Electric Picnic 2026: What the Stradbally site looks like before 80,000 arrive

A preview of the Electric Picnic festival site in Stradbally, Co Laois, ahead of the 80,000 attendees expected for the event on August 28-30.

Electric Picnic 2026: What the Stradbally site looks like before 80,000 arrive Electric Picnic 2026: What the Stradbally site looks like before 80,000 arrive Electric Picnic 2026 preview of what’s to come On a half-finished festival site in Co Laois on Tuesday, a group of men from around Timahoe stood and sang.

The Timahoe Male Choir performed during a media preview of Electric Picnic, a year on from their turn on the main stage, and they are back for Electric Picnic weather: Met Éireann forecasts a cooler, wetter weekend in Stradbally The Electric Picnic weather forecast in full Pack the raincoat. The Electric Picnic weather outlook has taken a turn, with Met Éireann forecasting cooler temperatures and unsettled, showery conditions for the Stradbally festival, which runs from Friday 28 August to Sunday 30 August.

After one of the warmer summers in years, the national forecaster expects An Garda Síochána has issued a student fraud warning ahead of CAO offers. Gardai say there have been over 230 reports of rental and reservations scams, with total reported losses standing at above €400,000 this year. This comes ahead of the seasonal peak – historically August and October – as returning and first-time students scramble

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