Electric Picnic 2024 **No Ticket Sales / Requests** - Waiting in line, terrible time, over familiar

announcing acts morning of ATN is tame compared to tricks that prokoters have carried out here.

Full agreement. It's petty bordering on twatty. But what do you expect from this shower?

Have a feeling Electric Picnic will be gone in a few years just like the Oxygen Festival

Subjective I guess!

ATN may not have heavy hitting very expensive top acts (Prodigy exc.) , but it’s got great depth in the sub acts (For me!)

EP is twice the capacity netting around 8m more revenue, has 10x more commercial deals with partners, will get 1M more revenue vs ATN with early entry and takes a hefty cut from the traders not to mention the bars! Will also get buying power by sharing some of the expenses with UK sister festivals, things like main stage, fencing, security etc.

They have switched away from the ATN model and heavily focused on the top tier and (for me) have forgotten sub tier.

It’s hard to believe both festivals are almost competing in the same space.

(Doing proper fcuk all in work this week!!)

i've resisted the negativity so far but just looked at the lineup again

I think Noah Kahan as a headliner just says it all, its the most pathetic headliner ever, the guy has one song (that i hate) he's a nobody! and don't get me started on Gerry, the guy got famous off a bleeped word in a song, grim!! its the undercard thats thats the issue, it wasnt that long ago i had decisions to make and agonizing over the clashfinder, no such worries this year! Still hoping for Charli!!

anyway, ill have a great laugh with my mates, that's a given that the lineup cant p*ss on!

Ah it looks like it was a throwback alright but ATN has Nathasa Bedingfield, The Prodigy, Róisín Murphy so you could probably call it a load of washed up 90's acts. Nothing very adventurous either. But yes, subjectivity.

Think we will get a few more surprises (positive thinking). Wonder will the Saw Doctors be one of the surprise acts?

Packed tent last year, good fit with the Waterboys and Wolfe Tones, on tour but not doing anything else the Saturday or Sunday.

about a million ads for EP on Today Fm today all of a sudden, dont get the logic, why they spending money on advertising at this stage of a sold out event, is it the Today FM link? drumming up interest for next years registration? educate me!

ATN spoiler. EP last acts soon to be announced. Tickets for 2025 on sale shortly, possibly next week before ATN start flogging their early birds.

Between EP, ATN and BTP this year i'd still only manage an ok festival lineup. Enough to keep me occupied but nothing to be excited about. Slim pickings all round.

It's a poor reflection if they're the biggest selling points of the festival though.

Loyalty registration for 2025(29 Aug-31 Aug) is now open. No great surprise, but some relief all the same to know we are going back to the original weekend.

https://www.electricpicnic.ie/loyalty/

I'm in the same position. No one wants the campervan ticket at all. Very frustrating.

I think maybe women in their early 20's might enjoy the main bulk of the lineup, Noah, Gerry, Kodaline, Teddy Swims, Tom Gernnan, Raye and Kylie is also on a big re-emergence, along with pleasing some of the older crowds. Calvin Harris even though very poor live and miles passed it will be enjoyed by some.

For me overall across the board it's fairly poor still, very little stand out bookings on many stages. I'm up to 15 on the list now, which is about half of what it usually is, mostly consisting of Irish acts that've I've seen many times before. I'm hoping maybe there might be another 5 that I like to be added and might find one or two more going through playlists to make it worth going, and also enjoy wandering Croi, Trenchdown, SD area, etc and always find a few more there randomly throughout. Another thing is repeat bookings, there's one act playing 5 times I believe (multiple alias') and a good few more booked 2 or 3 times, I know that's usually the case but it seems excessive this year. If you're mid twenties and up and not into mediocre pop music or smaller Irish artists which is surely a big bulk of the demographic I can't see how it's very appealing especially in contrast to 3 or 4 festivals ago. Am hopeful tomorrow's (expected) announcement is generous.

Another act I haven't seen mentioned is Artemas. I'm not really into but surely by the logic by some people here he should be promoted to headliner on the final poster from tier 4 going off radio plays/36mn monthly Spofity steams having blown up in the past few months? Although hasn't played here before I believe.

It’s a good change, win win for everyone.

Bring the campers closer to the arena as those punters make the journey several times per day, this also means you can have a designated road in for campers.

Then use the old camper field as a car park, this brings thousands of cars closer to the campsites, especially for Hendrix and everything west, it was bad enough in the old days when you could cut through the forest for Hendrix, but for the last few years this short cut has been closed off and they make you walk right around the forest.

If ‘with it’ is Gerry Cinnamon, Kodaline and Noah Kahan then that test has been spectacularly failed in this parish.

EP app on android seems to be live now with most artists added and seems to be being updated still, it's getting close now.

Yeah. If this weren't on there's only two or three I would listen to with any regularity. Will make the most anyway

nearly all those acts who played fairview, st Anne’s, trinity, iveagh etc in recent years have played either EP, FF or ATN here in the last few years. Maybe a handful haven’t and said before it’s the bands/agent decision as to play festivals or headline shows in the summer here

12 acts on poster for terminus. Not all acts on app yet