Early-bird tickets for Body and Soul festival released today

Early-bird tickets for the upcoming Body & Soul festival in the grounds of Ballinlough Castle have been released today.

These tickets for the festival, which will take place on the weekend of the Summer Solstice next June 23 and 24, are now at a reduced price of €89.

Revellers can pay in two instalments: an initial instalment of €44.50 payable up to Friday January 13, and a second instalment of €44.50 + €6.35 s/c payable on to Monday, February 13.

A limited allocation of Family Early Birds will also be available.

For campers wishing to pitch their tent on the Friday, there is an additional Friday add-on ticket available for €25.

Ticket prices include booking fees and are available from Ticketmaster agents nationwide, with an agents' fee of €2.50. Phone/internet bookings can be made at www.ticketmaster.ie and are subject to a service charge of €6.35.

The event has sold-out in the last two years, with the 2010 festival winning both the Best New Festival and the Socially Responsible awards at the Irish Festival Awards earlier this year.

The 2012 festival line-up, details and general tickets including Sunday day tickets will be made available in early 2012.