For a small country, we are nicely stocked for festivals, from the small ones tucked away in rural boltholes to the larger ones that pull in the masses. This level of coverage makes sense when you consider how much Irish people love nothing better than packing the bag up with gear (that's never been out of a festival grounds or the attic), hitting the road only to suspend reality for a couple of days. There are a couple of truly special festivals in Ireland, and All Together Now is definitely one of them.
Big enough to not run into your neighbour from down the road, but small enough to not get lost. Set on the grounds of Curraghmore Estate, the type of country pile of Euromillions dreams (all 3,000 acres of it). There's forests to get lost in, lakes to gaze hungover-ly at, rolling hills to roll down and gardens to feel just a bit civilised in. Attendees are always up for the craic, always bedecked, bejewelled and bespoke. The lineups, stacked with local talent and sprinkled with international acts that have a twinge of nostalgia to them. Days at ATN feel like a return to the relaxed playfulness of childhood while the night are reminiscent of the summer nights of old.
There's a lot to cover so buckle up and enjoy everything you need to know about All Together Now 2022:
First and foremost ATN is a music festival, but it's a whole lot more, pulling together visual art, comedy, sustainability, food, spoken word and everything in between.
Curraghmore Estate, Portlaw, co. Waterford
July 29 - 31 (the August Bank holiday to you and me)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Underworld, Groove Armada, Jungle and Floating Points would be considered to be the headliners. There's some unbelievable Irish talent playing, between Gilla Band, CMAT, Pillow Queens, SHIV, NewDad, Gemma Dunleavy, Kean Kavanagh, Soda Blonde, Junior Brother to name just a few. Alongside some thumping DJs like George Fitzgerald, Romy (The XX), New Jackson (David Kitt) and DJ Koze.
What's are the different areas about?
With 18 stages, there's definitely a lot of music going on, but ATN has a hellovalot more than just music on offer:
How do you get there?
By bike, campervan or car (if you have one of those), however festival organisers are encouraging attendees to use public transport where possible. Bus Eireann are running direct buses to the festival from Dublin, there are also trains to Waterford with shuttle buses, for a full breakdown of the travel plans visit the ATN website.
What's changed about travel management?
Few who attended ATN in 2019 are likely to forget the journey in. As a result organisers have implemented a new traffic management plan, which includes an additional entrance, a new internal road, additional traffic marshals, alongside up-to-date travel news and live updates via their Festival App, Twitter account and local radio.
Showers will be available in the campsites, open from 7am - 12pm and 4pm - 7pm each day.
Can you bring drink in?
You can indeed but there are limitations, each person on a weekend camping ticket is allowed to bring 24 cans OR 1 litre of Spirits OR 1.5 litre of Wine for personal consumption subject to initial entry only. These can be brought into the campsite and main arena. Alcohol can be brought onto the site at time of first entry only. There is no re-entry with alcohol once wristbanded. For safety reasons, you are not allowed to bring glass bottles into the campsite or festival arena, festival-goers are encouraged to decant alcohol into non-glass bottles/containers.
Can you buy drink in there?
If you get sick of lukewarm cans and flat pre-mixed cocktails, you can indeed buy drink in there.
What's the food situation like?
At the Guinness Brewers Yard you can find Baste and Teddy's Ice cream, while The Circle will play host to BBQ grill full of delicious summer bites. If a sitdown dinner is more your thing there's the pre-booked set menu from Pitt Bros x John Relihan Smoked Barbecue. There will be tonnes of food options available for a full list and for information on specific dietary needs please visit the ATN website.
What food should I prioritise at ATN?
There are loads of must-catch food trucks making their way down to Waterford, here are some of our top things to catch below:
Will there be phone charging there?
There will be phone charging stations on site. But festival organisers do recommend ensuring that your phones are fully charged before going to the festival.
Car parking is free, and the car parks will be open from 9am on Friday July 29th until Monday August 1st 2022.
ATN is an over 21s festival with the exception of children aged 12 or below who must be accompanied by a paying adult for t+c's visit the website.
ATN definitely is child-friendly, there is a dedicated family campsite and loads of kid-friendly activities running throughout the day. There is a lovely communal atmosphere to the festival, and there are always loads of families happily bopping around.
Do I have to camp?
You don't have to camp, you can come and go from the festival grounds as you wish.
Are there day tickets available?
Nope, that's one of the beauties of the festival all attendees have committed to the whole weekend.
Yeah, All Together Now has completely sold out.
What's the best way to try get tickets?
Festival organisers have issued a warning about the circulation of counterfeit tickets and have encouraged hopeful festival-goers to purchase tickets through official means- such as the Ticketmaster website which re-sales tickets.
Here's a rough list of things every festival goer should pack:
Brought to you by All Together Now, for more information on the festival please visit the ATN website.
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