BEYOND THE PALE FESTIVAL
Three Days of Music, Arts, Food and Wellbeing nestled in the wilds of Glendalough Estate.
GLENDALOUGH ESTATE, CO WICKLOW, 13 – 15 JUNE 2025

With Beyond The Pale Festival taking place on the Glendalough Estate, Co. Wicklow only days away here are details from the organisers on how to get there and what you may need information wise: 

Tickets are Still available: 

There are a limited amount of tickets available from: https://www.itsbeyondthepale.ie/tickets

Upgrade your experience:

In addition to their expansive music, arts and family programme, you can book massages, sauna and workshops via www.itsbeyondthepale.ie/wellbeing
There is also a wide selection of delicious food and beverages for purchase.

You can upgrade your camping experience with one of our glamping partners via www.itsbeyondthepale.ie/glamping 

Cash or Card?

Some vendors at the festival will accept cash but card is used mostly. There will be no ATMs on the site so it is advisable to bring some cash with you.  

How to Get There 

Take the Bus

Marathon Coaches are providing buses to Beyond the Pale including return buses from Dublin City to Glendalough Estate on Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th of June.

Direct bus tickets to the festival site are also available for holders of single-day tickets, as well as weekend tickets holders.

These Direct Buses will go from and to Dublin City centre and also from and to Bray Dart Station. More info available from Marathon Coaches.

It’s an easy and hassle free way to get to and from Beyond the Pale, ensuring you can chill out and enjoy the festival, while also helping us minimise the carbon footprint of the festival.

SORT YOUR BUS TICKETS HERE 

Take the DART

Marathon Coaches are also providing bus transfers to and from Bray DART Station to Beyond the Pale.

SORT YOUR DART TRANSFER TICKETS HERE

Private Buses

If you’re arranging your own access with your own private bus to and from Beyond the Pale; please contact info@itsbeyondthepale.ie to buy a private bus parking ticket.

NOTE: Private Busses are booked privately through attendees and not through Beyond The Pale

Driving:

How to get there on the road: 

1 – Sat nav to Roundwood

2 – Follow festival signage

3 – Enter Via Oldbridge

Driving – Campervans / Families / Wheelchair Accessible* / 

1 – Sat Nav to Annamoe

2 – Follow festival signage

3 – Enter Via Main Gate Annamoe

*You must display you vehicle pass sent to you by the festival on your dashboard to get access to the Annamoe entrance

Drop off for buses, cars and taxis – Pickups at end of Night

1 – Sat Nav to Annamoe

2 -Follow festival signage

3 -Enter Via Main Gate Annamoe

Note – pickups / drop offs same location.

Access / Opening Times: 

CAR PARKS – GENERAL ADMISSION

Friday – Entry opening 11am / closing 10pm
Saturday – Entry opening 11am / closing 10pm
Sunday – Entry opening 11am / closing 8pm
Monday – All vehicles off site by 4pm

FAMILIES / WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

Friday – Entry opening 11am / closing 10pm
Saturday – Entry opening 11am / closing 10pm
Sunday – Entry opening 11am / closing 8pm
Monday – All vehicles off site by 4pm

CAMPERVAN / CARAVANS

Friday – Entry opening 9am / closing 10pm
Saturday – Entry opening 11am / closing 10pm
Sunday – Entry opening 11am / closing 8pm
Monday – All vehicles off site by 4pm

ARENA TIMES

Friday
Opening: 4.30pm
Main stage closes: 1am
Late night areas close: 3am

Saturday
Opening: 11.45am
Main stage closes: 1am
Late night areas close: 3am

Sunday
Opening: 11.45am
Main stage closes: 11pm
Late night areas close: 1am

BOX OFFICE OPENING / CLOSING TIMES:
Friday – 12 pm / Closes – 9pm
Saturday – 11.45am / Closes – 9pm
Sunday – 11.45am / Closes – 9pm

For more information please refer to our frequently asked questions section on the website www.itsbeyondthepale.ie 

More Information on the Festival:

Stage Times Announced For Three Days of Phenomenal Music 

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 play their only Irish shows this summer with BritAward winners Ezra Collective. 

As well as homegrown acts Samantha Mumba, Booka Shade, King Kong Company, Houseplants, Soda Blonde, Fionn Regan and many, many more amazing music from Ireland and internationally. 

The Day-To-Day Line-Up

Friday 13th June – Line-up:

Jon Hopkins, Berlioz, Ezra Collective, Soda Blonde, King Kong Company, Krystal Klear, Jenny Greene, Horse Meat Disco,, Jitwam, Paula Tape, Negro Impacto, Fizzy Orange, Groovelin,  Nocturnal Animals, Phoeno, Prymary Colours – Presents the Love Ball, Telebox, Lou Morley

Saturday 14th June – Line-up:

Róisín Murphy, Boney M, Kiasmos, Todd Terje, Jeff Mills, Le Boom, The Sugarhill Gang, Booka Shade, Halina Rice, Osees, Dave Clarke, Susan O’Neill, Sofia Kourtesis, Nick Warren, Hunee, Jersey, The Furious Five, SexyTadhg, Lemoncello, Elli Acula, Yune Pinku, Al Gibbs – Euphoria, Paddy Hanna, Calin, Sally Cinnamon, Melodic DJs, The Shed  Residents, Chris Wilson DC, Soulstice DJs

Sunday 15th June – Line-up:

TV on the Radio, Marc Rebillet, BadBadNotGood, Broken Social Scene, Houseplants, Death in Vegas, Samantha Mumba, David August (DJ Set), Sama’ Abdulhadi, Gurriers, Gotts Street Park, Mano Le Tough, Fionn Regan, Zero 7 (DJ Set), And So I Watch You from Afar, Skinner, Moving Still, Olive Jones, Nialler9, DJ Scope, Glasshouse Ensemble Performs Sigur Rós & Much Much More

The Exciting Arts Programme Includes: 

• Meow Meow, the international cabaret icon and queen of post-post-modern performance, brings her seductive mayhem to the Wicklow woods.
• Irvine Welsh presents Men In Love, a literary trip down the rabbit hole of masculinity and disco, accompanied by a riotous on-stage conversation and the accompanying spinning of choons.
• Haus of Wig brings Dublin’s fiercest drag icons for an unforgettable stage takeover, The Wild Geeze deliver their riotous queer cabaret experience while Rathaus invites you to get your Berlin club culture vibes on.
• Abandoman, the freestyle comedy-rap phenomenon, turns audience suggestions into unmissable musical chaos.
• Lisette Krol, world pole-dancing champion, unleashes gravity-defying spectacle as part of Duncan Disorderly’s VIP House Party. Duncan is best known to Irish audiences from their show-stopping appearance in THISISPOPBABY’s hit show WAKE.
• Attention Bébé and The New Brass Kings bring floor-filling brass madness, while ROIS and Farah Elle invite you into lush sonic dreamscapes.
• CHOP is a new family(ish) show from Lords of Strut Cian Kinsella, who is also the creative miscreant behind the return of Paradise Cabaret, who are hosting a special glitter-soaked after-party on the Saturday night of the festival.
• SexyTadgh leads a queer revolution of rhythm, comedy, and cultural seduction, while performance artist Growler brings some very special guests together for an unmissable mystical sesh in Growler’s Grotto.

In true Beyond the Pale spirit, activism and art collide in events like Art of Protest, Words For My Comrades (a political history of Tupac Shakur with Dean Van Nguyen) and Penos for Palestine, while Sean Roynane invites audiences once more into the sonic wonderland of Ireland’s birdsong in Nature Boy: Revolution — followed by the immensely popular annual Beyond the Pale bird-watching walk.

Site-specific installations and experiences illuminate the stunning surrounds, including:

• Meta Sonic Flux Collective’s sci-fi techno odyssey
• Livewire! A daring high-wire walk across the Selective Memory big top 
• Titans of Chlorologia by Niall Sweeney, a visual fever dream from the queer subconscious
• Hi Pony! Aerial stage with Kate Finegan, Sophia Bikova, Jessica Leong, Sean McIlraith and more
• Wonky Robot Trash Can Stage — robots doing robot things.

Across the site, circus and cabaret shake up the fields and forests. From Cabáiste Cabaret to Climbwallsweirds with the Leon Stax Equation, and Real Hot Bitches to Burning Circus, every corner of the festival pulses with outrageous fun.

For the word-lovers and the wisdom-seekers, the ever-popular Seanchoíche returns, along with the mighty We Are Griot. Meanwhile Fishamble Theatre Company presents Playing Field, featuring excerpts of new work from Clare Dunne, Jade O’Connor, and Ruth Berkely, weaving narrative, performance and provocation into intimate experiences.

On the Puc Fada Stage, our upside-down Féile of all thing custom and craic, musical mayhem reigns: Scustin’, Lemoncello, Trad Rave, Djackulate, Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies, DUG and of course festival favourites Aindrias de Staic & The Latchikos.

Late night in the forest is when the already infamous Club Cu-Cú comes to life. Performing from a giant nest high in the trees, our line-up of memory-making DJs includes Nocturnal Animals, Graham Smyth (2FM), Sally Cinnamon and Soulstice DJs.
Even the youngest Pale-goers are in for a treat — with Bee-ology Circus Theatre, Baby Rave with DJ Sean M, Go Fly Your Kite and Feasa na Foraoise Forest School delivering a family-friendly world of discovery. And in a music festival coup, the infamous Kabin Studio (young creators of the grammy nominated ‘The Spark’ ) take over the Puc Fada stage for workshops, performances and more, led by hip-hop producer GMCBeats.

“This year’s Arts Programme is a celebration of curiosity, community, and creativity in all its forms,” says Emily Brennan, Arts Programme Manager. “Whether you’re drawn to drag, circus, spoken word, aerial spectacle or simply stumbling into something surreal in the woods — we want people to feel surprised, inspired, and welcome. Beyond the Pale is where play becomes art, and art becomes unforgettable.”

Winner of Best Small Festival at the IMRO Awards 2024, Beyond the Pale continues to redefine what a festival can be — a celebration of performance, play, and radical joy nestled in the heart of the Wicklow Mountain National Park.

Talks, Tastings, Tales and Toasts… 

…with some of Ireland’s most exciting food and drink voices

Beyond the Plate is the food strand of Beyond the Pale Festival, taking place from the 13th to 15th June 2025 on the stunning Glendalough Estate, just 30 minutes from Dublin. 

With music, art, wellness and food all in one vibrant space, it’s the ultimate weekend escape: and Beyond the Plate is its delicious, culture-rich heart. Back for its fourth year, Beyond the Plate is curated by food & drink writer Ali Dunworth. 

This year’s theme,Talks, Tastings, Tales and Toasts… invites festival goers to explore the deep connections between food, culture, identity and joy.

From panel chats and live podcast recordings to tastings, debates and cultural deep-dives, Beyond the Plate serves up a line-up that blends tradition with playfulness, serious storytelling with festival fun, all set in the lush surrounds of Glendalough Estate.

Programme Highlights

Cassie Stokes on Irish pub culture, the stories, social shifts, and soft spots tied to our favourite drinking spots, drawn from her hit Best of Ireland series.

Deep dive into our pint culture with host Ali Dunworth, author of a Compendium of Irish Pints, Daragh Curran (formerly known as the Guinness Guru) and Laura Murphy (Guinness Girl).

There will be family-friendly fun on the stage too – on Saturday, join Instagram stars Lou Robbie (Little Lou Cooks) & Ciara Turley (The Tummy Fairy) for Snack Attack, a Homemade vs. Shop-Bought Showdown.

Join Oisín Davis, champion of Irish spirits and author of Irish Kitchen Cocktails, for a riotous Poitín Party,  part tasting, part history session, part good old-fashioned session.

Food meets pop culture in And Then I Got to Drinking… – a nostalgic and hilarious look at the food and drink of Sex and the City, with Ballymaloe pastry queen Hilary Quinn, SATC obsessive Molly O’Dwyer, and cocktail expert Sorcha Quinn on the Cosmopolitans. 

Renowned chef Kevin Thornton will join Rory Craig of Wine Station for Pour & Lore, a raucous wine tasting and storytelling session.

Dee Laffan, editor of Scoop: Irish Food Stories, teams up with Wicklow Naturally for Scoop and a Yarn, a lively tasting and discussion on seasonal Wicklow produce.

The high-energy duo behind Tango Street Food, Pamela Neumann & Facundo Rodulfo, serve up stories and flavour in equal measure as they trace their journey from Argentina to Kerry via kitchens, chaos, and culinary creativity.

Dr. Christina Wade, beer historian and author of Filthy Queens, chats to drinks writer Aoife Carrigy about the hidden histories of women in brewing — a powerful and perspective-shifting pint-by-pint narrative.

Beloved drinks duo Mike O’Connor & Matthew Smyth return with The Centre Cut Podcast, offering an engaging and entertaining dive into the History of Irish Drinks, from ancient spirits to modern mixers.

Tolu Asemota & Nehemie Kibabu, the team behind IBÍLÈ, spotlight the rich culinary heritage of West African food in Ireland, a bold, soulful session rooted in home and community.

Coffee gets a spirited twist in Boozy Coffee with Tom Stafford, founder of Vice Coffee Inc., who serves up innovative caffeine-fuelled creations for those who like their brews with a buzz.

Sebastian Skillings, aka The Hungry Fishmonger, explores Conservas Culture, the story behind tinned seafood, sustainable fishing, and why preserving flavour is also preserving the future. The conservas will be paired with flavour-forward cocktails from Karl Cooney of Dublin Cocktail Lab.

Sommeliers Maggie Domaradzka and Maja Ignaczewska will host a Polish Wine Party. 

Food activists Rudi-Lee McCarthy and Joshna Maharaj will explore food and community. 

Ann Marie Duffin (Bia Duit) and Liam Tutty (Irish Craft Soda Company) will take a nostalgic look back at Ireland’s love for fizzy drinks. 

Some other names joining for chats include Kevin Thornton, Alex O’Neill (Bahay), Michelle Darmody, author of Seed to Supper, Andy Noonan (Scorchio), 

“This year, we’re spotlighting how food, drink and hospitality connect to memory, identity, art, nature and joy,” says Ali Dunworth. 

“We’ll go beyond the food on the plate and delve into culture, stories shared, and a little bit of craic, of course. Beyond the Plate is a space to chill, chat, taste and be surprised.”

Introducing Acushla: A Sanctuary of Stillness, Soul and Transformation

Ritual, rhythm and rest await in the heart of the Wicklow woods

Nestled among the trees at Beyond the Pale is Acushla is Beyond The Pale Festival’s sacred space for rest, reconnection and renewal. Named after the Irish term of endearment meaning ‘darling’ or ‘pulse’, Acushla is a lovingly curated wellbeing haven, where breath, movement, story and sound guide us back to ourselves.

This year’s Acushla programme invites festival goers to slow down, tune in and return to centre through an eclectic offering of yoga, breathwork, sound healing, ceremonies, talks, movement practices and quiet reflection. From sunrise meditations to sauna sessions, cacao ceremonies to Celtic rituals, Acushla is where magic meets mindfulness.

Acushla: Closing Ceremony

As the sun sets on Beyond the Pale 2025, gather for a final moment of magic. Tigh’N Alluis leads a ritual of rhythm, fire and reflection — a community offering of gratitude, energy and wild joy. One last deep breath before the return.

🎟 Full wellbeing schedule, contributor bios & ticket info at:  www.itsbeyondthepale.ie/information/general-info 

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