All Together Now 2024

Ah yeah, boards! Awesome it still exists for things like this 😊

Yesterday the same forecast was three days if sun. Hopefully will change again

Three days at BTP were a stretch for my aging bones too - and with multiple 3-4am finishes likely @ ATN plus a lot more sloping terrain to be covered, I have serious concerns over my staying power.

Thursday night will have to be a calm one, and shape throwing will have to be carefully rationed out over the weekend.

I’m investing great hope in the massage I’ve booked for 2pm on the Sunday to provide enough of a boost to get through Kalkbrenner.

Did anyone catch the RTE orchestra performing Leonard Cohen the first year? That was special, especially 'Democracy' performed by Phelim Drew. Sun was shining, everyone a bit fragile, think it was on the Sunday.

Past ATN highlights

2018

• The general vibe and giddiness of a new festival!
• The campsite being a 2 minute walk to the main stage
• The One Love woods stage
• The big house all lit up and the bandstand in front of it
• Underworld
• Mogawi
• The Black Madonna (now The Blessed Madonna)
• Yasiin Bey
• Nils Frahm

2019

• Missing the traffic chaos, took the train and bus and it was a breeze! Felt for the hundreds caught up in the traffic though
• Orbital (unreal)
• Fontaines DC (first time to see them live)
• Jon Hopkins
• Loyle Carner
• The Good, The Bad & The Queen (perhaps top 10 gig of all time for me)
• Ólafur Arnold’s (despite the roof almost collapsing on him with all the rain!)

2022

• HousePlants
• MELTS
• Enola Gay
• Rival Consoles
• Floating Points
• Flight Facilities
• shame
• Underworld

2023

• Lankum
• Villagers
• Overmono
• Barry Can’t Swim
• Daniel Avery
• The Scratch

2024 - Plan

In bold are my must see, the rest I’m pretty easy about. Despite so many repeats there’s still so much to see. I’d like to spend more time this year just wandering around the woods area and discovering things as I go. Definitely more time in The Last City

Friday

17:30 Kean Kavanagh

19:00 Glass Beams

20:00 Cooks But We’re Chefs

22:00 New Jackson and last 30 min of Confidence Man

23:45 Kiamos

01:00 Time to stroll around…Ross From Friends, Maribou State, Trad Rave, George Fitzgerald, Kolsch, Jon10

Saturday

18:00 Rachael Lavelle

18:45 Le Boom

19:15 The Mary Wallopers (should be craic) or Ezra Williams

20:30 Joy (anonymous)

22:30 Floating Points

00:00 Roisin Murphy

01:30 Time to stroll in the woods…The Last City

Sunday (if I manage to swing staying)

17:00 John Francis Flynn or The Wailers

18:30 ØXN

19:15 Future Islands or Sprints (er…clash)

20:15 New Dad or Just Mustard

20:45 Houseplants

21:00 Barry Can’t Swim (damn bad clash)

22:00 Slowdive

22:45 The Prodigy

01:00 Paul Kalkbrenner

Sunday looks too good!

It’s been fun looking back and looking forward to this year! The festival has really grew and matured, as it should, since 2018 but it’s still a small/mid size affair which is to be welcomed IMO.