# Electric Picnic

Last year

2022

# electric picnic lineup

Billie Eilish to headline Electric Picnic 2023 as first 10 acts announced

The lineup also features Lewis Capaldi and Niall Horan.

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Dec 5th 2022, 12:53 PM

# Festival

HSE screening at Electric Picnic found drugs not detected in Ireland before

The programme’s 46 samples also contained dangerously strong MDMA

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Oct 25th 2022, 2:51 PM

# Assault

Male youth charged in relation to serious assault at Electric Picnic last month

A man in his 30s was seriously assaulted at the music festival on Friday 2 September.

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Oct 6th 2022, 6:12 PM

# Assault

Gardaí probe serious assault during DJ set at at Electric Picnic

The assault occurred sometime between 10pm – 12 midnight on Friday night.

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Sep 9th 2022, 12:51 PM

# Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about bands from the 2000s?

You can’t share your results on Bebo though…

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Sep 4th 2022, 10:00 PM

# Rain

Status Orange warning issued for 13 counties as 'intense' rain expected early tomorrow

The warning is valid from 4am to 8am tomorrow morning.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 2:00 PM

# purple skulls

HSE warns about 'double strength' MDMA at Electric Picnic

The tablet’s contents are “approximately two times the average adult dose”.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 7:25 AM

# festival fun

Heading to Electric Picnic 2022? Here's everything you need to know

It’s the first Electric Picnic since 2019.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 1:30 PM

# wet and windy

Nationwide weather advisory issued for this weekend ahead of Electric Picnic

The advisory is set to kick in at 7pm tomorrow and last until 7pm on Monday.

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Sep 1st 2022, 3:48 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Have you ever camped at a music festival?

Electric Picnic takes place from 2 to 4 September this year.

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Aug 30th 2022, 10:15 AM

# safer nightlife

A HSE drug analysis tent will be in operation at this year's Electric Picnic

It’s part of the HSE ‘Safer Nightlife’ harm reduction campaign.

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Aug 18th 2022, 11:49 AM

# Let's Get Quizzical

Quiz: What year did these acts headline Electric Picnic?

There have been some excellent headliners over the years, but how well do you know them?

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Mar 12th 2022, 10:00 PM

# Electric Picnic

Dermot Kennedy, Tame Impala and Arctic Monkeys to headline this year's Electric Picnic

The festival will take place from 2 to 4 September in Stradbally, Co Laois.

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Mar 10th 2022, 1:08 PM

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# Your Say

Poll: Are you planning to go to a festival in Ireland next year?

This weekend would have been Electric Picnic weekend. It wasn’t to be.

19.9k

Sep 23rd 2021, 9:48 AM

# Cancelled

'We have run out of time': Electric Picnic 2021 has been cancelled

The music and arts festival confirmed the news in a statement this evening.

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Sep 1st 2021, 6:27 PM

# tent talks

Government to ‘engage’ with Electric Picnic festival organisers

The Cabinet Covid-19 sub-committee met today to discuss the next steps in the easing of restrictions.

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Aug 27th 2021, 6:24 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think Electric Picnic should go ahead this year?

Laois County Council has said it will still refuse permission to the festival based on the official public-health advice.

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Aug 26th 2021, 8:43 AM

# Electric Picnic

'Nothing has changed': Laois County Council says it can't revisit Electric Picnic decision

The council decided not to grant a licence to the festival earlier this month.

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Aug 25th 2021, 3:32 PM

# Outdoor Events

Electric Picnic boss calls for festival to go ahead after Holohan's comments on live events

He said NPHET wouldn’t be opposed to large events taking place with only vaccinated people in attendance.

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Aug 24th 2021, 6:50 PM

# Electric Picnic

Electric Picnic festival refused licence by Laois County Council

The event’s promoter had said earlier this week he was confident it could go ahead.

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Aug 4th 2021, 6:01 PM

# Admission

Electric Picnic organiser 'very confident' festival will go ahead in September

Melvin Benn said he based his optimism on the fact no one in Government had told him the event would not be allowed.

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Aug 2nd 2021, 4:40 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you go to a music festival this year?

Electric Picnic is scheduled to take place in September.

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Jun 18th 2021, 9:12 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

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Jun 16th 2021, 4:58 PM

# Wellies at the Ready

'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.

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Jun 16th 2021, 2:22 PM

# ep2020

Quiz: How much do you know about Electric Picnic?

We’ve never missed a muddy field so much before.

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Sep 5th 2020, 10:00 PM

# EP

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.

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May 11th 2020, 4:50 PM

# RIDING SOULO

Body and Soul part ways with Electric Picnic after 16 years

Tickets for next year’s festival sold out this afternoon.

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Dec 9th 2019, 5:33 PM

# Laois

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.

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Sep 3rd 2019, 10:48 AM

# Quiz

How well do you remember Electric Picnics past?

What started in 2004 has since become Ireland’s largest music festival.

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Aug 31st 2019, 9:00 PM

# Your Say

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.

25.6k

Aug 31st 2019, 9:15 AM

# Weekend Weather

Rainfall warning in the west but a mostly dry weekend for Electric Picnic

Met Éireann says heavy rain is on the way.

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Aug 30th 2019, 4:24 PM

# Electric Picnic

'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.

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Aug 30th 2019, 2:46 PM

# Festival

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.

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Aug 30th 2019, 6:10 AM

# Stradbally

Electric Picnic: Festival-goers warned of 'vigorous' drug searches

The warning comes ahead of the festival this weekend.

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Aug 27th 2019, 9:22 PM

# Electric Picnic

Hozier, The Strokes, Florence + the Machine and The 1975 announced as headliners for Electric Picnic

The festival is already sold out.

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Mar 13th 2019, 11:36 AM

# All Gone

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.

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Dec 3rd 2018, 12:10 PM

# RIP

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.

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Nov 1st 2018, 9:59 PM

# RIP

'A visionary', 'Inspirational': Tributes paid to well-known music promoter John Reynolds

“Ireland is less today for his passing,” Leo Varadkar said.

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Oct 26th 2018, 1:57 PM

# POD

Music promoter and Electric Picnic founder John Reynolds dies suddenly aged 52

The music promoter died suddenly at his home in Dublin this evening.

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Oct 25th 2018, 9:58 PM

Voices

'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.

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Sep 8th 2018, 4:00 PM