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

partay pooper

Fatfrog wrote: »

I know they get some great acts but hate that whole Bacardi lark!, festivals are great for bringing people back to zero, for a weekend it doesn't matter if you have a job, how much you earn, what type of car you have etc etc..! This brings out the best in people! but this Bacardi area is trying to re-create a commercial trendy wannabe poser attitude! I'm waiting for a year where they'll have bouncers on the door telling punters they're not cool enough to come in!!
To me the squarish neon design sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the very beautiful & natural forest-body and soul areas.

They do have security already. they are not the worst tho.

paddylonglegs

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

totally agree, I reckon the money is talking there, Bacardi want the acts at their area to flog the Mojitos!

It will be jointed with posers too...Bacardi bar tends to attract them

Yeah, story with that? Always pretentious heads in there. Zero banter whatsoever

Spaceshanty

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Yeah, story with that? Always pretentious heads in there. Zero banter whatsoever

How can it be pretentious when ur in wellies dancing around in muck and saw dust. No one gives a flying. bouncers are there for own protection and are
never a hassle. Just go and have a good time, if that mucky field isn't mucky enough for you go find another mucky one but less of the stereo typing 'within' the same festival.... FFS. (Oxygen on the other hand is full of skangers and scrouts:-) FYI )

Rfrip

Fatfrog wrote: »

I know they get some great acts but hate that whole Bacardi lark!, festivals are great for bringing people back to zero, for a weekend it doesn't matter if you have a job, how much you earn, what type of car you have etc etc..! This brings out the best in people! but this Bacardi area is trying to re-create a commercial trendy wannabe poser attitude! I'm waiting for a year where they'll have bouncers on the door telling punters they're not cool enough to come in!!
To me the squarish neon design sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the very beautiful & natural forest-body and soul areas.

Thats so true Fatfrog, I go there for the mojitos tbh but i do want to see hercules and love affair and friendly fires DJ set....

its usually the barmen that are most posery to be fair!!!!!

rebelreded

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Yeah, story with that? Always pretentious heads in there. Zero banter whatsoever

Ah give over. The banter is wherever you want it to be. There are posers and sound heads everywhere. Are the impossibly-cool-though-trying-not-to-look-it kids in Body and Soul any less Poseurish than the Bacardi crowd, and anyway its mainly the same people. I will probably spend equal times in both so which am I???

Can't wait for A-Skillz in Bacardi on Saturday........blew the place away last year.

Rfrip

accuweather now has

Friday-overcast with showers
Saturday-Cloudy
Sunday has gone from abundant sunshine to considerable cloudiness:(

partay pooper

Rfrip wrote: »

accuweather now has

Friday-overcast with showers
Saturday-Cloudy
Sunday has gone from abundant sunshine to considerable cloudiness:(

as long as it is dry and not windy I'm happy

mgkelly

Fatfrog wrote: »

I know they get some great acts but hate that whole Bacardi lark!, festivals are great for bringing people back to zero, for a weekend it doesn't matter if you have a job, how much you earn, what type of car you have etc etc..! This brings out the best in people! but this Bacardi area is trying to re-create a commercial trendy wannabe poser attitude! I'm waiting for a year where they'll have bouncers on the door telling punters they're not cool enough to come in!!
To me the squarish neon design sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the very beautiful & natural forest-body and soul areas.

Gotta agree. Doesn't appeal to me at all. Tend to avoid.

paddylonglegs

Spaceshanty wrote: »

How can it be pretentious when ur in wellies dancing around in muck and saw dust. No one gives a flying. bouncers are there for own protection and are
never a hassle. Just go and have a good time, if that mucky field isn't mucky enough for you go find another mucky one but less of the stereo typing 'within' the same festival.... FFS. (Oxygen on the other hand is full of skangers and scrouts:-) FYI )

Jeee-ayzus. Just sayin it's full of cocks. And believe me, iv had my fair share of cocks....

foolelle

I was down in Wexford visiting my dad today and organising the camper for the picnic, then remembered I didn't have the camper ticket, went into the local TM outlet and was told 'no' the guy said that camper tickets are ONLY available online and he couldn't access them on the system, anyone else come up against this?
I found it very strange that you could buy one type of ticket for an event in an outlet and not the other, or is it maybe they don't want people from Wexford in the camper park...LOL

run_Forrest_run

rebelreded wrote: »

Can't wait for A-Skillz in Bacardi on Saturday........blew the place away last year.

gotta agree with you there, he was excellent. I remember when Krafty Kuts played the old Bacardi tent at EP, place was a lot smaller and extremely jointed too.

OldGoat

MOD:
As there is currently a Garda investigation into what has become known as "The SlaneGirl" incident. Please do not post on this topic.

Eroticplants

MY TICKET JUST ARRIVED!! I'm gonna put it in the bath and roll around in it. Sexy.

fionamcfi

Eroticplants wrote: »

MY TICKET JUST ARRIVED!! I'm gonna put it in the bath and roll around in it. Sexy.

Haha love this!

Peterd66

foolelle wrote: »

I was down in Wexford visiting my dad today and organising the camper for the picnic, then remembered I didn't have the camper ticket, went into the local TM outlet and was told 'no' the guy said that camper tickets are ONLY available online and he couldn't access them on the system, anyone else come up against this?
I found it very strange that you could buy one type of ticket for an event in an outlet and not the other, or is it maybe they don't want people from Wexford in the camper park...LOL

Presume reason is that this year you don't get a ticket master style ticket to exchange for vehicle sticker on site, instead they are send you out the vehicle sticker.

coconutpie

In relation to camping chairs etc, I think this was posted before but some bargains to be had in Dealz:http://www.dealz.ie/summer/camping-and-festivals

SmallBalls

Serious lack of any decent beer deals in the supermarkets.
Anybody find anything worthwhile.....was hoping to be stocked up by the weekend.

Dazzler0911

If anyone is still looking to pick up a Camping Chair before getting down there, ALDI have chairs for €9.99, they're with all the fishing gear they have on special at the moment.

Quite hard to find the dam things, out of stock nearly everywhere I checked

yupyupyup

Hi guys,

Is there a bus going from Athlone for the Sunday?

Cheers

run_Forrest_run

so many offers on bottles, pity! Even if they had offers on 33cl cans that would be great, as someone already said, they are easier to sneak into the arena.

BaZmO*

Mr.S wrote: »

I have always found the searches into the campsite very lax, especially if your arriving with the busses from Dublin, take that how you want

So is it no bottles in the campsite? Or just in the arena?

maximoose

BaZmO* wrote: »

So is it no bottles in the campsite? Or just in the arena?

Both.

BaZmO*

maximoose wrote: »

Both.

Cheers. I was looking at their website and it wasn't clear.

Toast

Mr.S wrote: »

I have always found the searches into the campsite very lax, especially if your arriving with the busses from Dublin, take that how you want

The rule is there for peoples safety. Do you think it is a good idea to suggest to people on this thread they should be ignoring it?

Also taking the risk with spirits and getting caught just means you lose time you'd be setting up camping getting it decanted (something there is no real good reason you couldn't have done at home). Take the risk with beer (and a bunch of small bottles of beer are going to be a hell of a lot easier for security to find than a bottle of spirits) and your beer is pretty much going to get ruined by being decanted if they even let you try. Oh yeah glass is heavy too. Is it really worth the hassle?

Lidl's Grafenwalder is a perfectly drinkable can beer if people are hard up for cheapies. Avoid the Excaliber (white can) stuff as it is muck.

glen25

So, we’re heading to EP for the first time and we’re beside ourselves with excitement! BUT, we have lots of questions!! I’m going to throw them out here and if anyone can help we’d be really grateful J
1. What campsite should we go to? I only realised recently that there was more than one campsite. What are the pro’s and con’s of the different ones.
2. How far away will the car be from the campsites? For example, would you leave valuables (beer?) in the car and then pop over and back to get them as needed?
3. Are there good showers or will it be a baby wipe wash for us for the weekend?
4. Is there any point bringing food with us (for breakfast etc)?
5. Are there mobile phone charging stations?
6. When do most people start arriving? We’re thinking of heading off early Friday morning to enjoy the full day there.
7. Any other hints, tips etc that you could impart to us would be brilliant!

Thundercats Ho

Eroticplants wrote: »

MY TICKET JUST ARRIVED!! I'm gonna put it in the bath and roll around in it. Sexy.

Are you gonna stick it up you hole?

bassey

glen25 wrote: »

So, we’re heading to EP for the first time and we’re beside ourselves with excitement! BUT, we have lots of questions!! I’m going to throw them out here and if anyone can help we’d be really grateful J
1. What campsite should we go to? I only realised recently that there was more than one campsite. What are the pro’s and con’s of the different ones.
2. How far away will the car be from the campsites? For example, would you leave valuables (beer?) in the car and then pop over and back to get them as needed?
3. Are there good showers or will it be a baby wipe wash for us for the weekend?
4. Is there any point bringing food with us (for breakfast etc)?
5. Are there mobile phone charging stations?
6. When do most people start arriving? We’re thinking of heading off early Friday morning to enjoy the full day there.
7. Any other hints, tips etc that you could impart to us would be brilliant!

1. I usually camp in the Jimi Hendrix campsite but further back towards the Andy Warhol, close enough to everything but far enough to get a decent kip if ya need.

2. Campsites about a 20-30 minute walk to the carpark depending on where you are.

3. I'm a firm believer in the baby wipe was but there are showers, can be large queues though.

4. I usually bring some snacks like a bag of nuts and some cereal bars and stuff, I love the food at EP though, can't beat a rasher bap for breakfast!

5. Yes, loads.

6. Between 12 - 3 seems to be the busiest time

7. Bring hand sanitizer, the ones at the toilets empty quickly!

maximoose

1) I've always stayed in Oscar Wilde and no complaints. Not far to arena, close to Trenchtown/Salty Dog.
2) Oscar Wilde is ~20min walk to the car park. Yep, leaving beers is smart.
3) Showers are pretty decent
4) From my experience, don't bring loads as it just goes to waste. You might be more prepared and use it well but I've just brought basics like cereal bars and snacks in recent years and got my meals in the campsite/arena (the food is quality)
5) Yep, Vodafone have a free charging tent but it's always packed and big queues. Otherwise there are plenty of charging stalls that charge a fiver for an hour.
6) I always aim to arrive there for around 10ish, just to get set up early and have the full day. Although with the scaling back of Friday it's not that important this year I guess.
7) Don't be a dick

glen25

bassey wrote: »

1. I usually camp in the Jimi Hendrix campsite but further back towards the Andy Warhol, close enough to everything but far enough to get a decent kip if ya need.

2. Campsites about a 20-30 minute walk to the carpark depending on where you are.

3. I'm a firm believer in the baby wipe was but there are showers, can be large queues though.

4. I usually bring some snacks like a bag of nuts and some cereal bars and stuff, I love the food at EP though, can't beat a rasher bap for breakfast!

5. Yes, loads.

6. Between 12 - 3 seems to be the busiest time

7. Bring hand sanitizer, the ones at the toilets empty quickly!

Thanks for the reply Bassey.. I'll have to research the campsites a bit more i think... Can they be classfied at all? Younger/Older/Quieter/etc

threein99

BaZmO* wrote: »

So is it no bottles in the campsite? Or just in the arena?

No glass allowed in any form*






*unless you hide it well