The full line up for this year’s Stendhal Festival has now been announced, with acts such as Mr Scruff joining the likes of The Lightning Seeds, Kate Nash and The Orb on the bill.
Back in April acts such as Mark McCabe, Lisa McHugh and comedian Ed Byrne were confirmed in the first part of the line-up announcement.
Organisers of this year’s festival at Ballymully Cottage Farm near Limavady, in Co Derry have confirmed the second wave of musical acts which includes a total of 50 more artists, including Dublin rockers Sprints, UK DJ Mr. Scruff will be joined onstage by MC Kwasi.
The first line-up announcement also included electronic music legends The Orb, following an unexpected, last-minute cancellation when they were billed to play last year. And Fionn Regan, a Mercury and Choice Award nominated singer-songwriter, will also take to the Stendhal stage for the first time when the festival returns over July 4, 5, and 6 this summer.
Festival Director Ross Parkhill says he is delighted with how the full line-up has shaped up this year.
“I’m really pleased with it overall,” he said,
“We have some amazing acts top to bottom and while it’s great to be able to say the likes of The Lightning Seeds, Kate Nash, Mr. Scruff and Ed Byrne, all great names to have on any bill, are playing this year, it gives me a bit more pleasure to be able to say that the likes of Sprints and Joshua Burnside are at the top of the bill too.
“Acts that have been on our bill before at lower levels, that have grown into powerful draws and can now rightfully command higher billings and bigger stages. Josh sells out the Ulster Hall, while Sprints, who played our Henry McCullough Stage in 2023, absolutely exploded in popularity in 2024 after they released their first album.”
Ross added: “As always we have an eclectic mix of genres, loads of absolutely brilliant up and coming acts from the UK and Ireland and of course the very best indigenous acts Northern Ireland has to offer, so we are positive that the music helping us celebrate our 15th year will allows us to do so in some fine style.”
