Duke Special lined up for Stendhal Festival

Following the release of his latest album Oh Pioneer and a sold out Irish tour earlier in the year, Lisburn-born, Belfast-resident Duke Special has announced an extended series of live grassroots solo shows in Ireland throughout December. As well as a series of dates in Ireland, he will also be performing in Portrush and Newry. For full details of the shows log onto www.dukespecial.com

He will be joined over the weekend by the Divine Comedy, as well as another local band, Moira-based Trucker Diablo.

The festival takes place at Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady, on August 16 and 17 and tickets are on sale now.

Headlining the Friday evening of the Festival will be the unequalled vaudeville brilliance of Duke Special, while bringing the event to a glorious conclusion on Saturday, August 17 Stendhal Festival is delighted to welcome ‘The Divine Comedy.’

Duke Special is an artist aptly named. Dynamic, musically ambitious and bracingly eccentric, with his inimitable style and lush musicality.

In addition to the headliners and the acts which have already been announced which include Paddy Casey, Mick Wilson of 10cc and a host of others, the following acts have also been added to the line-up for this year’s festival - Grant Hart and the Burn Burning, Vanilla Gloom, The Dead Presidents, Noel Flynn, The Down and Out Bluegrass band, Dying Breed, Antidote Emcee Showcase feat. Gerard i2, Bee Mick See and human beat box Cull, Dramatic Tiger Club, Cahir McLaughlin, Scala Strings and a special DJ set and talk from Belfast’s Godfather of Punk, Terri Hooley.

The Festival has also announced that headlining the comedy programme at this year’s festival will be the award winning John Moloney. John’s side-splitting routines have seen him make numerous television appearances over years on shows such as, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, They Think It’s All Over, The Comedy Store, Live at Jongleurs, Grumpy Old Men and numerous others.

Stendhal has also announced their children’s programme for this year, all that information and much more can be found on www.stendhalfestival.com.

Tickets to the event cost from just £30 for the weekend and £45 for a family weekend pass and can be purchased at any Ticketmaster office or on ticketmaster.co.uk, from Stendhalfestival.com or at The Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady.