There was lots of chatter and speculation over the weekend about Beyond The Pale. Was it happening? Was it not happening? What’s the story bud?
For those Dubs looking to know the score, the answer is yes, the festival is definitely going ahead this weekend. Beyond The Pale Festival will take place as planned from the 13th – 15th of June on the beautiful Glendalough Estate just 30 minutes from the city.
The music line-up this year includes Róisín Murphy, Jon Hopkins, legends Boney M and The Sugar Hill Gang, Brooklyn rockers TV on the Radio, Marc Rebillet, berlioz and Broken Social Scene who play their only Irish shows this summer with BritAward winners Ezra Collective.
All this as well as homegrown acts Samantha Mumba, Booka Shade, King Kong Company, Houseplants, Soda Blonde, Fionn Regan and many, many more amazing musical performers from Ireland and internationally.
In addition to their expansive music, arts and family programme, there will also be a wide selection of delicious food and beverages available, while festival-goers can book massages, sauna and workshops here.
Now all they need is for the weather to oblige.
And for those who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the Official Statement from Beyond The Pale’s Organisers confirming the details:
“Thanks for bearing with us over the past two days.We want to share more about what happened and to reassure everybody that the festival is secure and we are full throttle for next weekend and beyond.
A festival needs significant cash flow over the festival month. It’s a huge challenge for all festivals in their first few years, and this week, an essential piece of expected finance that would have helped us through the period fell through.
Whilst we had not made any announcement we were cancelling, we did have to pause the work that was happening on site.
As it happens, the online chatter led to us being approached by a very highly-regarded operator who sympathised with the struggles of putting on events as an independent operator, and offered to help.
We spent the day figuring it out together, and then put out a short public statement the moment we could.
To reassure ticket holders, artists, vendors and everyone else involved: The festival is going ahead as planned, with the same infrastructure, line-up, safety and experience that everybody expects. The next few days are going to be very busy, but we will be ready to open the campsites at 12noon and the arena at 4.30pm on Friday.
It was incredible to see so much support for the event over the day, and it was this passion – from all of you on social media, on site and beyond – that put the wheels in motion for us to get the show golden for next weekend.
So – we all did this together. Thank you all. Your support means everything to our team. Let’s have the party of a lifetime.” – The Beyond the Pale Festival Organisers.
Beyond The Pale Festival takes place from Friday June 13th – Sunday June 15th at Glendalough Estate, Co. Wicklow.
Tickets are available here.
