Stendahl plans for first socially distant music festival

The first event in the Unlocked series of festivals, presented by Stendhal Festival, takes place at Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady on August 21 and 22 (subject to license) and will include performances from headline acts And So I Watch You From Afar and Ryan McMullan.

Other names on the bill include Kíla, Ciaran Lavery, Roe, Joshua Burnside, Cormac Neeson, Amy Montgomery, The Henry Girls, The Bonnevilles, The Pat McManus Band, Hunkpapa, Lore, No Oil Paintings, Blackbird and Crow, Rosborough, Ports, Malojian, Paddy Nash, Waldorf and Cannon and the Joseph Leighton Organ Trio.

Over 40 bands in total will be on the bill at each of the Unlocked events and Event Director Ross Parkhill says it is great to be able to announce acts and

continue to give those in the industry here a little bit of light at the end of whathas been an uncompromising tunnel.

He said: “Unlocked is still very much subject to lockdown regulations and would require Stormont to decree that at least 500 people can gather outdoors before the event can go ahead. We have a really excellent plan in place to run the events while fully adhering to all social distancing measures and we are confident that once the decision makers get to review this plan that Unlocked will by given the go ahead.”

Check out www.stendhalfestival.com for information.