Bushmills Live will take place on Ireland’s north coast on 19 and 20 June 2013.
Internationally acclaimed indie folk band, Of Monsters and Men will headline the two-day festival – their first ever gig in Northern Ireland.
The Icelandic five-piece won the 2013 European Border Breakers Award, which honours the best new European music acts. They have also been dubbed the ‘must see act’ of the year and this summer marks the beginning of a busy festival schedule for the group which will include a performance at one of the biggest international festivals, Coachella in California.
Only 500 tickets are available globally for Bushmills Live, which will see both iconic and emerging artists share the stage for a series of intimate gigs in age-old buildings at the Old Bushmills Distillery.
The ‘money can’t buy tickets’ will not go on general release. Instead, music and whiskey fans can win the chance to attend the festival by entering a draw on the Bushmills Irish Whiskey Facebook page – facebook.com/bushmills1608. Entries to the draw will open this Sunday, St Patrick’s Day, at 16:08 GMT.
Ragnar Þórhallsson, singer with Of Monsters and Men, said: ‘Playing a show in such a unique location, around the centuries-old warehouses and whiskey barrels, to such an intimate audience, is an experience we are very excited about. It’s going to make our first gig in Northern Ireland a memorable one, and not just for us, for the fans too, we hope!’
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