All Together Now 2024

I couldn't find hop house last couple of years, was told it was only served in the bars down on the lawn by house, way too far to walk for a beer 😀

I missed last year...but I remember at that spot used to be the airstream van, rockabilly style, dance floor in front...they did savage cocktails. Are they gone now?

On the bar situation, I usually drink wine due to allergies/intolerances, white specifically. The bars at ATN serve it warm from the counter, €9 a pop. No fridges, no ice available. Obviously I do bring my own but inevitably run out over the 3 days. It drives me mad! At every MCD gig I've been to (Fairview Park, Malahide, Trinity this summer and St Anne's in previous summers) the wine is chilled and the bar will give ice no problem. At the Iveagh Gardens recently it was the same set up as ATN, warm wine, no ice. When I queried it I was told I was lucky to be getting a drink at all. Last year at ATN, at the bar at the main arena I was told I'd have to go to the Schweppes tent if I wanted ice. Cheapskates!!

Yep, a few dogs when we were coming into general camping around midday Friday, saw a few people getting pulled over. Everyone was being funnelled into a narrow-ish pinchpoint after the wristbands/bag check, so it was hard to avoid them if you weren't paying attention. We had only brought in tent and booze on the first run, went back out to the car around 1pm and when we came back there was only 1 dog that we saw, and it was circling someone, so was easier to avoid.

A few in our extended group were pulled for searches after coming out of portaloos at various times.

Ye whatever about the dogs...but I found the cubicle stuff was madness

jeez the garda stories from last year are grim. havent seen that in 5 visits to EP. hopefully they loosen up a bit this year. the cubicle thing is very odd, saw them do something similar at FF in june. Banging down the door telling a lad inside to hurry on etc then searched him once he left.

Going in on the Thursday evening last year the only thing I was asked was if I had any glass bottles. Didn't even bother looking at my bag. No garda presence at that stage.

There was none at the boutique campsite entrance either at lunchtime Friday. Were waved straight through, zero searches. Just asked if we had any glass.

Have they given any commitment to preparing the ground much better than last year in the event of heavy rain?

Won't allow me to post a link, but they acknowledged it'd be better to be proactive instead of reactive in an Examiner article from back in March

I vaguely remember seeing somewhere last year that wood chippings were in their planner, but went unused, hoping they'll be prepped incase it does pour again

Are the camper van tickets available to transfer on ticketmaster yet!

Going by this, it looks like Basecamp will be the closest pre-pitched to the caravan site

Though this map doesn't indicate where Camplight or Pink Moon are, but I'm fairly sure they'll not be any closer.

Does it need to be foldable? If not I'd recommend a sack trolley. We got a basic one years ago, maybe around 2012 or even earlier and it's done every EP since plus forest fest and a few ATN. I think we got it from either b&q or homebase, one like this:

https://www.homebase.co.uk/heavy-duty-p-handle-trolley-200kg/14975444.html

Also I'd recommend a head torch for ATN. A lot of the blocks of portaloos don't have a light above them and at night when you go inside and close the door it's pitch black.