First acts announced for this year’s Longitude festival

The festival will take place from July 14 - 16 in Dublin’s Marlay Park.

The Weekend, Mumford and Sons AND Picture This have been confirmed as the first acts to play this year’s Longitude festival from July 14 - 16 in Dublin's Marlay Park.

Here are the first round of acts for #Longitude2017! The Friday headliner will be announced next week.

Tickets on sale 9am 10th March. pic.twitter.com/K5zH8rdbon

— Longitude Festival (@longitudefest) March 1, 2017

The Weeknd is set to headline Saturday night while Mumford and Sons will take to the stage on Sunday.

The band will also take over the festival on Sunday with their personally curated line-up as part of their Gentlemen Of The Road Stopover events.

Speaking about the festival the band said: “This collaboration with Latitude is one of the most exciting things we’re doing this year. Ever since we started working on Gentlemen Of The Road Stopovers, we’ve really enjoyed curating line-ups and sharing not only our own music but also sharing music of artists who we love and are listening to regularly.

Included amongst the acts within the collab are BAABA MAL, Jack Garratt, Glass Animals, Lucy Rose and The Very Best.

We're very excited to be taking over a day at @LatitudeFest and @LongitudeFest this Summer with a handpicked line-up! pic.twitter.com/XVH0x5ZiXL

— GentlemenOfTheRoad (@gotrofficial) March 1, 2017

Other acts to take to the stage throughout the weekend are Picture This and Skepta.

The Friday night headliner will be announced next week and if it's anything like this line-up we can't wait.

Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday March 10.

Weekend tickets will set you back €189.50, Two Day Tickets: €129.50 and Day tickets from €69.50 .

Tickets available from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and online at www.ticketmaster.ie.