All Together Now 2024: Your guide to getting there, essentials, site map, stages and more

The excitement is building ahead of this weekend’s All Together Now festival which returns to the beautiful grounds of Curraghmore Estate for a fifth staging.

Here are some tips and hints on how to make the most of your experience at All Together Now this year. 

What’s new for 2024?

The Bloom is a towering bloom of colour and light woven from bamboo poles. During the day its semi-transparent facets catch the sun to form an eliminated vault within. At night it becomes a beacon of tessellating geometric light. The Bloom beacon reaches 16m into the sky and will be the tallest bamboo structure standing in Europe. 

Tucked away in the woods, the Hidden Sounds with Dingle Gin Stage makes its debut at All Together Now this year, featuring intimate performances from Fionn Regan, Muireann Bradley, David Kitt, Niamh Bury, Oisin Leech and more. 

So far, Le Boom, SKREAM and Fionn Regan have been announced as special guests for this year’s festival, with more still to come.

All Together Now welcomes back the All Curious Minds Arena, a cultural hub brimming with creatives and commentators from diverse disciplines. Highlights include best-selling novelist Marian Keyes discussing her thirty-year career with broadcaster Tom Dunne, and actors Clare Dunne and Emmett J Scanlan exploring the acclaimed crime drama 'Kin' with its creator Peter McKenna. 

Richie Sadlier, podcaster and psychotherapist, will delve into life's complexities with novelist Peter Murphy. Plus RTÉ Radio 1’s Louise Duffy will host a special edition of her show featuring festival musicians and loads more besides! 

A new feature of the All Curious Minds Arena, Global Solidarity Hub, brings together top practitioners and thinkers in global social justice, offering workshops, discussions, interactive exhibitions, and guest artists.

Tickets

An extremely limited number of General Weekend tickets remain, while Family Weekend tickets and Campervan/Caravan passes are completely sold out. 

Organisers have advised those looking for tickets not to buy tickets from any unofficial sources, and to beware of scammers and counterfeit tickets. 

Punters are also advised to download their ticket to their phone before leaving the house, as service on-site will be limited.

Early Entry Thursday

This year Thursday early entry is open to everyone, with no need to purchase an early access ticket. 

Organisers are encouraging as many people as possible to beat the rush and come down Thursday evening. 

Campervan, Pre-pitched and Boutique campsites will all be ready upon arrival for those who choose to come early. Additionally, there will be some entertainment on the Belonging Bandstand to kick start the weekend including a very special DJ set from King Kong Company, Toucan & the debut of Hidden Sounds with Dingle Gin. Gates open at 4pm with last entry at 10pm.

What are the essentials?

Weather and what to bring

Although it’s summertime here, it’s strongly recommend that you prepare for all eventualities weather-wise. Waterproofs, wellies, hats, scarves, sun cream and shades - make sure you bring them all. Do note that the ground might be a little soft underfoot! Don’t forget your photo ID, your tickets, a sleeping bag, tent, loo roll, bank card and toiletries.

How much alcohol can I bring? 

You are welcome to bring your own alcohol. Each person with a weekend camping ticket can bring 24 cans OR 1 litre of spirits OR 1.5 litre of wine for personal consumption. You can bring in your alcohol on initial entry only - there is no re-entry with alcohol once wristbanded on first entry. You can bring your own alcohol into both the campsite and main arena.

NO glass

For safety reasons, you are not allowed to bring glass bottles into either the camping or festival site. As above, alcohol within your limit must be decanted into reusable containers. Any glass items, except for small make-up items and perfume/aftershave will not be permitted into the campsite or festival site. 

NO gazebos

Campers need space and the policy of ‘no gazebos’ is to ensure a better experience for all. Please don’t bring gazebos, they will be removed. 

Prohibited items

You can find a full list of what is prohibited to bring on-site on the ATN website here.

Site map & stage times

The ATN app has everything you need - with live updates of stage times, special guests and an Interactive site map. It’s a great way to keep up to date with everything as it happens including travel news, any stage time changes, and everything in between.

Getting to the festival

You can check out the ATN app or website for directions to get to the festival by car, bus and train. The car park and campsite will open Thursday 1st August at 4pm for all ticket holders. The gates will open again on Friday, August 2 at 9am. 

Travelling by road between 9am-1pm is one of the quietest times to travel to the festival. 

Driving

Do not follow sat nav/Google Maps as it will not get you all the way to the festival site. Please follow the below directions as well as the festival signs as soon as you see those. Do not travel to the festival via Carrick on Suir. The car park will open at 2pm on Thursday and campsites will open from 4pm, on Friday at 9am. 

Drop-off

Drop-off on the event site is prohibited on Friday and Monday. Ticket holders arriving to the festival on Friday by taxi or getting dropped off by private vehicles will be directed to the designated drop-off zone in Highfield Business Park, Portlaw; accessed from the N25 Kilmeaden Interchange. 

Ticket holders will then get the free shuttle bus to the festival - operating Friday (9am-9.30pm) and returning Monday (8am - 1pm only). To avoid festival traffic, organisers advise the best drop off point is at the Waterford City Bus Terminus where Bus Eireann festival shuttle will operate a regular service to the festival site.

Bus & Train

Bus Eireann will be running return services to Curraghmore House from Dublin, Cork and Waterford. Timetables and prices can be found on the ATN website. The bus drop off and collection point will now be on the festival grounds. 

Irish Rail will be operating train services as normal to Waterford Plunkett Station. Routes serviced by Irish Rail: Dublin to Waterford including Cork, Tralee, Ennis, Galway to Limerick Junction with onward connection to Waterford Plunkett. For timetables & prices please check http://www.irishrail.ie/

Cycling

A bike rack will be located next to Car Park 4, please follow the directions of staff once you enter the site.

Campervan info

The Campervan / Caravan field will open at 4pm on Thursday, August 1. 

The campsite will reopen at 9am on Friday, August 2. Last entry each night is 10pm. There is no re-admittance from the Campervan Field. Once you are in your pitch, please do not move until you are ready to leave the festival on Monday. 

Camping in a tent is not permitted. You are not permitted to erect a tent in this section. 

Gazebos are not permitted. If you have an awning, it must be a built in part of the campervan. As part of our event licence all cars will need to be removed from the campervan field to the carpark. Sleeping is not permitted in any vehicles in the car park. This is a matter of public safety. 

There are no electrical hookups or generators allowed in the campervan area for health and safety reasons. Water is not available for individual units. There will be a water point and waste tank in the campsite for general use.