This year sees the inaugral outing for Swell Music & Arts Festival which runs from 11th-13th July on Donegal’s Arranmore Island.
Swell Festival, which will also form part of this year’s Earagail Arts Festival, is a not for profit music and arts festival which has been developed by a team of like-minded individuals from the Donegal music and arts scene and looks set to be one of the events of the summer in the northwest.
The festival will have 3 stages – the Dave Muldowney Stage, the Ardan na Fia Arts Stage and the Bluestacks JamClub stage which will provide open mic opportunities all weekend. The Dave Muldowney Stage will see the likes of Belfast songster Duke Special, In Their Thousands and Wood Burning Savages while on the Ardán an Fia stage there will be a massive selection of poetry, spoken word, live art, DJs and a host of other fun activities.
Festival goers will also be able to avail of some other great opportunities over the weekend, with electric bike hire on land and kayaking, sailing, RIB rides & banana boating at sea.
Swell Festival is located at the Arranmore Holiday Village about 1km from the ferry port.
You can find out more from the festival website and purchase tickets & camping at www.swellfestival.com.
Check out the full line-up & running order below…
Running order
Saturday 12th July
The Dave Muldowney stage
12.00pm The Other Breed
12.40pm Simon McCafferty
1.20pm Gaze is Ghost
2.00pm Juhn Echo
2.40pm Sugar Cane Flame
3.20pm Rocket Propelled Gorillas
4.00pm Freaks
4.40pm Gerardi2
5.20pm The Pox Men
6.00pm Blades Club
6.40pm Gabriel Paschal Blake
7.20pm Toy Soldier
8.00pm The Capitol
9.00pm The Heads of State
10.00pm Farriers
11.00pm Duke Special
Sunday 13th July
The Dave Muldowney stage
12.00pm Comrade Hat
12.40pm Inishowen Gospel Choir
1.20pm Carrie Haskins
2.00pm Myth
2.40pm Kessler Effect
3.20pm Captain A and the Commercial Monsters
4.00pm Kate O’Callaghan
4.40pm Sive
5.20pm Rosie Carney
6.00pm The Yips
6.40pm A Northern Light
7.20pm Glen Rosborough
8.00pm Colour//Sound
9.00pm Wood Burning Savages
10.00pm Mark Black and the Trips
11.00pm In Their Thousands
Running order
Saturday 12th July
Ardán an Fia stage
10.30am Soundbath with Gerard Brady
11.30 am Audrey Doherty Dance Artist Middle Eastern/North African Dance Workshop
Youthspace
12.30pm Ronan Friel
1.00pm Patrick Quinn
1.30pm Max Barnard
2.00pm Maryann McDonnell
2.30pm Megan NicRuairi
3.00pm Joel Harkin and Chris Toye
3.30pm Eve Murtagh
EP Launches
4.00pm Pelvis Presley EP launch
4.45pm Nyt Bloomer EP launch
Hip Hop
5.30pm D.K.
6.00pm Mugsy the Juck
6.30pm Boss Level Series
Singer Songwriters
7.00pm McBeth Sisters
7.45pm Declan McClafferty and Sarah Cullen
8.30pm Simon McCafferty and Karen Kelly
9.15pm Joe Slyde
DJ Sets
10.00pm Conor and Colpey DJ set
10.45pm Barry Krishna DJ set
Running order
Sunday 13th July
Ardán an Fia stage
10.30am Soundbath with Gerard Brady
11.30 am Audrey Doherty Dance Artist Middle Eastern/North African Dance Workshop
Comedy
12.30pm Pauric Gallagher
12.50pm Oisin Hanlon
1.10pm Fintan Harvey
1.30pm Barry Mack
Spoken Word
2.00pm Kathryn Daily
2.15pm Féilecán
2.30pm Alice McCullough
2.45pm Adam Swords
3.00pm Deirdre Hines
3.15pm Rory McSwiggan and James King
3.30pm Colin Hassard
3.45pm John Cummins
Singer Songwriters
4.30pm Shauna McDaid
4.50pm Ruth Egan
5.10pm Michael O’Donnell
5.40pm Finnian O’Donnell
6.00pm John Irvine
Bands
6.30pm Simeon and the Stylites
7.00pm Ukeladies
7.30pm Hollow Miasma
8.00pm Twin Headed Wolf
8.30pm Remedy
DJ Sets
9.30pm Robert Von Ciaran
10.00pm Johnny Esta Loca
11.00pm Mitchell Mac Donald