Music

Tickets have already been snapped up, but what do we know about next year’s festival?

Plus: Addison Rae’s 2024 major label debut single namechecks which well-known soft drink?

From Chappell Roan on the Main Stage to expensive food, festivalgoers share their highs and lows

From Kneecap on the Main Stage to lots of laughs at Trailer Park, thousands enjoyed three days of music, culture and craic at Electric Picnic 2025

It was festival’s biggest year so far, with 80,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated

Ethno Ireland’s folk, world and traditional music workshop brought together young musicians from around the world

The frontman has certainly come closer than many. He opens up about mortality, how he tried and failed to quit music, and the ‘very complex and multilayered junkie’ Mark Lanegan

When and where to watch Kings of Leon, David Gray, Ewan McVicar and more

Canny, who put the 11-strong ‘girlband’ together, on the soaring popularity of Irish trad, hitting it off with Ed Sheeran, and how her lilting side project became a hit with neurodivergent people

A record 80,000 people are flocking to Stradbally, despite forecasted downpours and lower temperatures

Campsites are a hive of activity as thousands of festivalgoers arriving today join the 40,000 who pitched their tents on Thursday

When and where to watch Kneecap, Fatboy Slim, Inhaler and more

Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce won’t derail her music – she doesn’t need break-ups to sustain her songwriting

Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival, August 29th to September 1st

If you’re having a forgettable experience at the Stradbally festival, then you just aren’t doing it properly