Praise heaped on Forest Fest in Laois
The praise wasn't reserved for organisers as attendees were also applauded for their behaviour
An organisation established to promote sustainability at events in Ireland has heaped praise on Forest Fest in Laois.
A successful homegrown event, Forest Fest 2025, took place in Emo over the weekend of July 25 to 27. This year's festival attracted thousands of revellers who came to see acts like The Manic Street Preachers, Franz Ferdinand and The Dandy Warhols.
The festival, which is the brainchild of Laois man Philip Meagher, also provided glamping, camping and camparvan sites to attendees.
Native Events is an organisation set up in 2017 in response to the lack of sustainable solutions available to the events and cultural sector in Ireland. They praised the organisers and the attendees at this year’s Forest Fest.
Forest Fest organisers had urged people to ‘leave no trace’ ahead of the three day festival in Emo.