Avril Stanley

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Electric Picnic reflections: Festival organisers and workers exude positivity. Practical people, their work involves coming together to make things happen. Photograph: Niall Carson /PA
‘I am heartbroken to confirm’ ... Death of an Irish music festival

One of the first festivals of the season, It Takes a Village, should have been filling the Trabolgan Holiday Village this weekend. Revellers woul(...)

It was only 17 days ago that Festival Republic’s Melvin Benn said that Electric Picnic would go ahead in early September. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Cultural landscape on the other side of the pandemic will be very different

One of the many unexpected side-effects of the Covid-19 crisis is that I now know far more than I ever wanted or needed to about the inner thoughts of(...)

Body and Soul 2019: festival stage times revealed

Body & Soul Music and Arts Festival has announced the full stage times for its 10th Aniversary celebration of the summer solstice which kicks off (...)

Waste opportunity: Avril Stanley wants festival organisers to work together to solve common environmental problems such as abandoned tents. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Compel Irish festivals to be more ecofriendly, says Body & Soul founder
  • Music
  • April 22, 2019, 06:00

The founder of Body & Soul music and arts festival has called on the Government to regulate sustainability, recycling and waste management for out(...)

Body and Soul founder Avril Stanley: “The acts we like are that little bit more unique. Headliners have never been part of our passion.” Photograph: Tom Honan / The Irish Times
Body and Soul: ‘It was a twinkle in my eye when I was 21’

It is so calm in Avril Stanley’s office that I wonder if I have come to the wrong place. “I need the quiet to think,” says the creator of Body and Sou(...)

Freddie Kirk: “I’ve learned to delegate better now. You simply can’t do everything yourself”
From Electric Picnic to Burning Man: the life of an Irish event producer
  • Work
  • February 1, 2019, 13:36

The City of Angels can suck you in with its glorious weather and endless opportunities. Event producer Freddie Kirk won’t be leaving any time soon. (...)

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Gig of the Week: Body & Soul

What a difference 10 years can make. Back in 2008/9, Body & Soul dared to advance from its origins as part of Electric Picnic. There was little to(...)

Body & Soul festival director Avril Stanley: “Festivals are wonderful occasions, but that doesn’t mean you have to abandon all rules of common decency when it comes to cleaning up after yourself.”
Festivals: Come, have fun, but please, please clean up after yourself

Every summer festivals across Ireland take over hundreds of fields, forests, beaches and places of natural beauty. Festivals are, of course, all about(...)

Body & Soul: Bonobo’s stunning set. Photograph: Debbie Hickey/Getty
Body & Soul: sudden death was a ‘huge blow’ to festivalgoers

Walking into Body & Soul on the second of its three days, the festival felt better organised and more detailed. The event has settled more comfort(...)

Festival organisers are working with the Garda in relation to the death of a man and have described it as “non-suspicious”. Family members have been notified.
Death of man at Body & Soul festival termed ‘non-suspicious’

A man has died at the Body & Soul festival in Co Westmeath. Festival organisers are working with the Garda in relation to the death and have des(...)

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