Person: Avril Stanley

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<p>Avril Stanley, Director of Body and Soul Festival.</p>

culture

'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.

Tickets bought for All Together Now 2020 will be "fully valid" for 2021. File picture of crowds at All Together Now 2019.

news

Here's the latest on all your favourite concerts and festivals in Ireland this summer

celebrity

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mix Billie Eilish with a group of Irish classical musicians?

general

What are Irish festivals doing to be eco-conscious?

general

Festivals with your children don't have to be dull affairs

general

Soul Kids section of Body & Soul festival has so much to offer

Behind the scenes of Electric Picnic

With the feast of fun kicking off in Stradbally today, Ed Power goes behind the scenes with three of the organisers

Fri, 04 Sep, 2015

Meet the festival FACES that make your summer happen

Summer in Ireland is festival season. Liz O’Brien picks some of the nation’s favourites — and reveals the people who work long and hard behind the scenes to make your summer happen.

Sun, 25 May, 2014

Festival puts Body & Soul into diverse programme

Nick Cave veered from slow and pulsatingly beautiful to the raw and fiercely charged.

Wed, 26 Jun, 2013

This much I know: Avril Stanley

Running festivals is a roller coaster, white-knuckle ride of a job.

Sun, 23 Jun, 2013

Putting Body & Soul into arts festival

THE Body & Soul Festival is becoming a fixture of the Irish summer.

Wed, 12 Jun, 2013

Spirit of Electric Picnic

The Body & Soul village, built around a stone and wood music stage, will be at the heart of the festival this weekend, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Thu, 30 Aug, 2012

Tents to rock you gently

LEAKY tents, lukewarm beer, dodgy burgers and bladder-testing Portaloo queues — after serving my time at Slane, Witness and Oxegen, I swore I’d hang up my wellies for good.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2011