Rock - Bank holiday festival wrap

It kind of sneaks up on us, this bank holiday weekend. Just when you thought all the open-air, intimate, boutique-like events had gone into hibernation, here comes a weekend’s worth to persuade you out of your gaffs and into various parts of the country.

In Co Cork we have two biggies: Indiependence Music Arts festival (Mitchelstown) and Liss Ard (Skibbereen); in Co Offaly, there’s Castlepalooza (Tullamore). In Co Meath, meanwhile, we have easily one of the best of the bunch – Le Cheile (Oldcastle), which is the sort of intimate but perfectly formed event (in a really lovely rural, heritage small town) that manages to have a broad reach yet remain focused and self-contained.

The many acts performing across the weekend include Bressie, The Walls, Republic of Loose, Paddy Casey, and The 4 of Us. Too much to do, too little time to do it in? Bring it on, we say.

Can't see these? Catch This:Nicholas Jaar Sun, Dublin