“No better crowds in the world”: 10 memories from a decade of AVA Festival

We can almost feel the sweet euphoria of the gates opening at AVA Festival tomorrow- this time for its 10th edition. In 10 years, the Belfast-based festival has become renowned as one of the best in the game, nurturing new Irish talent on the same bill as world-dominating artists while bringing a precise, en-point level of production to each edition.

This year, AVA turns 10 back in its home of Titanic Shipways, just north of Belfast city centre, with a weekend-long celebration from May 31 to June 1 casting a pool of DJs from far and wide. This year’s line-up features AVA lifers and a few new to the game, including BICEP, Nia Archives, Kerri Chandler, Barry Can’t Swim, and plenty more.

Before AVA kicks off this weekend, we reminisce with some of the festival’s nearest and dearest. We ask 10 affiliates including founders, friends, and regularly-returning artists to share their favourite memories from a decade of AVA Festival. Check them out below.