Paddy Casey and his daughter Saoirse are the latest artists to be announced for this year's Joy In The Park, joining Aslan who are headlining this year's festival.

Also playing this year's Joy in the Park are folk musician Ger Wolfe, six piece ska band The Service, songwriter and theatre performer Molly O'Mahony, Cork musician Myles Gaffney and singer-songwriter  Fiona Kennedy.

The free festival raises awareness for the importance of minding mental health and well-being. Festival organisers have said: "Joy In the Park is about bringing communities together and finding our Joy through the universal medium of music and art".

Joy in the Park has also promised more acts to be announced in the upcoming weeks, in the form of music, entertainment and well being workshops.

These workshops will provided by the HSE Cork & Kerry Community Health Action Zone and a number of organisations and community groups including SHINE, MyMind, GROW, Cork Counselling Services, Jigsaw and Comhairle na nÓg.

The workshops will also be bolstered by the support hub, which will host PIETA, Samaritans, Shine A Light, AWARE, The National Learning Network and Mental Health Ireland.

The festivals seeds were sown in June 2021 when event organiser Linda Plover sadly lost a close family member named Joy.

A celebration of Joy's life in partnership with Cork Mental Health Foundation, took place when Joy In The Park hosted its inaugural event on July 17, 2022 in Fitzgerald's Park in Cork City with over 9.5k people attending. This figure has since increased to nearly 12k in 2023.

Joy in the Park will take place at Fitzgerald's Park on July 21, 2024 from 12pm-6pm. further information can be found here.