Valentia Isle Festival is back at an earlier summer time of 10th to 12th of July on the island on the Atlantic on the Kerry coast, right near Skellig Michael (upcoming location for Star Wars don’t ya know).
First? The lineup so far looks like this:
Norman Jay, Jerry Dammers Of The Specials, R.S.A.G, King Kong Company, The Correspondents, Calibre, Young Wonder, The Pale, The Frank & Walters, John Blek & The Rats, The Vincent(s), My Tribe Your Tribe, The Eskies, Jet Li, The Hip Neck Blues Collective, Natty Wailer.
There are plans for a Swing Saturday and Trad Sunday programme of music events too with more to be announced.
There will be a dedicated safe kids play area, Free camper van passes, Taste Kerry food village, sound & light installations, Spoken word, Theatre, Performance arts, crafts with a focus on health & wellbeing.
There are special rates for minors age 13- 17 and families.
Adult tickets are priced from €79 through Eventbrite.
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.
