'This year is about celebration': Ireland's music festival organisers are back on stage

It’s been a tough two years for the live music industry. Jen Stevens met the brains behind three festivals to see how they’re doing now.

Avril Stanley, Director of Body and Soul Festival.

Festivals are back and we couldn’t be happier but for the people behind them, the last two years have been a rollercoaster of emotions. From postponing events, to losing teams and not knowing where or when they will work again, the live music industry was devastated by the pandemic. But festival organisers are a creative, passionate bunch of people and they are buzzing to see fields and marquees full again.

For Natasha Duffy, the pandemic forced her to be creative in new ways and her festival, Sofft Nights in Dunderry Park, Co Meath was born out of that incredibly difficult time.