The best time to attend Slane Castle in 2027 is June 26 to 27, 2027 (Fontaines D.C.).
Timing status: Dates confirmed.
Dates last checked: October 8, 2026.
Ireland's rarest stage · June 26 to 27, 2027 (Fontaines D.C.)
Ireland's biggest stage, and its rarest.
Slane Castle's grounds slope down to the River Boyne in a natural bowl that has hosted only a few dozen concerts since 1981, U2, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Queen and Metallica among them, often with years of silence in between. Fontaines D.C. play June 26 and 27, 2027, a year after Luke Combs. It's one of Trailwind's Legendary Venues: log a show here in Passport, and On Tour flags it automatically if an artist you follow ever plays Slane.
Capacity: 80,000
Where it is visible: Slane, County Meath, Ireland
Slane does not host a concert most years, so there is no standing seasonal advice, only this: when a show is announced, tickets move fast (U2's 2001 dates sold out in 45 minutes), and most of the roughly 80,000-strong crowd makes the 45-minute run from Dublin as a day trip rather than staying over.
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