Electric Picnic FAQ: Getting there, campsite opening times, facilities, line-up, 2026 tickets
Some 80,000 festivalgoers are expected to descend on Stradbally this weekend for the annual Electric Picnic Music and Arts Festival.
More than 80,000 festival-goers are expected to descend on Stradbally Hall in Laois this weekend for the 22nd installment of Electric Picnic.
Ireland’s largest gathering of music and arts will return to Stradbally from Friday, August 29, to Sunday, August 31, with a selection of music, art, theatre, comedy, food, and holistic health.
Here's everything you need to know about getting there, on-site facilities, campsite opening times, and this year's line-up.
Electric Picnic 2025 takes place this Friday, August 29, to Sunday, August 31, at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, Co Laois.
Highlights of this year’s festival include headliners Hozier, Chappell Roan, Sam Fender and Kings of Leon. There is also an extensive line-up of Irish artists, such as Kneecap and Jazzy.
This year, organisers unveiled new offerings in the general admission campsite alongside existing pre-booked campsites.
Picknickers will find the original campsites in Jimi Hendrix, Samuel Beckett, Andy Warhol, Ériu and Janis Joplin right where they left them – just turn up and pick a spot on a first-come, first-served basis.
Organisers promise facilities at the campsites, including the accessible campsite, will be brought up a notch with more showers, toilets, and Get Ready With Me (GRWM) stations, which will include mirrors and plugs for straighteners and hairdryers.
There will also be new pre-booked options available this year at no extra cost where campers can register via the Electric Picnic website or Ticketmaster to ensure there is sufficient space for their tent in their preferred campsite, including the new Glitterball Campsite added to the reformatted Poets Camp and the existing Eco and An Láthair Ghaeltachta.
All tickets for Electric Picnic are sold out. Tickets for the 2025 event went on sale on August 21 last and sold out within hours.
From Cork, all motorists except for buses should exit the M8 motorway at Junction 3 (Manor Stone) and turn right onto the R433 to Abbeyleix. In Abbeyleix, turn left onto the N77, continue through Abbeyleix and turn right onto the R425/Ballyroan Road. Continue to follow the R425 towards Cashel Cross. From Cashel Cross, traffic will follow the main road to the right onto the R427. Continue on the R427 to Money Cross. At Money Cross, motorists will be directed straight on the R427 and from here will follow directions to car parks.
If you’re coming from Dublin, you should exit the M7 motorway at Junction 16 (Ballydavis interchange) and take the R445 towards Portlaoise, and take a left turn onto the R425. All motorists (except buses) continue straight at Bloomfield roundabout on the R425 to Sheffield, Lamberton Junction and Money Cross. At Money Cross, turn left and follow directions to the carparks.
Ditch Google Maps. Organisers have advised attendees to follow event signage and directions from gardaí when travelling to the festival site.
A number of bus companies will operate return services to and from the festival site.
Travel Master is operating return services from Cork to Electric Picnic. Cork city pick-up: Patrick’s Quay (West Cork Connect bus stop), plus additional stops in West Cork and Fermoy.
Marathon Coaches are operating hourly services from North Wall Quay.
Irish Concert Travel are operating a service from Galway City Cathedral.
Irish Concert Travel are operating a service from Castlebar: Stephen Garvey Way bus stop.
Irish Concert Travel are operating a service from Markievicz Road bus stop.
If you are travelling by rail, shuttle buses are operating from both Portlaoise and Portarlington stations that will take you directly to the festival site.
Bus Éireann and Martleys of Portlaoise — tickets purchased at Portlaoise Rail Station.
Bus Éireann and John Whelan — tickets purchased at Portarlington Rail Station.
Car parks at Electric Picnic are free and will be open for early entry ticket holders from 2pm on Thursday, August 28, and for general ticket holders from 9am on Friday, August 29 until 4pm on Monday, September 1. The car park will be staffed 24 hours a day over the weekend.
Weekend campsites will open at 9am on Friday, August 29 for weekend ticket holders only. The family will also open at 9am on Friday.
All bars, food and non-food traders will be cashless. So, be sure to have your card on you or set up Apple Pay on your phone.
As always, there will be plenty of food and drink options across the festival site.
There will be 16 AIR (Assistance, Information, and Response) hubs located across the campsites and the arena throughout the weekend. Local community groups and charities, such as Vision Ireland, SOSAD Ireland, Portarlington Women’s Shed, Portlaoise AFC, Laois Cricket Club, will run the hubs with the support of existing safeguarding and welfare partners at the festival.
Yes, lockers and storage boxes will be available all weekend at the Jimi Hendrix campsite. It is recommended that you book your storage locker in advance.
Yes, phone-charging facilities are available on-site. Three Charging will be providing vending machines for power bank rentals in the Late Night Arena, Jimi Hendrix Campsite and the Samuel Beckett Campsite. The vending machines will also be available at several AIR Hubs across the campsites, but, as ever, it’s a good idea to bring your own fully charged power bank.
The full list of stage times can be found through the Electric Picnic app. If you click on an artist, it will show you when and where they are playing.
10.30pm - midnight: Hozier
8pm - 9.30pm: Chappell Roan
6pm - 7pm: Conan Gray
11.30pm - 1am: Fatboy Slim
9.30pm - 11pm: Sam Fender
7.45pm - 8.45pm: Nile Rodgers + Chic
6.30pm - 7.15pm: Inhaler
5pm - 6pm: Amble
3.30pm - 4.30pm: Kneecap
2.15pm - 2.45pm: Aaron Rowe
10.30pm - midnight: Kings of Leon
8.45pm - 9.45pm: Becky Hill
7pm - 8pm: Kingfishr
5.15pm - 6.15pm: David Gray
3.30pm - 4.30pm: Noel and Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) with the RTÉ Orchestra
1.30pm - 2.30pm: Timahoe Choir
Every year, there is a long list of prohibited items for Electric Picnic. Among the items that are not permitted onto the festival grounds are disposable vapes (refillable vapes are permitted), drones or any remote flying devices, fireworks, flares and blow torches, sky lanterns and kites, megaphones, gas canisters or cylinders, spray cans, and skateboards, scooters, hoverboards or any personal motorised vehicles.
Bringing your own alcohol is allowed at the campsite (not the arena) and is limited to 48 cans per person. Glass bottles are also not allowed so remember to decant any spirits into a plastic bottle. Glass items under 100ml — such as a perfume bottle or makeup — are allowed.
The full list of banned items is available on the Electric Picnic website.
There are free drinking water points throughout the campsites and arena, and you can find these next to the toilet blocks.
At the time of writing, Met Éireann has forecast the potential for some significant rainfall and blustery winds over the weekend.
Friday is forecast to be a breezy day with brisk westerly winds. Sunny spells and passing heavy showers will occur but will be most frequent across the northern half of the country. Friday night is forecast to be dry with clear spells and passing coastal showers.
The remainder of the weekend remains uncertain, but Saturday is expected to bring significant rainfall and blustery winds. Daytime temperatures on Saturday will generally range from the mid to high teens. Clearer skies are forecast for Sunday.
Tickets for Electric Picnic 2026 will go on sale on Wednesday, September 3 at 9am.
