- Music
- 24 Jan 18
Belfast's pre-eminent audio/visual festival is back for its fourth year.
The now-legendary Belfast festival enters its fourth year this summer with it’s most diverse offering yet, bringing global heavyweights to the city whilst championing emerging and established artists from the North and South of Ireland.
From 1st – 2nd June, AVA Festival and Conference 2018 hosts an line-up of local and global talent. This year, three stages become four, and Boiler Room will convene its first ever two-day AVA broadcast from one of the streaming giant’s best loved, and most viral-video ready, cities.
Headliners include the likes of Detroit legend, and Underground Resistance founder, Floorplan; Belfast's own immersive house duo Bicep; and Bulgarian DJ KiNK. There'll also be selections from DVS1, hypnotic, harder lines from Rødhåd and a wild ride through electro from the leading light in techno, Helena Hauff.
There'll also be appearances from the likes of Denis Sulta, Mall Grab, Rush Hour's Hunee, Sassy J and Jayda G.
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Then returning to the festival once again is Subclub regular Hammer,, with sets also coming from Midland, Mano Le Tough, Jordan, Swoose + Cromby, Brame + Hamo, DJ Deece and Dublin duo Long lsland Island and DJ Mag's award-winning producer Or:la.
Completing the first wave of names are a whole host of regulars and emerging talent, with Quinton Campbell, Sally C, Nez, Lor, Jimmy Rouge. Cailin, Carlton Doom, Peter Brien, Holly Lester, Ryan Dallas, Dreamcycles while collectives Twitch, Misfit, Jika Jika and Inside Move flex the sounds that pulse through the city.