# EP
This month
September 2023
All tickets for next year's Electric Picnic 'snapped up in under an hour'
Tickets for next year’s festival, which will have an increased capacity of 75,000, went on sale at 9am this morning.
Electric Picnic tents to house Ukrainian refugees after festival ends
Due to an accommodation shortage tents will be the ‘primary source of accommodation’ for new Ukrainian refugees, the department said.
Good news for Electric Picnic goers with sunny spells and highs of 23C forecast for the weekend
While today will see scattered showers, Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather says festival goers should remember the sunscreen as the weather picks up Saturday and Sunday.
This year
2023
FactCheck: Will the EU Nature Restoration Law turn Lapland’s capital into a forest?
“Don’t kick Santa out of his house,” a tweet by the European People’s Party begins.
Last year
2022
Status Orange warning issued for 13 counties as 'intense' rain expected early tomorrow
The warning is valid from 4am to 8am tomorrow morning.
All time
Electric Picnic 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19
Ticket holders can get a refund of their tickets or carry them forward to next year.
Body and Soul part ways with Electric Picnic after 16 years
Tickets for next year’s festival sold out this afternoon.
Nigel Farage says EU's tone is 'emollient' as Martina Anderson dons Irish jersey in EU parliament
“It is certainly not a question of pretending to negotiate”, Barnier warned, as Juncker told MEPs the risk of no deal remains “very real”.
'I took it and paid the price': Ex-Ireland's Got Talent contestant issues Electric Picnic drug warning
Brandon Webb was put into an induced coma last year after falling ill as a result of MDMA.
Hozier, The Strokes, Florence + the Machine and The 1975 announced as headliners for Electric Picnic
The festival is already sold out.
Electric Picnic tickets sell out 15 minutes after going on sale
It is the first time the festival has sold out before any acts were announced.
10 Instagrams to follow if you need some style inspo for Electric Picnic
Time to get outfit-planning.
Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D and Massive Attack have been announced for Electric Picnic 2018
Dua Lipa, Ben Howard, St Vincent, and Chvrches will also be appearing in Stradbally.
A look back at the changing Electric Picnic lineups over the past 14 years
There have been some excellent headliners over the years.
14 tweets that sum up the Electric Picnic weekend so far
From energetic crowds to the best one-liners.
14 classic photos from Electric Picnic a decade ago
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and the Green Party: A simpler time.
16 classic photos from the Electric Picnic way back in 2005
Gonna party like it’s two-thousand-and-five.
'Should we just sit at home twiddling our thumbs just because we have children?'
Should people have to hang up their wellie boots just because they have kids?
The girl that lost her job over Electric Picnic has already been offered a new one
Internet fame can take you places.
Do You Even Know Who You’re Seeing At Electric Picnic?
Identify the bands you’ll be watching on stage this weekend.
11 of the best responses from the Electric Picnic Facebook page
People weren’t happy – and they made it clear in the most hilarious way possible.
Electric Picnic sees 150 drug busts and 10 held for theft
Oh, and one couple had to be rescued after their tent caught fire when candles were lit there.
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s been talking about a drowning tragedy in Crete, Irish troops in the Middle East, peace, and EP.
'If you've got no vote, you've got no voice' - MEP pushes election registration
Fine Gael’s Jim Higgins said we fought ‘long and hard’ for our democracy and people should participate in it.
Electric Picnic festival goers warned to stay away from 'dodgy pills'
The drug known as ‘Blue Ghosts’ or ‘Casper’ is doing the rounds at the festival and organisers have urged picnickers to be careful.
20-year-old man dies at Electric Picnic festival
Gardaí confirmed the sudden death but do not believe foul play was involved.
Still hoping to go to Electric Picnic? Hop on your saddle
The Stradbally festival has sold out for the first time since 2008. But if you’re fit enough you can still get in by cycling from Dublin to Laois.
Mia, 12, will test new prosthetic leg in charity cycle
There were over 700 participants at the Electric Picnic bike ride last year, but organisers hope this year will be even bigger.
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