Festival fever

From Rossini to bluegrass, and from old favourites such as Electric Picnic to a celebration of chips, there’s a festival for every age, taste and commitment this summer. Words: Lily Killeen

Body & Soul, Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, June 19 to 21

JUNE

Lismore Music Festival 2015, Various venues, Waterford, until June 1

Catch the last two days of this celebration of world class music in some of Ireland’s most serene surroundings. Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola (Cinderella) will be performed tonight in the upper stables of Lismore Castle (the residence of the Duke of Devonshire). Pop along to one of a number of musical events in St Carthage’s Cathedral and in some of the historic ...