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Gallery: Beyond the Pale Festival – day three (Sunday) Glendalough Estate Co Wicklow, 18.06.2023
So the final day of Beyond the Pale arrived and the sun was out, so much so there were bodies scattered about the arena sunbathing most of the day and it was a day most were looking forward to the most as Singer / songwriter / model / actress Grace Jones was closing out the …
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Gallery: Beyond the Pale Festival – day two (Saturday) Glendalough Estate Co Wicklow, 17.06.2023
Woke up to rain on day two of Beyond the Pale, but come 11am and it had stopped and time to hit the arena again for an opening act that’s a fav of mine that being Dublin act Scattered Ashes and they didn’t disappoint, but just felt a little odd having a post-punk band on …
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Gallery: Beyond The Pale Festival – Day one (Friday) Glendalough Estate Co Wicklow, 16.06.2023
I knew before going to Beyond the Pale that it was going to be something special due to its location and special it was, set on the beautiful Glendalough Estate in the Wicklow mountains and surrounder by many ancient Oak trees.This festival is only in its second year, but all ready is set to be …
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News: Beyond the Pale announce Arts program for the weekend – June 16th -18th
With the summer’s hottest music bill including Grace Jones, Hot Chip, Jon Hopkins, Thundercat, Leftfield, Candi Staton, Pillow Queens and For Those I Love, the second edition of Beyond The Pale Festival adds an extensive arts line-up of iconic installations, performance giants, circus legends, magical connections, and a whole load of foot-stamping fun. A COMEDIC CULT CABARET PARADISE Headlined by cult …
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Gallery: Hugh Cornwell – The Pepper Canister Church, Dublin 13.04.2023
Hugh Cornwell (Original Stranglers Frontman) played a fantastic solo acoustic show in the also fantastic setting the is Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church.Hugh Promised to bring a show to Ireland that features hits such as ”Golden Brown” ”Strange Little Girl” ”Always The Sun” and that he did, plus many more including a great catalogue of old …
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News: Beyond the Pale festival just gets better and better with new acts announced
BEYOND THE PALE music & arts festival returns to the spectacular surrounds of Glendalough Estate this summer with even more splendid acts added to the already wonderfully curated programme. Australian psychedelic blues-rock band DOPE LEMON and Seattle multi-instrumentalist KISHI BASHI returns to Ireland following their respective spectacular sold-out shows in Dublin last year. Debut Irish shows from Dutch house heroes TINLICKER‘slive show and …
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News: Beyond The Pale Festival returns to the Wicklow mountains in June
Beyond The Pale returns boosting both homegrown and international act spread out over the three days 16th-18th of June .Set on the Glendalough Estate in the picturesque Wicklow mountains that on its own is enough to make anyone mark this festival into their dairies, never mind the fantastic line-up. Watched the highlights from 2022s festival …
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Live Review: Dope Lemon – The National Stadium, Dublin 27,08,2022
Angus Stone brought his latest band Dope Lemon to Dublin for the first time for a fantastic show at The National Stadium. Nine twenty rolls in and an intro comes over the speakers and the band walk out , lights are low and backlit setting a perfect mood for the night. Angus walks on stage …