6 Things You Need To Know If You’re Going To BeatYard This Weekend

You know what’s just splendid?

There’ll be a whole lot of fun descending on Dún Laoghaire Harbour this weekend in the form of BeatYard festival AND we’ll have a full bank holiday on Monday to recover from the festivities.

Nice wan.

So here’s all the info you could ever possibly need for the weekend ahead…

1. Important times

• Sat 30 & Sun 31 July (Bank Holiday Weekend)
• Gates open 12pm
• Bars close at 10pm
• Event finishes at 10.30pm

2. Getting there

• DART: Dun Laoghaire station is right opposite the site. Take the DART Southbound from City Centre and Northbound from Greystones/Bray.
• Bus 46A, 7 & 8 all serve Dun Laoghaire form City Centre, 75 from Rathfarnham. The terminus is right opposite the site.
• Taxi: Rank is located on Marine Road

3. Weather

In the wise words of Caribou: sun, sun, sun, sun, sunnnnnnn.

(With the odd shower, so bring some sunnies and a raincoat and you’ll be sorted!)

4. Must-see acts

Saturday: Boney M, Tensnake, Lee Scratch Perry, Daniel Wang, Theo Parrish

Sunday: DJ Rahaan, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, This Greedy Pig, Roy Ayers, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires

Check out the full timetable here.

5. Here’s what the site layout looks like

6. Make sure you…

• Check out the 60-foot inflatable shark
• Head along to the Banter with Blindboy Boatclub at 5.30pm Saturday
• Grab a burger from the Box Burger crew
• Visit the Exploration Dome
• Grab some treats from the Dublin Doughnut Co.
• Get a sales masterclass from Mattress Mick at Banter, 5pm Sunday

Let’s do this!

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