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

Oh, has Applemans been discontinued? We got a shed-load of free pints of that in 2019, at the Salty Dog junction they were handing out apple-shaped tokens that you could redeem for a free pint. I think people took them and just dropped them, we had a least 6 or 7 freebies. It wasn't bad either. Orchard Thieves will be preferable to the Rockshore cider at ATN, wow that was awful, only marginally better than their beer.

There's usually a craft beer bar around the food courts, about halfway down the first row of vendors, I'll have a look there. Fingers crossed for Whiplash.

I found plenty of those too was great.

"...then you'd bring your paper apple to the bar. 'Gimmie one pint of liquid apples,' you'd say, and hand it over. Then we all tied an onion to our belts, as was the style of the time..."

A small price to pay for decent liquid refreshment! Hopefully they’re there this year! Heineken seem to be pushing a lot of the independent vendors further out the gate!

Have been there a few times only problem is having to go there to get a drink when not at a stage nearby. Being able to get one of the "main" drinks means they are more widely available and given it looks like i will be in the woods a lot that is a consideration

Let’s hope so…

Also, as well as the known unknowns with M&B, there are the unknown knowns too! That is, there are still Spike Island, Global Green Village Hall and Art Lot Granny’s Gaff-shaped holes in the schedule. I know that we’re at the more esoteric end of the overall bill here, but in 2019, there were 23 acts in GH Village Hall, 29 in Spike Island, and 21 in Granny’s Gaff. So, there might still be a few more acts coming our way yet, over and above a hotly anticipated potential Mind & Body announcement.

Historically though, these smaller stages have tended to self-announce final line-ups in the couple of days immediately before EP commences. Full disclosure, I have visited Granny’s Gaff once (to see Grainne Hunt) and have yet to darken the door of the Village Hall after all these years BUT with seemingly fewer acts playing and a 25% increase in footfall…one likes to feel that one is getting value for money, especially since we have lost the Throwback Stage, Little Big Tent and even the Oxjam Introducing Stage in recent(ish) times

There was an issue with the chemical composition of the cups so they pulled them mid-festival for health and safety reasons. 2010 I think. Why they’ve not been reintroduced is puzzling.

Second part of caravan pass arrived today

Mother having their own stage could potentially be amazing! These guys have regularly been the highlight of my weekend down in stradbally over the last 10 years. But in another way it's a shame they won't be doing their traditional sets in Body & Soul or Jerry Fish. For a bit of an idea what to expect this is a playlist I put together a few years ago based nearly solely on seeing them at festivals: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BsD137vTd5X8ALDYdfZ0H?si=CYNO6fZ6RMyS_3tdc7cH4g&utm_source=copy-link

Only time I've been let down by them was actually earlier this year when I went to their pride block party in town. Didn't really play the tunes I was expecting. But would highly recommend going down to see them late night on one of the nights in the woods!

Also regarding someone's theory that the Mind & Body lineup will just be made up of acts already on the poster, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. I know of one decent sized Irish act playing on that main stage who are already on the poster. However lineup seems light if there isn't a separate announcement!

With the reusable cups, I assume you hand it in, they fill it and then hand back.

Does that get complicated at some of the bigger bars where they might have one set of people serving and another pulling the pints?

At the larger bars it's grand as there's usually more people serving. It's definitely doable if it's set up correctly. The main stage bar at ATN was huge, can't remember waiting more than a minute for a pint even at peak times. I wonder if the main stage bar at EP this year up at the back will change format - it's not really big enough for the numbers, and there's even more people this year.

Have Trinity Orchestra been mentioned at all?

They are normally at good start to one of the afternoons and they did a great set at ATN.

Also, I wonder when we are going to start to see stage times appear.

There will be no work out of anybody next week as it all finally gets announced.

yeahs that the stuff all right, great tunes

i wonder if its billing as a queer event will steer the tunes towards disco? they have drag dancers and stuff,

Anyone who's down on site early, let us know if you spy any bar drinks lists/taps going in etc. Although cider wise I'm expecting orchard thieves 😑

I see Salty Bouy food truck will be down. They do amazing food seafood