Harry, as ever, is doing his own thing as we go in to the festival
Beatyard Festival, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland - 5th August 2018
Isobel has scored some tickets for the Beatyard Festival, held at the curious and slightly brutal all-brick-pavier location that is the now-disused half of the Dun Laoghaire ferry terminal. It's sometimes 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 on the second day, although there's not that much for them to do. However the remainder of the festival features 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
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
Harry's not impressed
Harry gets face-painted
It's Spider-Man again
Wayne and Harry
Noddy, with a stash of mustard-disguised condom packets in his hat
Da Wheeze and Caro wave fingers
Caro and Wayne
The three un-wise men
Wayne unleashes the beast
Performance/art band 'Little Dragon'
Noddy and a geezer with face paint
The dance tent is packed
Everywhere, on the ground, are reminders of the venue's previous life as a ferry terminal
The gardai bring down some drug dealer or something
Jen Mac, Isobel, Caro and Wayne
The crowd warms up for Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington does his saxophone thing
Crowd in the sunset
The masts in the nearby marina in the sunset
Some dude with a top hat points
Kamasi Washington's frenetic drummer
The lucky few on top of the Jameson bus get a good view
A couple of lit-up hula hoopers
A slightly-bizarre self portrait
Django Django
Django Django fight through some technical issues
Illuminated butterfly dancers
Purple crowd in the dusk
The next day, Louise and Isobel wait for the bus
Part work-out, part music: Confidence Man
The epic massed-cooking of burgers at Box Burger
The awesome Sugar Hill Gang
The Sugar Hills have still got it
Mele Mel and Scorpio from the Furious Five are invited onto stage
Grandmaster Flash backers The Furious Five
The crowd goes nuts
Fun with a giant golden champagne bottle
A final wave from the Sugars
The Sugar Hill Gang work the crowds after their spot
More crowd mingling
Wayne and Caro get a selfie
Caro and Isobel do the selfie thing
Caro ligs in with someone else's photo
More selfies
The legendary Skatalites are next up
Original vocalist Dorren Schaffer joins the Skatalites on stage
The keyboard player has still got the moves
The Skatalites do 'Guns of Navarone'
The bizarre 'King Kong Company'
There's a street art exhibition in the terminal building
A view over the festival
Isobel and Wayne look out over Beatyard
More street art
Noddy and Gilly hang around
Someone with a black unicorn head on
Wayne, Caro and Isobel
Dance legends Orbital on stage
Jan Mac joins in with the dancing
The Forty Foot - a fancy Wetherspoon's
Dun Laoghaire is quiet at night
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Harry, as ever, is doing his own thing as we go in to the festival