The Castlepalooza festival is just a few weeks away, and more good stuff has just been added to this year's bill.
As well as some top musical acts including Field Music, Polica, Villagers, Cat Power, Caribou, Jurassic 5 and more, organisers have revealed the comedy and spoken word line-up.
Playing the comedy stage aka The Laughter Lab this year are Tommy Tiernan, who will headline on Saturday night and Apres Match, who will headline on Sunday night. Other names on the bill include PJ Gallagher, Al Porter, Karl Spain, Fred Cooke, Alison Spittle, Edwin Sammon, Joanne McNally, Andrea Farrell, Davey Reilly, Chris Kent, Colm O’Regan, Gearoid Farrelly, Eleanor Tiernan and more TBA.
There's more musical treats added, too - including indie supergroup Minor Victories, Baio (solo project of Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio), Cut Chemist, Nanu Nanu, Donal Dineen, Nialler9, Nimino, Gypsies on the Autobahn, Other Creatures and Sam Messasayeh.
The Courtyard Stage has revealed its electronica/club-oriented programme, with Maxmillion Dunbar, Jon K, Hashman Deejay, Slackk, Maurice Alexander, SIAS, Frankie Grimes, Toby Kaar (DJ set), Lumigraph, Morgan Buckley, Barry Redsetta, Pat Hyland, Sim Simma, Bentley & Born,T/A/S/T/E, Rory Bowens (NTS), Melly, Sally Cinnamon, Jamul Sul (Watermelon), Hennessy/Higgins/BOT, Sonel Ali (All City), Minos (live), Daire Carolan (All City), Glacial Sound and Shrieken all on the bill.
In terms of spoken word, there's plenty on offer there, too - with Jim Carroll's hugely successful Banter series hosting chats, and Culture Vultures, hosted by Tony Clayton-Lea, offering a salon-style 'words & music' shindig. Line-ups for both will be announced closer to the time. The Scene of the Rhyme is a two-hour spoken word performance featuring the likes of Temper-Mental Miss-Elayneous, Lady Grew and more.
To top it all off, there'll be visual art in the form of Women of Note/Mna na Notaí photography exhibition, and work by Tag Beckett, Louise Gardner and more.
Phew!
Tickets are €134 (weekend w/ camping), €115 (weekend) and €70.45 (day tickets) and on sale now.
