Irish rock hero Henry McCullough honoured with festival stage

Henry McCullough was the consummate musicians's musician, working with names from Joe Cocker through Sweeney's Men, to Wings and Frankie Miller.

This pedigree made him one of Northern Ireland's best loved musical forces, and his impact is now being recognised at the Stendhal Festival which runs August 11-12 at Ballmully Cottage Farm in Roe Valley, NI.

Help Musicians Northern Ireland is a music charity which has partnered with the festival to curate the Henry McCullough stage, contribute to the programme booklet, handle the event's artist hospitality, and supporting volunteer travel to the event.

Echobelly, Meadowlark, Rews and Pat Dam Smyth have all been added to the lineup.

Christine Brown, HMUK's Chief of Staff & Director of NI said: “As the HMNI brand goes from strength to strength, investing in such a unique and emerging festival shows our commitment to developing Northern Ireland-wide opportunities for musicians and the industry. Additionally, curating the Friday evening artists on the Henry McCullough Stage is a privilege, we pay tribute to his incredible career, as musician the charity supported, and we are honoured to be part of a Festival which remembers his musical legacy.”

Stendhal Festival Director, Ross Parkhill said: “The input this year from HMNI has been a huge plus for us,” he said. “The Northern Ireland branch of the UK wide organisation has really hit the ground running and for them to place so much interest and faith in what we do at Stendhal is a real boost.

Tickets are available from https://www.stendhalfestival.com/.