The Body and Soul Solstice Gathering, which is set to happen on June 19th – 20th 2010 in Ballinlough Castle – Co. Westmeath will have its tickets go on sale Saturday 13th March.

Tickets costs €99 Early Bird / Weekend tickets €109 / Sunday Day ticket €55 / Campervan Tickets €30 (addition to normal ticket).

The intimate event (capped at 1,500) with camping will be an experience in itself. There will be electronic acts, street theatre, acoustic jams, a healing area, a permaculture garden, a soul kids area, visual arts, workshops, hot tubs, late night cabarets and a masquerade ball with a moon lit orchestra under the stars.

The acts include

Jape
Four Tet
Dr Alex Paterson
Crystal Fighters
Tunng
Voice of the Seven Thunders
Gaudi
Kormacs Big Bands.

More acts will be announced soon. The weekend will draw to an end with a fire ceremony in tribute to the festivals theme : Phoenix Rising. Revellers can create their own lanterns in an “illuminati workshop tent” and participate in the closing ceremony.

Bus Eireann are providing buses from Dublin, Cork & Galway.

Coachestoconcerts.co.uk are providing buses from Belfast.

Gates 9am Saturday June 19th

The event is Over 18’s / Kids Under 12 are welcome and free.
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