It was the biggest edition of festival so far, with 75,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated
returned to Stradbally this weekend, and it was bigger than ever, with 75,000 people landing on the Co Laois estate for three days of music, culture and craic. Here’s our pick of some pluses and minuses of this year’s event.There’s a huge appetite for Irish artists. The Main Stage arena was packed on Saturday afternoon for The Saw Doctors, Tuam’s favourite sons, who have tapped into a new generation of listeners over the past couple of years.
Electric Picnic 2024: Lindsay Rowantree, Mark Sansom, Dave Fahy and Mike Higgins dance with the nuns in Trailer Park on Saturday. Photograph: Alan Betson The Inflatable Church, which holds a wedding every 30 minutes, is always a riot. The Father Ted caravan crew, at Trailer Park, were hilarious, too, cramming 40 people into their little caravan, then counting them out one by one, to cheers from the crowd. Four fans who’d come to Electric Picnic in inflatable dinosaurs were also great gas – especially when they bumped into the convent caravan nuns.Electric Picnic 2024: Calvin Harris on the Main Stage on Saturday night.
The Scottish DJ, producer and singer-songwriter showed why he has spent 15 years at the forefront of popular dance music. The Main Stage’s Saturday-night headline slot was made for him. Singalong summer anthems and a throbbing light show from start to finish.It was a novelty to be able to find people without the aid of totem poles or arranged meeting spots. Phone coverage across the festival site was generally great.Electric Picnic 2024: recovery yoga with Mayra Rath at Croí on Sunday.
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