Beyond The Pale is getting close now with the festival kicking off in Glendalough Estate, Wicklow from Friday June 12th to Sunday June 14th 2026.
Alongside the returning favourites and the Mike D headline moment, this year’s lineup contains some genuinely first-time-in-Ireland moments worth flagging.
All we have on Beyond The Pale including latest lineups, arts programme, day breakdowns and more to come.
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Beyond The Pale – Glendalough Estate, Co. Wicklow, Friday June 12th to Sunday June 14th 2026. Tickets at itsbeyondthepale.ie.
1.
Σtella
Stella Chronopoulou – who records as Σtella – is an Athenian singer, composer, musician and painter who began writing music while studying at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Fifth album Adagio, released on Sub Pop in April 2025, is the record that has brought her to a genuinely international audience. Written and recorded over five years with collaborators including !!!’s Rafael Cohen and British songwriter Gabriel Stebbing, it’s a 27-minute meditation on love, rest and time – psychedelic keyboards, nylon-string guitars and featherlight percussion. Warm, unhurried, and completely distinctive. Her Beyond The Pale appearance is her Irish festival debut and one of the more quietly exciting bookings of the weekend.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Friday June 12th.
2.
Ela Minus
Colombian-born Ela Minus makes tightly constructed electronic music that manages to be personal, political and dancefloor-focuswd at the same time. Her 2020 debut acts of rebellion on Domino Records announced one of the more distinctive voices in electronic music – hard-edged, minimal, emotionally direct. She followed it with dia in 2025, which pushed her sound further into experimental territory. A Beyond The Pale debut for an artist at the more intellectually serious end of electronic music. For Those I Love is a fan.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Friday June 12th.
3.
Dove Ellis
The Galway singer-songwriter had a late 2025 arrival with his debut album Blizzard which was a late contender for Irish album of the year – “songwriter music with guitar, piano, drums and a general pleasing air of Jeff Buckley and early Thom Yorke in his vocals.”
He toured the US supporting Geese before the album came out. His songwriter instincts are the real thing – cathartic, emotionally direct guitar music – “slightly fuzzed low-slung acoustic indie rock with Ellis quivering voice at the centre.” Recent gigs in Dublin had the crowd singing along to his track ‘Love Is’ like it’s already an anthem and it probably will be the same in Glendalough.
He plays Beyond The Pale: Sunday June 14th.
4.
CC: Disco
The Melbourne DJ and producer has become one of the most beloved names on the international club circuit, known for sets that move joyfully across disco, house and everything adjacent without ever losing the warmth.
A recent Dublin set at Fidelity Studio showcased the euphoric connections that CC’s sets forge – a crate digger who crosses the genre streams with infectious ease.
CC: Disco plays Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
5.
Nabihah Iqbal
London-based musician, DJ, NTS and BBC 6 Music DJ Nabihah Iqbal has been one of the more interesting figures in UK music for years – her 2017 debut Weighing of the Heart on Ninja Tune announced a sound that blended shoegaze, post-punk and electronic music in a way that was refreshing – only bettered by 2023’s Dreamer. Her DJ sets draw from an equally wide palette. She was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and has built a reputation as one of the most thoughtful and musically curious presences in her field, and will be in this Glendalough one too.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Friday June 12th.
6.
The Sabres Of Paradise
Reconvened after the passing of founding member Andrew Weatherall The Sabres of Paradise’s current live show is an emotional and heavily atmospheric tribute to the the man himself, performed by surviving studio members Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns in a five-piece band. The 2026 set translates their experimental 90s Warp Records catalogue – a blend of dubbed-out textures, acid house, techno, and ambient post-rave sounds directly to the here and now.
They play Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
Beyond The Pale 2026 lineup
Beyond The Plate – The Spice Bag Edition by Ali Dunworth – talks, tastings and chef‑driven chaos
Restaurant dining from Host, Ibíle and Reggie’s – book these in advance at itsbeyondthepale.ie/restaurants
Anam Kara Wellness and RISE bookings available at itsbeyondthepale.ie/wellness
Beyond The Pale tickets
Tickets are on sale at itsbeyondthepale.ie and Ticketmaster.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
