Thanks for Coming!

Jun 15, 2018

Wow – what a weekend!

The weather was incredible, the people were amazing, the bands were awesome and we had one hell of a hooley in Beaulieu over the June bank holiday weekend. Thank you to everyone who came and helped to make it the best Vantastival yet. We’ll be uploading all our photos and videos on our gallery page over the next few weeks so you can look back and relive the memories!

Special thanks to our title sponsor, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Ireland, for believing in us again this year. Thanks also to Firestone and IMRO, both continuing to support new music at Vantastival. Most of all, thanks to Cara Konig-Brock of Beaulieu House and Gardens for letting us hold our event at her beautiful home again.

We’ll be taking a little break in July and August and will be back with a bang in September when planning begins for the big one – Vantastival 2019, our 10th festival!! Have a great summer, from all the Vantastival crew xxx

It’s Festival Time!!!

May 31, 2018

NOTICE:
Due to unforseen circumstances, shuttle bus will not run ON FRIDAY. It will resume normally on Saturday at 10:30am.

Elite Cabs in Drogheda are doing a special rate for taxis to and from Drogheda over the weekend. Elite Cabs 041 98 333 98. The rate is €4 a head for a minimum of 2 to/from Drogheda town centre or bus station and €5 a head for a minimum of 2 to/from Drogheda train station. Be sure to quote Vantastival when you book!

We have now moved to the festival site for Vantastival 2018!!

The June bank holiday weekend is upon us once more and the Vantastival site at Beaulieu House & Gardens opens at 2.30pm on 1st June! The car park will be open from 1pm.

All you need to know….

Access on Friday evening only comes as part of a full THREE-DAY pass purchased in advance. Online ticket sales end at 7am on Friday 1st June. After that, 2-day camping and single day tickets will be available at the gate until sold out. Friday is a gentle ease in to the festival with as limited programme of events: The Woodland Stage, Firestone Stage and Bar will all be open, while the Volkswagen Main Stage, Crow’s Nest and The Enchanted Garden kids’ area will open on Saturday. All our traders and many of our additional features like the funfair will be open on Friday.

Box Office Opening Hours

Friday 2.30pm – 11.30pm
Saturday 10.30am – 11pm
Sunday 11am – 10pm

Please note: there are no day tickets for 14-17 year olds this year. Teens will only be admitted when accompanied by a parent who holds a weekend camping ticket. Friends or siblings over the age of 18 will not be accepted as the accompanying adult.

If you have a 2-day ticket and wish to upgrade to a full weekend ticket, you can do so at the festival box office on Friday.

Today FM’s Phil Cawley Live Vantastival Broadcast

May 24, 2018

Veteran Today FM DJ and all-round legend Phil Cawley will up sticks and move his show to the front lawn of Beaulieu House for a live Outside Broadcast on the Saturday of Vantastival 2018.

Phil will be on hand and givin’ it plenty of chat between 11am and 2pm on Saturday morning: a perfect way to kick-start your day at Vantastival!

Firestone BOTB Winners

May 10, 2018

Firestone Battle of the Bands winners Modernlove. to headline Firestone Live stage

Following a very tough call for judges at final of the Firestone BOTB 2018, local Drogheda four-piece Modernlove. won out, meaning that they’ll be headlining the Firestone Live stage on Sunday night.

Winning the BOTB means not only prizes of equipment and recording worth over €4,000 for the band, but also the Sunday headline slot on the Firestone Live stage at Vantastival 2018.

Modernlove.‘s synth- and sample-driven sound is heavily influenced by ’80s acts like Prince and Michael Jackson. They’ve supported Hudson Taylor and The Academic in the past and are definitely a band whose star is in the ascendant: not to be missed!

(But if you do, remember their win at Firestone BOTB means they also have a slot on the main stage in 2019 for our very special Vantastival 10-year anniversary festival…)

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