Electric Picnic
Electric Picnic aftermath: Campers leave fewer tents, but plenty of chairs and gazebos
Organisers estimate ‘30 per cent more tents’ were taken home from campsites this year
Electric Picnic 2019: Best gigs of the weekend
Reviews: Florence, Billie, Charli and Christine, plus Hozier and Richard Ashcroft
‘Hello, Dublin!’ Electric Picnic 2019’s best and worst moments
From Charli XCX and Billie Eilish to a sea of plastic cups and a big geographical fail
Florence + the Machine at Electric Picnic: An incandescent finale
Review: The festival’s closing set leaves the audience stirred and gasping for more
Kodaline at Electric Picnic: A crowd-conquering performance
Review: The music’s a little lacklustre, but the audience sing along to their hearts’ content
Richard Ashcroft at Electric Picnic: 'I’m so happy to be let off my leash in Laois'
Review: The singer harks unashamedly back to The Verve’s glory days in a big-hearted set
‘I love you, legs.’ ‘I love you, knees.’ And other Electric Picnic conversations
It’s Sunday. Opt for an early feed of chips, or get in touch with body and soul?
The Wha at Electric Picnic: Classic punk-pop spiked with The Strokes
Review: The Kilkenny four-piece carry off their set with no small panache
The 1975 at Electric Picnic: Frontman Matty Healy is the star of Saturday night
Review: ‘We’re the greatest rock band in the world and we’re not even a rock band’
Electric Picnic’s perfect moment came late on Saturday afternoon
A glittering rainbow signalled the rain’s end, bathing the field in the colours of tolerance
Bonnie Tyler at Electric Picnic: Total eclipse of a mass orgasm of nostalgia
Review: The tent fills with unconditional love for Bonnie Tyler and her trademark huskiness
Electric Picnic 2019: Five unmissable final-day acts
A Kilkenny teen band, a bewitching sonic machine, and the original pirate materialist
Christine and the Queens at Electric Picnic: Standout show from a singular performer
Review: ‘Stay freaky, my friends,’ urges the intense, sultry and captivating Chris
Charli XCX at Electric Picnic: pop nirvana, then a surprise, then it gets really good
Review: Charli XCX has the Electric Arena crowd in the palm of her hand from the off
Inhaler at Electric Picnic: Bono’s son’s band make their own noise
Review: Inhaler are casting off the U2 association and marking their own territory
Jessica Pratt at Electric Picnic: a fine frisson of freak-folk
Review: the Californian singer brings a balmy West Coast vibe to Body & Soul
Electric Picnic 2019: ‘Ferocious’ Scary Éire party like it’s 1991
Review: Dublin-Tullamore crew Scary Éire played the Salty Dog stage in the woods at 1am
Electric Picnic 2019: Five acts to catch on Saturday
Expressive Irish hip-hop, a seductive singer-songwriter and the best act of the festival
Hozier at Electric Picnic: Stirring homecoming from an Irish star
Review: ‘I can’t put a name on being in front of a home crowd,’ says an emotional Hozier
Dermot Kennedy at Electric Picnic: A hard-punching main-stage performance
Review: Welcome to the evening the festival finally achieves peak Irish troubadour
Jarvis Cocker at Electric Picnic: No going back to the year 2000
Review: A crowd-pleasing show? No. An inside look at a maverick’s progress? Definitely
Billie Eilish at Electric Picnic: ‘I’m part Irish, dude… This is my home’
Review: The 17-year-old force of nature performs a knockout set
Electric Picnic 2019: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Daniel and Majella, and a Child of Prague
If you care about us, God, would you replace the drizzle with an Indian summer?
David Keenan at Electric Picnic: The man connects
Review: The singer takes to his biggest stage yet. Money or hype can’t buy what he has
Electric Picnic review: A thinking person’s guide to mindful eating
Jonathan McCrea and Ivan Varian show a blindfolded audience how to eat smartly
Heavy rain hits west of country but Electric Picnic to miss the worst weather
Flood alerts issued and matches cancelled up to 50mm of rain falls in some counties
The first Electric Picnic: ‘We’re going for a mini-Glastonbury’
From the Archive: ‘Despite the promises, the beer and toilet queues proved as frustrating as always’
Electric Picnic festival hacks: How to save battery, choose a campsite, get some sleep
Park in red, sleep in Oscar, photocopy the site map, and don’t download apps
Electric Picnic 2019: Four acts to catch on Friday night
One to arrive early for, one nobody knows about, and one everyone will stay up for
Electric Picnic 2019: Full stage times for this weekend’s festival
Running orders for Florence + the Machine, Hozier, The Strokes, Billie Eilish and more
Electric Picnic 2019: Everything you need to know – traffic, weather, alcohol rules and more
From traffic, how to get there, the weather to camping, here’s your go-to guide
Electric Picnic 2019: Comedy and Salty Dog stage times revealed
Exclusive: Plus line-ups for Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow, Trailer Park and Trenchtown
Electric Picnic director tells festivalgoers: ‘Take your tent away’
Event grows to record high of 57,500 attendees for 2019, up 2,500 from 2018
Electric Picnic 2019: Electric Arena stage times revealed
Exclusive: Running orders for Jarvis Cocker, James Blake, Johnny Marr and more
Electric Picnic 2019: 20 acts not to miss at this year’s festival
From Billie Eilish, Florence and Jarvis Cocker to Freya Ridings and Mango x Mathman
Let’s Eat Grandma: ‘It’s easy to access young girls in the music industry’
The British pop savants on #MeToo, friendship and overcoming stereotypes
Electric Picnic 2018
Electric Picnic 2018: Highs and lows of the festival
Most riotous gig, most welcome encore, worst performance, best chat, tastiest food
Not at Electric Picnic? St Vincent perfectly judges the last-night mood
Also on Sunday: Garbage, Jessie Ware and Fontaines DC, reviewed
Electric Picnic review: St Vincent – Impressively out there
Annie Clark swings between euphoria and melancholy in a memorable performance
Electric Picnic review: Fontaines DC – Brilliant and bracing
The band deploy a potent Dublin state of mind that few of their contemporaries have
Packing up at Electric Picnic? Take a look at your entries for our €200 photo prize
A €200 Tesco voucher is up for grabs for the best shot. Enter by midnight on Monday
Electric Picnic review: Jessie Ware – Great songs but a flat performance
The singer manages to rouse a lethargic audience, but her gig still feels like a filler
Electric Picnic to expand for 2019, swelling capacity to 57,000
Main Stage arena to be enlarged after success of pop acts, says Festival Republic
Electric Picnic review: Garbage – 45 glorious minutes from Shirley Manson
They don’t make grunge-pop crossover like they used to. This is what we’ve been missing
Not at Electric Picnic? Massive Attack bring day two to a breathtaking close
Also on Saturday: Dua Lipa, Mavis Staples, Wolf Alice, Sigrid and Whenyoung, reviewed
Electric Picnic review: 4am anxiety attack as arena-ready dance music
Decades since they crawled out of Bristol’s DJ scene, theirs is still an extraordinary conceit
Electric Picnic 2018: Three acts to see on Sunday
For starters, get to the Main Stage at 2.30pm for Jamaican reggae legends Inner Circle
Electric Picnic review: Dua Lipa – Supercharged and preening like a pro
Scorching gig confirms her star wattage – and that pop at the Picnic is a great idea
Electric Picnic: The art that makes the festival magical
Horses in trees, a napping ogre, bubbles of colour and the wonderful Holomorph
Electric Picnic review: Whenyoung – A great pedigree, ripe to make their own
The Limerick trio’s sound still pays homage to The Cranberries. But that can change
Electric Picnic review: Wolf Alice – An imperious, gutsy performance
As soon as Ellie Rowsell’s band start to play the Electric Arena fills almost to capacity
Electric Picnic review: Sigrid – All music, no ego
The 21-year-old takes control of not one but two festival stages. That’s some achievement
Electric Picnic: The Irish hip-hop group your parents have never heard of
The Dublin duo Versatile could show Kendrick Lamar a thing or two
Electric Picnic: Three acts to see on Saturday
Don’t miss London-based Limerick trio Whenyoung on the Other Voices stage at 7pm
Electric Picnic: 10 things to do at the festival on Saturday
There’s music, including N.E.R.D, but don’t forget the Lake, Hazel Wood and Mindfield
Not at Electric Picnic? You missed Kendrick Lamar’s incredible gig
Also on Friday: Chvrches, Paddy Hanna, Ash and The Murder Capital, reviewed
‘No, I don’t want to do Electric Picnic. I’m middle aged’
In a horrible vision, Patrick Freyne is visited by the Ghost of Electric Picnic Future
Electric Picnic review: Chvrches – There’s no roof, but they blow it off anyway
The electropop head-hangers conquer the festival’s main stage
Electric Picnic: A pop-up wedding, knitting for gin, and Hozier’s ‘secret gig’
50,000 people have arrived at the festival. Pace yourselves, everyone: Jomo, not Fomo
Electric Picnic review: Ash – A proper punk-pop gig
Older hits, such as Girl from Mars, fuse easily with the veteran band’s newer tunes
Electric Picnic review: Paddy Hanna – An indie-rock showman
Dublin troubadour reaches out and finds an audience ready to take him by the hand
