City Soul Picnic set for July 26 and 27

The City Soul Picnic is set to kick off next week in Dublin's Merrion Square with two days of music offering sixteen acts.

The festival is being put on by the Musical Youth Foundation, a charity that provides at-risk kids with access to free music lessons and instruments, and offers a two full afternoons on Saturday and Sunday from 12-6. You can see the full line up below.

Admission is free, but the Musical Youth Foundation does encourage adults to contribute a five Euro donation. Last year's event raised enough to help 100 children to learn to play the guitar.

Saturday July 26
-Maynooth Gospel Choir
-Moo
-Blood Red Mountain Band
-Johnny Rayge
-Fox E & The Good Hands
-Zaska
-Miles Graham
-Don Baker

Sunday July 27
-Dublin Gospel Choir
-The Sacreblues Band
-Mongoose
-Richard Farrell & The Last Tribe
-Age
-The Barley Mob
-Big September
-Soul Power vs The Goods