Body&Soul add Shabazz Palaces, James Holden, Max Romeo, Lasertom and more

Body&Soul today added some names to their lineup for Ballinlough Castle in Co.Westmeath for 21 to 22 June.

Good bookings with Holden, Shabazz Palaces and Lasertom. The new names are:

Max Romeo – Jamaican singer/legend.
James Holden – UK experimental techno producer.
Tom Vek – His time has gone – new album out now sounds out of step.
Shabazz Palaces – experimental poetic avant hip-hop. Great booking.
TOKiMONSTA – American electronic producer. Also a woman, not that it matters. I just didn’t know that.
Alle Farben – Berlin DJ/producer
Hermigervill – From Iceland, that’s all you need to know.
September Girls – shoegazy garage rock.
Lasertom – Dublin space disco.
Booka Brass Band – New Orleans brass / Dublin-style.
Interskalactic – SKA covers of popular songs.
Prison Love – Bluegrass/country band.
Jerry Fish – he’s on every Irish festival bill these days.
Ryan Vail – ambient electronic Derry duo.
Colm Mac An Iomaire – Frames’ fiddler playing his elegaic soundtrack-style instrumentals
The Irish National Clown Orchestra – No words

Tickets

The festival has announced that the Bathhouse & Sauna in the Lakeside Sanctuary & Spa, the Soul Kids entertainment in the Walled Garden; Artisan food yurts, the Radioshack in the Orangerie; the Wonderlust Stage championing spoken word, music and debate; late-night woodlands epicentre of mischief ‘My House’ and the return of the velvet lounge cocktail bar, decadent dinning at the Woodlands Banquet Feast and humorous happenings at the Good Times Comedy Lounge will also be there.

Tickets are now €139.50 excluding fees for the weekend, €169.50 with bus from Dublin. Sunday tickets are €55 excluding fees (€84 with bus).

Niall Byrne

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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