PICTURES: Popular festival rocks local Tipperary town over Bank Holiday weekend

Féile Beag returned during its usual August Bank Holiday weekend to Hickey’s Pub in Thurles, with a fresh new take on its usual formula.​

​The festival opened up on Friday evening, July 31, with a plethora of young musical talent taking to the stage for the family friendly night.

Music Generation Tipperary opened the proceedings, offering a chance to the young people in their programme to showcase their developing skills in front of a large crowd.

What followed throughout the evening was a procession of young talents showcasing their skills, as they allowed their nerves to take a back-seat, as they entertained the patrons of Thurles.

The performance of Coffsurp, fronted by Sean, was highlighted as one of the standout performances of the weekend, with one source stating that if Friday was about discovering

tomorrow's talent, this was its defining moment for the festival.

The festival continued into Saturday, where the young talent of Friday made way for some more established names in the music scene.

The afternoon’s airtime was filled by the sounds of Penny Wise, providing a more laid-back soundtrack for the early part of the day.

Féile Beag debutants Soul Junction took over the spotlight, before Small Fish captivated the crowd with their larger-than-life sound.

The Jobseekerz brought the crowd into the evening, with their booming sound keeping the crowd on their feet as the sun began to set.

Mister Wells made a long-awaited return to the Hickey’s stage, to the delight of the Thurles crowd.

Monticelli closed out Saturday’s proceedings, their rock cover set taking a hold of the crowd, ensuring an electric end to the night’s performances.

Elsewhere, Thurles rapper CAR€W took great delight in performing for a home crowd on the Sully Stage, his rap set offering a fresh insight into the modern rap scene.

Sunday at Féile Beag saw the momentum of the previous two nights carry on strongly.

My Father The King got proceedings underway on the main stage, getting spirits high from the get-go.

Looks Like Eve, Gogga, and The Shane McGuire Band carried the proceedings throughout the day, keeping the building crowd on their feet as the day turned to night.

Thurles favourites Jester were in charge of rounding out the festivities.

No strangers to local ears, the band is one of the acts synonymous with the Féile revival.

Crowds were treated to a live performance of the band’s latest track ‘Talking in your Sleep’, as well as performances of two as-of-yet unreleased tracks.

Féile Beag once again lived up to the high expectations its previous iterations set, ensuring festival goers were wholly entertained from the moment Hickey’s opened on Friday to the pulling of the curtain on Sunday night.