Electric Picnic 14: A weekend of catchy numbers

Statistically speaking, the neat figures of EP14 tell their own story


Paying punters on site:

41,000

Paying punters on site by 7pm Friday:

31,000

People who will claim in five years’ time to have seen Hozier on the main stage:

623,121

Abandoned loom bands on the path to and from Soul Kids:

117

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Drones over Stradbally:

Ice-bucket challenges on-site:

zero. That meme is thankfully over.

Number of copies of the daily edition of The Ticket produced and distributed on site:

32,000

DJ sets played by Ghostboy over the weekend:

Nine

Government ministers in attendance:

One (Paschal Donohoe, who was seen at Portishead and Banter at Other Voices)

Cost of early-bird tickets for 2015 Electric Picnic, which go on sale today:

€154.50 to €194.50

Number of stages:

42

Number of disappointing no-shows:

one – FKA twigs cancelled her eagerly anticipated Irish debut on Saturday

Cost of a meal in Mindfield’s Fine Dining:

€120

Number of men with beards in the audience for Tune-Yards:

766

Number of golf buggies backstage:

120

Number of dancers from the audience on the main stage with Chic on Saturday night:

86

Number of people queuing at the ATM machine on Sunday morning:

400. The Picnic vendors do not accept Bitcoin, but maybe next year