30,000 people are set to attend All Together Now over the bank holiday weekend and organisers are teasing some incredible performances from Irish artists.
Fontaines DC and CMAT are two of the big names who will take to the main stage at the Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford.
"It's amazing to have Fontaines, they’re not just one of the biggest bands in Ireland at the moment, but one of the biggest bands in the world," festival director Will Rolfe told RTÉ News.
"CMAT played the festival in 2022, and you could tell then that her personality and performance was going to see her grow to these heights and I think it’s only getting started for her. She’ll have one of the biggest crowds over the weekend."
This is the sixth edition All Together Now, which began in 2018 with a capacity of 10,000 people.
Supporting Irish artists is "a key part of the festival".
"We've over 20 stages and over 400 performers to there’s a lot of Irish talent over the weekend. Hopefully some of them will start on smaller stages and come back again on the main stage," he said.
Outside of the musical line-up, Mr Rolfe is particularly proud of the festival’s collaboration with The Great Oven – an organisation that creates community ovens which have been in installed in refugee camps, conflict zones and informal settlements.
All Together Now has commissioned two ovens which will go on to new homes after the festival.
"Post-show, one will go to Bohemians Football Club where it will be part of a community kitchen, and the other will go to the West Bank in Palestine. Those two ovens will be twinned and hopefully build out a cultural exchange," he explained.
The festival has also invited Palestinian radio station Radio Alhara to curate the line-up for one of its stages.
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