Sunflowerfest: Northern Ireland’s independent festival is a fine choice this year
Sunflowerfest is a festival that takes place on Tubby’s Farm in Hillsborough, just outside Belfast from August 5th to 7th.
The three-day camping festival has a reputation for being one of the finest smallest multi-stage festival on the island. Now in its seventh year, there are five stages of music along with Sunflower Village with arts crafts, poetry comedy and food.
Among those playing this year are:
- The Strypes
- Le Galaxie
- Coco & the Butterfields
- Emerald Armada
- EXTENDED PLAY SHOWCASE
- Interskalactic
- Jealous of the Birds
- Jika Jika
- King Kong Company
- Malojian
- Pocket Billiards
- SKYMAS
- Trucker Diablo
- Twitch
- After the Ibis
- Aine Cahill
- Amanda St John
- Belfast Music Club
- Bloom
- The Bonny Men
- Cult Called Man
- Elevation Falls
- Fiction Peaks
- Freedom 35’s
- Gone all Year
- Loris
- Nanu Nanu
- R51
- Travis Oaks
- Will Softly
- WotD (DJ Set)
- The Witch Trials
Day tickets are available from £28 and weekend tickets from £69.95.
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