The KnockanStockan Festival will return to the picturesque setting of the Blessington Lakes in Co. Wicklow this summer, and the first batch of acts for one of the biggest independent music events in the country have just been announced.

Now in its 10th year, this year's festival runs from July 22nd  - 24th.

Below are the first 50 acts on the bill:

Æ MAK | Raglans | Overhead, The Albatross | August Wells | Beach | The Altered Hours | Booka Brass Band | Vernon Jane | Pretty Beast | Enemies | Sample Answer | ETC. | Feather | Meltybrains? | i am niamh | ​ILenkus | Jiggy | Malojian | MEGACONE | Spines | Mescalito | The Hot Sprockets | Oh Boland | Robocobra Quartet | Naoise Roo | New Secret Weapon | Orchid Collective | Shrug Life | Ye Vagabonds | The Vincent(s) | Peppy​ | The Eskies | Crow Black Chicken | Elm | Slackers Symphony | Mongrel State | Red Enemy | ZASKA | Search Party Animal (Formerly Bagels) | ProFound | Slouch | Come On Live Long | The Hard Chargers | White_​Mice (Sinéad White) | This Other Kingdom | THUMPER | Paddy Dennehy & The Red Herring | TooFools | Val Normal | AikJ

Over 150 acts will play across seven stages, so there's a lot more to be announced.

Tickets are as follows and on sake from www.knockanstockan.ie/tickets now.

Weekend Camping Tickets €115
Sunday Day tickets
€50
Campervan tickets
€35