Electric Picnic 2023 **No Ticket Sales / Requests ** - It'll be grand

scruff monkey

There are 360 sleeps

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION

Loyalty Codes : These now need to be applied for. 

https://www.electricpicnic.ie/loyalty contains the details.

Note : You need to have applied by 8am Wednesday 7th September 2022 for online loyalty or Thursday for Kiosks

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What sort of tickets are available, can I just buy Saturday?

Electric Picnic has just two types of tickets on sale

Weekend: these are the 3 day tickets, you can camp with these (The weekend tickets are split into normal and family camping)

Sunday: these are just for the Sunday, only for the Sunday, not for any other day. These are not camping tickets. These will be on sale in March(ish) 2022.

There are performer/other type tickets too. EP website will likely have information on these, if it does not then well... you’ve bought a ticket that’s not supposed to be sold, not our problem (in fact, nothing is, this is all just done to hopefully provide some guidance but none of it is official so legal disclaimer over, back to sarcasm) so well done on getting a ticket and have a pat on the head/arse (I’m not fussy).

Will there be more family / campervan / non-standard tickets on release?

No, these are of limited supply and usually sell out within the first few days of ticket release.

If you've missed them then please keep your eyes on Toutless to try and pick up one at cost price.

Note: For family camping, you MUST pre-register your crotch fruit.

Failure to do so will likely result in them being placed on donedeal where you will not recoup your investment in them.

Do I need to do anything to partake of the Thursday early opening?

Yes, you need to buy an early camping pass

What do I need if I want to early camp on the Thursday in Pink Moon / other posh camping provider?

You need to buy the EP early camping pass AND an early camping pass from Pink Moon / other posh camping provider

Do I pay extra for posh camping (Pink Moon etc)?

Yes, these are separate companies providing services on site, you book for them through their websites.

How do I book posh camping?

All the camping companies will have links from the EP site but these are not listed yet or the page has moved

There is a list of suppliers on https://www.electricpicnic.ie/tickets/#tickets-boutique but lord knows how accurate it is at this stage

They usually open booking around the same time as the loyalty / early bird tickets go on sale.

How much does posh camping cost?

Go to the EP website and camping company links, they'll have the information, this is an FAQ, not a booking agency.

Can I bring my own tent/gazebo/family into the posh camping sites?

No

Can I visit my mates in Pink Moon / Harvest / Podpads etc.. ?

NO, No you cannot, we pay extra to keep the likes of you out.

How do I camp in ECO Camping?

Keep an eye on the EP website and also their e-mail shoots, they are by registration only and usually open for registration around or after the first act announcement

What sort of tent should I bring?

Get one suitable to the size of the number of people in it.

Do remember though that a two person tent also has to hold their gear and beer for the weekend along with two people so try to get a tent one person bigger than the party staying in it.

For weather protection, aim to have a tent with a hydrostatic head (heh) of at least 2000mm (higher is better, even Pink Moons cheapest two man tents have a HH of 3000mm)

This year showed the importance of a good tent, don’t skimp on it, make the investment and you’ll have something for years to come.

Also ensure that you do a dry run of setting it up and packing it away.

Where can I get a cart to carry all my stuffs?

Halfords and other places usually have some carts but this can be variable as to what's available.

Do not buy little "festival" carts or anything with small wheels, they are a complete waste and you'll wind up dumping/chucking them after your stuff has fallen over for the 17th time before you've left the car park.

Remember, the car parks are just fields, not smooth wonderful skating rinks for your sh1t to glide across and the paths in the woods are uneven stoney muddy paths in woods, cop on and stop buying this stuff.

Either have a decent 4 wheel trolley or two wheel with large pneumatic wheels, bring less stuff or else get your biggest mate and just load him up like a donkey and slap his arse to get him moving.

Can I camp in ECO / normal sites with a family camping ticket?

Yes, but please try and swap with some one looking for a family ticket, they are in very short supply and you'll make someones year.

Do this via Toutless

It's sold out, where can I get a ticket on resale?

Stick to Toutless and check out the sellers very carefully or else hold your nerves!

There are always tickets available in the final week and days beforehand as life happens to other people and they cannot go or TicketMaster release what ever they have left in the last few days.

It can seem hopeless but there will always be tickets.

DO NOT PAY OVER THE FACE VALUE FOR TICKETS!

Can I camp with a Sunday only ticket?

You're not supposed to.

When will the Sunday tickets be released?

Around the time of the main announcement i.e. sometime in March 2022.

These are of limited supply.

What beers are available in the arena?

Heineken currently have the contract for bars in the arena so it's their brands only which are on sale.

It's piss, actually it's overpriced piss but them’s the breaks.

 

You can BYOB ONLY after the arena bars close at night time.

Are there showers / toilets in the camp sites?

Yes

Can I bring in spirits?

To the campsites, yes, but they must be in a non-glass container.

Where should I park?

Unless you're early/lucky, you will not be parking in Green.

Green is now used for early arrivals, most will be directed to red.

Can I charge my phone there?

There are some phone charging stations, see EP website for details but you're likely better off bringing your own battery pack.

Some camps such as Pink Moon provide charging stations.

What's the best type of battery pack?

There are many brands and sizes, aim for 10,000 mAH or higher.

Do not buy the junk chargers that Pennys etc.. sell, they’re rubbish and you’re just purchasing immediate landfill.

Note: If somewhere is selling them for a fiver and there's no rating on it, do not buy it.

Most smart phones have batteries in the 2,500 - 3,000 mAH range so that tells you how many charges you will get in a best case scenario.

You cannot buy from Amazon as they will not ship to here, start looking for these at least 1 month in advance of the festival

Can I bring a bag into the arena?

Yes, but as of 2017, the queues into the arena were segregated by security depending on the size of your bag.

Even if you have a small bag, you are likely to be searched. Not having a bag does not guarantee not being searched

When will the stage times / days be announced?

Dates and stage times are not normally released until the week leading up to the event though some acts may pre-announce this on their own.

Why is the line up crap?

Because you are a child.

There's always something there for everyone, get your head out of 2FM / FM 104 and listen to other stations, recommend 8Radio and BBC R6 for a better musical education.

Don’t lift people on your shoulders in the arenas

You look like a twat and it's a pain for the more crowded shows as most of the people behind you cannot move elsewhere and are not 8 foot tall to see over you

What's the long term weather forecast?

There will be weather. No semi accurate forecast worth a damn is available until about a week leading up to it with properly accurate forecasts in the days leading up.

All that we know is that snow is unlikely and a tornado would be rare.

Anyone claiming otherwise is either a fibber or too busy poking round in chicken entrails to seek aid with their delusions.

Villan (Carlow Weather) of this parish usually provides updates that are worth a sh1te in the days leading up.

 

Note: Most questions that get asked every year can be answered with a quick visit to official EP Pages such as https://www.electricpicnic.ie/information/camping.

Hopefully this missive will cut down on the main FAQs and allow us to bitch at each other over our respective musical tastes and judge real hard at the bukeface whingers in a more productive manner.

 

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND WHAT TO BRING

 

My Essay Of Stuffs that i bring each year

1 - Ticket, the most important thing

2 - Tent + Sleeping bag (unless you're posh camping it, in which case just sleeping bag)

3 - Self inflating mat for sleeping bag (keeps you off the ground which can be really cold at night)

4 - Walking boots (you're going to be on your feet for 3 days solid, racking up a lot of milage, comfy, protected feets are best feets)

Note: Do not buy boots and break them in at the festival, you'll **** your feet up.***

5 - Camping chair, see #4, when you stop, you will want to rest your arse, do it in luxury

6 - Rain gear (you want to have it but not use it)

7 - Hat, I bring two, one for the sun and one for at night (no hair = v.cold head)

8 - Spare clothes (kept in car for emergencies), clean fresh socks every day people, even if you don't change anything else!

9 - Fleece type garment for the nights (again, it gets cold down there)

10 - Plastic bags for wet gear, should the nasty happen, you will need these, also good for tent bin.

11 - Torch (I take two, a small v.powerful hand held and a head lamp type, might be overkill but it is handy), obviously most will just rely on their phones torches but this means faster battery death which makes a good portable battery bank all the more important.

12 - Spare batteries for torches, I fit fresh ones in before the weekend and keep spares in the car

13 - Microfibre Towels

14 - Beer/Spirits

Note: for spirits I just want a few whiskeys late at night so I decant my poison of choice into a metal water flask before leaving house, you don't want to be arsed with carting glass bottles down there and then having to decant. Do it at home and breeze through security.

15 - Cold bag for #14

16 - Tent food, usually just pack a box of breakfast type bars, there are so many different food offerings in the main arena that you are not gonna go hungry

17 - Portable phone charger (aim for a minimum of 12 - 15,000 mAh or higher (20,000mAh if there's more than one of you hanging off it)) and don't forget your lightning/usb-c cables

18 - Water, if you are moving all day and drinking then you need lots of water, usually pick up a 6 pack of 1.5lt bottles, 3 in car, 3 in tent (water is heavy so no point killing self carrying an extra 9kg in on top of the rest)

19 - ear plugs for sleeping at night (boots have lots of silicon/waxy types)

20 - gig/music ear plugs for those of us who don't want to go deaf

21- Cash, there are ATMs on site, do not rely on them to be full or not mobbed by the rampaging hordes of the walking dead trying to get cash out to get a cocktail

22 - Small packets of wetwipes and or bottles of hand sanitiser to have on you all day

23 - Packet of large wet wipes for quickie freshing up in the tent

24 - Toiletries : chapstick / sun protection spray / aftersun (I got burnt this year and it was a godsend) skin moisturiser (you might be roughing it a little but you don't need to be roughed up), bog roll x 2 (one in tent, one in car), roll on smellies only, shower gel, toothbrush, toothpaste, Pain killers of choice, a packet of rennie/antacid type thing and just in case a packet of immodium or cheaper generic ****stopper

25 - Consumables : vitamin pills/ berocca type thingy for in the morning, dioralyte for with your water before bedtime.

26 - Rubbers, you want to leave the weekend at the weekend, not have it follow you for the rest of your life

27 - sunglasses (gots to be funky)

28 - small bag for during day (do not use a big backpack in crowds, that's a paddlin)

29 - neck gaiter/warmer can be handy in the evening if it's cold

30 - camping pillow

31 - small pair of field glasses are right handy

32 - flip flops for shower time (best not to wear into the bogs though or to walk around the main bog areas in them cos squealchy)

33 - Pair of runners to be left in car, nothing beats that aaaaaaah feeling as you slide your weary feets into comfy happiness on a Monday morning before you get nicked for drunk driving which leads us to

34 - Alcohol breathalyser test kit for in the car, you get them in halfords, don't be a dick and ruin your or someone elses life on a Monday morning

35 - Ziplock bags, they keep "small things" fresh and dry and certain smells in.

If you need this explained then you may be too young to be going.

36 - Reusable water bottle, they have water stations outside all the main toilet areas, you don't need to get ripped off for 4 euro everytime you need water.

Keep hydrated at all times (makes for lesser hangovers)

 

And just to add a list of what not to bring or do

1 - CANDLES - be cool, don't be crispy, seriously don’t though, there was a horrific incident in Pink Moon a couple of years back. Candles and tents do not mix. Similarly for BBQs, do not use them right beside tents unless you want to hear screaming for the rest of your life. There are dedicated areas for these.

2 - FLARES - be cool, don't be shot to death with balls of your own sh1te for being "that" tosser

Some one let one off during Richard Ashcroft years ago, they and it were swiftly dealt with and hopefully hoofed out of the event

3 - GUITAR - any attempts at wonderwall will result in you being shot to death with balls of your own sh1te, no jury would convict the shooter, just saying.

4 - SENSE OF SHAME - it's not needed for the weekend

5 - CAMERA - live the bloody moment, don't try to be Senor Speilbergo capturing it

6 - URINALS - If you're male, there are urinals provided, don't be one of the feral hordes that stands next to a urinal and pisses against the wall.

 

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Questions on R-Word / Aphex Twin will be not be entertained and will be met with a brutal and bloody (but fair) paddlin.

Post event whingin about "hello Dublin" will also be met with a paddlin, we're a piss ant country on the outskirts of a collapsing mad house next door to Europe, it's not the end of the world that the acts are not geography teachers and they're not trying to insult you, get over yerselves.

Final Note: Clean up after yourselves, don't be a dick, everyone is there to have a good time and let your Ma know you're ok during the weekend.

Final Note Note: Do a covid test before going to events like this, have a bit of goddamned respect for other people.

ChannelNo5

OOh am i first in?...

sydthebeat

what are we expecting as the price for the loyalty tickets?

anything over €200 will have a lot of people thinking twice

scruff monkey

I'd think €199 for that reason.

ChannelNo5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580739#Comment_119580739

Think you're spot on there! Despite what i said on the 2022 thread i will of course be getting 2 tickets!! 😂 Has it always been limited in number? i dont remember only being able to get 2 before?

Also been asked to get a campervan ticket. Can i get one of them on Saturday too?

Bunk Moreland

My loyalty ticket was €170 last time. Hoping for the same again!

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119580768#Comment_119580768

Yes, it's always been limited for the loyalty / early bird.

Ferris_Bueller

Is there an extremely limited amount of loyalty tickets or if you get your loyalty code does it guarantee you will get one at that price? Can't remember how it worked.

Undecided atm which I went into in more detail in other thread. Anything under €200 would represent great value though.

Fanirish

Limited amount of loyalty tickets, probably between 5%- 10% tickets. Plus it’s only open for a limited window. Code doesn’t guarantee discounted price.

nc6000

Also no guarantee that you'll get your code in time. I didn't have mine back in 2019 but got one from someone on here.

FionnK86

Had a great time last weekend, my first EP. I'm going to try for ECO, but we've a camper...what would people recommend who have used camper before? We were in Janis and it was a trek so think that's the main downside of campers, mind you having a metal roof would be helpful!

Poorside

No announcement yet,do FR think we're mugs?

SoundOfSilence

Gavin James for Friday night headliner. The 1975, Saturday night. Lewis capaldi, Sunday.

fafy

For loyalty scheme in 2019 for 2020 EP

Prices were(before fees)

€170 (3 or more EP’s)

€190 (1 to 2 EP’s)

I would have thought a €40 increase initially, as those prices were 3 years ago, and the full price for 2022, finished up at €275 + fees, but they will probably have to keep the full price under €300, so i’d guess, at or around, €195 to €205 the 3 or more EP loyalty scheme, and an extra €20 to €25 for the 1 to 2 EP Loyalty. They will slap on €5 probably for early entry also, as this has been creeping up also, as has the campervan/caravan ticket price.

fafy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581268#Comment_119581268

I’ve stayed at EP twice in a campervan, no “lugging” the gear in and out, is a massive advantage, and while the extra walking can be a pain, on balance, its probably the most comfortable way to do EP. Also, as you have so much space, you are not as restricted with bringing in extra gear, making your own tea/coffee, heating your own food up & even making some simple hot snack meals.

Then theres the weather, and not just the rain, it can be chilly in tents, less so in a campervan.

If youre not bothered by comfort factors, then camping is fine, if you are, then campervan all the way, and the ticket is what, about €80, if you have one its a no brainer really, but i suppose depends on the EP experience you are looking for.

whomadewho

I've been 12 Ep's, the line-up paled in comparison to all the other years. Went with a group of 20 but went free solo this year (didn't get f**ked up like previous years) and seen majority of the acts on my own.

I spent a bit of time in the mindfield which was a first.

Friday

Lime cordiale, The Girl in red, the Pixes (which I would agee, were are bit of a stale) and Fontaincs DC

Saturday

Lyra ( she has a voice like florence), Wolf Alice (probably the highlight), Sleaford Mods, Tame Impala, the Cope , finished off with DJ Dec Pearce in woods.

Sunday

Griff, Whorskey, London Grammar (Close second highlight) and Artic Monkeys. When the rain started during AM I decided to head home, was back in bed by 1.30am which was a good move after hearing the nightmare of getting out of the carparks on Monday morning.

Overall it was an enjoyable weekend again , I will probably be going again next year.

Penfailed

I'm going to hold off until I see the line up. Might do ATN instead...or might do both!

adam240610

Wonder when they'll send out the loyalty codes

rubick

Ah balls - just left my 2022 review on the old thread.

Hope you're all recovered. Absolutely chucking it down in Belfast here. Takes me back!

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583621#Comment_119583621

2022 review belongs in old thread though?

rubick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583944#Comment_119583944

You make a very good point of course.

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058262238/electric-picnic-2023-no-ticket-sales-requests-itll-be-grand

Fair play scruff!

I used the term Crotch fruit twice over the weekend!!

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581566#Comment_119581566

Still in a group of 20 after all this time!

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581496#Comment_119581496

I think you’re spot on there Fafy!

fafy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583450#Comment_119583450

Being emailed out, on Friday, to those who

1) Registered for Loyalty scheme +

2) are eligible.

onsale, is on Saturday morning as far as i know

Dreamweapon

Anyone any idea on queues at these loyalty kiosks? Thought i might nab one in Dublin tomorrow if i can get in and out quickly.

TenPicnics

Just been to the Olympia, no queue, no questions asked after I produced a rake of wristbands.

tvercetti

If anyone gets a loyalty code, they don't plan on using, I'd be very grateful. Been to the last 3 but no kiosk in my vicinity and ticketmaster aren't offering an alternative for those who previously purchased in store.

Ferris_Bueller

Balls, misread the information prior - thought that the registration for loyalty codes only opened this morning. Turns out 8am today was the deadline to register for a loyalty ticket. Seems strange that it closes less than 48 hours after most people will have gotten home, but my error and they are clear that no requests will be processed after this.

scruff monkey

There’s still early bird though?

Ferris_Bueller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119586900#Comment_119586900

Actually completely forgot about that! Have always used the loyalty codes in previous years. Cheers. Seriously have the goo to go again having missed this year.

scruff monkey

What do we reckon, ticketwanker servers fall over within 5 mins and the allocation gone in 9?

The Davestator

I did the loyalty reg at the Olympia yesterday and was told I would get an email on Friday with my code.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119588396#Comment_119588396

No option on that for those of us not in the aforementioned three outlets. I've bought a couple of tickets at Zhivagos in Galway (easier to get the 3 Picnic loyalty in-store when TM only gave me the 1/2 loyalty code online) Hoping for an email with 3 purchases but have no faith in them. At least the loyalty option is still there, though I expect the allocation to lessen year by year.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119583948#Comment_119583948

Dry Cleaning in Belfast & Dublin in February. @desk tidy @Stillill42

EP next Sept also?

rubick

Excellent news, that's a cert for us. Probably hit the Belfast show as it's the recently completed Mandela Hall refurb, so glad that is back as a venue.

bergipau

Any know if the campervan tickets will be on sale Saturday?

I dont think the went on sale with the presale in 2019

Penfailed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119588557#Comment_119588557

Loved the Mandela. Hopefully they've made a job of it.

rubick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119588918#Comment_119588918

It looks great, without losing what made it. Hopefully the sound will be great too.

https://www.mandelahall.com/gallery

FionnK86

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119581530#Comment_119581530

Thanks fafy, can people from other sites visit us?

Penfailed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590510#Comment_119590510

Sometimes wristbands were being checked, other times not.

Seathrun66

Predictions? I think RATM will be scheduled alongside their return to Reading/Leeds. at least no Picture This/Dermot Kennedy/Coronas but I'd expect some from Gavin James, Kodaline, Frames, Script, etc. I'm again not expecting much from the headline acts but a much stronger undercard.

Hopefully the return of Sunday afternoon reggae, 80s heritage acts and indie bands from further afield. Go on FR, surprise me with an Old Skool lineup.

Dreamweapon

Registered in the Olympia today, in and out no fuss. As i have zero EP's on my ticketmaster account i figured i better make the effort this time to stand me in good stead for any future loyalty schemes.

The Davestator

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590510#Comment_119590510

Its never been an issue for people to have visitors in 5 years. My Sat morning EP fry is legendary!

Ricosruffneck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590586#Comment_119590586

Possibile Headliners

Wild cards are Queens of The Stone Age and Bjork

If Muse don't announce an Irish date next week they'll headline (they've wanted to for some time)

I don't think that RATM will do the late summer shows, i think they're going to aim for June/July Euro

If a one off date isn't announced Rihanna

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Sigur Ros/Alt J/ (M83 would be amazing but not likely)

MIA/The XX

Lower Headliner possibilities Sigrid/Stereophonics/Franz Ferdinand/Kasabian/St Vincent

From the Irish I reckon Hozier as a headliner if album is decent,

It's time for the bi yearly visit of Gavin James.

I think depending on how things go with Charlotte Hatherley and the Ash reunion (2 UK gigs) we may see them for a show.

Bell X1, Villagers, Fight like apes

International undercard:

The Smile, King Gizzard, Santigold, Marcus Mumford, Mura Masa, Self Esteem, Doves, Everything Everything, The Darkness, Father John Misty, Young Fathers

Ferris_Bueller

Impossible to predict headliners this far away, but I think you are now nearly guaranteed that two out and out pop headliners in the mold of Gavin James, Picture This, Dermot Kennedy, Kodaline, The Coronas etc.

Some acts that are releasing albums over the next while though that would be good:

Caribou, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Simple Minds, Phoenix, Gorillaz, Royksopp.

Ricosruffneck

Depeche mode are going to do fests next year. They are a great fest band.

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119591778#Comment_119591778

Oh mother of God, Rico. Don't do that to me. I've just decided I'm out. They'd be pretty much the dream headliner for me at this stage.

Fanirish

You can rule out Rihanna, RHCP, Muse, Depeche Mode as headliners. Those would never happen due to their fees.

Ricosruffneck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119592051#Comment_119592051

This is not the case.

I've seen all of these at smaller fests in the past 6 years.

fafy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590583#Comment_119590583

my understanding is The exact same weekend wristbands, are on people in general camping, and people in Campervan/caravan areas, so i don’t see why yee can’t visit others and vice versa, unless i am missing something here, or they have changed things ?