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Chappell Roan on stage at Electric Picnic 2025

From Kneecap to DJ Neven - Electric Picnic 2025 reviewed

The death has taken place of Summer 2025. Family flowers only please, donations welcome for a weekend away to Newcastle in November. Its final resting place is Stradbally, and like any good Irish wake, it was one hell of a party.

Festivals • 02 Sep

Russell Howard is coming to this year's Electric Picnic (Pic: Getty Images)

Electric Picnic announce star-studded comedy line-up for 2024

Get ready to laugh, Stradbally.

Comedy • 25 Jul 24

Something For The Weekend: Lisa Mulcahy's Cultural Picks

Filmmaker Lisa Mulcahy is a veteran of many TV shows; in recent years alone, she's helmed episodes of such acclaimed shows as The Tourist, Years And Years, Ridley Road and Blood.

Something For The Weekend • 04 Oct 23

The cast of Agreement. Photo: Carrie Davenport/Lyric Theatre Belfast

Lyric Theatre bring acclaimed Good Friday play to Electric Picnic

An acclaimed new play from Belfast's Lyric Theatre dramatizing the events of the Good Friday Agreement will receive a special encore at this year's Electric Picnic festival.

Theatre • 01 Sep 23

Aisling Bea is coming to Electric Picnic (Getty Images)

Aisling Bea set to play Electric Picnic Comedy Arena

The Comedy Arena kicks off 1:30pm on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September.

Comedy • 15 Aug 23

Electric Picnic's star-studded comedy line-up revealed

Dylan Moran is set to headline Electric Picnic's comedy tent.

Comedy • 11 Aug 22

Summer music festivals are back! Your essential guide

Festivals • 01 Jun 22

Electric Picnic announce a jam-packed comedy line-up

Get ready to laugh, Picnickers.

Comedy • 21 Aug 19

Cardi B headlines this year's Longitude Festival

Irish Music Festivals 2019 - 10 essential events

The good times are back, baby - or at least you'd think so, considering the number of music festivals lining up on the runway for the summer - and that's before you include stand-alone mega-gigs from everyone from Metallica to The Spice Girls.

Festivals • 14 May 19

John Reynolds ahead of the first Electric Picnic in 2004

John Reynolds remembered - a music promoter who changed the game

Promoters take chances. By their very nature, they go out on a limb every time they go to work.

Music • 26 Oct 18

3 cultural things to do this weekend

Have we got Culture recommendations for you! A trio of must-see happenings this weekend...

Cultural Happenings • 31 Aug 18

Dust off the double denim - B*Witched are back!

They dominated the pop charts in the '90s with hits like 'C'est la Vie' and 'Blame It On The Weatherman' and single-handedly breathed new life into Ireland's double-denim and choker necklace cottage industries...

Music • 15 Aug 18

Russell Howard (Photo: Brian Rasic/Getty Images)

Electric Picnic 2018 - Ireland's funniest music festival?

The festival marks the send-off of summer as we step into September with a stellar line up of acts.

Comedy • 14 Aug 18

Updated: Irish summer music festivals 2018 - your one-stop guide

Now that the Christmas chaos has been firmly placed back in its box for the next 10 months or so, and spring has sprung, it's not too early to start planning what you're doing this summer.

Music • 30 May 18

RTÉ Concert Orchestra bring the noise to Electric Picnic

Electric Picnic 2017 has officially kicked off, and all eyes are on the RTÉ Concert Orchestra's return to EP tonight after last-year's show-stealing turn.

Electric Picnic • 04 Sep 17

Can't get Electric Picnic tickets? Some European alternatives...

Electric Picnic sold out in five minutes flat, putting paid to plenty of people's plans for a perfectly soundtracked, hazy and (possibly) hedonistic blowout to send off the Irish summer. Time to look further afield...

Culture • 17 May 17

Something For The Weekend: Jerry Fish's Cultural Picks

Cultural musts from the ringmaster of the Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow, coming to Dublin this weekend.

Music • 08 Aug 17

RTÉ Player: now with added Culture

Culture • 12 Sep 16

Other Voices #EP15: Your Electric Picnic Playlist

Culture • 02 Sep 16

Un-Laois the wellies! 40 new acts for Electric Picnic

The art of bi-location will be needed more than ever at this year's Electric Picnic with the addition of nearly forty new acts to the line-up including ABC and James Bay.

Culture • 24 Aug 16

Electric Picnic