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Belfast's Emerge dance music festival announces 2024 line-up

Emerge will return in 2024
Emerge will return in 2024

BELFAST'S Emerge music festival has announced the first phase of its line-up for 2024.

Billed as "Ireland’s biggest electronic music festival", the Boucher Road Playing Fields-based festival made its debut in 2022.

It will return on August 25 and 25 next year with a bill featuring Patrick Topping, Peggy Gou, an Irish exclusive b2b set from Kettama and Skin On Skin, plus Emerge festival debuts from Hannah Laing, Ben Hemsley, DJ Daddy Trance "and loads more" as part of a line-up featuring over 50 acts across four stages and two days.

Peggy Gou
Peggy Gou

"We’ve listened closely to our audience feedback," says Joe Dougan from Emerge.

“2023 was a landmark year for Emerge, Ireland’s largest Electronic music festival, and 2024 is set to be even bigger.

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"The audio/visual experience is a huge emphasis for us, and we plan to substantially raise the bar with this - the plans look spectacular.

"This year’s bill is a world class line-up of talent in this genre, with a really strong element of homegrown artists, who are headlining and closing stages alongside the best electronic acts on the planet."


Patrick Topping
Patrick Topping

Tickets will go on general sale at 9am on Wednesday December 6 via ticketmaster.ie.

Discounted weekend tickets will be offered in a pre-sale that can be accessed at bit.ly/Emerge24-SignUp.

More festival info at emergebelfast.com