The Big Interview

Avril Stanley: ‘I was like, okay honey, we gotta build a ship, and the ship was Body & Soul’

The founder of Body & Soul in Ireland is planning this summer’s event and says that while the festival may grow again, it will never become so big that it loses sight of what is important

Avril Stanley, founder and creative director, Body & Soul: ‘You’re building an impermanent village, you have to think about everything, from the roads, the car parks, the campsites, the toilets, the power, the water, the infrastructure.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips