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

fish_fingers

Fatfrog wrote: »

In ECO also... I'll be the one with a blue tent, green camping chair, slight beard, sunglasses, 30-40 years old, hat & drinking cans.....you can't miss me

Do you not know what age you are :)

yannanevotna

fourmations wrote: »

ah jaysus, just noticed
the Franks dont play Happy Busman, my fave of theirs by a mile
cracking tune

contact them by Twitter or Facebook and ask them...usually very accommodating . Unreal tune, they will be brilliant I'd say

Stillill42

I raise my final staff room mug of coffee in silent toast to you, EP boards people. As ever, ye've been as integral to the Picnic experience as the Salty Dog. I hope we all get the Picnic we deserve. Have a good one, hopefully I'll run in to one or two of ye over the weekend.

mimimcmc

I already stained my clashfinder with chocolate :rolleyes:

Fatfrog

fish_fingers wrote: »

Do you not know what age you are :)

Yes but you won't:rolleyes:..... I don't usually wear a large badge with my age on it!!

barry181091

mimimcmc wrote: »

I already stained my clashfinder with chocolate :rolleyes:

Aha....that's where you need some LAMINATION! :pac:

larkie

hurley182 wrote: »

Hi guys, lurked on here a few times, but never posted.

Just to put my mind at ease, can normal weekend camping wristbands get full access to campervan site?
I'm driving up, parking in (hopefully) red, and walking to campervan site to stay in my friends campervan for the weekend.

Shouldn't be a problem, right?

No problem doing that - the wristband is the same general access thats used in the campervan area

lgk

Long shot, but anyone got 1 spare ECO campsite code they no longer need?

Poorside

Ground is good and solid but the woodland walk ways will cut up at some stage.
Enjoying my first very smug can.

Kettle316

Does anyone know when La Fura dels Baus are on?? Had a look at the app but can't seem to find it.

Also do we have anymore info on the Berlin Bunker?

alastair

Kettle316 wrote: »

Also do we have anymore info on the Berlin Bunker?

My understanding is that it’s a bit of a letdown. Rather than the expected techno DJ’s it actually just contains the moldy old skeletal remains of Adolf Hitler.

Shame on you Festival Republic!

billybonkers

alastair wrote: »

My understanding is that it’s a bit of a letdown. Rather than the expected techno DJ’s it actually just contains the moldy old skeletal remains of Adolf Hitler.

Shame on you Festival Republic!

Nah its cool

MadYaker

Is there any sort of regular bus service between stradbally and portlaoise during the weekend?

fourmations

nearly there folks!!! (apart from you smug hooores that are there!)

GREEN CAR PARK....
before you all sign off after arriving,
id be most appreciative to know what routes you took and if you got to Green (as would many others i'd imagine)

i wont be leaving Dublin til about midday tmw bound for pink moon,
i can even think about parking in red, the scars are deep from a few years back! i was a fat sweaty mess by the time i got to PM!

at least if i get a bit of feedback from folks tmw
i can make an informed decision on what way to try based
on the time i,m leaving

many thanks

Ricey92

fourmations wrote: »

nearly there folks!!! (apart from you smug hooores that are there!)

GREEN CAR PARK....
before you all sign off after arriving,
id be most appreciative to know what routes you took and if you got to Green (as would many others i'd imagine)

i wont be leaving Dublin til about midday tmw bound for pink moon,
i can even think about parking in red, the scars are deep from a few years back! i was a fat sweaty mess by the time i got to PM!

at least if i get a bit of feedback from folks tmw
i can make an informed decision on what way to try based
on the time i,m leaving

many thanks

I second this please. Would be a huge help

thebusher

Last minute prep here. Hope you all have a blast. Been a great thread again this year. Loved it. You're all shiny happy people with great musical taste.

Interskalactic late night tomorrow instead of tge early 7 pm slit has made my day.

Enjoy it people :-)

We're in Eco also :-)

MsMojave

MadYaker wrote: »

Is there any sort of regular bus service between stradbally and portlaoise during the weekend?

Martleys timetable attached there. From Portlaoise train station.

erica74

fourmations wrote: »

nearly there folks!!! (apart from you smug hooores that are there!)

GREEN CAR PARK....
before you all sign off after arriving,
id be most appreciative to know what routes you took and if you got to Green (as would many others i'd imagine)

i wont be leaving Dublin til about midday tmw bound for pink moon,
i can even think about parking in red, the scars are deep from a few years back! i was a fat sweaty mess by the time i got to PM!

at least if i get a bit of feedback from folks tmw
i can make an informed decision on what way to try based
on the time i,m leaving

many thanks

Ricey92 wrote: »

I second this please. Would be a huge help

I'm hoping for green and aiming to be there around 10:30ish, I'll post here how I get on, planning on approaching from Portlaoise side.

eplady2017

I shall be Stradbally bound very soon.. Everyone have a great picnic.. Be safe and enjoy..

jobless

Are you allowed bring water bottles into the main arena?

ED E

jobless wrote: »

Are you allowed bring water bottles into the main arena?

SEALED only. Otherwise it could be vodka etc. After 1AM work away with boozey ones up to 500ml.

scruff monkey

going offline very soon, round house doors tomorrow is it?

declanleo

Korvanica wrote: »

Anyone else in eco ? Looking forward to the new campsite there.

We are but considering options due to how close it is to rave in the woods. Will be down for 1 so I can imagine we'll be close to the front

Mucker46

Work over and after all the giving out and gnashing of teeth EP weekend is here and i for one am as excited as ever and have as many bands to see as previous years. Hope you all have a blast. Your contributions on this thread have been hilarious, informative and therapeutic.

Ferris_Bueller

fourmations wrote: »

nearly there folks!!! (apart from you smug hooores that are there!)

GREEN CAR PARK....
before you all sign off after arriving,
id be most appreciative to know what routes you took and if you got to Green (as would many others i'd imagine)

i wont be leaving Dublin til about midday tmw bound for pink moon,
i can even think about parking in red, the scars are deep from a few years back! i was a fat sweaty mess by the time i got to PM!

at least if i get a bit of feedback from folks tmw
i can make an informed decision on what way to try based
on the time i,m leaving

many thanks

Not entirely sure on this but will try and summarise what I can gather so far (if travelling from Dublin/north, no idea about the rest).

The way a lot of people traveled to the Green car park last year including myself was by coming off the M7 at Monasterevin and going through Kildangan, Vicarstown and Inch Cross. This brought you into Stradbally and straight into Green no issues at all. However this year the Gardaí are saying traffic will be diverted just after Inch Cross (which direction we don't know yet) so you might not get into Green this way.

A few others vouch for going down the M9, turning off for Athy and then going to Stradbally from that direction, this has worked in previous years for Green and could be the best bet this year. The fear is though that you will get diverted into Yellow if you come this route which is an even longer walk to PM then the red car park.

If you just go the normal route and follow the signs for EP off the M7 you will probably end up in Red. From reading the traffic plan it sounds like they are trying to keep Green for Thursday and Sunday arrivals and use the Red for the majority of others. It did say however that if traffic is heavy they will use the Green as an overflow car park.

Long story short, doesn't sound like there is a guaranteed way to get into green this year. I would guess Athy would be your best bet but I am going to chance Vicarstown and see what happens.

Seathrun66

scruff monkey wrote: »

going offline very soon, round house doors tomorrow is it?

Hopefully, but unlikely I'll make it that early so Murder Capital more likely for me. Have a great Picnic.

Knex*

Finally got around to getting my list together. Lots of crossover, and some down right clashes, but I'll play them by ear.

Super excited for this now!

ghostdancer

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Not entirely sure on this but will try and summarise what I can gather so far (if travelling from Dublin/north, no idea about the rest).

The way a lot of people traveled to the Green car park last year including myself was by coming off the M7 at Monasterevin and going through Kildangan, Vicarstown and Inch Cross. This brought you into Stradbally and straight into Green no issues at all. However this year the Gardaí are saying traffic will be diverted just after Inch Cross (which direction we don't know yet) so you might not get into Green this way.

A few others vouch for going down the M9, turning off for Athy and then going to Stradbally from that direction, this has worked in previous years for Green and could be the best bet this year. The fear is though that you will get diverted into Yellow if you come this route which is an even longer walk to PM then the red car park.

If you just go the normal route and follow the signs for EP off the M7 you will probably end up in Red. From reading the traffic plan it sounds like they are trying to keep Green for Thursday and Sunday arrivals and use the Red for the majority of others. It did say however that if traffic is heavy they will use the Green as an overflow car park.

Long story short, doesn't sound like there is a guaranteed way to get into green this year. I would guess Athy would be your best bet but I am going to chance Vicarstown and see what happens.

just go through Athy, and when you're driving up the Stradbally main street, if they try to divert you down the road to the left into the Yellow carpark, just tell them that you're not parking yet, and are going to Portlaoise to pick up a friend or something, and continue on up the main street and the Green car park is on your left.
they can't make you drive into a carpark, even if they do make you go down the road towards the Yellow, you can always drive past it and around the site to the Red car park...

Dany Hitch

MsMojave wrote: »

Mr. Price giving free condoms to the first 500 EP ticket holders that come to them apparently?

https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/discover/stop-everything--mr-price-is-giving-out-free-durex-condemns-for-electric-picnic-865653.html

Could get messy...

JustShay

Those, including myself, needing to get into Green Car Park for Pink Moon, can we share a list of emails to get notified of who gets in and how? Wether through Athy, or Vicarstown?

I feel like this Thread is so busy it will be hard to find an update in the morning, especially from my phone, scrolling scrolling scrolling. If somebody does get into Green Car Park from Dublin side, please can you email this list. Copy mine and add yours to the Reply.

barcoe4@hotmail.com