The festival returns to Glendalough Estate, in Wicklow from Friday June 12th to Sunday June 14th 2026.
See all we have on Beyond The Pale including latest lineups, arts programme, day breakdowns and more to come.
1.
Caribou
Dan Snaith has been one of the most reliably excellent artists in electronic music for over two decades, and his live show has long evolved into something genuinely special – the Caribou band bringing a warmth and physicality to music that could easily feel cold in lesser hands. The albums Swim, Our Love, Suddenly and most recent album 2024’s Honey all represent high watermarks of thoughtful, emotionally resonant electronic music, and a festival field is arguably the ideal setting for such uplifters. One of the headliners you simply don’t skip.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Friday June 12th.
2.
Moodyman
Moodymann is one of the great originals of Detroit house – a DJ and producer who has been doing things exactly on his own terms for thirty years and shows no sign of adjusting that position for anyone. His sets are notoriously unpredictable, switching between house, soul, funk and raw Chicago sounds with a DJ’s intuition for what a crowd needs rather than what it expects. If you catch the mood, it’s one of the most singular experiences in club music. Turn up early, stay to the end.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Friday June 12th.
3.
Soulwax / 2ManyDJs
The Dewaele brothers have been a fixture of Nialler9 coverage since the early days for good reason. As Soulwax they make some of the most propulsive, intelligent electronic rock around; as 2ManyDJs they essentially rewrote the rulebook on mashup culture with As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2, a record that still sounds startlingly fun. In a festival context they tend to play to the crowd in the best sense – an enormous, joyful, genre-colliding set that leaves people in the kind of state that makes festivals worthwhile – have you seen their Rock Werchter set from last year? Just the best. Beyond The Pale is a natural home for them.
They play Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
4.
Primal Scream
Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream are one of the era-defining acts of British rock and one of the great live bands. Screamadelica turned 35 last year and remains a perfect record – a collision of rock, house, gospel and psychedelia that somehow still sounds like the future. Live they’re unpredictable in the best way, capable of anything from transcendent to chaotic, and often both in the same set – drawn from across their deep catalogue.
They play Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
5.
Marie Davidson
Montreal artist Marie Davidson makes electronic music with a sardonic wit and a genuine darkness underneath – her Working Class Woman and City Of Clowns albums have established her as one of the sharpest electronic vocal/producers of the last decade, skewering hustle culture and burnout with a deadpan delivery that landed harder than most protest music of the era. Her live sets bring the same intelligence and physicality. One of the most genuinely interesting artists at this year’s festival.
Plays Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
6.
Father John Misty
Josh Tillman is one of the best songwriters working in rock music and one of the most compelling performers with it. The FJM project has produced four albums of increasingly ambitious, lyrically dense and emotionally rich music, from I Love You, Honeybear through to 2024’s Mahashmashana Live he’s part raconteur, part crooner, part provocateur – a festival headliner in the fullest sense who commands attention across an entire field. Sunday closing slot.
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Plays Beyond The Pale: Sunday June 14th.
7.
Kojaque
The London-based rapper is back releasing new music again, with recent song ‘Antihistamine’ marking the first song of this new era since 2023’s Phantom Of The Afters album, referencing current world events. His BTP set will be a great opportunity to catch some of this new Kojaque wave, along with some older tracks – the moshing at recent London gig to ‘Town’s Dead’ hopefully repeated here.
Play Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
8.
BIIRD
An 11-piece all-female Irish traditional music collective founded in 2024 by Lisa Canny – a seven-time All-Ireland champion on harp and banjo – BIIRD have made a remarkable amount of ground in a short time. Their stated mission is to change the perception of trad worldwide, and they’re doing it with scale, style and genuine musicianship. Trafalgar Square on St Patrick’s Day 2024, Galway International Arts Festival, All Together Now, support slots on Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour across New Zealand, Australia and North America – the trajectory is steep. An 11-piece trad collective at a festival like Beyond The Pale is a big prospect.
They play Beyond The Pale: Saturday June 13th.
9.
Honey Dijon
Chicago-born, New York and Berlin-based DJ and producer Honey Dijon is one of the most in-demand names in house and techno right now, and with good reason. Her sets draw on a deep knowledge of Black and queer club culture, Chicago house history and contemporary dancefloor science, delivered with a generosity and musicality that makes even three-hour sets feel urgent. Her 2023 album Black Girl Magic was a statement of intent and a new album NightLife is out April 17th. A Sunday dance floor essential.
They play Beyond The Pale: Sunday June 14th.
10.
NewDad
Galway four-piece NewDad have had a remarkable couple of years – their debut album Madra announced them as one of the most assured guitar bands to emerge from Ireland in years, trading in the kind of shimmering, emotionally direct indie rock that gets under your skin and stays there. They’ve toured extensively across the UK, Europe and beyond and the live show has grown with every tour. A hometown crowd energy at an Irish festival for a band at the peak of their early momentum – one of the most exciting Irish live acts right now.
They play Beyond The Pale: Sunday June 14th.
Beyond The Pale lineup in full
Beyond The Pale tickets
Weekend camping tickets are now on sale at itsbeyondthepale.ie and Ticketmaster with instalment plans available until March 31st while allocations last.
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.
