Electric Picnic 2021 - Cancelled :( **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Hey my mate said the weather in Quebec is nice late September, maybe we can move the Picnic there, who's up for it.

Poor old Jimmy Lees Juke Joint in the background, shortly before it's Pogue-induced demolishing.

Some say there's a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow......

(2011)

Main stage (2011)

Kevin Keehan and myself - Electric Picnic 2012

Same, im always looking in the background 😁😊

Blue Statue - Mindfield - Electric Picnic 2009

Strange Mirror in Mindfield - Electric Picnic 2009

My good friend Jeremiah O'Dea at his only Picnic in 2009.

Setting up camp on the Friday 2009.

Laois County Council say EP can apply for a new licence. But not for 70,000.

https://m.independent.ie/news/electric-picnic-organisers-can-re-apply-for-new-licence-says-laois-county-council-but-not-for-70000-fans-40730197.html

That's seemingly all they said. So maybe 69,500? I also see Luke O'Neil saying in another (paid, so can't link) article that EP should go ahead based on vaccinated numbers...

"The E.P.'s already dead"

While i dont think EP will go ahead these comments from LCC feel a bit like oh s**t what have we done and how can we allow something to happen that keeps EP in Stradbally while saving us face with the electorate. Would be interesting to see what is the biggest number they would approve. Whatever the number anything below the number of tickets already sold likely not to work for Festival Republic so cant see it happening.

Mentioned on the radio this morning that Dermot Desmond to discuss government this week about EP to going ahead. Apparently 16th Aug is deadline to be able to get EP organised in time, so should be an interesting week.

I was thinking the same as Endainoz.

See how many tickets have not been refunded between last year and now and try again with that.

But to be honest, they would probably still say no unless the capacity was reduced to something like 50%. And I can't see that being a runner for EP.

Why does anyone think Punchestown would provide a licence? It's not a different Country and Kildare CC will be every bit as circumspect.

I'd suggest that Stradbally would be licenced for 20,000, or maybe up to 30,000 on a day-ticket basis, no camping on site, no alcohol to be brought in.

That'll be the equation for FR to work on. So, as they said to Garth Brooks, do you want some gig, or no gig at all.

For me Stradbally is the home of EP, it simply wouldn't be the EP else where.

It's a good connected location reasonably central, i.e lots of motorway access. Traffic plan down to a tee now.

The mix of forest, terrain in b&S on mature ground is just magic, it blew me away and what hooked me from the first time I went. (Admittedly taking it for granted in recent years) I think Punchestown should be used to spook and show that it can happen elsewhere, but it would be soleless.

Hugely frustrating seeing the amateur hour unfold with the 19 Laois councillors, some didn't and still don't really understand why or what exactly their voting on it seems. 10k or 70k does that really make a difference in the grand scheme, I mean if you take the average 22 year old now, they're out in the pub mixing all over the place currently, work mates, school/college mates, so if only x1 instead of x7 attend from a wider mixing pod attends is it really much difference in risk to the locals?

How would you scale back.... lots of issues.

Meanwhile in the UK 😪😪