Electric Picnic 2015
From news and reviews, to previews, weather, playlists and good old fashioned advice. We've got your picnic covered.
Electric Picnic 2020: First headliners revealed
Rage Against the Machine to play Stradbally on the opening night of the sold-out festival
Body & Soul announces it is to quit Electric Picnic
After 16 years in Stradbally, Body & Soul is withdrawing to concentrate on its own festival in June
Electric Picnic capacity to be expanded to 70,000 next year
Increase in size is response to ‘unsatiated demand’, says promoter Melvin Benn
Una Mullally: Electric Picnic or Branded Picnic?
Brands and agencies need to realise that less is more as advertising hurts atmosphere
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 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
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
![Over the years Brendan O’Connor has dialled down the sardonic sneer [...] and he’s now an empathetic interviewer who wears his knowledge of books, culture and history lightly. Photograph: Kinlan Photography](/polopoly_fs/1.4464393.1611243717!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_76/image.jpg "Over the years Brendan O’Connor has dialled down the sardonic sneer [...] and he’s now an empathetic interviewer who wears his knowledge of books, culture and history lightly. Photograph: Kinlan Photography")
