Electric Picnic 2013 *Discussion only. NO ticket sales/requests*

martandr

niallon wrote: »

Last year was my first picnic, we had a lovely visitor every night of the festival. My GF woke each time as they were opening the zip (I'm not a wimp, just an extremely heavy sleeper!) and when she roared at them they'd flash a light in her face and leave. But we were both sleeping with any real valuables enough on our person that I'd like to think they couldn't have got near without waking us anyway.

Where did you camp?

roll

Mr.S wrote: »

Lock or no lock, you really shouldn't have anything in the tent of value! (apart from booze, which I hate leaving in my tent )

got it in one...

Furious-Red

What time does the campsite open at ?

run_Forrest_run

Furious-Red wrote: »

What time does the campsite open at ?

something like 9am Friday morning.
I arrived at 11am last year and it was eerily quiet so take your time, no rush. It's a marathon not a sprint;)

niallon

martandr wrote: »

Where did you camp?

Warhol, directly in line with the arena entrance but a fair bit away. Didn't matter though, with no oxegen for the first time last year there was a higher volume of heads not all that interested in the event itself, hopefully less this year.

freddiemoore

Mr.S wrote: »

Tickets
Tent
Sleeping Bag
Deodorant
Baby Wipes
Dry Shampoo
Small Towel
Snacks (crisps, crackers, sweets etc)
Pot Noodle / Cupa Soup (will save you lots of €€€€)
Change of clothes for 3 days
Nice big jumper (gets very cold at night)
Rain Jacket.
Lots and lots of drink
Lots and lots of cigarettes
Print out of timetable of bands
Speakers for the campsite
Torch
Cash (ATM queues can be a bit of a joke)

and thats about it

I went down on a whim last year after a night of drinking and just dossed down from Sligo on the Fiday. Usually bring way too much stuff but this time I only had bare essentials, spare clothes mainly, and it turned out to be best idea as I was never worried about losing things.
Probably bring everything but the kitchen sink this year and lose it all!

foolelle

hmmm, yeah what do people think the clientele will be like this year? this year we are going in a camper again and having done last year in one, the camper site seems to be a good bit safer imo

foolelle

I felt that myself Mr S, with Oxegens numbers as low as they were reported it seems that there will be a cross over alright, im not too worried about young people to be honest its the people who go looking for trouble. EP has always been a festival where you havent had to worry about too much, of course there is always one or two of these jokers around but generally speaking very very few.

DylanAFC

Anyone know of any buses going to EP from Cork on Sunday morning and returning on the Sunday night?

Blackie_IRL

www.hotpress.com/news/10091163.html

Stripped back Friday night by the sounds of it

Blackthorn Man

Hi, anyone know where I would get a family weekend ticket for 2 adults and 2 kids?

TheBza

Wu-Tang on the Friday suits me down to a T.

TheBza

Blackthorn Man wrote: »

Hi, anyone know where I would get a family weekend ticket for 2 adults and 2 kids?

Ticketmaster?

green day rule

FRIDAY

Fatboy Slim
Giorgio Moroder
Hudson Taylor
Miles Kane
My Bloody Valentine
Wu Tang Clan

SATURDAY

Big Black Delta
Billy Bragg
BJORK
BRMC
Cayucas
Clinic
Cyril Hahn
Daithi
Deap Vally
Disclosure
Duckworth Lewis Method
Ellie Goulding
Factory Floor
Forrests
Gavin James
Halves
Hozier
Hudson Mohawke
Hurts
John Grant
John Murry
Josephine
Le Carousel
Little Green Cars
Lulu James
Matthew E. White
Merchandise
New Jackson
No Ceremony
OCS
Palma Violets
Parquet Courts
Peace
Raglans
Robert Plant
Ryan Sheridan
Sam Smith
Savages
Space Dimension Controller
The Beat
The Walkmen
Tiga
Two Door Cinema Club
Valerie June
Young Folk
Young Wonder




SUNDAY

Arctic Monkeys
Black Uhuru
Blondes
Braids
David Byrne & St. Vincent
Chrome Sparks
Chvrches
Crystal Fighters
Dawes
Dirty Epics
Dublin Gospel Choir
Eels
Enemies
Franz Ferdinand
Funeral Suits
Hermitage Green
Indians
Jagwar Ma
Johnny Marr
Kodaline
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
Little Bear
Luke Sital-Singh
Mano Le Tough
Maud in Cahoots
Mick Flannery
MØ
Mount Kimbie
MS MR
Night Beds
Nina Nesbitt
Noah & The Whale
Polica
Silhouette
SOAK
Summer Camp
Terri Hooley
The 1975
The Establishment
The Knife
The Strypes
Warpaint

Fatfrog

foolelle wrote: »

I felt that myself Mr S, with Oxegens numbers as low as they were reported it seems that there will be a cross over alright, im not too worried about young people to be honest its the people who go looking for trouble. EP has always been a festival where you havent had to worry about too much, of course there is always one or two of these jokers around but generally speaking very very few.

Allot of people boozing in one area things are bound to happen, the camp sites are dark, confusing its easy to mistake the wrong tent!
The younger post leaving certs are a bit head wrecking huge groups +20 people, go hell for leather Fri/Sat then burn out Sun but f**k it, its their to be enjoyed by all.

I have to say in all the years I've been to the EP apart from the odd camping chair (which i firmly believe to be borrowed with good intentions) my tent/stuff has never been touched.

2 and a bit weeks! Time for dodgy Internet long range weather forecasts!!

freddiemoore

Friday the new late night Saturday showcase? Or is their still hope of a post Bjork electronic act?

Peterd66

Always thought they should have only tribute acts on Friday night as everyone goes a bit buck mad (myself included)! Always dreaded seeing someone I really wanted to see down for the Friday night, Dineen being the exception.

Peter

Blackie_IRL

So the Friday night is cost cutting night

ghostdancer

bar MBV and Wu-Tang Clan, that just means more time for wandering around the B&S area for me on Friday night so...

would prefer a few of the Saturday/Sunday medium-sized acts on in the Electric Arena on Friday before Cox/Moroder, seeing as they're going to have it open, as it would mean less clashes on those 2 days...

Fatfrog

freddiemoore wrote: »

Friday the new late night Saturday showcase? Or is their still hope of a post Bjork electronic act?

To be honest Friday is a long day, packing, walking/carrying, setting up tent etc. I'm usually fooked by 12! + partially saving myself for the next day. Electronic act after Bjork would be a mess!!

Am I reading the hot press link correctly a reduced Fri night, surely they don't have any where near enough acts to have all tents/stages running?

freddiemoore

I'm still holding out for Pet Shop Boys!

ghostdancer

Fatfrog wrote: »

To be honest Friday is a long day, packing, walking/carrying, setting up tent etc. I'm usually fooked by 12! + partially saving myself for the next day. Electronic act after Bjork would be a mess!!

Am I reading the hot press link correctly a reduced Fri night, surely they don't have any where near enough acts to have all tents/stages running?

Friday:
Main Stage: Hudson Taylor, Miles Kane, Wu-Tang Clan, My Bloody Valentine, Fatboy Slim
Electric Arena: Chris Cox/Giorgio Moroder only.
B&S, Trailer Park, Trenchtown etc open as normal, seemingly....

Toast

Mr.S wrote: »

This Friday lark is very poor.

Of all the snips they could have done this is probably the better one. I really liked 2005 when there was camping on the Friday but not much else. The real question is is that all that is getting cut?

Fatfrog

Toast wrote: »

Of all the snips they could have done this is probably the better one. I really liked 2005 when there was camping on the Friday but not much else. The real question is is that all that is getting cut?

Agreed if this is the only on site cut back and I have a ticket €80-€90 cheaper ill be quite happy.

Furious-Red

ghostdancer wrote: »

Friday:
Main Stage: Hudson Taylor, Miles Kane, Wu-Tang Clan, My Bloody Valentine, Fatboy Slim
Electric Arena: Chris Cox/Giorgio Moroder only.
B&S, Trailer Park, Trenchtown etc open as normal, seemingly....

Yea i kinda like the low key of friday night , think it will also mean more people taking their time to getting on site instead of people rushing in . Plus gives more time to go wandering around the site

Eroticplants

What is open on the Thursday for the camper vans does anyone know?

foolelle

Fatfrog wrote: »

Allot of people boozing in one area things are bound to happen, the camp sites are dark, confusing its easy to mistake the wrong tent!
The younger post leaving certs are a bit head wrecking huge groups +20 people, go hell for leather Fri/Sat then burn out Sun but f**k it, its their to be enjoyed by all.

I have to say in all the years I've been to the EP apart from the odd camping chair (which i firmly believe to be borrowed with good intentions) my tent/stuff has never been touched.

2 and a bit weeks! Time for dodgy Internet long range weather forecasts!!

ah yeah you would expect some idot not able to handle his booze burstin off the tins all weekend makin some sort of spectacle of himself, i would agree about the kiddies bein annoying but sure that could be just us gettin old. Touch wood I have never had a thing stolen on me at the picnic despite leaving chairs etc outside for the entire weekend.

whats all this about 'Jerry Fishs' new Trenchtown stage? thats new to me.

I also like the idea of a quieter Friday night, although I will be there from the Thursday afternoon hopefully, between all the music etc ive never really had time to check out the mindfield and comedy etc, guess ill do that friday so....

17 days to be exact
NFR NFC

Bobby Baccala

Grand, was hoping wu tang and fatboy slim wouldn't clash, wu tang are what drew me to the picnic in the first place even though I'm a big fatboy slim fan, anybody know what day disclosure are playing? Can't wait to see them either

Furious-Red

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Grand, was hoping wu tang and fatboy slim wouldn't clash, wu tang are what drew me to the picnic in the first place even though I'm a big fatboy slim fan, anybody know what day disclosure are playing? Can't wait to see them either

Saturday

lbj666

So we were told the discount ticket was for our "loyalty" when in truth we are just getting a scaled back festival with half the stuff thats normally on on the friday.