• RÓISÍN MURPHY
  • MOGWAI
  • SAMPA THE GREAT
  • YVES TUMOR
  • CMAT
  • PILLOW QUEENS
  • KELLY LEE OWENS
  • LEE FIELDS
  • SODA BLONDE
  • SOFIA KOURTESIS
  • YARD ACT
  • REMI WOLF
  • MAGDELENA BAY
  • GODFORD
  • SINEAD O’BRIEN
  • FEARS
  • THE BUG CLUB
  • THE ALTERED HOURS
  • M(H)AOL
  • Mango x MathMan
  • Malaki
  • Aby Coulibaly
  • Monjola
  • JyellowL
  • Nealo
  • Louise Chen
  • Strange Boy
  • Shiv
  • EMA b2b Jio
  • Alicia Raye
  • Handsome Paddy b2b Bobofunk
  • KhakiKid
  • Abbacaxi
  • Celaviedmai
  • Ahmed, With Love.
  • MathMan Garage Power Hour
  • Salamay
  • Negro Impacto
  • Bella Festa
  • Caleb Kunle
  • FYNCH
  • UNQ
  • Tomike
  • Sweetlemondae

Festival Details

 

Body & Soul is set to make a welcome return to the Irish festival calendar this Summer. In recent years many festivals have opted to go down the family friendly route and it is great to see that Body & Soul is bucking that trend in favour of a more grown up affair in the picturesque climbs of the 17th century Ballinlough Castle estate in County Westmeath.

After selling out of early bird tickets and launching the 2022 festival without naming its headline acts, Body & Soul is now excited to give a first glimpse of the curatorial style for its uniquely programmed 2022 edition, which will unfold across the Summer Solstice weekend of 17-19 June.

Inviting audiences to participate in an immersive and adventurous weekend full of surprises, Body & Soul has this year halved its numbers and doubled its curatorial commitment, with just 5,500 weekend tickets available for this strikingly smaller 3-day event.

Body & Soul today lifts its festival curtain an inch to reveal that its Main Stage will be under the spotlight at key moments across the weekend, with exceptional performances from acclaimed musical acts, including, for the first time ever at Body & Soul, a very special Saturday night show from Róisín Murphy, who will perform from her fifth solo album and ‘testament to the transformative power of the dancefloor’, Róisín Machine. 

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, who marked their 25th anniversary last year, whose infectious energy will close the festival on Sunday night, hot off the trail of their European tour for chart-topping, Mercury Prize-nominated tenth album, As the Love Continues.

Body & Soul will also welcome live guests including mesmerising artist, MC and poet Sampa The Great; Californian singer-songwriter Remi Wolf; the dance floor poetics of experimental musician and producer Yves Tumor; and Dublin artist CMAT, whose debut album, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, flew to the top of the Irish charts earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Lakeside, Body & Soul is thrilled to announce a unique album playback for world-renowned electronic music composer Jon Hopkins’ Music for Psychedelic Therapy. This immersive sonic experience, housed in a specially designed geodesic dome, will transport audiences into different temporal spaces at intervals over the weekend, inspired by the album’s journey across different geographical and cosmological spectrums.

Further performances across the weekend will include the likes of Welsh electronic musician and producer Kelly Lee Owens; American soul legend Lee Fields (aka Little JB) who brings his new album It Rains Love to the live stage; LA synth-pop and electronic duo Magdelena Bay (aka singer-songwriter Mica Tenenbaum and producer Matthew Lewin); avant-garde poet and performer Sinead O’Brien; enigmatic Parisian rave artist Godford; the euphoric sounds of Dublin’s Pillow Queens; Leeds’ witty and waspish post-punks Yard Act, whose new album The Overload scored a Guardian album of the week on release; the artful and cinematic alt-pop sounds of Soda Blonde; and the bittersweet house music of Berlin-based, Peruvian producer, vocalist and DJ Sofia Kourtesis.

With more to be discovered throughout the weekend, further audio delights include, the psychedelic rock of The Altered Hours; feminist post-punk outfit M(H)aol; Irish artist, musician and producer Fears, aka Constance Keane, who will bring her ethereal combination of reflective electronics, acoustic samples and haunting vocals; and the frenetic sounds of Welsh garage rockers The Bug Club.

Alongside this tightly curated music programme, Body & Soul will also play host to a diverse array of artists and experiences across the weekend, from a large-scale immersive work created by digital installation artist Aoife Dunne, forming part of the Woodlands specially commissioned, site-specific art gallery, to genre-defying multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick who will present a unique, three-part performance, fusing foraging, with siesta soundscapes and a live performance.

Also expanding the musical experiences across the weekend, Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley will present a talk and DJ set inspired by his new Faber Social book, Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop, charting the story of pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties; while the not-to-be missed good old Pagan Rave will mark the Solstice on Saturday night, featuring costume, fire performance, traditional Irish music and DJs.

Candy Warhol’s Mockie Ah drag haus and queer cabaret show will be serving up brunch in the festival’s ‘Avant Garden’ hub, housed within 17th century walled gardens and dedicated to incredible food, and captivating live entertainment. Fusing innovative culinary delights and food-inspired performances it will celebrate magnificent Irish food, courtesy of Food on Board; while the atmospheric Woodlands Stage will bring an eclectic day-to-night line-up, before it hands over to a late night party cabin in the woods.

With plenty more wild and wonderful guests still to be revealed, look out for further line up announcements; and special commissions of brand new performance work; a programme of late night parties & DJs; art installations, pop-ups and performance, which will transform the woodlands, lakes and gardens of Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, under the theme ‘Betwixt & Between’ – a nod to the concept of Liminality and the place in which we find ourselves after the last two years.

With Sustainability behind everything Body & Soul does, in 2022 it will be the first circular festival in Ireland, through a programme of recycling, reusing and repurposing all elements of the festival’s production, with a five year plan to become carbon neutral by 2027.

Organisers promise that the Main Stage will host a “selection of exceptional music performances”. While the new ‘Avant Garden’ will be dedicated to incredible food, and captivating live entertainment with an innovative selection of jazz, orchestral and electronica.

Meanwhile, Lakeside, Body & Soul will bring an innovative, immersive symphonic experience by a world-renowned electronic music composer to Ireland for the first time. The specially commissioned, surround sound performance will transport audiences into different temporal spaces at intervals over the weekend.

As ever with Body & Soul sustainability is key and this year’s festival will be the first circular festival in Ireland, through a programme of recycling, reusing and repurposing all elements of the festival’s production, with a five year plan to become carbon neutral by 2027.

This year’s theme is ‘Betwixt & Between’ – a nod to the concept of Liminality and the place in which we find ourselves after the last two years.

Avril Stanley, Director, Body & Soul, says: “For all the challenges, some enforced time out has allowed a new incarnation of Body & Soul to take shape and instead of just going back to our roots, we are instead cultivating shiny new ones. We are delighted to be returning this summer with renewed vision and the opportunity to harness the immense creative energy that comes from these transitional times.”

2022 Ticket Packages:
Early Bird presale: €200 + service charge
General Release: €250 + service charge
Instalment plans, Camper van, bus tickets and boutique camping available via www.bodyandsoul.ie

Tickets

Tickets on sale 9Am March 1st 2022.

Early Bird presale: €200 + service charge
General Release: €250 + service charge
Instalment plans, Camper van, bus tickets and boutique camping available via www.bodyandsoul.ie

Tickets

Early Bird presale:

€200

General Release

€250

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