transvision Vamp's Wendy James, Limahl and Alphaville, whose immortal power ballad Forever Young gives the festival its name. Read More...
