Stage times, transport directions and full line-up: Leftfield, Laurent Garnier, Death in Vegas, Richie Hawtin and house maestro Todd Terje will be stompin' their stuff at the RDS this weekend

Consider every weekend until the end of May as practice sessions for getting yourself festival fit for the summer

There's more to the picnic than the main stage

Other acts include LCD Soundsystem, New Order and The Chemical Brothers

Lana Del Rey, New Order, Haim, Jack Garratt and Super Furry Animals also make the September bill

Eclectic Marlay Park line-up hits the spot, with Chemical Brothers ending the night

Young Fathers put in a shout for best set of the festival so far, while Hozier gets the live firepower he needs. Plus, highlights for day two

John Grant, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp and Jon Hopkins delight festival crowd

No need to wait until your favourite acts do the festival circuit in Ireland. Get our continental drift? Lauren Murphy’s top 10 European festivals

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos spills the beans on the quartet’s stellar fourth album, his Irish literary inspiration and why his band will never be the showbiz types

The days when audiences outside France sniggered at French music are well and truly over thanks to acts such as Phoenix and Daft Punk. Jim Carroll on how French music got so hip

Why wait for those end-of-year lists, here’s the best albums and songs – until now