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

Suckit

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Does anyone know if you can walk around the grounds of Stradbally Hall or is it closed to the public? I've always thought it would be nice to go down there when the festival isn't on and have a bit of a trip down memory lane, it would be especially nice this year considering it isn't happening, but don't want to get down there and be limited to walking around the roads surrounding it.

I was down there 2 weeks ago. Walked around the area, entered at the trout lake a few people were fishing, and walked up through the woods which would view directly out to the main area, but I didn't walk up there, instead walked around through the woods. I will be back down again in 2 weeks so will have a proper walk around then.

Fatfrog

nc6000 wrote: »

I see Michael Eavis is being quoted as saying Glastonbury 2021 might be wishful thinking.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/glastonbury-festival-cancelled-founder-shares-22466123

I would be worried that unless we get some movement here on events with crowds it will be February or March 2021 before we know it and we'll be right back at where we started.

The Eavis family dont own all of the land used for the festival and rent from other land owners who apparently keep increasing their rates, Michael Eavis has said many times in the past they festival may not go ahead, but eventually does. I think hes setting the ground work to drive a hard bargain.

But this time around theres a legitimate concern, they'd normally have some headline acts booked at this stage, tickets usually go on sale in 2.5 months time. That's not going to happen, I suspect they'll push initial ticket sales into March at a minimum. Coachella also in the same boat.

Wooderson

"Just wishful thinking" - Mick E is only stating the obvious here. Its possible that an event like EP could -maybe- adapt and survive to go ahead next year. Would be utterly different to last year and IMO a grim experience. But an event of the scale of Glastonbury is just far too big to take the risk.

Wooderson

Fatfrog wrote: »

The Eavis family dont own all of the land used for the festival and rent from other land owners who apparently keep increasing their rates, Michael Eavis has said many times in the past they festival may not go ahead, but eventually does. I think hes setting the ground work to drive a hard bargain.

But this time around theres a legitimate concern, they'd normally have some headline acts booked at this stage, tickets usually go on sale in 2.5 months time. That's not going to happen, I suspect they'll push initial ticket sales into March at a minimum. Coachella also in the same boat.

All rolled tickets will be rolled again I'd imagine.

rubick

Wonder how many punters will put their tickets back in the pot? Fingers crossed anyway.

Seathrun66

rubick wrote: »

Wonder how many punters will put their tickets back in the pot? Fingers crossed anyway.

None I know. Different if you'd shelled out £240 but a deposit of £50 most people can manage without if it allows them to get to Glasto.

May be very different when it comes to paying the balance next April.

rubick

One for the diary folks, across EP weekend - Patti Smith live broadcast.
Was lucky enough to get in to the RTE tent for her pre-set preformance at ATN last year, this should be great!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patti-smith-year-of-the-monkey-virtual-concert-1039835/

EDIT - Jeez boys that's me up to three Boards.ie Stars now, is there a Gift Bag or commemorative mug coming my way?

Seathrun66

rubick wrote: »

One for the diary folks, across EP weekend - Patti Smith live broadcast.
Was lucky enough to get in to the RTE tent for her pre-set preformance at ATN last year, this should be great!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patti-smith-year-of-the-monkey-virtual-concert-1039835/

EDIT - Jeez boys that's me up to three Boards.ie Stars now, is there a Gift Bag or commemorative mug coming my way?

I kinda love her and she also wrecks my head. Make sense? Her (to me, mediocre) poetry and uber-earnestness gives me a headache but when she fires up Gloria, Horses or Frederick she's magnificent. EP 2012 was a bit special. As was the entire weekend.

johnnyskeleton

Seathrun66 wrote: »

I kinda love her and she also wrecks my head. Make sense? Her (to me, mediocre) poetry and uber-earnestness gives me a headache but when she fires up Gloria, Horses or Frederick she's magnificent. EP 2012 was a bit special. As was the entire weekend.

Yes. Her enthusiasm to smash the global corporate order and the shirt and tie wearing stooges is great at a festival, less so when she played support in Kilmainham to Nick Cave on a Wednesday night to people who had just come off work in their shirts and ties from their corporate jobs!

endainoz

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Yes. Her enthusiasm to smash the global corporate order and the shirt and tie wearing stooges is great at a festival, less so when she played support in Kilmainham to Nick Cave on a Wednesday night to people who had just come off work in their shirts and ties from their corporate jobs!

Spose people like to be reminded of their rebellious youth even though they "sold out" and "work for the man". Patti was one of the few highlights of ATN for me last year. Loved Gloria of course but her cover of beds are burning is amazing too. A truly underappreciated song in this part of the world.

Seathrun66

endainoz wrote: »

Spose people like to be reminded of their rebellious youth even though they "sold out" and "work for the man". Patti was one of the few highlights of ATN for me last year. Loved Gloria of course but her cover of beds are burning is amazing too. A truly underappreciated song in this part of the world.

I've always loved it. Good band too and Peter Garrett a decent guy. They're another option for EP in the next couple of years.

everlast75

Driving to work today and felt a little deflated as normally at this time of the year, I'd be cramming hard listening to new bands in anticipation of heading in a few weeks to Stradbally.

I know there are bigger worries in the world and people worse off, but it is a right pain the ****ing bollox that EP2020 is cancelled

Fatfrog

everlast75 wrote: »

Driving to work today and felt a little deflated as normally at this time of the year, I'd be cramming hard listening to new bands in anticipation of heading in a few weeks to Stradbally.

I know there are bigger worries in the world and people worse off, but it is a right pain the ****ing bollox that EP2020 is cancelled

Daylight starting to noticeably shorten, warm balmy evenings, its definitely EP time

Any deals on cans or camping chairs

I read earlier that Russia has approved a vaccine, didnt give a roll out timeline but we'll let them test the **** out of it on their own population!!

Furious-Red

Any word on when they are releasing the timetable?

desk tidy

Yeah there's something about the sunlight around EP time, thinning but golden. Any sunny but cool morning around this time we'll stand at the back door and say, 'that's an EP morning!'. Glastonbury weekend I was fine, I think the EP one will be hard. We'll take the edge off with some cans anyway.

everlast75

Think we should set up a support/helpline. Perhaps the hold music could be a repetitive dull thud noise emulating the rave in the woods which we could listen to while trying to sleep with no covers on and the window wide open.

rubick

everlast75 wrote: »

Think we should set up a support/helpline. Perhaps the hold music could be a repetitive dull thud noise emulating the rave in the woods which we could listen to while trying to sleep with no covers on and the window wide open.

The time-honoured early morning Picnic game "Bird or Bake", where from the relative comfort of a tent you try to guess if the squawking noise you just heard is local wildlife or an enthusiastic reveller.

desk tidy

everlast75 wrote: »

Think we should set up a support/helpline. Perhaps the hold music could be a repetitive dull thud noise emulating the rave in the woods which we could listen to while trying to sleep with no covers on and the window wide open.

Every now and then the repetitive dull thud should loosely take the form of a classic techno track, just enough so you fully waken yourself trying to work out what it is.

'Is that Pontape? Are they playing The Bells? FFS they're playing Crispy Bacon and I'm in bed in my tent like an eejit.'

Im really feeling it this week. Seriously missing the build up

rubick

We said it for Glastonbury and ATN weekends, but the tent is very definitely going up in the garden over EP weekend.
Might even load the festival truck up and wheel it round the house a few times to get a good sweat on before we put it up.
The big question is how do we replicate our favourite festival foods. Will be quite a trick shot to replicate a Kinnara Kitchen on the BBQ.

endainoz

Man, we're really feeling it now aren't we?! I hadn't thought about it much until you all started posting about it!

Maybe we should make up fantasy EP type timetables with links to live sets or something? Maybe watch them all in real time. Each of us could curate our own stage and we could throw it all together for EP weekend. Anyone interested?

Stillill42

rubick wrote: »

We said it for Glastonbury and ATN weekends, but the tent is very definitely going up in the garden over EP weekend.
Might even load the festival truck up and wheel it round the house a few times to get a good sweat on before we put it up.
The big question is how do we replicate our favourite festival foods. Will be quite a trick shot to replicate a Kinnara Kitchen on the BBQ.

I'm on it, Rubick. Google Jamie Oliver bbq chicken marinade. Did it on skewers on the bbq at the weekend and it gave me proper flashbacks. I have to work on my presentation, mind.

scruff monkey

Furious-Red wrote: »

Any word on when they are releasing the timetable?

Wednesday 31st August 2022

PabloAndRoy

You guys are dedicated.... I have just given up on the whole year.

rubick

Stillill42 wrote: »

I'm on it, Rubick. Google Jamie Oliver bbq chicken marinade. Did it on skewers on the bbq at the weekend and it gave me proper flashbacks. I have to work on my presentation, mind.

Queue them round the house mate, and blatter out some rolling amen breaks with a couple of potato peelers!

bodhrandude

Around this time we would probably have the last roll out of names for the main EP bill and the Red Bull stage lineup. Well I have about 40 EP live sets on my ipod that I'll be blasting out on said weekend.

rubick

I think I might have booked the wrong weekend off.
Now I'll turn up and there won't be anyone there ffs

endainoz

I ended up buying a single day ticket for the Philadelphia folk festival on Saturday night. I did it mainly for the irish acts. Wasn't too familiar with the American ones.

It did feel like a real festival for a while, had the ability to switch between stages and even go on zoom for the campsite. The production value for the Irish acts was much higher and more professional though, the American acts just looked like another dodgy single camera live from home type stream.

Irish acts included:

Daoiri Farrel, Susan o Neil, Moxie, We banjo 3, Kila, Lisa O Neil, Mick flannery, Shane Hennessy (who I hadn't heard of before, highly recommended!)

Wasn't too bad for 20 dollars I thought!

scruff monkey

There are 382 sleeps (hopefully, if the orange sh1tgibbon doesn't nuke the world in an attempt to stay out of jail).

Seathrun66

endainoz wrote: »

I ended up buying a single day ticket for the Philadelphia folk festival on Saturday night. I did it mainly for the irish acts. Wasn't too familiar with the American ones.

It did feel like a real festival for a while, had the ability to switch between stages and even go on zoom for the campsite. The production value for the Irish acts was much higher and more professional though, the American acts just looked like another dodgy single camera live from home type stream.

Irish acts included:

Daoiri Farrel, Susan o Neil, Moxie, We banjo 3, Kila, Lisa O Neil, Mick flannery, Shane Hennessy (who I hadn't heard of before, highly recommended!)

Wasn't too bad for 20 dollars I thought!

Had never heard of the fest but sounds like a good one and probably a great weekend of craic when it actually takes place. Same here, not too familiar with many acts bar the Irish ones and the obvious (Billy Bragg, Los Lobos, Josh Ritter).

There are some goodies on there (too much time on my hands as no EP research to do!). Courtney Marie Andrews is new and very impressive and you should check out Buffy Saint-Marie if you're not aware of her. A Native American born on a Piapot reservation in Canada in the 1940s. Her work has focused on the struggles of the indigenous peoples of North America and she wrote and sang the theme song to Soldier Blue, a famously brutal 70s movie about a massacre of said peoples. She also got an Oscar for co-writing Up Where We Belong with Jack Nitzsche (who she married) and Will Jennings. She's collaborated with everybody of note on the US folk circuit including her buddy Neil Young who she's covered a fair bit. Worth checking out.

Thundercats Ho

Looks great!
Courtney Marie Andrews is a favorite of mine.

The great Richard Thompson on the line up (his son Teddy is in there too).

Kris Drever (Lau) on there. He's toured Ireland solo and is fab.

Shane Hennessy is from Carlow afaik.

endainoz

So looks like any small gigs are in jeopardy now, had just bought tickets for Christy Moore at the start of next month and I can't see it happening. It's a bit confusing though, if it takes place at a venue serving food would that make it ok? Whatever you'd say about FG, but this new government aren't handling things too well with their mixed messages. (Probably not a topic for this forum)

Back to gigs, this could be the death knell for fuinneamh festival unfortunately. Was really hopeful they could get to go ahead, but I can't see it now.

Hey remember a few months back when we thought events of 5,000 people would be allowed by September? Those were the days!

everlast75

Ha - yep! Was walking the dogs yesterday and was thinking that normally, my biggest concern at this time of the year for the EP would be would the weather hold out :-/

rubick

Got tentatively excited when Doves announced March 2021 gigs for The Olympia and The Limelight, Belfast yesterday, but then you look at the news and honestly we'll be doing well to have a Picnic next year at this rate.

In other news I've had the riff from M83's 'Midnight City' in my head this past few days so you take the small victories where you can get them.

Thundercats Ho

rubick wrote: »

Got tentatively excited when Doves announced March 2021 gigs for The Olympia and The Limelight, Belfast yesterday, but then you look at the news and honestly we'll be doing well to have a Picnic next year at this rate.

In other news I've had the riff from M83's 'Midnight City' in my head this past few days so you take the small victories where you can get them.

https://twitter.com/LukasMukasPukas/status/1295369526863900678?s=20

HarryTheSpider

With all this rain, I think we would all be worrying about the conditions underfoot and sharing deals on the best rain gear and boots on the market at this stage.

That would still be nicer than sitting here looking out the window at the raindrops and not having something to look forward to.

Stillill42

HarryTheSpider wrote: »

With all this rain, I think we would all be worrying about the conditions underfoot and sharing deals on the best rain gear and boots on the market at this stage.

That would still be nicer than sitting here looking out the window at the raindrops and not having something to look forward to.

Looking back, standing in the deluge at Body and Soul main stage listening to Public Service Broadcasting on the Saturday night a couple of years ago seems like an impossibly happy time. It may in fact have been a dream.

desk tidy

It seems like it's been much longer than a year since I was last at a festival. Feels like EP 2019 was years ago.

HarryTheSpider

Stillill42 wrote: »

Looking back, standing in the deluge at Body and Soul main stage listening to Public Service Broadcasting on the Saturday night a couple of years ago seems like an impossibly happy time. It may in fact have been a dream.

Dare I say it, but the rain may have even made that better.

rubick

Reckon it might have been a bit marshy underfoot this year. Sure you'd take it now, no bother.
There'll be some craic at These Charming Men next time we meet, lads.

Furious-Red

desk tidy wrote: »

It seems like it's been much longer than a year since I was last at a festival. Feels like EP 2019 was years ago.

2018 was my last festival , Im not counting Forbidden Fruit since i only went the Monday for Elbow

endainoz

Fuinneamh postponed, it was coming. They are releasing what would have been their headliners on Friday, maybe other festivals should do the same.

scruff monkey

endainoz wrote: »

Fuinneamh postponed, it was coming. They are releasing what would have been their headliners on Friday, maybe other festivals should do the same.

No, that's cruel and unusual punishment.

bodhrandude

It would be funny if the Picnic was still going ahead even though Laois is in lockdown, would make for an interesting situation.

bodhrandude

Stendhal festival still seems to be going ahead in Limavady in Derry on Friday 21st and Friday 28th with a capacity for 499 people.

https://www.stendhalfestival.com/

endainoz

bodhrandude wrote: »

Stendhal festival still seems to be going ahead in Limavady in Derry on Friday 21st and Friday 28th with a capacity for 499 people.

https://www.stendhalfestival.com/

You might want to check that link again BD

Suckit

I was due to go to Stradbally this weekend, but obviously can't. although it hasn't been ruled out weirdly.
It is apparently marshland down there, and tonight isn't helping.
It is very unlikely I will be going this weekend, but maybe a couple of weeks if lockdowns haven't started happening everywhere.

rubick

If anyone feels like a little chugging acid house, point your internet enabled listening device to Twitch this evening where Sean Johnston will be at the controls from 9pm as part of the A Love From Outer Space Emergency Broadcast initiative, which Lyn and I have found essential in these trying times. He usually grinds it out until about 2am, depending on the craic in chat or whether the neighbours call the peelers.

ALFOS2020
https://www.twitch.tv/alfos2020

Seathrun66

HarryTheSpider wrote: »

Dare I say it, but the rain may have even made that better.

This topic did arise on the thread in the festival post-mortem. The rain-fetishists were advised to start a new thread in the After Hours section.

rubick

That, as they say, is quintessential EP morning (in Antrim, anyway).