Kaleidoscope 2025: See photos from Wicklow's family music festival
Presented by Glenveagh, this year's festival featured headliners including legendary Scottish band Texas, Birmingham's Ocean Colour Scene and home-grown favourites, The Coronas, while Allie Sherlock, The Riptide Movement, Hermitage Green, and The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow added to the star power.
In true birthday spirit, Jerry Fish led the crowd in a full festival sing-along of Happy Birthday to mark the milestone moment on Sunday afternoon.
In its fifth year, the family music festival fully embraced its house party theme. The Zozimus music stage becoming the festival's dance floor all weekend long, with sequinned crowds singing at the top of their lungs to ABBAesque, grooving to the Daft Punk Tribute, and head-banging with The Year Grunge Broke.
DJ Kelly-Anne Byrne and Love Sensation lit up the evening with disco-charged sets, while These Charming Men and The Irish House Party brought classic indie rock and trad energy into the mix.
Beyond the music, families immersed themselves in over ten jam-packed family areas and stages, from science experiments and awe-inspiring fire acts, to illustration workshops, and baby rave parties.
Budding foodies rolled up their sleeves at the Scrumdiddlyumptious Festival of Food, while little adventurers delved into the wild wonders of The National Reptile Zoo. Young stars also took the spotlight, with appearances from 11-year-old DJ Seán M, 15-year-old Toy Show alum DJ Calum Kieran, and seven-year-old social media sensation Jacob Robinson, making their festival debuts.
Shell Holden, head of marketing at Kaleidoscope, commented: 'This year, we wanted to do something truly special to celebrate our fifth birthday, and what better way than by hosting Ireland's biggest ever family house party!
'From tiny tots discovering circus for the first time, to parents dancing their hearts out to their favourite 80s and 90s hits, to moments shared between generations, this weekend set the bar high for summer memories.'
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