Beatyard Festival, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland - 5th August 2018

Isobel has scored some tickets for the Beatyard Festival, held at the curious and brutal all-brick-pavier location that is the now-disused Dun Laoghaire ferry terminal. It's often hard going thanks to the lack of seating or even simple grass to flake out on, but the festival makes up for it by providing some great music in the form of Django Django, The Skatalites, the legends that are The Sugar Hill Gang and a raft of other lesser-known but on-trend acts. The boys come along for a few hours, but there's not that much for them to do so for the remainder of the festival it's auntie-based child care, which is a bonus.

next album: The Dún Laoghaire 10k Run, County Dublin, Ireland - 6th August 2018
previous album: A Trip to Da Gorls, Monkstown Farm, County Dublin, Ireland - 4th August 2018

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Harry, as ever, does his own thing

Harry, as ever, does his own thing

Isobel's got a huge mirror head

A hall of mirrors

Louise has a fag on again

A blackboard is covered in chalk randomness

The boys get some balloons

Fred in the dance tent

Noddy throws some shapes

Fred's made a massive moustache

Celtic rock with some bird-poo logo

On the brutal paviers

Celtic rock

The boys sit on the ground

Upstairs at the Jameson stand

A view of the stage

Harry's not impressed

Fred does crazy golf

Harry gets face-painted

Harry is painted

It's Spider-Man again

Wayne and Fred, with a balloon

Free condoms are everywhere

Wayne and Harry

Noddy, with a stash of condom packets in his hat

Da Wheeze and Caro wave fingers

Caro and Wayne

The three un-wise men

Wayne unleashes the beast

Noddy does some more moves

Performance/art band 'Little Dragon'

Noddy and a geezer with face paint

The dance tent is packed

Hints of the venue's old life as a ferry terminal

The gardai bring down some drug dealer or something

Jen Mac, Isobel, Caro and Wayne

Kamasi Washington takes to the stage

The crowd warms up for Kamasi Washington

The stage crew get into the groove

Kamasi Washington does his saxophone thing

The masts in the nearby marina in the sunset

Flute and Saxophone action

The lucky few on the Jameson bus get a good view

A couple of lit-up hula hoopers

Hanging out by the Big Blue Bus

Isobel poses in the mirror

A slightly-bizarre self portrait

Django Django start their set

Django Django fight through some technical issues

There's a church window theme going on

Illuminated butterfly dancers

A purple crowd in the sunset

The Gardai have closed the streets off

T Murphy Victualer on George's Street

The next day, Louise and Isobel wait for the bus

Hanging out at the bus stop in Monkstown Farm

Confidence Man are doing a work-out routine

Confidence Man action

The gang are on the beers already

Part work-out, part music: Confidence Man

The epic massed-cooking of burgers at Box Burger

The awesome Sugar Hill Gang

Part of the Sugar Hill Gang

The Sugar Hills have still got it

There's some kind of salute

Mele Mel and Scorpio from the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash backers The Furious Five

There's love from the crowd

The crowd goes nuts

Fun with a giant golden champagne bottle

A final wave from the Sugars

Isobel chats with Jen Mac

Some dude's picking up hundreds of plastic pints

The Sugar Hill Gang work the crowds after their spot

Wayne and Caro get a selfie

Caro and Isobel do the selfie thing

Caro ligs on some other photo action

Sugar Hill Gang groupies

Caro gets in with someone else's photo

The legendary Skatalites are next up

The Skatalites on stage

Original vocalist Dorren Schaffer joins in

The keyboard player has still got the moves

The bizarre 'King Kong Company'

There's a street art exhibition in the terminal

A view over the festival

Part of the old ferry terminal

Another festival view

Isobel and Wayne look out over Beatyard

More street art

Noddy and Gilly hang around

The street art exhibition

Tommy the Rugrat

Someone with a black unicorn head on

Some organised activity on the Jameson bus

Box Burger's neon sign

Wayne, Caro and Isobel

Dance legends Orbital on stage

Isobel does some dancing

Jan Mac joins in with the dancing

The Forty Foot - a fancy Wetherspoon's

Dun Laoghaire is quiet at night