The build-up to Electric Picnic usually begins straight away after the previous year’s edition. One of the most highly anticipated weekends of the year, Ireland’s largest festival takes place in Stradbally, Co.Laois this weekend with an estimated 55,000 attendees. The festival hosts some of the biggest international names in the music industry across all genres as well as an array of Irish talent. Homegrown artists are a massive part of any festival lineup and Electric Picnic are bringing out the best of the best this weekend.
Here’s fifteen Irish acts that are playing over the weekend that we think you should definitely check out.
Friday
Get Down Edits – Casa Bacardi Stage – 18:00-20:00
Jenny Greene and the RTE Concert Orchestra – Rankin’s Wood – 21:00–21:30
New Jackson – Body&Soul Stage – 02:45 – 03:00
Bicep – Stage & Set-time TBA
Saturday
Hammer – Casa Bacardi Stage – 20:00-22:00
Long Island Sound – Anachronica ( The Woods ) – 23:15-00:30
ELLLL – Body&Soul Stage ( The Woods ) – 00:30-01:15
Sunil Sharpe – Anachronica ( The Woods ) – 02:00-04:00
Annie Mac – Stage & Set-time TBA
Sunday
Boots & Kats – Casa Bacardi Stage – 15:00-16:30
Kelly-Anne Byrne – Casa Bacardi Stage – 16:30-18:00
Orange Tree Edits – Heineken Live Your Music Stage – 18:30-20:30
Mano Le Tough – Rankin’s Wood – 20:00-21:00
Krystal Klear – Casa Bacardi Stage – 22:00-00:00
DJ Deece – Anachronica ( The Woods ) – 02:00-04:00