All Together Now: The Final Wrap-Up

Fresh into the festival All Together Now grounds on Friday evening, it’s time to run to the Road To Nowhere stage.

Scottish folk rock five piece Brògeal are up first, with their distinctive blend of joyful folk and indie rock. From the get-go, the energy from band and crowd is electric – it’s hard not to move your feet along to the gorgeous melodies and deliciously-fun rhythmic sections. With gorgeous harmonies and a healthy dose of banjo, their sound is magnificently catchy.
‘A Man Accused Of Murder’ is a particular highlight, cementing their natural storytelling talents.

Over on the main stage, Pulp start off strongly with the iconic ‘DISCO 2000’.

Pulp at All Together Now 2026. Copyright Trevor McGrath/hotpress.com

It’s impossible to take your eyes off Jarvis Cocker, who works every single inch of the stage – and then works it some more.
As the ATN main stage attendees shout back every word of ‘Common People’, we are once again reminded that Pulp are one of the last bands keeping Britpop alive. Before heading off, Cocker urges: “You won’t forget about us, will you?” No, Jarvis, we definitely won’t.

Starting off Saturday, the magnificent Christy Moore takes over the Something Kind of Wonderful stage – and beyond – with people bursting out of the tent, well before showtime. The next hour is an absolute treat, thanks to Moore’s incomparable presence. Emotional moments are legion within the set, topped off by a rendition of ‘The Auld Triangle’ dedicated to the late Glen Hansard, which leaves even the toughest of attendees choked up.

After that, it’s one crowd pleaser after another with Moore encoring with ‘Lisdoonvarna’, and leaving fans hypnotised for the rest of the day.

Over at The Temporary Bandstand, MayKay offers beautifully warm and cinematic tones, sprinkling in some Elaine Mai instrumentals and Fight Like Apes classics. At The Circle By Jameson, lodged between the trees, One Leg, One Eye, led by Lankum’s Ian Lynch, deliver wildly experimental tunes, sometimes in gentle waves and other times in huge blasts of noise, but always thrilling.
Before you know it, it’s time to head to the main stage for The Mary Wallopers, who welcome today’s attendees by calling them “the biggest crowd of dirty, sexy cunts” that they have ever seen before jumping into one of the most fun sets of the weekend.

The energy is off the charts, with the band visibly having the time of their lives. Tin whistle and banjo drive the liveliness of the melodies, while the rhythm section puts a heavy spin on those classic trad instrumentals which make The Mary Wallopers’ sound so distinctive.

Back at the Road To Nowhere stage, the field is lit up by the bright red screens that provide the backdrop to Gilla Band’s set.

Gilla Band at All Together Now 2026. Copyright Trevor McGrath/hotpress.com

Widely disorienting, the visual effects make for the perfect accompaniment to the iconic Dublin rock band’s wonderful blast of noise – albeit laced with melodic flair and Daniel Fox’s almost pop vocals.

This is the kind of music that vibrates from the tip of your fingers all the way into your bone-marrow.

In a word, Gilla Band are glorious!

Wrapping up the night with a very big bang on the main stage are KNEECAP.

Having released their latest album FENIAN in May, the trio seem to have abandoned some of the provocation for something much more serious, and darker.

Móglaí Bap tears up as Kae Tempest delivers the magnificent verse on ‘Irish Goodbye’, the song written about his late mother.

There are also guest turns from Fermanagh experimentalist ROÍS; BIIRD’s Lisa Canny and Niamh Hinch; and civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, who gives a speech about not leaving Palestine behind.

Thanks to DJ Provaí’s incredible producing talent, the lads’ stage presence and the crowd’s unquenchable thirst for a good time, no one will forget KNEECAP’s set any time soon.

The Sunday drizzle does little to deter festival goers from enjoying their day, as the grounds of Curraghmore estate fill up quickly.

Below the gentle, grey sky, Soda Blonde take over the main stage.

Against a simple, black backdrop, the four-piece look as effortlessly cool as always.

Mixing dark, emotional tones with melodic genius, their none-too-secret weapon is the charismatic Faye O’Rourke, who is among the best frontwomen in the country.

Over at Something Kind of Wonderful, Kate Nash offers an absolute whirlwind of a set, mixing glamour and uncompromising political messaging with a wild energy that would rival any good punk gig.
Throwing in a delightful tin whistle solo, Nash and her all-female band completely wow the crowd with a performance for the ages.

Up next are 11-piece all female trad supergroup BIIRD with one of the most joyful sets of the weekend.

An absolute celebration of life, their hour-long set is awash with glistening trad melodies and lots of laughter as band and audience join forces for a massive tent-wide ceilí.

With Lisa Canny dressed in a Mayo top and stage lights regularly taking the county colours, the show becomes an impromptu celebration of their All-Ireland victory. Meanwhile, the pretty tones of ‘Gold’, sung back word for word, mark one the sweetest points of the whole weekend.

Over at the main stage, Underworld deliver a wonderfully atmospheric collection of electronic tunes – and before you know it, it’s time to wrap up the weekend in the Something Kind Of Wonderful tent with Scottish post-punk legends Mogwai.

For almost an hour-and-a-half, they keep you on your toes – and breathless – with their mastery of quiet/loud dynamics.

Guitars barely whisper for minutes on end before exploding into a wall of sound that resonates all the way into the lining of your stomach.

With visuals to match, it’s the perfect way to wrap up the weekend…