The mood was buoyant at Electric Picnic yesterday where 80,000 music fans soaked up Ireland's biggest party as reports of a washout fortunately turned out to be overstated.
Forecasts earlier in the week suggested the tail end of Hurricane Erin could wreak havoc on the famous Stradbally site, but instead the well-prepared revellers endured only stiff breezes and a few showers - and were even treated to some sunshine.
Tickets for Ireland's biggest festival sold out days after the 2024 event, long before the line-up was even announced.
But organisers delivered something for everyone, including some of the biggest names in music - who duly delivered on stage.
Newcastle singer-songwriter Sam Fender wowed on the main stage last night, before Fatboy Slim kept feet moving into the wee hours with a hit-filled set.
Earlier, Kneecap drew a huge crowd for their first-ever main stage appearance, the mid-afternoon slot. The rap act punctuated their set, as Hozier did on Friday night, with speeches and chants in support of Palestine.
Pink Pony Club singer Chappell Roan left one of the festival's largest ever audiences enraptured on Friday night.
First-time camper Hannah Ruttle from Stepaside, Dublin, told the MoS: 'We got lashed on a bit during breakfast, but it was fine. The walk in with all our stuff was a bit of a trek...'
Aoife McGlynn said: 'Being an EP first-timer at 37, people are laughing at me. But embarrassment aside, there's something for everybody and I haven't even scratched the surface.'
Kings Of Leon will close out the main stage tonight, but first, from 5.15pm, is David Gray and band of the summer, Kingfishr.
Today represents 'another box ticked' for one emerging artist who vowed never to attend Electric Picnic until she was invited as a performer - and consequently had no idea what to pack for the weekend.
Arlene Feeley, who performs as Arlene, was asked to play the ArtLot stage just a few weeks ago, shortly after making it past thousands to the final of a competition to play the 3Music stage.
And she said packing for the weekend, which will peak with her 3pm slot today, was 'the most stressful thing'. She told the MoS: 'I had to get my mam involved. And thankfully she helped me out a lot with that. I had a motivational promise that I wouldn't go to Electric Picnic until I was playing and then all of a sudden I'm playing and it's just unbelievable.'
The 26-year-old, from Ballintubber, Co. Roscommon, said she also resorted to TikTok for guidance on what to pack.
But there will be nothing green about her show - she recently had fans singing her lyrics back to her at the Night And Day festival; has headlined Workman's and Whelan's in Dublin and is a graduate of BIMM, the Dublin music school that produced Fontaines DC.
