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We’ve Only Just Begun Festival 2025 – Saturday, night three live gallery and review from Whelans Dublin 09.08.2025

We’ve Only Just Begun Festival – Night 3 – Whelan’s, Dublin – August 9th, 2025

The final night of We’ve Only Just Begun was pure celebration, a joyful, defiant exclamation point on the festival’s fifth birthday.

Night 3’s lineup:
FLORENCE ROAD
EFÉ
SARAH CREAN
I DREAMED I DREAM
BABYRAT
ESSIRAY
TELEKURA
SHMONEYDOLL
SJANEY

With a line-up bursting with creativity and range, every act brought their own flavour, creating a rich tapestry of sound that felt like the heartbeat of Ireland’s emerging music scene.

From soulful melodies to high-energy pop, dreamy indie beats to pulsing electronic sets, the night was a rollercoaster of emotion and movement.

The audience, still buzzing from two nights of magic, raced between stages to catch every note, cheering each artist like a headliner. One moment you’d find yourself in a tearful hush, hanging on a lyric; the next, you’d be shoulder to shoulder with strangers, dancing like you’d known them for years.

When the final beats faded and the lights came up, there was a shared look among the crowd, equal parts joy, pride, and the bittersweet ache of an ending. Night 3 wasn’t just a close, it was a victory lap for the women and non-binary artists who made this weekend unforgettable.


Main venue lineup in order of appearance:

I Dreamed I Dream photos:


Sarah Crean  photos:


EFÉ  photos:


Florence Road photos:


Upstairs venue lineup in order of appearance:

Sjaney photos:


Shmoneydoll photos:


Telekura photos:


ESSIRAY  photos:


Babyrat photos:



Photos & words – Erica Keogh @ericasnapz

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