All Together Now Festival is back from July 29-31 at the Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sinead O'Connor, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Groove Armada and many more will take to the stage for the third edition of the festival.
The festival was last staged in 2019, when The National, Patti Smith, Hot Chip, Bombay Bicycle Club, Neneh Cherry and SOAK were the highlights. In 2020 and 2021, the festival was a victim of the pandemic.
This year, 18 stages will bring the best of music, art, theatre, spoken word and comedy. There are more than 120 acts on the 2022 line-up, spanning all tastes from indie to dance, hip-hop, rock and R&B.
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The best way to make sure you don't double-book yourself is to download the ATN22 app. It has the full stage times, a travel guide, important information, playlists, plus the latest news and live updates from the festival.
Of course, All Together Now is not just about the music. There'll be plenty of comedy, workshops and experiences going on over the weekend, too – from comedian David O’Doherty to film director Jim Sheridan.
What is the Friday line-up for ATN?
Main stage
19.00 - The Trinity Orchestra.
20.45 - Gemma Dunleavy. Gemma grew up in inner-city Dublin in the Sheriff Street Community, and went on to study at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
22.45 - Jungle. Friday’s headline act is Jungle, the British electronic music band founded in 2013 by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland.
Something Kind Of... stage
18.30 - The Altered House. The Cork rock band will kick off proceedings.
20.15 - Dry Cleaning. A London post-punk band.
22.00 - Self Esteem. Yorkshire-born singer-songwriter Self Esteem will take to the stage.
23.45 - Gilla Band. A Dublin-four-piece band.
01.15 - King Kong Company. The Irish dance band will close the stage with an early hours set.
Other Friday night highlights
On the Road to Nowhere stage, you’ll find MELTS at 21.15, a quintet who have been swirling around the Dublin scene for a number of years. They follow Enola Gay, the Belfast-based Irish noise-punk four-piece formed in late 2019.
For something more traditional, head to the Global Roots Main Stage for 20.00 to see Cormac Begley. Cormac is a concertina player from west Kerry and plays 13 concertinas that range from bass to piccolo register. His debut solo album received critical acclaim accumulating nine five-star reviews.
If you like literature, go to All Curious Minds (Here) at 20.00 for Claire Keegan in conversation. Claire’s latest novel, Small Things Like These, was recently awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
How to get there
Festival goers are encouraged to take public transport to the event location at Curraghmore Estate, Co Waterford to discourage traffic jams.
By car
If you're travelling by car, site car parks will be open from 9am on Friday, 29 July.
The car parks are open from 4pm Thursday, 28 July for early entry pass holders.
No roadside parking is allowed in any area near the event.
By bus:
Expressway is providing a return coach service to All Together Now from Dublin city (Custom House Quay) and Cork city (Bus Terminal).
There will also be a return shuttle service from Waterford train station to the event.
The full schedule of available coach journeys is here.
But be warned: Some journey times (including both Monday buses direct to Dublin) are already sold out.
By train:
Waterford Plunkett Train Station is where you need to book your train to, if travelling via this method.
It's just under five minutes walk from the Bus Eireann depot, where the shuttle service to All Together Now departs.
The shuttle bus journey takes approximately 45 minutes in total, or you could grab a taxi if you're stuck.
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