Another Love Story, proud winners of IMRO Best Small Live Music Festival 2025, are delighted to announce the final programme additions for the next edition of the roaming mini festival series, Love Is A Stranger. The special event returns to the stunning Northwest countryside and beautiful surroundings of Juniper Barn, Ballymote, Co. Sligo, just as summer begins to bloom on Saturday May 17th.
Love Is A Stranger: Juniper Barn 25 features the customary eclectic Another Love Story blend of carefully selected local and international live artists & DJs, performing in & around the beautifully renovated 18th century barns & grounds of Juniper Barn – the perfect backdrop for an atmospheric early summer party.
The festival continues to fish in the well-stocked waters of the local Sligo scene, adding a host of local heroes to the already stacked line up of Irish and international guests, including:
Crazy P (DJ) (UK)
Susan O’Neill | God Knows | RÓIS | Negro Impacto | Ultan O’Brien
Dotts O’Connor | Perlee | Pearse Mc Glouglin | Art Of Algebra (Live)
Dean Bryce (UK) | My Name Is John | January Winters
Hanna Hession & Rob Rua | Noone Boy | Turn It On! | Making Waves
John Graham | Coastal Movement | Subterranean Soul
The ALS Shift Shack Soundsystem feat Ali Morris | Andrew Kearney | Lucas Ogma & More
Beyond the music, festival-goers can look forward to the return of the much-loved Wild Folk Dining experience, hosted in the Turf Barn, offering a special pop-up feast of seasonal fare — accompanied by a few secret performances. Adding to the atmosphere, Blaze It Sauna returns to Juniper Lake, alongside a vibrant collection of local artisan traders, the LIAS Kids Area andGarden Disco.
This year’s edition also features a special screening and Q+A with two heroes of the northwest surfing community, Alice Ward and Noah Lane, who will share their celebrated surf shorts, Salt and Blow In.
Festival director Emmet Condon shares his excitement ahead of the event:
“With just a few weeks to go – we are so excited to return to the stunning Sligo countryside, as summer begins to bloom, with another trademark ALS collection of Irish and International live artists and djs, as well as The Wildfolk Dining Experience, secret pop up gigs, the Blaze It Sauna by Juniper Lake, a collection of artisan food providers, the LIAS Kids area and more – as we kick start festival season in truly beautiful fashion once again with 24 hours of magic at Love Is A Stranger : Juniper Barn on May 17th.
All Info & FAQ’s please see www.anotherlovestory.ie/LIASJB