[Cancelled] Electric Picnic 2020 Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales / Requests

griffdaddy · 31-03-2020 10:14AM

Apex Twin
Bicep
Mano le Tough
New Jackson

PabloAndRoy · 31-03-2020 11:44AM

Am I the only one that is thinking most of these Irish acts are pretty average? What a dull weekend it would be (for me anyway).

Also a few Norn Iron acts in there, so is it island of Ireland, or RoI?

Edit: Don't mind me, I'm getting grumpy from isolation.

MadYaker · 31-03-2020 11:51AM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

U2 -(they've visited the festival and may play someday)
Van Morrison
Freddie White
Talos
SOAK
Stiff Little Fingers
Roisin Murphy
Horslips
Clannad
Daoiri Farrell
Glen Hansard
The Frames
Aslan
Girl Band
Finbar Furey
The Undertones
Frank & Walters
An Emotional Fish
Sultans of Ping
Kila
Something Happens
Mik Pyro
Villagers
Chieftans
A House
Moving Hearts
etc, etc

It may not please the kids but we'd do alright.

No Fontaines DC???? there's a bunch of world class irish DJs you could add to that as well. Fish Go Deep, New Jackson, Neil Flynn, Sunil Sharpe, Mano Le Tough, Kettama, Kelly Ann Byrne, Aoife O Neil etc It would actually be a really solid lineup and you wouldn't need any of the scutter like coronas, picture this etc. Oh and Cian Finn for some reggae. Id buy a ticket.

PabloAndRoy · 31-03-2020 11:54AM

MadYaker wrote: »

No Fontaines DC???? there's a bunch of world class irish DJs you could add to that as well. Fish Go Deep, New Jackson, Neil Flynn, Sunil Sharpe, Mano Le Tough, Kettama, Kelly Ann Byrne, Aoife O Neil etc It would actually be a really solid lineup and you wouldn't need any of the scutter like coronas, picture this etc. Oh and Cian Finn for some reggae. Id buy a ticket.

Add Kila and I will be there ;-)

showpony1 · 31-03-2020 12:54PM

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Am I the only one that is thinking most of these Irish acts are pretty average? What a dull weekend it would be (for me anyway).

Hozier (headlined last year)
Dermot Kennedy (headlined last year)
Kodaline
Wild Youth
The Coronas
Picture This (one of the actual headliners)
Gavin James
Versatile (don't like them myself)

would all be there, zero chance 70k go to see some of the line ups mentioned above.

MadYaker · 31-03-2020 01:10PM

Don't want 70k there to be honest. 55k felt crowded to me.

endainoz · 31-03-2020 01:18PM

showpony1 wrote: »

would all be there, zero chance 70k go to see some of the line ups mentioned above.

You must remember it's sold out already, and I wouldn't see much of a chance of people rushing to sell their tickets after a summer of no gigs. Of course this is all hypothetical.

Bottom line is that we have a huge amount of talent in this country. We're very lucky really.

showpony1 · 31-03-2020 01:34PM

endainoz wrote: »

You must remember it's sold out already, and I wouldn't see much of a chance of people rushing to sell their tickets after a summer of no gigs. Of course this is all hypothetical.

Bottom line is that we have a huge amount of talent in this country. We're very lucky really.

haha i know but people are leaving out Picture This hypothetically when they are already announced as an Irish headliner!
it's hard to imagine being on a weekend like that right now with the life we are currently leading!

31-03-2020 02:39PM

MadYaker wrote: »

No Fontaines DC???? there's a bunch of world class irish DJs you could add to that as well. Fish Go Deep, New Jackson, Neil Flynn, Sunil Sharpe, Mano Le Tough, Kettama, Kelly Ann Byrne, Aoife O Neil etc It would actually be a really solid lineup and you wouldn't need any of the scutter like coronas, picture this etc. Oh and Cian Finn for some reggae. Id buy a ticket.

Fontaines were on the first list by the OP. There was then a second list by endainoz followed by mine and several others, all with different acts.

fish_fingers · 31-03-2020 03:41PM

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Am I the only one that is thinking most of these Irish acts are pretty average? What a dull weekend it would be (for me anyway).

Also a few Norn Iron acts in there, so is it island of Ireland, or RoI?

Edit: Don't mind me, I'm getting grumpy from isolation.

Get some exercise...it'll give you a sense of enormous well-being!

scruff monkey · 31-03-2020 04:17PM

fish_fingers wrote: »

Get some exercise...it'll give you a sense of enormous well-being!

He could feed the pigeons.

johnnyskeleton · 31-03-2020 04:48PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

He could feed the pigeons.

Avoiding all work
Cos theres none available

*different song, I know

Stillill42 · 31-03-2020 05:34PM

Furious-Red wrote: »

Dont forget The Scratch & All Tvvins

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Or....

Murder Capital
Fontaines DC
Pillow Queens
Dathai
King Kong Company
The Waterboys
Sinead O Connor
Ash
etc

endainoz wrote: »

Great list there no doubt. This could be a fun game to pick an all Irish lineup.

I'd take all of the above and add:

Kneecap, Paul Brady, MBV, Therapy?, The Stunning, Christy Moore, Imelda may, Damien Dempsey, Moxie, The Bonny Men, The Scratch, Lisa Hannigan, Ships, Bitch Falcon, Boomtown Rats.

We have more than enough in this country to fill a great festival lineup. You also have the mainstream stuff like Hozier or Snow Patrol etc

Seathrun66 wrote: »

U2 -(they've visited the festival and may play someday)
Van Morrison
Freddie White
Talos
SOAK
Stiff Little Fingers
Roisin Murphy
Horslips
Clannad
Daoiri Farrell
Glen Hansard
The Frames
Aslan
Girl Band
Finbar Furey
The Undertones
Frank & Walters
An Emotional Fish
Sultans of Ping
Kila
Something Happens
Mik Pyro
Villagers
Chieftans
A House
Moving Hearts
etc, etc

It may not please the kids but we'd do alright.

Poorside wrote: »

Throw in The Vulpynes,Inhaler, Touts,Powpig, The lost Brothers

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Fionn Regan
Rosie Carney
Joshua Burnside
A Lazarus Soul
Lankum
David Kitt
Jape

Loads more besides. We're bursting with talent sure!

sweetie wrote: »

Aoife Nessa Frances
Malojian
Elephant
Larry
Just Mustard
Careerist
Squarehead
Tandem Felix
Biig Piig
R. kitt
Silverbacks
Shrug life
Loner Deluxe
Bellx1
Join me in the pines
Neosupervital
Arborist
Seamus fogarty

griffdaddy wrote: »

Apex Twin
Bicep
Mano le Tough
New Jackson

So nobody's inviting Cathy Davey? Ye shower of feckers. There's a three-legged dog crying himself to sleep somewhere tonight.

johnnyskeleton · 31-03-2020 05:36PM

Stillill42 wrote: »

So nobody's inviting Cathy Davey? Ye shower of feckers. There's a three-legged dog crying himself to sleep somewhere tonight.

Shes the surprise late headliner announcement

sweetie · 31-03-2020 05:39PM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Shes the surprise late headliner announcement

With Neil Hannon and Pugwash !

johnnyskeleton · 31-03-2020 05:42PM

Can i add Makings to the list? Great fun gigs!

Also Bad Bones, if shes still touring

Stillill42 · 31-03-2020 05:48PM

I'm bringing David Keenan, AE Mak and Thumper, just so their feelings aren't hurt.

sally cinnamon89 · 31-03-2020 07:50PM

Altered Hours for good measure

RayCon · 31-03-2020 07:52PM

Overhead The Albatross (if they're still together)

billybonkers · 31-03-2020 07:52PM

Festival republic still hoping for this to go ahead no decision made as of yet

MichaelM93l · 31-03-2020 08:05PM

billybonkers wrote: »

Festival republic still hoping for this to go ahead no decision made as of yet

Where have you seen that?

Fatfrog · 31-03-2020 10:31PM

billybonkers wrote: »

Festival republic still hoping for this to go ahead no decision made as of yet

The cynic in me thinks they will hold onto the money for as long as possible.

Should it come to the thing we dont want to speak about...;
• Is EP exposed? I assume covid will trigger some sort of Force majeure and festival republic will get a refund on deposit for artist bookings?
•What's the ticketbastard policy on refund of booking fee? I bought two tickets and two early entrys, like 6-7 odd fee x4.

scruff monkey · 31-03-2020 11:36PM

Fatfrog wrote: »

The cynic in me thinks they will hold onto the money for as long as possible.

Should it come to the thing we dont want to speak about...;
• Is EP exposed? I assume covid will trigger some sort of Force majeure and festival republic will get a refund on deposit for artist bookings?
•What's the ticketbastard policy on refund of booking fee? I bought two tickets and two early entrys, like 6-7 odd fee x4.

I think there's probably an element of those, I'd wonder also if their insurance comes into play in that they have to be told not to stage the event before they can announce that it's cancelled till the next year.

johnnyskeleton · 01-04-2020 12:35AM

Fatfrog wrote: »

•What's the ticketbastard policy on refund of booking fee? I bought two tickets and two early entrys, like 6-7 odd fee x4.

11.2 Cancellation: If an event for which you have purchased Tickets or Packages is cancelled in full (and not rescheduled), your order will be cancelled, and you will be refunded the Sale Price of your Tickets or Packages, plus the relevant Service Charges. Your Order Processing Fees will not be refunded if your Tickets or Packages have already been dispatched or delivered to you. If you have purchased Tickets or Packages for an event takes place over several days and one or more days (but not all days) are cancelled, you may only be offered a proportionate partial refund.

11.3 Rescheduling: If an event for which you have purchased Tickets or Packages is rescheduled, Tickets and Packages will usually be valid for the new date (or you will be offered Tickets or Packages of a value corresponding with your original Tickets or Packages for the rescheduled event, subject to availability). If you notify us within the specified deadline that you are unable to attend the rescheduled event, you will be able to cancel your order and obtain a refund of the Sale Price of your Tickets or Packages plus the relevant Service Charges. Your Order Processing Fees will not be refunded if your Tickets or Packages have already been dispatched or delivered to you. Failure to notify us within any specified deadline that you are unable to attend the rescheduled event will be deemed to be a reconfirmation of your order for Tickets or Packages for the rescheduled event, and you will not be able to claim a refund.

I think that means just the ticket price is refunded, but not the booking fee. However, to be fair to them, smaller ticket agents or direct sales would rely on the promoter refunding the money.

I assume Festival Republic are in good financial health, what with making 1m plus on the picnic each year

scruff monkey · 01-04-2020 12:57AM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

...
I assume Festival Republic are in good financial health, what with making 1m plus on the picnic each year

One would hope so if their insurance pays out but it's gonna be a massive hit for them if all their festivals are killed stone dead in a single year, that's a big ask for any events company.
Even if they themselves escape unscathed, a lot of their suppliers could go to the wall with one really bad season.

billybonkers · 01-04-2020 07:27AM

MichaelM93l wrote: »

Where have you seen that?

Got an email from them yesterday as I work with them occasionally

Poorside · 01-04-2020 07:31AM

billybonkers wrote: »

Got an email from them yesterday as I work with them occasionally

So, you're saying there's a chance?

fafy · 01-04-2020 02:07PM

Edinburgh Festival & Fringe has been cancelled, It goes on for the whole month of August, and is a attended by a few milllion people, across thousands of events.

01-04-2020 03:58PM

fafy wrote: »

Edinburgh Festival & Fringe has been cancelled, It goes on for the whole month of August, and is a attended by a few milllion people, across thousands of events.

A much more international affair than EP. The acts at EP are almost entirely from the US, the UK and Ireland with a smattering from France, Australia, Canada and a couple of others. The audience is almost entirely Irish residents.

Edinburgh has theatre, comedy, dance and musical artists from all over the planet. It also attracts visitors from worldwide.

That said it's still hard to see EP happening.. Even when we come out of it, for precautionary reasons I don't see any large scale events occurring this year, sport included.
We're also dependent on the UK being sorted out and I can't see that happening for several months after the way they've botched their planning. As Scruff said there's the Pink Mon issue, FR staff plus security from the UK and artists of course.

Would love to be wrong. Would dearly love to be wrong.

bodhrandude · 03-04-2020 11:42AM

This was recorded a few thousand miles apart using our basic mics in our computers as part of our social isolation entertainment, my friend from Quebec in Canada and myself currently in Bandon with my sisters family in County Cork, I hope you like it.

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