Festival No. 0000105 · Est. 2004
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- Venue
- Stradbally Hall
- Address
- Stradbally
- City
- Stradbally, Ireland
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About the artists
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Alabama Shakes formed in Athens, United States, in 2009. Plays blues rock, rock, soul, southern rock. -
Azealia Banks was born in Harlem, United States, on 31 May 1991. Plays dance, hip hop, hip house, trap.
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BASSNECTAR was born in San Francisco, United States, on 16 February 1978. Plays breakbeat, brostep, downtempo, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Bat For Lashes was born on 25 October 1979. Plays alternative pop, ambient pop, art pop, dream pop, folktronica, indie rock, indietronica, pop.
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Baxter Dury was born in Wingrave, United Kingdom, on 18 December 1971. Plays alternative pop, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, rock, synth-pop.
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Bell X1 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. Plays indie rock.
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Christy Moore was born in Newbridge, Ireland, on 7 May 1945. Plays folk, irish folk, singer-songwriter.
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Cold Specks was born in Etobicoke, Canada.
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Cranes formed in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, in 1986. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, ethereal wave, gothic rock, rock, shoegaze.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 17 February 1991. Plays dance-pop, folk, folk pop, persian pop, pop, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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Elbow formed in Ramsbottom, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-britpop, post-rock.
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Fatoumata Diawara was born in 1982.
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Glen Hansard was born in Ballymun, Ireland, on 21 April 1970, and died on 29 July 2026, aged 56. Plays folk, folk rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Grimes was born in Vancouver, Canada, on 17 March 1988. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, chillwave, contemporary r&b, dance.
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Grizzly Bear formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, chamber folk, chamber pop, freak folk, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic folk.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Kieran Hebden was born in Putney, United Kingdom, in September 1977. Plays electronica, nu jazz.
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Little Roy was born in Witfield Town, Jamaica, in 1953. Plays ska.
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Metronomy formed in Totnes, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays art pop, electronic, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, pop.
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Optimo formed in 2003, and split up in 2010, after 7 years.
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Orbital formed in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays ambient house, ambient techno, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, house, idm.
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Patti Smith was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 December 1946. Plays art punk, art rock, blues, folk rock, garage rock, glam rock, hard rock, pop rock.
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Roots Manuva was born in Stockwell, United Kingdom, on 9 September 1972. Plays dancehall, dub, hip hop.
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Solar Bears plays electronic.
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The 2 Bears formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010.
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The Cure formed in Crawley, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays alternative rock, dance-rock, gothic, gothic rock, indie rock, jangle pop, new wave, pop.
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The Horrors formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electronic, garage punk, garage rock revival, gothic rock, horror punk, indie rock, indietronica, industrial rock.
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The Jezabels formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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The Roots formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1987. Plays alternative hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz, jazz rap, progressive soul, rock, soul.
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The xx formed in Wandsworth, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative r&b, alternative rock, dream pop, electronic, indie pop, indietronica.
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Willis Earl Beal plays deep soul, experimental, folk, gospel, lo-fi, soul.