Knockanstockan is this weekend and as they told me in the Irish Times, the festival is taking a break in 2017.
That means that this year’s event, with three days and special surprise guests will be even more cherished by the people in attendance.
To that end, here is some homework, a preparatory playlist of 75 Knockanstockan acts including Ciaran Lavery, Rosa Nutty, Overhead, The Albatross, Elephant, The Hot Sprockets, Eskies, Squarehead, Feather, Booka Brass, Toby Kaar, Mongoose, Fangclub and more.
Knockanstockan Festival playlist on Spotify
Here are the stage times and site map for this weekend.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.