Blog: State Magazine

Expectations are appropriately higher for the Forbidden Fruit festival’s second time around the block: its debut was not without teething problems, but this year’s event is happily a smoother-running affair, with no repeat of the epic bar queues of 2011. The ‘no re-entry’ policy is, however, still present and correct and the cause of many a grumble - whatever the economic or practical reasoning, something as effectively draconian as trapping the punters on-site is always going to taint the vibe of a festival. Weather-wise, the gods aren’t shining on Kilmainham either - at least not for the first [...]