There are three major music festivals on this Bank Holiday Weekend and we'll be choosing our top acts from The Beatyard, Indiependence and Castlepalooza in the lead-up to three days of great sounds and hopefully great weather.
It never rains but it pours. Well, hopefully not this Bank Holiday weekend but there are no less than three major music festivals taking place in Ireland in the coming days and let’s face it, many people out there will have the dreaded festival FOMO!
But whether you’re taking it handy down by the pier and harbour in Dun Laoghaire for Beatyard (boat rides, the DART home), heading down to Mitchelstown for Independience or scaling the rock 'n' roll ramparts at Castlepalooza we’ve pulled together our top acts not to miss in what is going to be one very busy weekend.
Yesterday we rounded up our top acts for The Beatyard and today we look at Castlepalooza at Charleville Castle Tullamore, which runs from Friday to Sunday.
PrYmary Colours, The Big Top Tent, Sunday, 9.15pm
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Irish electronic duo PrYmary Colours played the Pagoda stage at this year's Body & Soul and delighted the crowd with their idiosyncratic blend of melodic dance/pop music, joyous stage presence, and lashings of glitter. The duo of Cayisha on vocals and Daz on production perfectly melds soulful singing with catchy electronic beats. If you're looking for a bop, this is the place to be. Sarah Mcintyre
Bitch Falcon, Centre Stage, Friday, 10.00pm
Winners of the best band name at any festival they grace, this Dublin foursome do exactly what it says on the tin - heads-down rawk with great bolts of black humour. Song titles like Wolfstooth, Syncope, and Clutch kinda give them way and that's fine by us. If you're looking for a spot of cobweb-blowing after a day of lolling and LOLing around the Castle grounds then head straight to these guys. Alan Corr
Le Galaxie, Centre Stage, Sunday, 11.30pm
A good rule to live your life by: never miss the chance to see Le Galaxie. Whether it's one of their legendary DJ sets or incredible live shows, you are always 100% guaranteed a great time. Their energy is infectious; it sets them apart from every other act in Ireland today, and their tunes are absolute floor fillers. You won't be able to stop smiling and dancing throughout their set, and raving about how much fun you had for weeks afterwards. They have been a highlight of every single festival I've seen them at. Sinead Brennan
Video Blue, Centre Stage, Sunday, 2.30pm
Musically, the biggest joy of festivals is in the stage and tent-hopping, taking a gamble on someone you've never heard before. It's the safest bet that Dundalk man Jim O'Donoghue Martin - aka Video Blue - will be leaving Tullamore with more friends than when he arrived. His made-in-a-bedroom debut album Love Scenes is one of the homegrown treats of 2017, and if you like quirks with your hooks Video Blue has plenty in his flight case. On the perfect bill he'd be charming people in the wee small hours, but this afternoon set will still get the crowd in the right mood for the last hurrah night ahead. Harry Guerin
Wild Beasts, Centre Stage, Friday, 11.30pm
Fast becoming firm favourites on the ever-expanding Irish festival circuit, the compellingly odd (their first single was called Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants) Wild Beasts are a fascinating live experience. With their lush melodies and frontman Hayden Thorpe coming on like something from a Waugh novel as he sings in his falsetto about rebrobates and unsuitable men and women, they are a weekend must-see. AC
David Kitt, Centre Stage, Sunday, 10.00pm
A decade and a half ago (eek!), David Kitt was the toast of the indiertronica set. With his ambient mix of acoustic guitar, samples and beats he looked set to climb his very own White Ladder. But the unassuming and softly-spoken Dubliner was always an artist who did things on his own terms. Over the years, he has remained quietly industrious and has released seven albums in total - from 2001's debut Small Moments to his most recent release, Yous - and in that time he has grown as both a singer and a songwriter. Ever the hopeful romantic, Kittser's set will be the one to watch with the one you love. AC
Click back tomorrow for our preview of Indiependence
