Eccentric Picnic weather confuses 40,000 reveller
As the best part of 40,000 attendees descended on Stradbally, Co Laois the conditions see-sawed between deluge and late August heatwave — one moment you cursed yourself for not bringing rain-gear, the next you wished you hadn’t worn quite so heavy a jumper.
It’s the biggest Electric Picnic yet, the capacity raised from 32,000 to 40,000, and the first in several years to sell out (promoters cite improving economic conditions and ‘aggressive pricing structure’).
