Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale

Friday, 16 June 2023, 6.00pm

Beyond the Pale Festival returns to Glendalough Estate, Wicklow from June 16-18, 2023, offering three days of music, art, and food near the Wicklow Mountain National Park. With over 400 artists and performers, the festival's line-up includes acts such as Grace Jones, Hot Chip, Jon Hopkins, Thundercat, Leftfield, Candi Staton, Pillow Queens, and For Those I Love.

The arts programme presents a mix of contemporary installations, performances, and immersive experiences from artists like Leah Hewson, Kev Freeney, Niall Sweeney, Yan Takuz, and Lisa McCormack. Festival-goers can expect a comedic cabaret headlined by cult sensations Bourgeois & Maurice, Panti Bliss, and Ali Hardiman’s award-winning Electric. GlendaLOLS, curated by Jane Russell, features Emma Doran, Gearóid Farrelly, and Deirdre O’Kane.

New to the festival are venues Puc Fada and The Stables, offering a blend of entertainment and activities. The former promises a mix of sports, music, and late-night sessions, while the latter adds soul to the party with the se7en inch collective's Horsebox DJs and the Hi Pony! aerialists' circus high-jinks. Late-night entertainment can be found at Club Cu-Cú.

Visitors can also enjoy an array of contemporary and pop art installations, with artist-in-residence Leah Hewson creating Kin Connection II, Kev Freeney's Lucid Link, and Lisa McCormack's Throwing Shapes, among others. Partnerships with Fishamble Theatre Company and NCAD Bureau+ result in new works and collaborations, such as +353 presents The Revenger's Tragedy and Fish of the Forest.

Family-friendly events include Una Mullally’s Future Ancestors, a Conversation with Louise McSharry, hip-hop producing workshops, Breadline's My First Holy Covid theatre show, and Fanzini Production’s Ballet Poulet. The festival also plans to announce Ali Dunworth’s Beyond the Plate food talks, The Space Between’s immersive experience, and wellness offerings, including the Bosca Beatha mobile sauna.

Visit https://www.itsbeyondthepale.ie/

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Published by Journal of Music on 7 March 2023

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