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Friday 24 March 2023 Dublin: 7°C

# EP

Last year
2022
# 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
All time
# 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
# brexit debate
Nigel Farage says EU's tone is 'emollient' as Martina Anderson dons Irish jersey in EU parliament
“It is certainly not a question of pretending to negotiate”, Barnier warned, as Juncker told MEPs the risk of no deal remains “very real”.
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Sep 18th 2019, 11:32 AM
# 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
# 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
# EP
17 things we learned from a sneak peek at this year's Electric Picnic site
Featuring MudWatch.
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Aug 28th 2018, 6:30 PM
# festival fashion
10 Instagrams to follow if you need some style inspo for Electric Picnic
Time to get outfit-planning.
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Aug 1st 2018, 9:00 PM
# ep2018
Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D and Massive Attack have been announced for Electric Picnic 2018
Dua Lipa, Ben Howard, St Vincent, and Chvrches will also be appearing in Stradbally.
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Mar 15th 2018, 11:45 AM
# Electric Picnic
A look back at the changing Electric Picnic lineups over the past 14 years
There have been some excellent headliners over the years.
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Mar 12th 2018, 8:00 PM
# tents up
14 tweets that sum up the Electric Picnic weekend so far
From energetic crowds to the best one-liners.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 4:06 PM
# 2007 checking in
14 classic photos from Electric Picnic a decade ago
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and the Green Party: A simpler time.
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Aug 30th 2017, 9:00 PM
# iconic moments
17 of the most Electric Picnic things that have ever happened
Shenanigans.
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Sep 2nd 2016, 9:30 PM
# 11 years on
16 classic photos from the Electric Picnic way back in 2005
Gonna party like it’s two-thousand-and-five.
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Sep 1st 2016, 9:30 PM
# FOMO
Electric Picnic Night Two as told in tweets from Stradbally
Things ramped up.
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Sep 6th 2015, 10:54 AM
# Electric Picnic
'Should we just sit at home twiddling our thumbs just because we have children?'
Should people have to hang up their wellie boots just because they have kids?
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Sep 6th 2015, 10:30 AM
# the picnic
Electric Picnic Night One in tweets from Stradbally
A good time was definitely had by all.
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Sep 5th 2015, 10:36 AM
# Electric Picnic
Here are our top 6 things to do at Electric Picnic today: Saturday
Rise and shine!
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Sep 5th 2015, 7:45 AM
# hardcore
How Much Of An Electric Picnic Wimp Are You?
Hardcore or not? Find out.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 6:20 PM
# Result
The girl that lost her job over Electric Picnic has already been offered a new one
Internet fame can take you places.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 6:30 PM
# Quiz
Do You Even Know Who You’re Seeing At Electric Picnic?
Identify the bands you’ll be watching on stage this weekend.
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Sep 1st 2015, 6:30 PM
# NO MORE
9 things people need to cop on to before Electric Picnic 2015
Please. Can everyone just stop.
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Mar 5th 2015, 2:30 PM
# Mother of Jaysus
11 of the best responses from the Electric Picnic Facebook page
People weren’t happy – and they made it clear in the most hilarious way possible.
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Mar 4th 2015, 3:32 PM
# ep 2014
Electric Picnic sees 150 drug busts and 10 held for theft
Oh, and one couple had to be rescued after their tent caught fire when candles were lit there.
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Sep 2nd 2014, 12:27 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s been talking about a drowning tragedy in Crete, Irish troops in the Middle East, peace, and EP.
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Aug 31st 2014, 8:22 PM
# Electric Dreams
Electric Picnic tickets for NEXT year going on sale on Monday
We’ll always be together…
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Aug 29th 2014, 9:07 AM
# the vibes
The perfect remedy for anyone sick of Electric Picnic already
Total p*sstake.
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Aug 27th 2014, 8:59 AM
# European elections
'If you've got no vote, you've got no voice' - MEP pushes election registration
Fine Gael’s Jim Higgins said we fought ‘long and hard’ for our democracy and people should participate in it.
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Nov 25th 2013, 11:25 AM
# Electric Picnic
21 pictures of this year's Electric Picnic festival
It looked epic and oh, so very colourful.
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Sep 1st 2013, 8:01 PM
# drugs are bad
Electric Picnic festival goers warned to stay away from 'dodgy pills'
The drug known as ‘Blue Ghosts’ or ‘Casper’ is doing the rounds at the festival and organisers have urged picnickers to be careful.
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Aug 31st 2013, 3:35 PM
# EP
20-year-old man dies at Electric Picnic festival
Gardaí confirmed the sudden death but do not believe foul play was involved.
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Aug 31st 2013, 9:09 AM
# the build up
Here's a sneak peek at the Electric Picnic site!
There are seats in front of the main stage. SEATS!
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Aug 27th 2013, 6:09 PM
# Sold Out
Still hoping to go to Electric Picnic? Hop on your saddle
The Stradbally festival has sold out for the first time since 2008. But if you’re fit enough you can still get in by cycling from Dublin to Laois.
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Aug 23rd 2013, 7:14 PM
# Tour De Picnic
Mia, 12, will test new prosthetic leg in charity cycle
There were over 700 participants at the Electric Picnic bike ride last year, but organisers hope this year will be even bigger.
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Jun 26th 2013, 9:15 PM
# EP2012
In pics: A first look at Electric Picnic 2012
Take a sneak peek at the festival site…
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Aug 28th 2012, 5:10 PM
# Electric Picnic
10 Ways to blag your way to Electric Picnic
Do you look like Rosanna Davison?
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Aug 17th 2010, 2:46 PM