Ballycastle Rock & Blues Festival 19 July 2026, Ballycastle

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19 July 2026
Ballycastle (Northern Ireland)

Ballycastle Rock & Blues Festival

The Ballycastle Rock & Blues Festival is back this summer, bringing a great weekend of live music right to the Antrim coast from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July.

It's a really relaxed, community-led weekend with a massive gig trail taking over local pubs, hotels, and venues all over the town. The line-up is looking great this year, featuring a brilliant mix of hardworking Irish blues-rock bands, soulful acoustic roots acts, and fantastic local talent.

Best of all, almost all of the gigs across the weekend are completely free admission, so you can just wander from venue to venue and enjoy the music at your own pace. A small handful of specific headline events might have a small entry fee at the door, but otherwise, you can just show up and dive right in.

Lineup

Here are the bands and artists playing at the event who have their own profile on Blues Ireland, where you can find more information about them, discover their music and see their upcoming gigs.

More artists playing

These are the bands and artists playing in this festival. They don't have a profile on Blues Ireland yet, but they're part of the lineup and we've included them here so you don't miss anyone.

Allan Nicholl
Andrew Toman
Backbone Blues Band
Blackrock Blues Band
Blind Dog Floyd
Blues Taxi
Bring Me Strings
Callum Norris
Cold Shot
Crossroads Blues Band
Davy K Project
Drew Hamill Band
Frank Carbery Blues Band
Hard Fortune
Indigo Joe
Joe Allen
Juke Joint Blues Band
Kane and Co.
Lee Hedley Blues Band
Ludwig & Co
Mark Braidner
Mark Braidner Blues Trio
Martin Cummins
Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas Trio
No Licence To Lose
Pat McManus Band
Red Hot Roosters
Renegade Blues Band
Rock of Ages
Rusty Jacks
Speedy Mullan Blues Band
The Conal Morgan Band
The Fairheads
The Fret Brothers
The Grand Camaros