MILK Festival, Irelands first ever outdoor music and arts festival for the LGBT community will be taking place in Ballinlough Castle, on Saturday August 14th. The event is being described as one day of outrageous gay fun, think Wizard of Oz meets Alice in Wonderland. Going From 12noon to 12am, 5,000 of Ireland’s gay community will decend on the festival giving it a Mardi Gras Style atmosphere.

The Festival will have Alexandra Burke, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Bananarama, Roisin Murphy, Heathers, Leanne Harte, Right said Fred, Seb Fontaine and many many more on the day.

There will be 3 stages, a Blue Lagoon dedicated Chillout Zone to chill or chat people up, Brazilian and Calafornian cocktail bars, art zones, great food and a VIP tent and private bar who goes VIP.

Tickets cost €99 for standard tickets and VIP tickets cost €125. Booking fee’s apply, Tickets can be bought on the MILK 2010 website www.milk2010.ie

Full Lineup so far

Roisin Murphy (DJ Set) / Bananarama / Sophie Ellis Bextor / Alexandra Burke / Seb Fontaine / Samantha Fox / Bodyrox Feat. Luciana / Right Said Fred / Amasis / Panti MC / Katherine Lynch / Andy Moor / Heathers / Paddy Sheridan / Veda / Leanne Harte / FourPlay Dj’s / Martin McCann / The Amazing Few / Ikonics / The Pony Girls / Geomic (3 Monkeys) / DJ Flintlock / Pnp / DJ Karen/ Miguel Gonzalez / DJ Zoe / Dillon and the dead beats / Funky Politics / V.A.G. / Riyadh Khalaf MC / The Pulpit / Adela and the Meanits / DJ Edwin James AKA Corrugated Tunnel / Cuckoo Savante / Von Trash / Jon Dots / Larry Beau / Johnny Garvey / The Late Fragments / Simon Fagan / Tiny Magnetic Pets / Neon Hearts / The Year the Monkey Landed