VIDEO: Revellers rock at 10th Indiependence festival

Mitchelstown was unusually quiet on the August Bank Holiday weekend 10 years ago, as the town’s annual summer festival took an enforced hiatus amid an uncertain future.

A decade on and the re-branded Indiependence festival is in rude health as it celebrates its tenth edition. Having started out in 2006 as a free open air event in the town’s square under new local management, Indiependence has grown to an 8,000 capacity all-ticket affair hosted across multiple stages on the outskirts of the town. Tickets for the festival sold out days in advance.