Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic set to take place two weeks earlier in 2024
Electric Picnic is set to take place two weeks earlier than its normal date in 2024, according to a social media post published by...
Welcome to Freetown – Electric Picnic’s Late-Night Quarter
Excitement is at a fever-pitch as revellers will begin arriving in Stradbally for the 2023 Electric Picnic, which kicks off in just ten days.
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Will it rain at Electric Picnic – What are the odds?
Electric Picnic is the most popular music festival in Ireland, with tickets selling out almost every year since its initial inception in 2004.
However, one...
Electric Picnic launches new ‘Lounge’ as ‘an exclusive festival sanctuary – metres from Main...
Excitement is building as Electric Picnic revellers will begin arriving in Stradbally exactly two weeks from today.
Ahead of the festival, organisers have unveiled The...
Singers, dancers, artists, poets and comedians wanted as Electric Youth returns to the Electric...
Youth Work Ireland Laois, in association with Electric Picnic and Laois Offaly Education and Training Board, have announced the return of the Electric Youth...
Lewis Capaldi replacement announced as Electric Picnic add more acts ahead of festival
Paolo Nutini has been named as the replacement for Lewis Capaldi at this year's staging of the Electric Picnic.
The Scottish signer announced he was...
MindField returns to Electric Picnic featuring CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, comedian Aisling Bea and much, much...
The line-up for Electric Picnic’s MindField has just been announced with an inspiring, engaging and entertaining programme of spoken word, interviews, debate, talks, poetry,...
Trailer Park returns to the Electric Picnic with all the absurdity, lunacy and culture...
The Electric Picnic, Ireland's largest gathering of music and arts, returns to Stradbally this year, from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd of September.
Eight years...
Electric Picnic down Saturday headline act as Lewis Capaldi announces break
The Electric Picnic will have to find a new headline act for Saturday night after Lewis Capaldi announced he needs to take a break.
The...
Exciting additions made as Electric Picnic announce latest wave of acts for 2023 edition
The Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival is Stradbally will take place in a little over four months and more new acts have been...
2022 Remembered: In Pictures: Wonderful selection of images from Day 1 of Electric Picnic
A selection of incredible pictures from Day 1 of the Electric Picnic back in September.
Talk about an atmosphere!
After three long years, Electric Picnic has...
SOLD OUT: Electric Picnic 2023 fully sells out hours after tickets go on sale
Tickets for Electric Picnic 2023 went on sale today at 10am and all tickets SOLD OUT by 3pm.
This morning, organisers confirmed that American band...
The Killers added to Electric Picnic line up as final tickets go on sale
The final tickets for Electric Picnic 2023 go on sale this morning - and another big act has been added.
Organisers have confirmed that American...
Last Electric Picnic tickets on sale this weekend as first acts for 2023 festival...
Billie Eilish, Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, Jamie XX, Rick Astley, Tom Odell, Fred Again - these are some of the new acts that have...
Are you missing anything from Electric Picnic? Hundreds of items remain unclaimed in Stradbally
Phones, wallets, passports, car keys, house keys, bank cards, age cards, handbags, watches, glasses, headphones, footwear and power banks.
These are among the hundreds of...
Electric Picnic remembers one of its biggest fans as ‘Buddy’s Lane’ opened
One of Electric Picnic’s biggest fans was poignantly remembered this year as ‘Buddy’s Lane’ was created on the woodland route from Pink Moon crossroads...
Melvin Benn on the HSE’s Electric Picnic drug testing and the increased capacity
Melvin Benn, Festival Director of the Electric Picnic, says that the HSE pilot drug testing scheme at the weekend event could be deemed a...
In Pictures: Wonderful selection of images as Electric Picnic 2022 comes to a close
And so the curtain comes down on another Electric Picnic.
The wider community of Laois welcomed back the hugely popular festival for the first time...
2023 Electric Picnic tickets to go on sale next Saturday as curtain comes down...
After an 'absolutely glorious' return to Stradbally Estate for the 2022 festival, Electric Picnic tickets will go on sale this Saturday, September 10, at...
In Pictures: Wonderful selection of images from Day 1 of Electric Picnic
Talk about an atmosphere!
After three long years, Electric Picnic has returned to Laois and with thousands of festival-goers descending on Stradbally, the fun and...
‘It is a time to celebrate and we have nothing to fear’ says Professor...
Professor Luke O'Neill says that Electric Picnic goers have nothing to fear Covid-19 wise as the festival returns this weekend.
70,000 people are expected to...
‘It’s the quintessential biggest Irish festival’ – The Coronas excited ahead of Electric Picnic...
Danny O'Reilly, lead singer of The Coronas, has heralded Electric Picnic as the 'quintessential biggest Irish festival'.
The Coronas will take to the Main Stage...
Electric Picnic chief doesn’t rule out further expansion as biggest ever festival lies ahead...
The chief organiser of Electric Picnic has not ruled out increasing the capacity of in order to satisfy demand.
Melvin Benn was speaking ahead of...
Laois Celtic trad punk band The Outcast Crew set to rock Spike Island at...
Celtic trad punk band The Outcast Crew will take to the Spike Island stage at 1.30am on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
The Laois band comprises: Brian...
As Electric Picnic draws closer we caught up with Portlaoise star Kean Kavanagh
The Electric Picnic buzz is gathering more and more strength with 20,000 people with Early Access tickets set to be on site later today
Up...
Meet the Laois indie rock band getting ready to wow the crowds at Electric...
Having played Electric Picnic in 2014, indie rock band, The Lost Messiahs, are thrilled to find themselves back at Stradbally Hall, playing the word...
Laois brothers set to kick off Electric Picnic on Spike Island Stage on Friday
With musical talent on both sides of the family, it’s little wonder that brothers Hugh and Ciarán Finn from Rathdowney, who will play the...
Thomas Cosby: ‘It’s a working weekend for us and we have to look after...
“I missed it for the last two years, but it has come back with a bang and got a bit bigger,” said Thomas Cosby...
In Pictures: A sneak peek inside the 2022 Electric Picnic before festival recommences
After a three year absence, Electric Picnic is set to roar back into life in Stradbally this weekend.
Festival goers will actually begin arriving on...
Stage times announced for Electric Picnic as Dermot Kennedy, Snow Patrol and Arctic Monkeys...
Electric Picnic is back at Stradbally Estate, in Co Laois, this weekend with a jam-packed line-up. Here are the acts and stage times
So now you...
