Electric Picnic 2021 - Cancelled :( **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

everlast75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824250#Comment_117824250

Sing me to sleep

Sing me to sleep

I'm tired, and i

want this put to bed...

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824250#Comment_117824250

Terribly weary, this thread should be full of optimism and excitement not all this stop start sh1te.

lawrencesummers

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117823147#Comment_117823147

Your really missing the point.

Gaa are allowed large attendances. They have no requirement for proving vaccination or clear tests for admission. I dont have an issue with that btw, just pointing out how much they have been allowed

They are unable to provide contact tracing, there is no way on earth that the GAA can trace who was sitting where for any of thd matches played recently due to the system they use for issuing tickets.

Im not talking about Rugby. Im sure they can organise things effectively but its irrelevant currently because they dont have any events in.

EP are better able logistically to ensure only vaccinated attendees, and have contact training in place and this is another point that can be used to justify their event taking place.

bodhrandude

Does Enya actually tour at all, I always thought of her as a visual video artist rather than a touring musician, what did she play when she was a member of Clannad or was she just a singer.

melekalikimaka

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824460#Comment_117824460

I dont think she ever toured in a meaningful way, even televised performances were lip synced and such. Maybe the live show wouldnt live up to the production in the studio for her.

BigMo1

Maybe I'm being gullible here, but I kind of feel if it was definitely cancelled they’d have said by now.

melekalikimaka

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824516#Comment_117824516

i feel this scene is apt

Eod100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824202#Comment_117824202

Need a lot more than that to fit the bill though so would expect artists like James Vincent McMorrow, Pillow Queens, Niamh Regan, Mick Flannery and Susan O Neil etc etc.

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824525#Comment_117824525

I remember the tagline on the old VHS:

Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free.

Eod100

EP might be a bit early so if there's still going going be restrictions on large outdoor events by 22nd October but the 75% outdoor capacity from next week is positive. https://twitter.com/MichealLehane/status/1432409369635921923?s=19 https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1432412529150541827?s=19

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824884#Comment_117824884

Oh wow, it's good news anyway. The 75% capacity for outdoors is pretty subjective all the same though. Like easy for a stadium obviously but lots of room for interpretation from the point of view of a festival site

LowOdour

The numbers (60% indoor/ 75% outdoor) still make no sense.

So, wonder where it leaves EP? It means that around 52k should be allowed entry. Enough for it to be profitable?

Eod100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824979#Comment_117824979

Not sure what the ceiling on capacity is for those events but guess EP would need permission to go ahead in first place and probably 100% capacity to be viable. Would say usually no news is good news but the default is that as it stands EP isn't going ahead unless there's a significant intervention. If there was thin government would be leaking to capitalise on good news like all the announcements so far this evening. Guess time will tell and should know within days either way. No point stringing organisers or people hoping to go with false hope at this stage unless there's serious effort to get it to go ahead imo.

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824979#Comment_117824979

It still changes little from the point of view of the license decision regardless of what that decision was based on. My fear is that FR might do a smaller sort of spin off event somewhere else instead maybe. Not sure if it would be something I'd be interested in.

BUT they have reapplied to Laois CC already so if they got some sort of reassurance that it would be granted and its just really a formality, (which it nearly always is anyway) then we could have something to be hopeful for. How gas would it be that they got that reassurance and they rejected the license again anyway. It would be one way to make sure FR don't return again!

HarryTheSpider

52k would probably help with a shorter build time.

In theory, it would mean the crowd could be more spread out. But there would still be spots where it would be just the same.

Darc19

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824178#Comment_117824178

70,000 people do not enter the town and would not put the "elderly" at risk. (I really hate this abuse of the phrase "elderly and vulnerable" for every fu.king reason under the sun)

Near 100% of age 60+ are FULLY vaccinated.

Only fully vaccinated people can attend.

The vast majority of attendees do not enter the town. They drive directly into the grounds and when they finish, they drive directly back.

HarryTheSpider

On a lighter note...

7 years ago today was the Saturday of the festival.

Portishead and Chic on the main stage.

everlast75

How many are day trippers for Sunday. They should be first to go.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117823969#Comment_117823969

Im no fan of Varadkar or FG but shoehorning them in there is entirely irrelevant, particularly given that there was no breaking of guidelines at the Merrion and the media/online palaver about the event is no more than insinuation and ‘us against them’ vitriol. Entirely unhelpful in a pandemic.

Were the government to list EP as a trial event and allow it to go ahead there’d be nothing cynical about it. They know they’ve let the music and entertainment industry down and are now trying to compensate for that. I’d hate to overrule the locals but I feel they’ve been badly represented by seemingly poorly-informed councillors. If it doesn’t happen I’m fine with that. If it does I’ll race you all to the Salty Dog.

Eod100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825017#Comment_117825017

Sure but fears are usually emotional response so may not be logical or rational. Think after everyone people have been through there will be an element of being cautious, some could argue overly cautious and conservative but understand the place it comes from and context while agreeing it seems irrational from the outside.

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825045#Comment_117825045

Plenty of people have gotten refunds over the last year or so. Obviously we have no idea how many but it's definitely a possibility that 15 to 20k might have gotten refunds already.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824178#Comment_117824178

Not true. Loads of gigs happening at the moment. In Galway alone we’ve had ten days of acts on the Claddagh, four nights in pearse Stadium and a festival at Claregalway Castle commencing on Wednesday week (she loved me). Monroes has a dozen indoor gigs next month. This stuff is happening.

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825045#Comment_117825045

Ruthless, Everlast, ruthless. Heads on pikes. That vaping crowd next.

endainoz

I can see plenty of outdoor gigs getting thrown together over the next few weeks, this is good news folks, I thought we'd get much less than 75% to be honest.

Fatfrog

I understand the reduction for smaller indoor venues, but what would the science say on risk of 52500 vs 70000, I would have thought at that level risk would barely increase??

teddybear73

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825334#Comment_117825334

Remember anything over 5k needs a license which think based on the Laois county council reply is going to be longer than a month to get.

It looks like the 75% is specifically for Electric picnic at this stage unless a few gigs in likes of Kilmainhim or Malahide would be profitable to go ahead with 4999 punters. You had the Trinity series which I think is only around 5k and also Iveagh Gardens so maybe they could be a runner.

teddybear73

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825388#Comment_117825388

If they allowed 100% cpacity would then have all the sporting organisations looking for the same. Can only imagine what level of risk an 82k crowd at the All ireland final would cause. Presume they also have to factor in public transport risk etc

bodhrandude

Another problem could be because pub closing hours are 11.30, would this apply to outdoor camping events too, as we all know the party normally goes on till 4 am at the Picnic, I suppose if the licenced areas closed at 11.30 surely live entertainment could still carry on to the early hours.

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825610#Comment_117825610

I think we all recall making that booze trip, walking miles back to the tent to get that booze (you probably didn't really need) when the bars used to close early!!

bodhrandude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117825624#Comment_117825624

4 cans hahaha 😝