One of the strangest head liners in a while have just been announced in the Gloaming, but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Anyone that can sell out the Concert Hall for 50 nights on the trot (approx) is doing something right! Otherwise, there’s Hudson Mohawke, Neon Indian and Gold Panda among others. You can see the full revised line up below, along with the rest of our Festival Guide.

The Gloaming

Santigold / St Germain / Hudson Mohawke

Floating Points (live) / Mercury Rev / Neon Indian / BadBadNotGood / Wolf Parade / Sun Kil Moon / Junior Boys / David August / Cassy / Optimo / Gold Panda / Mbongwana Star / Ibibio Sound Machine / Tanya Tagaq / Slow Magic / Jambinai / Ho99o9 / Ninos Du Brasil / NAH / Brian Deady / Bleeding Heart Pigeons /

Holly Macve / Rusangano Family / FJAAK / EMBRZ / Bitch Falcon / Talos /

Saint Sister / Elm  / TooFools / Forrests

Body&Soul Festival Announces Second Round of Acts – A Bizarre and Beautiful Banquet of Music, Arts & Culture

June 17 – 19 2016 | Summer Solstice Weekend – Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath

The incredible worldwide sensation and traditional music super-group The Gloaming will take the Body&Soul stage by storm for their first-ever appearance at an Irish outdoor festival. Composed of fiddle master Martin Hayes, guitarist Dennis Cahill, sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, hardanger innovator Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and New York pianist Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman), The Gloaming recently performed a sold-out, five night residency at the National Concert Hall to unanimous critical acclaim just as their sophomore album, 2, immediately topped the Irish charts. These virtuoso musicians take the traditions of Irish music and introduce deep wells of personality and experience for a haunting and emotionally charged experience.

Festival Guide –

Offset – April 8th-10th

MusicTown – April 8th-17th

Bray Jazz Festival – April 29th-May 1st

Bealtaine – All through May

The Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival – 29th Apr – 2nd May – Richmond Fontaine, Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones, Ryley Walker, Fernando Viciconte, The Weather Station, Lewis & Leigh, John Blek & The Rats, Hayes Carll…

Dublin Dance Festival – May 17th-28th –

International Literature Festival, Dublin – May 21st-29th

Life – May 27th-29th – Belvedere House and Gardens, in Mullingar – Paul Kalkbrenner. 2ManyDjs. Jamie Jones. Laurent Garnier. Jeff Mills. Hot Since 82. Mano le Tough. Ben Klock. John Talabot

Listowel Writers’ Week – June 1st-5th

Vantastival – Fri 3rd – Sat 4th June – Beaulieu House, Drogheda – Badly Drawn Boy, The Hot Sprockets, The Young Folk, Jinx Lennon, Elephant, Sample Answer…

Forbidden Fruit 2016 – Fri 3rd – Sun 5th June – The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham – Tame Impala, Underworld, Flume, Jungle, Kiasmos Live, Battles, Groove Armada and many more…

Cork Midsummer – June 7th-19th, 21st, 24th-26th

Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas – June 10th-12th- Borris House, Carlow

Carlow Arts Festival – June 10th-19th

Bloomsday – June 15th-19th- Dublin

Dublin Pride – June 15th-25th

Body and Soul – 17th – 19th June  – The Gloaming , Santigold, St Germain, Hudson Mohawke, Floating Points (live), Mercury Rev, Neon Indian, BadBadNotGood, Wolf Parade, Sun Kil Moon

Santigold, St. Germain, Mercury Rev, Sun Kil Moon, Wolf Parade

Hay Festival Kells – June 19th-26th – Kells, Meath

Sea Sessions – 24th – 26th June – Bundoran in Donegal – Primal Scream, Tinie Tempah, Ham Sandwich, Bad Manners, Pleasure Beach, Raglans…

Groove – Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd July – Killruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow – The Academic,  The 4 of Us, Ocean Colour Scene, The Blades, Aslan and Jupe…

Castlepalooza – Fri 1st – Sun 3rd July – Charleville Castle, Tullamore – Caribou, Jurassic 5, Villagers, Cat Power, Romare, Tiger & Woods and many more…

Live at Iveagh Gardens – Through July

Jul 8 Fri – Bell X1
Jul 9 Sat – John Grant
Jul 10 Sun Wilco
Jul 14 Thu – Pixies
Jul 16 Sat – Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Jul 22 Fri – Richard Hawley
Jul 23 Sat – Little Green Cars

Laya City Spectacular – July 8th-10th and 16th-17th – Merrion Square, Dublin, before moving to Fitzgerald Park in Cork

Longitude – Fri 15th – Sun 17th July – Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer, The National, Róisín Murphy, Father John Misty, Jamie xx, Tyler the Creator, Action Bronson, Courtney Barnett, CHVRCHES, Mo, ASAP Ferg and more! ‪

Happy Days – July 21st-August 1st – Enniskillen lakelands – Samuel Beckett

Knockanstockan – July 22nd-24th – Blessington Lakes –

Indie Pendence – 29th – 31st July – Deer Farm, Cork – Editors, Bell X1, The Kooks, Ash, The Strypes, Hudson Taylor, The Blizzards, Idlewild…

Kilkenny Arts Festival – August 5th-14th

Electric Picnic – Fri 2nd – Sun 4th Sept – LCD Soundsystem, Lana Del Rey, New Order, HAIM, Super Furry Animals, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Wolf Alice, Animal Collective, Wild Beasts, Broken Social Scene, Phosphorescent, Ezra Furman, Girls Names – Sold Out

Tiger Dublin Fringe – September 5th-18th

Culture Night – September 16th

Dublin Theatre Festival – September 29th-October 16th- Don Giovanni

Bram Stoker – October 28th-31st

Cork Guinness Jazz Festival – Oct 28th-31st

Other Voices – Dec 2nd-4th

NYF Dublin – Dec 30th-January 1st