Still bopping

MUSIC festivals are a rite of passage for teenagers. But older, die-hard music fans are attending festivals despite being parents.

Event organisers realise music lovers don’t want to forgo their annual festival fix just because they have children, so most venues now have designated child areas with face-painting, puppet shows and music lessons.

Seasoned concert-goers firefighter PJ McNamara, 35, and youth worker Bonnie Boyle, 34, have three children. Electric Picnic was the first big event to which the Co Clare couple took their children, in 2009.