The Stendhal Festival in Limavady
Bob Marley’s band The Wailers, Newton Faulkner and Bell X1 have agree to perform.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan, ex-Portishead DJ Andy Smith, Cara Dillon and Yazz Ahmed will also star at the three-day festival.
The popular festival runs from Thursday, July 6 to Saturday, July 8, at Ballymully Cottage Farm near Limavady.
“We have legends like The Wailers and Bell X1, some of the hottest up-and-coming acts from all throughout Ireland, Ivor Novello Award winners, NI Music Prize winners and there is still plenty more to come,” festival director Ross Parkhill said.
The Wailers, who headlined Stendhal in 2018, come back to Ballymully Cottage as the most requested act to return, he added.
Turin Brakes make a return having played Stendhal previously in 2010.
Others are festival first-timers.
“Bell X1 will be performing an exclusive all-electric show for us this summer having spent quite a while touring acoustically with a string quartet so that is really exciting,” Mr Parkhill said.
“And of course then having the Roe Valley’s very own songbird in Cara Dillon, finally playing her home festival, will be something special indeed.”
Stendhal has grown into one of the biggest independent music and arts festivals in the North of Ireland since its first line up in 2011.
And each year it draws crowds of around 10,000.
As well as music it also features craft classes, art installations, poetry readings and comedy over the three days.
This year will also see a host of emerging musical acts play the festival including Joshua Burnside, Roe, Sasha Samara, Fya Fox, Winnie Ama, No Oil Paintings, Red Eye Pariah, Manukahunney, Pinkslips, Clare Sands and Invaderband.
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