BEATYARD

A WHOLE NEW BOOGIE

Beatyard is back. Sort of.

Originally, Beatyard was meant to be a book about how to fail and succeed in the music industry, mainly from a prospective of trying to be a promoter, label owner, manager, music shop owner, that kinda thing. We’ve made enough mistakes over the years in Bodytonic to fill a few editions. However, in classic Bodytonic fashion, the draft got accidentally deleted, but we liked the name enough so used it for something else…

So Beatyard became a festival of sorts. A catch-all for different event ideas . Back in the old Shaw and Twisted Pepper days it hosted everything from homebrewing workshops to arts markets, live bands, DJs, book launches, interactive street MPC machines and whatever else we thought sounded interesting. It’s lived in different venues and forms over the years, including a stint down in Dún Laoghaire Harbour until 2019 and then for different reasons, the council and covid put an end to that.

Now — for Summer 2026 — it’s coming back to where it started for us.

A NEW HOME

We’ve given the old Eatyard outdoor space a bit of a rethink and for the summer months it’ll become the latest iteration of Beatyard — a dedicated outdoor space by the canal for:

  • DJ sets

  • Live music – jazz, funk, world music, bands

  • Markets

  • Food & Drink events like Crisp festival, Wine & Cheese Festival, Harvest Day and Oktoberfest.

  • Sports screenings for Wimbledon, Tour de France, the World Cup and GAA

  • Arts & cultural events

  • Talks, meetups and whatever else makes sense

A NEW LOOK

We’ve added a big roof (meaning events out there are no longer weather dependant), more tables, a new lighting and sound system, levelled seating at the sides, a load of new foliage, plants and flowers, and pile of new decor bits to give it a real Shaw look and feel.

Everything outdoors. Everything by the canal. Everything in Dublin city.