Electric Picnic 2017 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales**

eplady2017

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Who? Where are they playing?

The Salty Dog no stars are covering the stones exile on main street this year.

They are called Harvest.. Been in touch via Facebook and they said "6pm on Friday night @ The Trailer Park stage".. Trailer Park time not out yet..

andreac

billybonkers wrote: »

Are people in Pink Moon able to avail of the early entry? Will Pink Moon be ready?

Couldn't people in there go and mess with all the tents that are up with nobody in them?

You do realise it's impossible to get in to Pink Moon unless you have your wristband etc?
There is very strict security at each gate and it's fenced the whole way around. It's not like the other normal campsites.

billybonkers

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Seriously?

There will b e security there and you need a wristband to gain entry to PM.
It's an extra cost on top of the early entry fee.

Yeah seriously, there are hundreds of tents set up and not that much security walking around them, I know of tents being robbed last year in PM.

Simply asking as I wouldn't put it passed some people to mess about with a few empty tents given the chance

Stillill42

eplady2017 wrote: »

They are called Harvest.. Been in touch via Facebook and they said "6pm on Friday night @ The Trailer Park stage".. Trailer Park time not out yet..

Ah perfect! That will fill the Friday spot vacated by These Charming Men nicely. Like a bit of Neil.

Poorside

billybonkers wrote: »

Yeah seriously, there are hundreds of tents set up and not that much security walking around them, I know of tents being robbed last year in PM.

Simply asking as I wouldn't put it passed some people to mess about with a few empty tents given the chance

I think you're worrying about nothing really, and what are they going to steal from empty tents?

Poorside

Main stage on Sunday is pretty awesome. I'm delighted Pete tong is on late, that should be a blast.

ghostdancer

team_actimel wrote: »

Electric Arena I'd predict. Acts and times haven't been announced for it yet.

Clark and Car Seat Headrest could be in the Cosby Tent or Little Big Tent, which still have to announce too.

Thundercats Ho

People have asked to list various genres
Rap - m/c /// Trad /// Jazz /// Techno etc

How about listing the cover bands.
There are so many new sounds to take in, that sometimes it's nice to be greeted with the familiar!

Roadhouse Doors (the doors)
These Charming Men (the smiths)
Harvest (neil young)
Le Freak (chic, sister sledge, diana ross etc)
RobotRock (bit of a stretch as they remix daft punk, basement jaxx, chems etc)
Salty Dog no stars are doing exile on main street as their album this year (rolling stones).

Any others to add to the list?

scruff monkey

Poorside wrote: »

I think you're worrying about nothing really, and what are they going to steal from empty tents?

I'd worry more about deposits being left in the empty tents

wyatting

No mention of the literary stage line up or time table yet

MJohnston

scruff monkey wrote: »

I'd worry more about deposits being left in the empty tents

You've to pay a fortune to get a Pink Moon tent, so imo the people staying there are very likely to have more respect for other peoples stuff

Plus the toilets in there are top class and spotless so why bother?

Bigbagofcans

scruff monkey wrote: »

I'd worry more about deposits being left in the empty tents

Speaking of which, a tent near us last year got a nice surprise.
The group of girls came back from the main arena on the Fri night and discovered a young fella passed out in their tent. He had also s*** himself.

They called security to drag him out and it was discovered that he had no wristband. He was promptly booted out of the festival, covered in s*** and nowhere to go.

scruff monkey

MJohnston wrote: »

You've to pay a fortune to get a Pink Moon tent, so imo the people staying there are very likely to have more respect for other peoples stuff

Plus the toilets in there are top class and spotless so why bother?

Externals do get in, i've seen wall hoppers in PM in previous years.

Sheog

Anyone know what time the festival site it'self is open from?
I know main access camping is open from 9am on Friday, but I'm working a half day.

I think from previous years there is no access until around 2pm on the Friday??

rebelreded

It seems silly season has well and truly begun for aimless and repeated questions this morning 🀔

sally cinnamon89

Sheog wrote: »

Anyone know what time the festival site it'self is open from?
I know main access camping is open from 9am on Friday, but I'm working a half day.

I think from previous years there is no access until around 2pm on the Friday??

It opens at noon I think

MJohnston

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

It opens at noon I think

Not on the Friday it doesnt. Nothing really starts in there until 5ish, I think they let people in at around 3 last year.

ghostdancer

Charles OCK wrote: »

Quick question, I live roughly 10 minutes from the site so travel distance is not a problem for me. What time ideally is the best to get in on Friday to avoid the largest crowds?

Sorry if this has been answered previously.

I'd say before 11am is probably the quietest.
never been there at gates opening so not sure if there is a crowd then, but it should be clear fairly quickly. by lunchtime it's pretty busy getting in, probably traffic queues and then bag check queues of 30mins each.

davew121

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

People have asked to list various genres
Rap - m/c /// Trad /// Jazz /// Techno etc

How about listing the cover bands.
There are so many new sounds to take in, that sometimes it's nice to be greeted with the familiar!

Roadhouse Doors (the doors)
These Charming Men (the smiths)
Harvest (neil young)
Le Freak (chic, sister sledge, diana ross etc)
RobotRock (bit of a stretch as they remix daft punk, basement jaxx, chems etc)
Salty Dog no stars are doing exile on main street as their album this year (rolling stones).

Any others to add to the list?

https://youtu.be/woWuY8kZc8A

Robot Rock Played EP last year according to their facebook page

Seathrun66

grudgehugger wrote: »

Peter File wrote: »

They should not be at a music festival.

Interested to hear more views on this... personally am always surprised there are not more acts like this at festivals.

Would love to see a decent Beatles covers band @ EP sometime.

Fully agree. Why not These Charming Men if Pete Tong & Jenny Greene/RTE Orchestra are doing their own tribute acts. Would love to see TCM, all depends on clashes.

And the Bootleg Beatles have played Glasto twice since 2013, the first time in the Acoustic tent directly clashing with the Stones. They'd go down a storm at EP.

Seathrun66

grudgehugger wrote: »

Peter File wrote: »

They should not be at a music festival.

Interested to hear more views on this... personally am always surprised there are not more acts like this at festivals.

Would love to see a decent Beatles covers band @ EP sometime.

Still loads more stage times to be released but Friday already looking like a near write-off for me in terms of music.

So a nice surprise to see that a Neil Young tribute act will start my Picnic off in a warm cuddly way. Trailer Park at 6 with a cold beer. Thanks to EPLady for getting the info.

Lzmunky

ghostdancer wrote: »

I'd say before 11am is probably the quietest.
never been there at gates opening so not sure if there is a crowd then, but it should be clear fairly quickly. by lunchtime it's pretty busy getting in, probably traffic queues and then bag check queues of 30mins each.

Id go as early as possible if, like me, people hate waiting in a queue for more than a few minutes. I'm leaving home a 6am ish Friday, quick stop at Obama's shop for coffee and get there before 8.30 even with traffic. Load the cart, close the boot, and give herself the keys as she's driving home Monday. Job done.

Charles OCK

Lzmunky wrote: »

Job done.

The job is only beginning my friend

LFC CONNAUGHTON

Is that Interpol stage time confirmed? Wouldn't like to see them clashing with PSB.

Poorside

MJohnston wrote: »

Not on the Friday it doesnt. Nothing really starts in there until 5ish, I think they let people in at around 3 last year.

main arena is 2 this year, 12 O' clock for everything else

thebusher

eplady2017 wrote: »

They are called Harvest.. Been in touch via Facebook and they said "6pm on Friday night @ The Trailer Park stage".. Trailer Park time not out yet..

That should be quite cool

MJohnston

Poorside wrote: »

main arena is 2 this year, 12 O' clock for everything else

It was 2 last year as well, doesn't mean it actually opened at 2!

declanleo

Paleblood wrote: »

I have no problem with them playing. They're a good band and if you've ever seen them live you'll know that the lead singer takes the piss out of the fact that they're a cover band. They're a bit of throwback fun. People need to lighten up and stop being so precious about a festival. There's far worse ideas being implemented at EP each year.

This

Poorside

declanleo wrote: »

This

yup, they were a great start to the weekend last year.
I certainly wouldn't have them on any of the main stages, but they are well worth a slot in one of the quirkier places.

MJohnston

Not liking how the weather forecast is going at the minute, the charts are showing a huge 20mm downpour over Saturday night into Sunday morning. Friday looks great and Saturday itself is okay up until about 6pm when the rain starts, kicking off big time at around midnight. Sunday should clear up a little bit, but lots of showers.

That's a fairly fecking miserable amount of rain forecast, hopefully it can shift just a little bit better in our favour, maybe the rain moves a bit later to like 4am or something when most people are asleep, and a wee bit further south so that it's a bit lighter too.