Tribfest - North Kildare Sports Club, Kilcock - October 2nd, 2024

No one, and I mean no one, goes to TribFest to be cool.  After all, it's hard to look cool dancing to the music of Joe Dolan, ABBA, Tom Jones, Cher or Queen, well, maybe Queen, but...

No, people go to TribFest to party, to listen to great music and most of all, to have fun.  Fun, that's the most important part of a festival, and it was in abundance this year!

The festival was a three day affair this time out and, for the first time, kicked off with a night dedicated to hard rock and metal, featuring IE/DC (AC/DC), Live Lizzy (Thin Lizzy), Whiplash (Metallica) , Guns Reloaded (Guns n' Roses), and Legendary (Bon Jovi).  Was it loud?  Yes, yes it was.  Did it rock?  Most certainly!  Were the leather clad crowd entertained?  Most definitely.  What a way to kick off TribFest!

Live Lizzy

Whiplash

Legendary

Guns Reloaded

IE/DC

Night two of TribFest was a much more relaxed affair with sets from Mairead Rooney (Shania Twain), The Classic Beatles (The Beatles), Will Power (Joe Dolan), Mack Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Cash Returns (Johnny Cash), Jamie Stears (Ed Sheeran), Mairead Rooney (Shania Twain) and Showdown (ELO).

Compared to Friday night, Saturday night at TribFest was a much more relaxed affair, but the crowd sang their hearts out all night night long.  Did someone decide to throw their underwear at Will Power?  Yes, yes they did.  Did Will mop his brow with said underwear?  Yes, yes he did.

The Classic Beatles

Will Power

Showdown

Jamie Stears

Mack Fleetwood

Mairead Rooney

Cash Returns

It's the final night of TribFest, night three.  It's been a long few days, lots, and I do mean lots of fun was had,

This was the day I was waiting for.  Why?  Well, the mighty Qween were closing out the festival and they are phenomenal live.  But before them, on the line-up, were Absolute Eagles (Eagles), Danny Roman (Tom Jones), Thunder Rolls (Garth Brooks), Fran Farrell (Rod Stewart), The Bjorn Identity (ABBA), and Trisha McCluney (Cher).

Absolute Eagles

Danny Roman

Thunder Rolls

Fran Farrell

Bjorn Identity

Trisha McCluney

Qween

So that was TribFest done and dusted for another year.  Would I recommend it?  Most definitely.  The vibe is brilliant,  everyone, bands included, are just looking to have fun.  So yeah, thats it, I'll see you at TribFest 2025!