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There’s an experimental music festival on a remote Irish island this summer

Open Ear is returning to the idyllic Sherkin Island this May Bank Holiday...

Ireland's Open Ear festival is set to return to the idyllic Sherkin Island for its fourth run, taking place over the May Bank Holiday (30th May - 2nd June).

Billing a wide set of experimental live acts and DJs including Garies, Maria Somerville, Club Comfort, Aoife O'Neill, Sias, T-Woc, and many more, the four-day festival blends avant-garde soundscapes and radiant club sets with picturesque scenery for an entirely unique event. Check out the full line-up below.

Not only that, art collective The Digital Druids are also set to turn the island into a "living, breathing gallery".

Head to the Open Ear site to find out the full programming for the festival.