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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