Its described as a hamlet of creations stuffed into caravans, horseboxes, mobile homes, shipping containers, and repurposed vehicles. The electric picnic lineup for 2017 has officially been announced with organisers finally revealing who will headline this years festival. Saturdays popular acts included sbtrkt, le galaxie, hudson mohawke and the. It took place on the weekend of friday 8 july, saturday, 9 july and sunday, 10 july at punchestown racecourse near naas in county kildare, ireland.
A look back at the changing electric picnic lineups over. The 2017 electric picnic lineup has officially been. It is noted for its eclectic lineup, a positive and. Electric picnic announces 23 new acts for the festival lineup. A clashfinder is a free, printable timetable for an event. With the music and many other forms of entertainment that the festival brings, there was no. On the final night of the festival christy moore came on stage to. Aerial picture of the electric picnic taken by drone on saturday. Hi, we are looking for feedback from anyone who has been to the electric picnic. Electric picnic has added some last minute acts to. Electric picnic 2011 lineup, lineup, rumours information, lineup, lineup, news, rumours.
The electric picnic 2014 fun train continues into the eleventh year and will bring the fun and family friendly music back to stradbally estate once again. All tickets for ep 2020 have sold out in record time. The lineup also included plump djs, david kitt, super furry animals, jurassic5, grand master flash, arrested development and groove armada. Electric picnic music and arts festival takes place from 30th august 1st september 2019 at stradbally hall, co. Anyone who attended longitude last weekend and is planning to head to electric picnic will certainly be delighted with the new lineup announcement. Ive had to shoehorn orbital into arcadia on saturday night. The festival was launched on 15 april 2009 and featured performances from artists such as orbital, the flaming lips, brian wilson.
Electric picnic is irelands definitive boutique festival, running since 2004 it is ireland answer to glastonbury, often mirroring some of the ideas and concepts pioneered by glastonbury over the years electric picnic is held in stradbally, county laois, electric picnic caters for all taste in music and has many other additions to the festival to give you. The mobile home stage is one of the most popular areas of the picnic, and it returns this year with all of its urual quirky. Electric picnic 2011 kicked off on september 2 nd and by the end of the weekend it proved to have grown on annual picnickers by proving to impress them even more than previous years. Park in red, sleep in oscar, photocopy the site map, and dont download apps. The lineup this year brought a good variety of artists with the xx, sigur ros and azealia banks taking over friday nights entertainment. Electric picnic 2009 was the sixth edition of the electric picnic festival to take place. Removed arcadia because id managed pick up last years lineup. It was voted best mediumsized european festival at the 2010 european festival awards, and has been. Plus lineups for jerry fish electric sideshow, trailer park and. Oxegen 2011 was the eighth oxegen festival to take place since 2004. Electric picnic has established itself as a truly unique irish festival, set amid the rolling lawns of stradbally hall, co laois, a beautiful 600 acre estate just 50 mins from dublin. Electric picnic 2010 was the seventh edition of the electric picnic festival to take place. Rage against the machine are the first headline act to be announced for electric picnic 2020. Saturday night at electric picnic has only just begun.
Todays announcement comes with the news that all tickets for stradbally festival have officially sold out. Just looking at the line up for the countrys biggest festival solidifies that even further, with a wide range of artists being booked to perform at the muchloved picnic. Line up for trailer park at electric picnic revealed iradio. The 2008 festival was confirmed when the official electric picnic website announced the usual presale was to happen again. The festival attracts up to 4,999 patrons for a weekend full of magic, merriment and madness. Electric picnic 2011 line up, lineup, rumours information, lineup, line up, news, rumours. The line up also included plump djs, david kitt, super furry animals, jurassic5, grand master flash, arrested development and groove armada. Electric picnic hotels book hotels near electric picnic. Arctic monkeys, beyonce, black eyed peas, coldplay, foo fighters and the strokes were among the headlining acts. A look back at the changing electric picnic lineups over the past 14.
The festival originated in 2006, and has been an annual success ever since. A happy tenth birthday to electric picnic who having successfully navigated nine muddy, music filled weekends of fun and audio gold, will celebrate their tenth birthday in 20. Their song crazy was the first single to go to number one on downloads alone. Trenchtown will be bringing caribbean vibes to electric picnic all weekend, and so dj carlos irie, aunty shimmy and boggle test the speakers with a dj set of blazin, bassheavy reggae and dancehall bangers. Clashfinder glastonbury 2011 clashfinder landing page. It is noted for its eclectic line up, a positive and. Artists who played in 2011 included arcade fire, pulp, the chemical brothers, interpol. Frontman matty healy is the star of saturday night.
Your roadmap for saturday its a quiet eruption for fridays ep headliners, the xx smooth start to electric picnic despite increased security. Find out who played electric picnic 2011 and relive it through our photos and. There are just two weeks to go til stadbally estate opens its gates to 600 acres of music, arts and wonderment. Electric picnic is irelands premier music and arts festival. Get ready, electric picnic is getting bigger and greener in 2020. The threeday event took place on the weekend of friday september 4, saturday september 5 and sunday september 6 at stradbally hall in stradbally, county laois, ireland.
Electric picnic 2008 was the fifth electric picnic festival to take place. Aug 31, 2017 somehow their electric picnic sets always seem to be even more impressive, so if form is anything to go by, its sure to be something special. Last year electric picnic 2012 enjoyed the status of biggest festival in ireland as oxegen took a hiatus. Blur and 19 other acts have been added to the electric picnic lineup. Electric picnic 2015 is just around the corner now, and plenty of you are bound to be gracing the fields of stradbally for the first time in your life. Mar 10, 2011 electric picnic line up announced updated thursday, 10 mar 2011 15. The chemical brothers, pulp and underworld were all headliners in 2011. Families can also download a small booklet outlining childrens activities and programmes as well as useful information on family camping, baby changing facilities, showers, toilets, etc. The threeday event took take place on the weekend of friday 3, saturday 4 and sunday 5 september at stradbally hall in stradbally, county laois, ireland. The line up is set to be announced at 12pm this thursday so we. These tickets went on sale on 9 november 2007 and full price tickets went on sale on friday 28 march at 9 p. Set in the idyllic surroundings of stradbally hall, the festival offers everything from music t.
Electric picnic on saturday offers a great day of music. The line up for electric picnic 2018 has been announced, with kendrick lamar, massive attack and nerd among the big names set to perform at stradbally this year. This is how you watch live coverage of electric picnic this. The lineup for ep 2011 added huge highlights to the weekend with. So here we are at the prefestival for the final big camping music festival of the year in ireland, the electric picnic has rolled around for another year with its first sell out in five years. The 2006 festival was described by hot press as a bitesized electric picnic, held in the grounds of a 17thcentury castle, with the added bonus of indoor toilets and showers. Electric picnic is an annual artsandmusic festival which has been staged since 2004 at. The presentday electric picnic is a threeday event that draws nearly 50,000 festivalgoers every year. As is the custom with electric picnic there is always a big dance act to finish off the saturday night proceedings in the main stage, this year theyve got the chemical brothers and although they always put in a fine festival set there is a different type of electronic act in the little big tent that we think is even better to check out.
The lineup for electric picnic 2018 has been announced, with kendrick lamar, massive attack and nerd among the big names set to perform at stradbally this year. Join us for the best endofsummer party on september 3rd at hillsboro stadium, featuring cake, mgmt, matt and kim, sofi tukker, and robert delong. This is the first in a guaranteed 10 years confirmed after the end of the last festival. I have no idea what time theyll actually be playing but itll probably be around the same time as the main stage. Electric picnic main stage lineup, and some fine dining options. The first acts for this years electric picnic festival at stradbally estate, co laois. With a love of the ridiculous, it is the place to spend time if. Originally it was held at fairyhouse racecourse in county meath, but it was moved to punchestown racecourse in county kildare for its final year in 2004, guinness were replaced by heineken as sponsors, and the festival continued as before at punchestown, changing its name to. Witnness was an irish music festival, sponsored by guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003. Weekend ticketsthere are no individual day onescost 240 including camping, with the various sites opening at 9 a.
Electric picnic is a festival which has taken place annually since 2004 at stradbally hall in county laois, ireland. Nasty cuts from dub gabriel, cali p and dubmatix burn like fresh fire. The threeday event took place on the weekend of fridaysunday, 2931 august at stradbally in county laois, ireland. With the music and many other forms of entertainment that the festival brings, there was no doubt that the crowd would be greatly amused. This is how you watch live coverage of electric picnic. The three day event will see international acts such as the xx, duran duran, interpol, chaka khan and london grammar take to the stage. Electric picnic 2018 lineup revealed the irish times. Leftfield finish electric picnic\s saturday night off in style.
Find cheap hotels and serviced apartments near electric picnic. Collaborate with hq to bring extraordinary ideas to life, showcase unique skills, and enhance the spirit of the forest. Somehow their electric picnic sets always seem to be even more impressive, so if form is anything to go by, its sure to be something special. This show is part of their current tour, marking 15 years since the release of their album turn on the bright lights. Electric picnic 2010 lineup, lineup, rumours information, lineup, lineup, news, rumours. Earlybird tickets for the 2007 festival went on sale between monday 11 december 2006, and. Electric picnic 2011 kicked off on september 2nd and by the end of the weekend it proved to have grown on annual picnickers by proving to impress them even more than previous years. Electric picnic lineup announced updated thursday, 10 mar 2011 15. Electric picnic 20 lineup and stagetimes goldenplec.
The electric picnic offers a family ticket which will permit access for two adults and up to four children to the designated family campsite. Electric picnic 2017 is almost upon us, with duran duran, the xx and a tribe called quest among the big names headlining the stradbally event this weekend. It is organised by pod concerts and festival republic, who purchased the majority shareholding in 2009. If you really find yourself in a pickle, surf are hosting a popup laundrette at the picnic this year. Electric picnic 2020 lineup find the latest lineup announcements for electric picnic right here, from the uks biggest festival guide. In 2004, the electric picnic was born, starting as a 1 day festival with just 10,000. Picnickers across the country are getting ready packing tents, sleeping bags and wellies. It was voted best mediumsized european festival at the 2010 european festival awards, and has been voted best big festival at each of the last four. Electric picnic 20 new acts, two door cinema club, kodaline plus many more posted on 23 july 20 james vincent mcmorrow james v mcmorrow sunday 4th september 2011 at electric picnic dublin. Electric picnic is an annual artsandmusic festival which has been staged since 2004 at stradbally hall in stradbally, county laois, ireland. As pete tong took to the main stage, interpol filled the electric arena for an amazing headline performance.