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Culture That Made Me: Avril Stanley, founder of the Body & Soul festival 

Avril Stanley of the Body & Soul festival. 

Avril Stanley, 48, grew up between Galway and Ontario, Canada. In 1998, she organised the Body & Soul section at the UK’s Big Chill Festival. In 2004, Body & Soul formed part of the inaugural Electric Picnic Festival. In 2010, it became at a standalone independent arts and music festival and a summer solstice fixture in Ireland’s cultural calendar. This year’s Body & Soul Festival is at Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, 17-19 June. See: www.bodyandsoul.ie

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