Local musicians tune up for Glasgowbury

Mojo Fury, Aaron Shanley and John D’Arcy will all be performing at the annual festival, which has become a firm favourite in the Northern Ireland music calendar.

The full line-up for this year’s Glasgowbury Music Festival has now been announced and includes a whopping 51 acts spread across five stages.

Cashier No. 9 had previously been announced as this year’s festival headliners while The Answer, Foy Vance, Boxcutter, Phil Kieran, LaFaro, Mojo Fury and many more had also been confirmed.

Organisers have now topped up those numbers by announcing a slab of local Irish talent who join the festival bill including Kowalski, Colly Strings, Fred, Le Galaxie and many more.

The new additions to this year’s bill include Fred, Le Galaxie, PauL Shevlin, A Plastic Rose, Paul Casey, The Bonnevilles, Preacher’s Son, Kowalski, Seven Summits, Rachel Austin, Intermission, Gascan Ruckus, Kasper Rosa, Aaron Shanley, Dead Til Friday, Colly Strings, The Plea, Pocket Billiards, Team Fresh, Katie & The Carnival, Elspeth, Pat Dam Smyth, The 1930s, Phoenix Fire, Allie Bradley, Jason Clarke, Dolbro Dan, John D’Arcy, Paddy Nash, Sweet Jane and special guests.

Also for the first time this year the festival will boast a comedy stage with a mix of established and up and coming talent including Joe Rooney (Father Damo), John Colleary, Colin Geddis and more.

Entering its 11th year, Glasgowbury has pulled out all the stops for its Sperrins spectacular and organisers are hopeful that there is something for everyone.

Festival organiser Paddy Glasgow said he was excited to be adding a new element to the festival.

“Comedy is something that we’ve been looking at introducing for a couple of years now and I’m excited to be able to offer that extra platform.

“Over the years we’ve tried to celebrate the best in new music and in recent years we’ve also welcomed elements of carnival and other forms of art and entertainment,” he said.

“So hopefully this will offer another platform to aspiring artists and have people smiling even more on the day.”

The comedy stage will be run in conjunction with Panic Dots.

Tickets for the summer bash are on sale now from hmvtickets.com, from HMV stores throughout Ireland and are locked at last year’s prices of £30 (festival only) and £40 (festival and camping). See www.glasgowbury.com for more information.