Electric Picnic 2014 ** NO TICKET DISCUSSION ALLOWED ** see new mod note

Duff

Lenny5 wrote: »

The last couple of times at EP I had a staff pass and parked the car in the staff parking lot. Was only a 10, 15 min walk into the stages. I didn't bother with a tent and just slept in the relative comfort of my car. Seat back, sleeping bag, charge phone in the morning, all good! No wind and rain worries and was nice to have any valuables stored safely.

Alas no staff ticket this year so am wondering if the sleeping in car option is still an option or is the public car park too far away?

Depending on the carpark, it's about a 25 minute walk. The car is always my plan B if my tent decides to go tits up.

Mantis Toboggan

Lads, footwear recommendation for weekend camping?

BaZmO*

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Lads, footwear recommendation for weekend camping?

A brand new pair of white Converse.

ghostdancer

pmalone wrote: »

In fairness to EP, the stage times are usually released about 3 days before. Last year it was definitely available early in the week leading up to the festival. Check the dates on the clashfinder if you don't believe me.

Have patience and you will be rewarded.

no, they weren't.

the times for the main stages were only released on the Thursday evening (and only to media outlets/blogs) and added to Clashfinder after that.

the times for other stages were put together piece by piece from various facebook posts or the groups running the stages putting theirs up, several of them only on the Thursday too.

the Clashfinder updates show that the vast majority were done on the Thursday.

dixiechick88

I would think the late Saturday night dance act will be either flume or Annie mac? Both absolutely awesome in my opinion! Anyone else any thoughts?

Furious-Red

Boom, we’re back with another Banter announcement. I know, you wait four months and then two come along at once.
After various adventures over the last two years in Derry, Dingle and London, Banter is delighted to join Other Voices as they head into the woods at Stradbally Hall on their first ever visit to Co Laois and the Electric Picnic. It’s our third year in a row at the Picnic and, after two years availing of the very kind hospitality of Naoise Nunn and his team at Mindfield, we head off for some adventures in the woods with Other Voices.
Yesterday, OV announced that Mirel Wagner (the Finnish singer with the mighty new album “When the Cellar Children See the Light Of Day” ), Tiny Ruins and Silences would be joining them in the woods. Today, it’s the turn of the Bantering classes to say hello.
On Saturday afternoon (4pm, Other Voices tent), Melvin Benn (Festival Republic) and Philip King (Other Voices) will join me to talk about the yin and yang of the modern festival. We’ll look at the long-term history of these musical feasts, how festivals have changed over the past decade or so, the new eclecticism which reigns at the better events, the differences in festival culture between countries and the future for these events.
A talk about festivals at a festival within a festival – prepare for the most meta hour of your weekend. There will also be a very special musical guest too who we can’t tell you about quite yet but, trust us, it will be worth it.

ghostdancer

dixiechick88 wrote: »

I would think the late Saturday night dance act will be either flume or Annie mac? Both absolutely awesome in my opinion! Anyone else any thoughts?

in the past it's generally been live acts playing their own stuff.

Annie Mac is a DJ and has nothing of her own.

Flume, possibly, but i think he's too small/unknown really.

my money would be on Chic, or else just no Saturday dance act.

oxygen

Any experience/tips on sneaking spirits into the main area? It will be a long w.e. if in depending on trips to the bar at 5.something a drink...

Mantis Toboggan

BaZmO* wrote: »

A brand new pair of white Converse.

Ehh, I don't get it....

dixiechick88

ghostdancer wrote: »

in the past it's generally been live acts playing their own stuff.

Annie Mac is a DJ and has nothing of her own.

Flume, possibly, but i think he's too small/unknown really.

my money would be on Chic, or else just no Saturday dance act.

Good point! Im loving flume at the moment, he seems to be a good upcoming DJ! Chic are defo top of my list. wish they would announce the timetable, I remember the panic last year over it!

partay pooper

oxygen_temp wrote: »

Any experience/tips on sneaking spirits into the main area? It will be a long w.e. if in depending on trips to the bar at 5.something a drink...

freezer or sandwich bags but good quilty with strong ziploc. can be put on your person or in side pockets of bags. I managed to get two 35cl of vodka thru. once thru decant into plastic water bottle etc. I usually use them to strengthen up the bacardi cocktails.

P.s. Don't over fill The Bags

Rough Sleeper

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Ehh, I don't get it....

Music festivals are held in fields. At a music festival like EP, which has tens of thousands of attendees, these fields get cut up by heavy footfall and thus can end up very mucky if there's been even a moderate amount of precipitation. This muck would adhere to the material of the new white Converse runners and effectively ruin their aesthetic value. Thus, a pair of new white runners would be an absurd choice for a music festival in Ireland, and the absurdity of Bazmo's statement is the feature from which the humour is derived.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

ghostdancer wrote: »

no, they weren't.

the times for the main stages were only released on the Thursday evening (and only to media outlets/blogs) and added to Clashfinder after that.

the times for other stages were put together piece by piece from various facebook posts or the groups running the stages putting theirs up, several of them only on the Thursday too.

the Clashfinder updates show that the vast majority were done on the Thursday.

I just had a look at last years thread. The times for the main stage came out on the Monday, B & S on Tuesday and the other main tents on the Wednesday. Clashfinder wasn't completely accurate by Thursday but not far off.

scruff monkey

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Music festivals are held in fields. At a music festival like EP, which has tens of thousands of attendees, these fields get cut up by heavy footfall and thus can end up very mucky if there's been even a moderate amount of precipitation. This muck would adhere to the material of the new white Converse runners and effectively ruin their aesthetic value. Thus, a pair of new white runners would be an absurd choice for a music festival in Ireland, and the absurdity of Bazmo's statement is the feature from which the humour is derived.

To add to the field bit, the portaloos some times "overflow" with their hidden delights, saw some poor bastard last year in converse wander straight into a bit of ground beside the loos that could be best described as "mushy and bubbly with deep fresh wee goodness"

1 - Wear waterproof shoes at night, you don't know what's there
2 - Wear a headlamp when going to the loo, see point 1.

Dowdy

partay pooper wrote: »

freezer or sandwich bags but good quilty with strong ziploc. can be put on your person or in side pockets of bags. I managed to get two 35cl of vodka thru. once thru decant into plastic water bottle etc. I usually use them to strengthen up the bacardi cocktails.

P.s. Don't over fill The Bags

Good idea there. Also, those strong freezer bags can be used as pissbags for the tent. And those filled warm pissbags can double as both pillows and hot water bottles. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

P.s. Don't over fill the pissbags.

johnpatrick81

Any other festival I've been to releases the day by day breakdown months in advance. Electric Picnic never do. Why? I have no idea. They obviously know which bands are playing on which days. Ridiculous.

BaZmO*

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Music festivals are held in fields. At a music festival like EP, which has tens of thousands of attendees, these fields get cut up by heavy footfall and thus can end up very mucky if there's been even a moderate amount of precipitation. This muck would adhere to the material of the new white Converse runners and effectively ruin their aesthetic value. Thus, a pair of new white runners would be an absurd choice for a music festival in Ireland, and the absurdity of Bazmo's statement is the feature from which the humour is derived.

:pac:

And yet many many people will still be kitted out in their new white Cons!

scruff monkey

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

Any other festival I've been to releases the day by day breakdown months in advance. Electric Picnic never do. Why? I have no idea. They obviously know which bands are playing on which days. Ridiculous.

Lanyards and programmes at a tenner a pop, that is why.

partay pooper

Dowdy wrote: »

Good idea there. Also, those strong freezer bags can be used as pissbags for the tent. And those filled warm pissbags can double as both pillows and hot water bottles. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

you can do what you like! I'll pass on the whole piss thing tho, and use the portaloos or trees.

Mantis Toboggan

Rough Sleeper wrote: »

Music festivals are held in fields. At a music festival like EP, which has tens of thousands of attendees, these fields get cut up by heavy footfall and thus can end up very mucky if there's been even a moderate amount of precipitation. This muck would adhere to the material of the new white Converse runners and effectively ruin their aesthetic value. Thus, a pair of new white runners would be an absurd choice for a music festival in Ireland, and the absurdity of Bazmo's statement is the feature from which the humour is derived.

Hence why I asked for a recommendation, not shoes that will get ruined!

scruff monkey

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Hence why I asked for a recommendation, not shoes that will get ruined!

I can recommend hi-tec waterproof walking boots, it's what I wore last year and doing same this year. Not the most fashionable (esp with my tastes in shorts) but bloody comfortable especially at the end of the day when you've been wandering around for 12-14 hours

partay pooper

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Hence why I asked for a recommendation, not shoes that will get ruined!

Get a decent pair of wellies if you have the cash Hunters, I'll bring wellies and two pairs of old trainers. tons of socks the big thick heavy soled ones

Dowdy

partay pooper wrote: »

you can do what you like! I'll pass on the whole piss thing tho, and use the portaloos or trees.

Boring. Enjoy your cold, hard pillows while I bask in my own warmth.

pmalone

ghostdancer wrote: »

no, they weren't.

the times for the main stages were only released on the Thursday evening (and only to media outlets/blogs) and added to Clashfinder after that.

the times for other stages were put together piece by piece from various facebook posts or the groups running the stages putting theirs up, several of them only on the Thursday too.

the Clashfinder updates show that the vast majority were done on the Thursday.

According to a post just above, it seems that we were both a little right and a little wrong.

WHat I am trying to say really is that every year people panic not seeing the stage times and every year they are available in time.

I think it was year 2 when there was a meltdown on the EP website forum about this issue and one of the organisers (Claire?) came on and calmed everyone down and assured everyone that stage times would be available in time and ever since they have been made available at least 24 hours before the event IIRC.

johnpatrick81

scruff monkey wrote: »

Lanyards and programmes at a tenner a pop, that is why.

that explains no times. It doesn't explain the lack of a day breakdown.

partay pooper

Dowdy wrote: »

Boring. Enjoy your cold, hard pillows while I bask in my own warmth.

Listen I don't want to wake up smelling like I spent the night with R.kelly :pac:

pmalone

scruff monkey wrote: »

I can recommend hi-tec waterproof walking boots, it's what I wore last year and doing same this year. Not the most fashionable (esp with my tastes in shorts) but bloody comfortable especially at the end of the day when you've been wandering around for 12-14 hours

I totally recommend this. Also good fresh hiking socks every day will ensure that your feet feel reasonably ok at the end of each day. A little pricey but really worth it.

You cant really dance in wellies.. even Hunters.

partay pooper

pmalone wrote: »

I totally recommend this. Also good fresh hiking socks every day will ensure that your feet feel reasonably ok at the end of each day. A little pricey but really worth it.

You cant really dance in wellies.. even Hunters.

But you'll look cool ..cool like me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJXdUClyWU

pmalone

partay pooper wrote: »

But you'll look cool ..cool like me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPJXdUClyWU

fair point

scruff monkey

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

that explains no times. It doesn't explain the lack of a day breakdown.

Have mine from last year hanging in bedroom, pretty sure it had everything on it.