Electric Picnic 2025 **No Ticket Sales / Requests** - Hot metal and methedrine, I hear empire down

Hi

I stayed at Ballykilcavan brewery, with pitched perfect. It was my first time at EP so have no experience of staying in EP to compare. That said I got lost leaving EP the Friday night, ended up walking around the whole of the EP site, we're all the tents were pitched and it just looked a mess, with burger vans etc, 5 meters from the tents... I knew that first night I made the right decision.

On Ballykilcavan, I arrived Thursday around 6. Parked the car across from the entrance, It took 30 seconds to walk to the check in desk, then took 30 seconds to walk to my tent, with one of the workers walking me to the tent & giving me a hand with my gear, on the way explaining the layout of the site.

Thursday evening had a few beers, they had 4/5 different beers to choose from on tap, I drank the lager 5.50 euro a pint, the brewery bar had about 16 plug sockets dotted around to change your phone. They had a 2 man band on, in the court yard that night. ( They had other entertainment on in the court yard through the weekend, but I didn't see it, to busy at EP😁)

Woke up the first morning and walked down to the court yard, plenty of benches / tables in the yard, they had a coffee van and a food van that sold breakfast up till 11am, then lunch after that. The bar was open in the morning, so you could sit in charging your phone over coffee. I have to say it made my mornings, were you could chill out and recover from the day/ night before. Then off to take a shower no waiting straight in ( did have to wait other mornings 10 minutes max) descent shower about 10 of them. Toilets were the same as on EP site, but we're kept clean and stocked with toilet roll. Their was outdoor sinks beside the showers were you could wash and brush teeth. Also their was a pamper parlour, didn't use it myself 😁, it had mirrors, hair dryers and spare sockets for hair straightener / phone charger etc:.

The size of the site was just the right size for everyone and everything that was their, to walk from top to bottom 4 minutes. Also yoga was on in the morning at 12 and a sound bath at 1 both free... Also if you wanted to pay ( 40euro) an hour in jacuzzi / sauna / ice bath

Off the get the bus, pick up point in the court yard, buses ran from 12am to 2am. With no traffic it took 10 minutes to get to the EP entrance, that time varied wildly through the weekend, traffic dependent. Buses were every half hour, with extra buses put on at busy times of the day. Missing the last bus did worry me a bit, ( you wouldn't walk that road in the day, don't mind at night ) but from walking around the town at 1am + their were taxies around and gave me reassurance I would get back if, I was to stay 3am+.

One of the good things about getting the bus to the town everyday was your opinion to stock up or just go the chipper or cafe or SuperValu....

All the rest of the days were much the same, but with every site at busy times, waiting for the morning coffee and shower just takes a little longer, but not that long .

Also got a bit of room service, as in they came around and pumped up your mattress, you just had to catch them walking around or you could book you mattress in for a pump up at reception.

Have to say all the staff were very nice and very helpful and made the stay comfortable.

The clients were made up of mostly couples ( 75% of tents) with the rest mostly girl groups. Site was quite at night and sleeping was great.

Have say I really enjoyed my stay their and I will be back next year. I did notice their was a lot of space, were I would say they will expand for next year. Talking to people their, all said it was great and not a bad word said about it..

If I remember anything thing else I will post 😁, really enjoyed my stay.

I paid 699 for the 2-4 man bell tent ( but got a free upgrade to the 4-8 man bell tent on arrival )

A little guessing on the rest, as I booked with little interest in the rest.

The 4-8 man bell tent, starting at 800, with options to add, add-ons

They also had "normal tents" 4 man with porch to front or middle, have to say they were big,

Bog standard 2 man tents ( was speaking to folks in these, they said as the car was so near, they left most of their gear in the car and grabbed as needed )

Forgot to add, leaving was as easy as arriving, took me 45 minutes to get to the M50.

Expensive yes

Worth it yes

No. I haven’t been at an EP since 2013, after attending three in a row, and I still get a loyalty code every year

Lol

Moby & Stevie Nicks as sub headliners

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Got two tickets yesterday approx 4.30pm.

Myself and the wife.
€290 each on a payment plan

Now let’s see what the line up is like

Was at the SD bar when the barman dropped who it was, I went straight to the barrier, dragged my crew up and text my son whose girlfriend was working with Hotpress, I became a hotpress legend for that night.