Boutique campervan park planned for Punchestown Music Festival

The promoters of the Punchestown Music Festival featuring headliner Tom Jones want to accommodate up to 5,000 people in a boutique campsite at the event.

Festival Republic Dublin Ltd will be applying for planning permission for the two-day event to Kildare County Council in coming days.

People can then make submissions on the application for a period of three weeks.

The two-day event on Saturday July 29 and Sunday, July 30 will see performances from Jess Glynne, Deacon Blue, The Lightning Seeds, Dr Hook, Roland Gift, Village People, Smash Hits, Shane Filan, All Saints, ABC, Bjorn Again, Boney M and Smokie.

The boutique camping and campervan park being planned will be open from 9am on the Saturday morning to 10am on the following Monday morning.

Festival Republic said it expects 20,000 people to attend on each of the two days.

Day tickets priced at €69.50 and two-day tickets costing €129 - went on sale last month.