More than 100,000 music lovers are expected to gather at Belfast's Ormeau Park in the next few weeks for Belsonic.
The annual outdoor music festival kicks off on Thursday night and runs until the end of the month.
The first headliners are Welsh band Stereophonics.
"Hopefully it doesn't rain. We'll be all right.... we've got our raincoats," lead singer Kelly Jones told BBC Radio Ulster's Vinny & Cate show.
Jones said a recent world tour proves they are not a band that relies on "being a phase" from the 1990s and that their music "is still appealing to new audiences".
