Rock the Yard at Leixlip Festival

Rock the Yard at Leixlip Festival

Court Yard Hotel this June Bank Holiday weekend! 20 bands over 4 days

The Court Yard Leixlip Festival this year, over the June Bank Holiday weekend, proudly presents an amazing line-up of headline acts such as The Strypes, Ryan Sheridan, Hermitage Green and Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow who are guaranteed to rock the yard in our spectacular open air music festival.

We are delighted to host some of the biggest names in the Irish music scene, including The Strypes, who will be playing from their amazing second album 'Little Victories', released last year. We also have the return of our favourite acoustic folk rock band, Hermitage Green, from Limerick, and we welcome back Ryan Sheridan too, the hugely talented singer, songwriter and guitarist from Monaghan. 

Over twenty local and national acts and DJ's feature in the 2016 Leixlip Festival line-up, and the team at the Court Yard Hotel are looking forward to promoting more great new Irish talent with our latest Battle of the Bands competition, winners from which will take to the stage on Sunday, 5th June. As well as the festival appearance, the winning act will also get recording studio time, regular monthly gigs in Arthur's Live Venue and a cash prize.

Sunday's headline act is Jerry Fish and his Electric Sideshow. Jerry Fish's new single 'Happy Dog' was released this year, and the Leixlip Festival is part of a packed summer tour for the electric sideshow.   Special guests as part of the Electric Sideshow will include Brian Deady of "Clap Both My Hands" fame and Cavan singer-songwriter, Aine Cahill, who you might know best from her song "Black Dahlia"
 
And our festival would not be complete without the massively popular Smash Hits taking to the stage again this year on Bank Holiday Monday, a unique tribute band to the golden era of 90's dance, pop and R'n'B.

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