The excitement is palpable around Marlay Park on the eve of this weekend's Longitude festival.

The idyllic south Dublin venue, nestled just underneath the Dublin Mountains, looks more enticing than ever. Check out our photo gallery here.

The festival boasts a total of five stages for the weekend:

The Main Stage sits in view of Marlay House, with its expansive arena capable of accommodating a crowd of 10,000.

A ridiculous array of great bands will be performing from the Main Stage over the weekend, including Foals, Pheonix, Django Django and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

And on Sunday night, the place will be jammed as Kraftwerk will be only show in town, as all other tents wind down. The German electronic pioneers are promising a spectacular 3D show that evening.

Other stages include the Heineken Live Project Stage which will house a host of DJ sets and dance acts over the three days. The tent is decorated with massive cubes sitting alongside the stage onto which projections are screened. Another DJ-heavy stage is the Red Bull Music Academy arena, a compact nook lit with fairy lights which sits alongside the Main Bar.

The Woodlands Stage boasts a capacity of 1,000, and organisers boldly say that you can catch the up-and-coming bands who'll "headline next year's festival."

Revellers can take the short trek through the wooded walkways to the Dirty Old Town Speakeasy which features everything from cabaret, burlesque dancing, and performance art, aswel as performances from youthful Irish bands.

Adjacent to the Main Stage, nestled in the woods, and just in front of a curious "Goldilocks-type house" is the 'Phantom Green Area' from which Phantom will be broadcasting for the duration of the festival. This small green area is great place to spot acts knocking about.

Promoter and chief festival organiser Zach Desmond is particularly chuffed with the weather which promises to be stunning.

"It's definitely a bonus, I don't think people will be complaining about temperatures of 28 degrees."

He's been badgering his bosses for a festival like this in close proximity to the city for a few years.

"We've never really done a festival like this, which is smaller, more niche, quite alternative, but you've seen the line-up, it's fantastic."

At present, tickets for Saturday and Sunday are on the verge on being entirely snapped up. Organisers expect to be sold out by the end of today and urge people to get online and buy them as soon as possible if they want to come.

Festival-goers are reminded that there are a limited number of ATMs on-site and are advised to bring suncream.

Shuttle buses are running from the Quays every hour and the Dublin Bus service runs as normal (Organisers say Kodaline, no chauffeur in tow, will be catching the 16 Bus across town for their headline performance on Saturday evening.)

Doors open at 2pm and everything finishes at 11pm each night.