Electric Picnic 2018 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales** [Part 1]

Poorside

everlast75 wrote: »

Is anyone packed?

Not a tap done

Trial run done, going on Thursday evening so this should be a breeze.

Dermwex

My Wife performed dance/pole in Jerry fish last year and again this year. Great buzz about the tent! Cannot wait!!ðŸ˜

Poorside

Poorside wrote: »

Trial run done, going on Thursday evening so this should be a breeze.

Where did you get those trolleys? They look ideal!

Poorside

Rubysky wrote: »

Where did you get those trolleys? They look ideal!

1 in Aldi last year and 1 in Halfords a few weeks back, both were about €60, make some difference

Poorside

Galway street club playing Trailer Park at 12:30 on the Friday night and Salty dog at 1:30 Saturday night.

thebusher

Am I right in thinking that eco amping this year will be linear between all those saplings rather than pitching 3/4 tents round the campfire style?

Former Former

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

Need a bit of advice folks. Because my wife's work is lame, won't be leaving till 4.30pm from newlands cross, so traffic will be balls. I will be sitting at home on my tod all day long going mad. So, would it be at all worth it to go down myself first thing Fri, set up the tent and drop the bags to save a bit of time, then head back up to dublin? Or is that totally pointless and a waste of time and stupid.

Tell her to get the bus down. It won't go down well at first but;
1. You'll have all the gear set up and ready to go, she just has to arrive and open a beer.
2. The bus gets into EP much quicker than a car.
3. Leaving Newlands at 430 means you'll get a really rubbish spot for your tent.
4. Leaving Newlands at 430 means it's going to be 8pm by the time you're watching a band.

mgkelly

sydthebeat wrote: »

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Here's mine. Gonna miss a lot of these, but there ya go. A very solid line up.

chvrches
pillow queens
wolf alice
engine alley
whenyoung
james canty
le galaxie
frank and walters
gomez
soak
colter wall
ham sandwich
ash
the pale
friendly fires
mavis staples
massive attack
st,vincent
stella donnelly
CHIC
sigrid
NERD
the orielles
otherkin
orchid collective
cigarettes after sex
KKC
prodigy
pale rivers
sleaford mods

Thanks, that saves me making mine...

I'll be the one in the Highlanders top.....

Kiwi Highlanders? Been down there?

ghostdancer

Former Former wrote: »

Tell her to get the bus down. It won't go down well at first but;
1. You'll have all the gear set up and ready to go, she just has to arrive and open a beer.
2. The bus gets into EP much quicker than a car.
3. Leaving Newlands at 430 means you'll get a really rubbish spot for your tent.
4. Leaving Newlands at 430 means it's going to be 8pm by the time you're watching a band.

genuine question, but how is the bus much quicker than a car? i'd have thought once it gets onto the N7 it's stuck in the same lanes and traffic as all the cars, onto the M7 and small roads around Stradbally?

train to Portlaoise would be quicker as there's no traffic to deal with for most of the journey?

Graham1978

ewj1978 wrote: »

into the campsite or the arena?

Campsite, I've brought 3 box's in before and not even a blink.
Arena: If small ,<500ml, and sealed. If open only after 1am.

Into the Campsite, I’ll be putting it into plastic bottles

Fatfrog

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

Need a bit of advice folks. Because my wife's work is lame, won't be leaving till 4.30pm from newlands cross, so traffic will be balls. I will be sitting at home on my tod all day long going mad. So, would it be at all worth it to go down myself first thing Fri, set up the tent and drop the bags to save a bit of time, then head back up to dublin? Or is that totally pointless and a waste of time and stupid.

Was considering similar a few years back, head was wrecked!! Thankfully it didn't happen and left at a normal time.
The big question is are you planning to setup then head back to collect? The only way I can see this working is if you buy an early entry Thursday, setup and back home Thursday night. It would be impossible going against the traffic flow on Friday.
Aside from this I'd be heading early for sure and take another car or bus!!

Fatfrog

ghostdancer wrote: »

genuine question, but how is the bus much quicker than a car? i'd have thought once it gets onto the N7 it's stuck in the same lanes and traffic as all the cars, onto the M7 and small roads around Stradbally?

train to Portlaoise would be quicker as there's no traffic to deal with for most of the journey?

Well a bus can legally travel at 100km/hr so its just as quick as a car. At the M7 junction near Portlaoise aren't busses sent down a separate route, I assume they skip out the traffic jams. I'd say his is much faster

sydthebeat

mgkelly wrote: »

Kiwi Highlanders? Been down there?

Never been to the forsyth Barr... .. On the bucket list though!!

You?

ewj1978

Graham1978 wrote: »

Into the Campsite, I’ll be putting it into plastic bottles

Can't find boxes of wine this year so I'll be bringing 4 litres of red and white. Don't expect any issues.

scruff monkey

Poorside wrote: »

Trial run done, going on Thursday evening so this should be a breeze.

Picked one of those trolleys up a few weeks back. How do the wheels stand up on roughish ground?

mgkelly

sydthebeat wrote: »

mgkelly wrote: »

Kiwi Highlanders? Been down there?

Never been to the forsyth Barr... .. On the bucket list though!!

You?

Sister lives in Dunedin. Lived in Christchurch for a year myself, 2003-04. Beautiful part of the world. First got into rugby down there. Will look out for the shirt. Seen the occasional one about. Saw the Crusaders myself during the hey day of Daniel Carter et Al.

Seathrun66

ghostdancer wrote: »

genuine question, but how is the bus much quicker than a car? i'd have thought once it gets onto the N7 it's stuck in the same lanes and traffic as all the cars, onto the M7 and small roads around Stradbally?

train to Portlaoise would be quicker as there's no traffic to deal with for most of the journey?

Before moving home last year I’d been travelling to EP from abroad via Dublin. I’ve used a variety of routes to get to the festival and the coach is by far the quickest. Bus lanes for getting out of the city then the Gardai divert you on a route through Stradbally Village. The coach stops just outside Hendrix & Warhol campsites, the entry point isn’t usually very busy and I once took 105 minutes from stepping on the coach to having the tent set up in Warhol. Pals who’d left Dublin at the same time arrived to pitch tents 160 minutes after me. The wait wasn’t much fun but somehow I found solace in cans.

Davysulls86

Poorside wrote: »

1 in Aldi last year and 1 in Halfords a few weeks back, both were about €60, make some difference

Mine is the business, carries everything bar my backpack.

Poorside

scruff monkey wrote: »

Picked one of those trolleys up a few weeks back. How do the wheels stand up on roughish ground?

Only issue I had last year was mud getting caught on the mudguards, that was tha Lidl one, the Halfords one has better clearance on it so should be grand, no problem on the rough ground.

scruff monkey

Gift, was the halfords one i picked up, only thing i need to get now is a bit of plastic sheeting to cover the contents should the weather be inclement.

off to woodies i go ...

Spaceshanty

Le Boom saying “Big announcement on Tuesday morning” on instagram. Could we be getting a final announcement ... hmmmmm ??

Poorside

Spaceshanty wrote: »

Le Boom saying “Big announcement on Tuesday morning” on instagram. Could we be getting a final announcement ... hmmmmm ??

Aren’t we getting main arena stage times tomorrow?

Furious-Red

sadie9 wrote: »

Think it might do a loop into Portlaoise via the Stradbally road and up the Dublin road or vice versa. They will drop you off along the way, but don't think it goes out the Timahoe road or out the Abbeyleix road.
It picks up also at the Killeshin hotel and at the train station, and probably some other point in the town centre, every half hour. Takes about 15 mins to get out to Stradbally.

Yea i got the one from the train station in 2013??? I think it dropped us off at Hendrix , but this year im in Pink Moon so i was hoping to get dropped off as close to that as possible ha

Can't find any on the Halfords page. Anyone got a link?

Ferris_Bueller

Spaceshanty wrote: »

Le Boom saying “Big announcement on Tuesday morning” on instagram. Could we be getting a final announcement ... hmmmmm ??

Cosby stage times are coming out Tuesday morning so their big announcement will probably be they are playing there on the Saturday night of EP (as billybonkers pointed out).

Poorside

Rubysky wrote: »

Can't find any on the Halfords page. Anyone got a link?

Can’t send a link direct to it but it’s called, urban escape heavy duty folding trolley.

declanleo

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

Need a bit of advice folks. Because my wife's work is lame, won't be leaving till 4.30pm from newlands cross, so traffic will be balls. I will be sitting at home on my tod all day long going mad. So, would it be at all worth it to go down myself first thing Fri, set up the tent and drop the bags to save a bit of time, then head back up to dublin? Or is that totally pointless and a waste of time and stupid.

Why not head down and set up camp for the weekend. Get herself to bus it down by getting the shuttle bus to the site from George's quay or bus areas.they will drop her outside Hendrix. Leaving at 4.30 gets you down around 6.30,7.30 before you get in with your gear and 8.30 before you can start enjoying yourselves.

blackwhite

Flyingfug86 wrote: »

Anyone know where to get a good box/bag of wine?

M&S do 1.5l bags of wine

Seathrun66

Looking like we'll have more people at Kendrick Lamar on Friday than the Pope managed in the Park today.

BadTurtle

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Looking like we'll have more people at Kendrick Lamar on Friday than the Pope managed in the Park today.

Ah sure the Pope wouldn't even get a support slot for Ed Sheeran these days.