This upcoming August bank holiday weekend, will be one of biggest and boldest to date upon the island of Ireland. Scheduled for the 26th & 27th of August, a mouthwatering lineup is playing for a summer extravaganza.
Nominated for festival of the year by Ticketmaster – this huge festival is brought to you by Belsonic and Shine – two mainstay brands in the country. The brightest stars in house, techno and beyond will take to the stage for their second year, after EMERGE saw a successful inaugural event in 2022.
This year brings more top tier acts with over 40,000 ravers set to attend over the weekend.
The multistage outdoor event is situated in the Boucher Playing Fields – BT12. Running from 3pm – 11pm. The event has great transport links, being situated so close to the city centre.
If you’re driving from central Belfast to the festival it will take around 10 minutes to get there. For those coming via train the closest station is Adelaide, which is a 15/20 minute walk from the site. The last train from Adelaide back to the Botanic/city centre leaves at 11.24pm.
Buses can also be taken from Belfast with the 9A /9B or 9E service running until 11:12pm, bringing you less than a 10 minute walk from the festival site.
Once through the festival gates, expect to be treated by dazzling production and eclectic set design. All partnered with your favourite artists providing the soundtrack to the weekend. Both days feature a mixture of electronic music genres – allowing for a diverse crowd of excited party goers.
Saturday ushers in the likes of progressive titans Camelphat, techno queen Nina Kraviz and Ausie sensation Mall Grab who who’ll be bringing along his high octane Steel City Dance Discs imprint to host one of the stages. It doesn’t end there, day one also plays host to Charlie Sparks, Alan Fitzpatrick, Bklava and Samba Boys just to name a few.
Sunday is as equally stacked, with Ibiza kingpin Carl Cox and his trademark ‘oh yes, oh yes’ being one of the names topping the bill. He’ll be playing his exciting new Hybrid live show.
Other headline acts include BICEP (live) – this is always a set that will leave you in awe, as well as the high-flying Skin on Skin and DJ Mag’s number one techno artist Charlotte De Witte. If that wasn’t already enough, Sunday also features FJAAK, Floorplan, Denis Sulta, Mella Dee and many more.
Tickets are running low, so to book head here.
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