Electric Picnic 2022 - Here we go again! - **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Why no posts today?

3 years without a picnic, you'd think the organisers would throw us a frickin' bone and announce a little early

To be fair we've probably already identified all the major acts who'll play and I can't see many surprises at the top of the bill. Mainly Irish and UK acts this year with the odd long-distance arrival (Rage, Tame Impala).

I'd like some older post-punk acts lower on the bill - Skids, SLF, Wire, Bauhaus, Buzzcocks, Undertones (again), Pop Group, etc. These guys have all been playing over the past five years and Jerry Fish would happily give them a home. We've had The Fall (twice), Magazine, Gang of Four and others over the years.

I'm expecting a half-decent lineup with a fair few poor acts but I don't care. There'll easily be 15/20 acts I'll enjoy seeing and, most importantly, I'll finally be back in Stradbally.

I'll put aside the need for a stellar line up if I get an early announcement. It's a fair trade I reckon!

Was looking at the old RockNess 2010 festival threads in the Efestival archive, I was at this event and for the last two days have been revisiting the announcements, the build up to the event and the reviews, it was such a buzz. Sadly there is hardly any Scottish camping music festivals left, RockNess finished in 2013, T in the Park in 2015 and Wickerman (modelled on the film set of the original film and Scotland's answer to Body&Soul festival). Also can anyone help me find an old festival buddy, he used to post on Efestivals and the original Electric Picnic forum. He went by the username Window Licker and was from Dublin. I met him first at RockNess through the Efestivals meet up and then at Electric Picnic 2010 and the following year at Forbidden Fruit for Aphex Twin day, I stayed at his gaff in Dublin over the weekend. I think his proper name was Collie or Colum. Does he still post I wonder on Efestivals as I only frequent it every now and then.

Thanks Seath I checked his profile and posts in Efestivals and it seems he hasn't posted there since Jan 30th 2012 so more than ten years. I know he was posting in the EP forum, the forum attached to the EP website up to about 2014 anyway as I remember him and me talking on an Aphex Twin thread there when Aphex released the blimp over London advertising the release launch of the Syro album.

Yeah, I'm in for that Rubick. Really looking forward to it.

Fleet Foxes playing Dublin the Sunday before the picnic, so that probably rules them out.

Hows an extension to 4 days going to work ? Are they going to issue 1 day tickets for Thursday, or, just extra Early Entry tickets ?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40807056.html

I read that earlier and thought the Thursday would be just early entry with maybe some food and drink places open.

The licence has always included Thursday since Early Opening began (2016/17?) as they have had some bands on Salty Dog and Comedy acts in the Woods since then. Mad how busier it is on the Thursday since then, was a bizarre sight to see the Hendrix/Warhol camping virtually empty before the masses arrived on Friday morning. Hopefully they'll add more entertainment on the Thursday from this year. It's been a great addition for us as we can leave Antrim at a reasonable hour on the Thursday morning and still make the queue for entry at 4pm instead of a 6am start on the Friday morning. If you're thinking of heading on the Thursday I'd grab an Early Entry pass whilst they are still available.

I think it's capped at 10,000 early entry tickets.

Some acts in Y Not festival at end of July.

I'm presuming "Y not" is a rhetorical question there?

Astonishing that The Levellers once headlined Glasto. A couple of tunes I could handle, no more. And spot on re the three acts from YNot. I've no worries about EP's lineup not being vastly superior to that.