Festival Preview - Vantastival
- Written by Marky Edison
Vantastival kicks off the festival season in Ireland this coming Friday. Now in its seventh year, the festival has relocated from its former home in Bellurgan Park to Beaulieu House, just outside Drogheda. It has also changed format to a two-day event and moved to the June Bank Holiday weekend from its previous slot in May.Musos’ Guide spoke with Vantastival organiser Benny Taaffe about the changes and his hopes for the festival.
It still boasts one of the best assemblies of Irish music from across all genres. Headliners King Kong Company and The Hot Sprocketswill be joined bythe likes of Sample Answer, Saint Sister, Jinx Lennon, Saramai, The Bonnevilles, Swords and heavy metal upstarts Black Svan. You can find our Clashfinder for the main stages here. It works particularly well on smartphones.
We’ll be livetweeting both days from the @musosguide account on Twitter and tickets are still available from the festival website here.