Gardai say there are no problems accessing the All Together Now Festival at Curraghmore which saw huge delays getting to the site yesterday.
The majority of those attending the three day sold out event are now onsite and as there are no day tickets there will be no huge influx of traffic over the next two days.
Organisers thanked people for their patience and understanding after the long delays.
Gardai say there were issues which will be looked at.
Despite a traffic plan being organised in advance, there were bottlenecks and serious delays in Carrick and other approach roads.
There were angry tweets from festival-goers about the travel delays, traffic management and the response from the festival.
Waterford woman, Noleen, was stuck in traffic for seven hours. She had two small children with her and had set off from Annestown about three o’clock and arrived at the venue at
10pm last night.
She said they were stuck in tailbacks with thousands of people, who were all talking to each other, but there was no gardai, no security, no one availbe to help or give information.
One woman along the route came out with water for waiting motorists.
Anthony, a marshall at the Red Car Park said people were still arriving onsite at 4am this morning.
Dance pioneers Orbital last night closed the Main Stage, earlier Fontaines DC played their first Irish gig since bagging a Mercury Prize nomination for their debut Dogrel.
Waterford’s King Kong Company got a great home reception.
STATEMENT FROM ALL TOGETHER NOW
We are aware of the delays in getting to this weekend’s All Together Now Festival, and we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding. As people will see when they get here, the Curraghmore Estate is one of the most beautiful and unique festival sites in the world. We have the pleasure of curating a festival on this incredible landscape, but with that comes challenges. The home of the festival, the Curraghmore Estate, was built in the 15th century, with a complex network of surrounding country roads. Every new festival faces challenges. Everything in terms of carpark, campsite and Main Arena opened on time today.
We have encouraged people to use Bus Eireann services, train services and car-pooling systems, to reduce the numbers of cars on the road. We appreciate people’s excitement and expectations for this year’s sold out festival and with today’s brilliant weather many of you travelled early to get here. For further car drop-offs, remember you can also be dropped off at Waterford Bus Station and take the Bus Eireann Shuttle from Waterford City to Curraghmore. Details here – https://bit.ly/2Mzemr3
