MUSIC: Leixlip line up to Rock the Yard Line-Up Announced

CHAMPIONED by everyone from Annie Mac to DJ Yoda, Kormac’s Big Band is set to Rock the Yard for the first time at this year’s Court Yard Leixlip Festival.

Headlining the Friday night on the main stage with their floor-filling banging tunes they are not the only newcomers to this fantastic event.

Also new on the festival line-up for 2018 is sensational folk rock duo Hudson Taylor who will wow music fans as Saturday night’s main act.

And then festival favourites and Lucan locals, The Riptide Movement, are back again on Sunday night for one of their legendary live shows.

Some of the biggest names on the Irish music scene are confirmed for this year's Leixlip Festival open-air music spectacular, Rock the Yard, at the Court Yard Hotel. 

The festival runs from Friday, June 1 until Monday, June 4 and, again, the Moriarty Group’s Court Yard Hotel has weighed in with the top home-grown music and entertainment.

Musical talent overflows in the support act line-up too, with Indie folk band Brave Giant, a four-piece from Longford, supporting The Riptide Movement, while the uniquely delicious vocal harmonies of all-girl trio, Wyvern Lingo, will herald the arrival of Hudson Taylor.

Synonymous with dance culture ever since ‘Maniac 2000’ shot to Number 1, DJ Mark McCabe is onstage on Friday night, with his stellar collection of edits and remixes and plenty of his own exciting new material.

The eagerly-awaited Leixlip music festival also sees the return of the massively popular Monday night headliners, Smash Hits, and their powerful rip-roaring feel-good boogie.

Rock the Yard is four days and nights of top music, featuring over a dozen leading Irish bands and DJs.

“Massive names who play the likes of Electric Picnic, and who tour worldwide, are again lined up for Rock the Yard 2018,” said Laura Moriarty of the Court Yard Hotel. 

“We’re out to thrill music fans, and cement our reputation as one of Ireland's top local music festivals,” the Director at the family-run hotel says.

Tickets for the weekend are now on sale at  www.courtyard.ie/ticket-sales.html, with an unbeatable €30 weekend ticket deal for four great nights of live music for the price of three. 

Individual day tickets are available in advance via the website too, for €10, and are sold at the gate each day, subject to availability.