Multi-award-winning music and arts festival Stendhal will celebrate 15th years of showcasing the best music Ireland has to offer this July. The festival has opened its annual performance application process with organisers keen to hear from as many musicians, comedians, poets, family performers and artists from as many disciplines as possible.

Submissions for all types of performers can be made now via the event website  www.stendhalfestival.com  and the process will remain open until February 14, 2025.

“We say this every year and it still rings true, the submission process is always one of our favourite times of the year. We love discovering new music, new artists and new performers and the submissions always throw up some absolutely brilliant discoveries.

“We first discovered acts like Ryan McMullan, Soak and JC Stewart through our annual submission process but it’s not just about music. We want to hear from poets, visual artists of all kinds, comedians, dancers, theatre groups and basically anyone who would like to get on stage at Stendhal and wow our audience with something special.”

He added: “We love to see as wide a variety of acts apply as possible, from acts that have just started up to more established acts who haven’t played the festival yet, even acts that have played before and want to come back, we want to hear from everyone and anyone that can make our programme as good as it possibly can be.”

Ross concluded: “We have already had a lot of inquiries with regards to acts getting on the bill this year so now is your chance to make it happen but please get your submissions in before February the 14th because any applications received after this date will not be considered for 2025.”

Stendhal Festival takes place on July 4th -6th, 2025, Early Bird tickets to the event are on sale now at www.stendhalfestival.com