The Bulmers Lounge is Back For Body&Soul 2016

The Bulmers Lounge returns with a bustling barrel of entertainment at Body&Soul. This year's event will be packed full of theatrical and pop-up performances, bringing the very best in Irish music, song and story-telling.

“Body&Soul has always been about the electric atmosphere and if you are looking for something really different, The Bulmers Lounge should be your first port of call," said Belinda Kelly of Bulmers. "The line-up is eclectic and guaranteed to be energetic. The Lounge is a little piece of festival heaven.”

Appearing at the Lounge are slapstick stars Lord of Strut return to Irish shores with their hilarious one hour show, brought together under the guise of a TV talk show with the talented but idiotic brothers Seamus and Sean.

Festival favourite Sinead White, aka White Mice, will take to the stage to captivate audiences with her unmistakable voice and new full band sound. 10-piece urban street-funk band Stomptown Brass unveil their universally accessible, funky, up-beat music with layers of rhythmic and dynamic complexity.

The music line-up includes the most exciting acts to emerge in the Irish trad/folk scene The Bonny Men, indie folk artist Tracy Bruen, My Fellow Sponges, Tongue Bundle, singer songwriter Laurie Shaw, Rue, Landless, The Shaker Hymn, one of Galway’s best kept secrets Steven Sharpe, Steve Bennett, the energetic and expressive Vernon Jane, ZASKA and After the Ibis.

As for theatre pieces Tracy Ryan’s critically acclaimed production of Trainspotting returns, bigger and better for Body&Soul. Now teamed up with Reality:Check Productions they present a never before seen production of Irvine Welsh’s classic. The always hilarious Sandrine Dunlop and Edelle Nolan perform There Is No Problem, Only Solution, a unique style of comedy which confronts the hilarity of daytime TV shows. Other theatrical performances include The Curse of the Button Accordion, Breda Larkin’sBreda’s Way, and Comedy Shenanigans.

After their first run out at the Quarter Block Party festival in Cork, Poets of the Revolution, will take to the stage at Body&Soul. An idea conceived by Sean Dennehy, the one hour show examines the part played by poets and artists in the 1916 Rising. Flash Poetry, relocating from their home in the Doghouse Blues Tearooms in Howth , is a monthly slam poetry night which will bring some of the best up and coming talent to The Bulmers Lounge . They like to tell real stories from passionate artists from both Ireland and further afield. Festival goers can also expect spoken word performances from The Tullamore Rhymers Club, Mac Piarais i bPictiúir – Pearse in Pictures and OutStraight.