Despite looking forward to seeing Christy Moore, Pulp and Kneecap all year, Mayo man Enda Bourke almost sold his All Together Now ticket after the county secured a historic victory over Kerry at the 2026 All-Ireland Football final. The Waterford music festival – with 35,000 attendees – is headlined by Brit Pop rockers Pulp, Belfast hip hop trio Kneecap, and electronic music duo Disclosure over the August bank holiday weekend. [ All Together Now festival 2026: Stage times, ticket information, how to get there and moreOpens in new window ]“I was close to selling the ticket now,” said Bourke. “I was looking forward to it all year and then I was like ‘no way’ that they won.” Travelling from Kilkenny on Thursday night, Bourke said: “I was killing myself to come down and get ready for this on Wednesday. I had to miss Belmullet then on Wednesday evening. I was brokenhearted I couldn’t be down there.”Niall O'Sullivan at Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford for the All Together Now festival. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd When asked if he was match fit for this weekend, the Foxford man replied: “We’ll see ... [I am] not too bad, I might come off the bench yet ... I might have to come off early. We’ll see how we get on.” It was a balmy 20 degrees when Juliette Coyne kicked off her 25th birthday celebrations at the festival on Friday morning. With a big gold balloon saying “Birthday Queen” tied to her overflowing camping trolley, Coyne said her plans for the weekend are straightforward.“Just loads of drinks, sitting down on the grass and enjoying our time here,” she said. “I’m just excited to be off for a few days from work and just relax and not think about everything.”The Acushla food truck arrived at the All Together Now festival from Westport, where it spent the week feeding hungry Mayo supporters. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd The newly-minted 25 year old lives abroad and is most looking forward to seeing Maribou State, as well as Kneecap and Disclosure. Getting to the festival was “seamless” she said. “It wasn’t too bad, we just drove up from Dublin so it wasn’t too long.” [ Kneecap: ‘These topics have been out of bounds for many years’Opens in new window ]Getting from the car park to the campsite however, was another matter. “As you can see I’m pretty exhausted,” she said. “I wish I could have a shower now but unfortunately I can’t.” Another birthday to be celebrated over the weekend was six-year-old Goldie O’Murray’s, who will be turning seven early next week. She travelled down from Enniskillen with her brother Giles Murray, aged nine, after the siblings received their tickets as a Christmas present from Santa. Emma and Colin O'Murray with their children Goldie and Giles arrive at All Together Now. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd Goldie is looking forward to seeing Kneecap and Giles is keen to eat the food at the festival. Molly Power has been attending All Together Now for five of its previous seven iterations. Her advice is to have a plan to find pals, which in her case is to make use of a cow teddy on a pole above her tent. “I am most prepared for finding my friends. That would be my biggest tip. I have this little cow – Mary Moo McDonald with me. She has been to Glastonbury and this is her second All Together Now. She’s on a pole. I do have a Palestinian and an Irish flag to go as her hands [too].” Seán Ó Callaghan who travelled from Dublin, but was keen to stress that he is from Cork, says there will hopefully be tributes to the late musician Glen Hansard, who died earlier this week. .“It was very sad to hear of his passing. He’ll definitely be remembered I am sure,” he said.