Sunflowerfest 2011

Don't miss out on Northern Ireland's festival August 19-21, headlined by MojoFury, Not Squares, Duke Special and Cashier No.9.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 11 Aug 2011

This is the second year of the family-friendly Sunflowerfest; three days of music, art and much more in the beautiful Co Down countryside at Tubby's Farm.

There will be an eclectic mix of Rock, Alternative, Acoustic, Pop, Dance, Reggae, World Music, Punk, Ska, Traditional, Funk, Soul, Gospel, Metal, Hip Hop, Americana, Rockabilly, Celtic Fusion and Folk - not only can you enjoy your favourite musicians perform live, but you can also broaden your musical horizons and introduce yourself to new music genres!

Tickets are on sale through the official website - and at HMV, The Rusty Zip and The Belfast Welcome Centre in Belfast, HMV and Molly's Parlour in Lisburn and the NITB office in Hillsborough. The weekend camping ticket is just £45 (£40 sans camping) and the day tickets are £20 for Friday and £25 for Saturday or Sunday. There is also a camping supplement of £5 for those who wish to camp one night.

Here is the lineup for this year's Sunflowerfest!

FRIDAY AUGUST 19 - Music Starts 4pm

Main Stage: MOJO FURY, POCKET BILLIARDS, Intinn, The Dead Presidents, Pat Dam Smyth, The Rupture Dogs, Colly Strings

Barn Stage: NOISE CONTROL, THE DEFECTS, Roysta, The Barley Mob, Gascan Ruckus, Like Statues, R51, Sons of Encouragement

Campfire Stage: Gotta B.Live, Scorpion Jack, Bernadette Morris, Myles McCormack, Nathan Miller

SATURDAY AUGUST 20 – Music Starts 12pm

Main Stage: NOT SQUARES, NASA ASSASSIN, SWANEE RIVER, Trucker Diablo, The Sabrejets, Pay*ola, Southern, Phoenix Fire, ‘Tric, Invinyl, Levity Breaks

Barn Stage: KASPER ROSA, Mental Deficiency, Craiceann, Dutch Schultz, The Bonnevilles, Deadlights, The Everyday Superheroes, Shake!, Echo Raptors, Worldsend

Campfire Stage: GARETH DUNLOP & BAND, The Murder Balladeers, Bandwagon (acoustic), Eilis Phillips, Tony McHugh, Rachel Austin, Ezekiel Boom, Stevie McCann

SUNDAY AUGUST 21 – Music Starts 12pm

Main Stage: DUKE SPECIAL, CASHIER NO.9, Inishowen Gospel Choir, Rams’ Pocket Radio, Craiceann, Silhouette, Katie & The Carnival, The Farriers, Tanya & The Whiskey Princes

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