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nightlife · Saturday 29 August 2026 · 12:00pm 
Night & Day Festival at Lough Key
At Lough Key Forest & Activity Park · Lough Key, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
At Lough Key Forest & Activity Park · Lough Key, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
The Night & Day Festival is one of the north-west’s most distinctive music weekends, and Lough Key Forest & Activity Park is the kind of setting that makes it genuinely hard to leave. Set across 800 acres of lakeside woodland outside Boyle, the park gives the festival a scale and atmosphere that indoor venues simply cannot replicate. Tickets start from under €28 and cover a full weekend of artist-driven programming - live acts on a main outdoor stage, late-night dance stages, DJ sets, and outdoor disco events that run well into the early hours. It suits a wide crowd: those who want the big headline moments, those who drift toward the electronic stages after dark, and families who use the daytime hours to wander the forest between sets.
Now in its fifth year, Night & Day draws around 10,000 visitors across the weekend. The main Queen Medb stage hosts headline live acts, while the Sol stage - sited inside the 150-foot Moylurg Tower - runs an electronic and DJ programme after dark. Past editions have featured acts across folk, indie, pop, and dance, with names like The Saw Doctors, Imelda May, Jenny Greene, and Daithi appearing in recent years. The festival has a Family Zone with workshops and activities through the day, so it is not exclusively a late-night crowd. Camping is available on the grounds, which means the park comes alive from morning to night over the full weekend.
Boyle sits on the N4 Dublin to Sligo road, roughly 160km north-west of Dublin and 55km from Sligo town. By car, Lough Key Forest & Activity Park is signposted off the N4 about 3km east of the town centre. Bus Éireann runs services between Dublin and Sligo that stop in Boyle, making it reachable without a car, though a taxi or lift will be needed from the town to the park. Festival parking is available on site; arriving early on the first day avoids the worst of it.
Boyle itself has a compact, unhurried town centre with the ruins of Boyle Abbey - a well-preserved Cistercian monastery - and King House, a fine Georgian mansion open to visitors. The lake and forest park are worth time beyond the festival days if you are staying in the area. There is more to see in Boyle and across Co. Roscommon.
Heading to Lough Key Forest & Activity Park in Boyle? Roscommon has plenty more to see. Read the Boyle area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.