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Tuesday 5 December 2023 Dublin: 6°C

# Electric Picnic

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'We're confident the festival can take place': Electric Picnic announces new dates for September
The three-day festival is set to run from 24 to 26 September.
Quiz: How much do you know about Electric Picnic?
We’ve never missed a muddy field so much before.
Electric Picnic 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19
Ticket holders can get a refund of their tickets or carry them forward to next year.
Body and Soul part ways with Electric Picnic after 16 years
Tickets for next year’s festival sold out this afternoon.
Man to appear in court after being caught with weapon at Electric Picnic
The man was arrested at a car park at the festival over the weekend.
How well do you remember Electric Picnics past?
What started in 2004 has since become Ireland’s largest music festival.
Poll: Have you ever left your tent behind after a festival?
Last year, bulldozers were brought in to clear thousands of leftover tents after Electric Picnic.
Rainfall warning in the west but a mostly dry weekend for Electric Picnic
Met Éireann says heavy rain is on the way.
'I took it and paid the price': Ex-Ireland's Got Talent contestant issues Electric Picnic drug warning
Brandon Webb was put into an induced coma last year after falling ill as a result of MDMA.
Transport, stage times, weather: Here's what you need to know if you're heading to Electric Picnic
Nearly 60,000 people are set to descend upon Stradbally in Laois for the biggest event of the Irish festival calendar.
Electric Picnic: Festival-goers warned of 'vigorous' drug searches
The warning comes ahead of the festival this weekend.
Hozier, The Strokes, Florence + the Machine and The 1975 announced as headliners for Electric Picnic
The festival is already sold out.
Electric Picnic tickets sell out 15 minutes after going on sale
It is the first time the festival has sold out before any acts were announced.
Ireland's entertainment world comes out for funeral of Electric Picnic founder John Reynolds
The 52 year-old was found dead at his home last week.
'A visionary', 'Inspirational': Tributes paid to well-known music promoter John Reynolds
“Ireland is less today for his passing,” Leo Varadkar said.
Music promoter and Electric Picnic founder John Reynolds dies suddenly aged 52
The music promoter died suddenly at his home in Dublin this evening.
'Festival waste? It's not new - we're a disposable nation and we need to change our attitude'
Green Party Councillor Claire Byrne knows all about trying to keep festival sites clean – and says we need to stop seeing tents as disposable, and look at what we can do to clean up after ourselves.
Early bird tickets for next year's Electric Picnic sell out
More tickets will go on sale in 2019.
A look back at the very first Electric Picnic in 2004
We have come a long way.
Thousands of tents left behind at Electric Picnic campsite cleared by bulldozers
One festival attendee said that there was “millions of euro worth of stuff left behind”.
That first post-Electric Picnic shower is all anyone can talk about right now, TBH
‘Smell of SHITE off me.’
Statement trousers, Cher from Clueless and 'All Black Everything': The fashion trends at Electric Picnic
Which trend was Roz Purcell rocking?
In pictures: Thousands enjoy first two days of Electric Picnic in Stradbally
This year’s headline acts include Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack, and The Prodigy.
How Well Do You Know The Acts On Electric Picnic's Lineup?
Are you taking this quiz at home or in a tent?
What to watch on TV tonight: Saturday
This is the telly everyone will be talking about tomorrow.
Blindboy demonstrated how he prepares his plastic bags for gigs ahead of Electric Picnic
Looks like your Halloween costume is sorted.
Heading to Electric Picnic? Here's everything you need to know
More than 50,000 people are set to descend upon Stradbally in Laois for the biggest event of the Irish festival calendar.
10 Spice Girls inspired looks to rock at Electric Picnic
Spice up your life.
17 things we learned from a sneak peek at this year's Electric Picnic site
Featuring MudWatch.
7 rainjackets under €40 to keep dry for the Sunday of Electric Picnic
Keep dry, folks.
15 cheap but vital products that'll actually save your life during Electric Picnic
It’s almost time.
Public warned about fake print-at-home Electric Picnic tickets
The festival begins next weekend – Gardaí are advising people not to fall for ‘print-at-home’ ticket scams.
Here are the stage times for Electric Picnic 2018
We highly recommend you go and see Pillow Queens and Kojaque.
Johnny Logan is going to be headlining Electric Ireland's Throwback Stage at EP next weekend
Probably the last person you ever expected to see on the Electric Picnic lineup.
Steel cups and banning plastic cutlery: How music festivals are trying to combat waste
Litter is a big problem at many festivals.
5 biodegradable glitters to use for an eco-friendly festival season
Go plastic-free at Longitude and Electric Picnic.
Twitter users are sharing memories of their first festival - and the things they've learned since
Oh, if only we knew then what we know now.
10 lies we tell each other at festivals
Dedicated to all the leftover tents.
Which Irish Festival Should You Go To?
Too many to choose from.
Just 11 of the more questionable items classed as 'festival fashion'
A few of the websites seem determined to sell us heels.