Electric Picnic press release (1 Viewer)

[Deaglan]

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: Electric Picnic Press Release 2005 THE ELECTRIC PICNIC – Boutique Music Festival

Stradbally Hall, Co Laois - 3rd and 4th September 2005.

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September 4th 2004 saw the birth of Ireland’s first boutique festival. Described as “A veritable smorgasboard of sounds, vibes and people�. With all 15,000 tickets selling out, it was the ideal way to bid farewell to the summer months.

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The evolution of the Electric Picnic in 2005 sees it grow into a two day festival with camping on the 3rd & 4th September in the idyllic and picturesque surroundings of Stradbally Hall Estate, Co. Laois. The site this year will be almost 4 times the size of last year’s site, with a capacity limited to 25,000.

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The eclectic line-up confirmed so far is:

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Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Flaming Lips, Royksopp, Arcade Fire, Mercury Rev, Damien Dempsey, Toots & the Maytals, Goldfraap, Stereo MCs, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Sneak, Asian Dub Foundation, Laurent Garnier, De La Soul, Radio Soulwax/2 Many Djs, Human League, Amp Fiddler, Nouvelle Vague, Mr Scruff with many more acts to be announced.

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The hugely popular International Comedy Club Stage will be once again hosted by Tommy Tiernan and Des Bishop featuring many of Ireland’s most popular comedians.

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Apart from the five stages this eclectic conveyor belt will have a much enlarged BodySoul massage & therapy area where you can chill out and recharge at the Electric Picnic’s calming healing zone, this tranquil area will be tucked away beneath a clutter of oak & chestnut trees.

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For the first time in Ireland, from the outlandish cosmos of Glastonbury Festival, the outrageous “Lost Vagueness�, a veritable collection of theatrical flamboyance manifesting itself in two tented structures with can-can girls, a 1950s cocktail cabaret, a sexy, swinging, slightly punky burlesque theme with some 21st Century Hints.

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Also making it’s maiden voyage downstream at this quirky event is the Silent Disco, Cinema (800 capacity), a larger and more diverse food market and the Fairylove Fairies who will host a fairy lounge, glitter wish pool and parade the site plus each day and other novelties in this mini village of multi sensory delights.

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As with many new ventures, particularly festivals there are inherent teething problems. From last year we learned that there were three particular areas in which our customers expressed dissatisfaction in which we hadn’t delivered to the extent we aspired to, these being the loos, the bars & the buses. They were the first three things that we set out to solve on planning this year’s event. We will have a greater proportion of loos per person on site than is the industry standard, more bars and better service and this year JJ Kavanagh’s, Ireland’s biggest private bus operator, has been appointed to coordinate the nationwide transport from all of Ireland’s major cities.

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The Electric Picnic, boutique music festival with 5 stages, camping, Ireland’s quirkiest festival experience.

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Tickets are priced at €62.50 for one day ticket, €105 for two day and €135 two day & camping. Tickets include booking fee. Phone & internet bookings subject to €5.95 service charge. Agents €2 per ticket handling charge. Available from www.ticketmaster.ie / 0818 719300.

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Tickets for The Electric Picnic go on sale at Ticketmaster from midnight tonight and all major ticket outlets throughout the country.

 

[das funkinstein]

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: Electric Picnic Press

The eclectic line-up confirmed so far is:

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Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Flaming Lips, Royksopp, Arcade Fire, Mercury Rev, Damien Dempsey, Toots & the Maytals, Goldfraap, Stereo MCs, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Sneak, Asian Dub Foundation, Laurent Garnier, De La Soul, Radio Soulwax/2 Many Djs, Human League, Amp Fiddler, Nouvelle Vague, Mr Scruff with many more acts to be announced.

hmmm kraftwerk, might be worth a look.

 

[skinnerchinner]

sorry i didnt see this thread

 

[Wavioli]

isnt that silent disco the thing michael eavis's daughter came up with so they could continue music on after the license? where everyone wears headphones and shizz?

 

[Thayl]

The silent disco idea was in action long before some Glastonbury organiser's offspring thought of it.

"The system was invented by Dutch company 433fm.com who used it to stage undetectable illegal parties in the Netherlands in the early ‘90s. Aphex Twin also used the system at his show at the Barbican in London in 2001."

 

[Pilchard]

The silent disco idea was in action long before some Glastonbury organiser's offspring thought of it.

"The system was invented by Dutch company 433fm.com who used it to stage undetectable illegal parties in the Netherlands in the early ‘90s. Aphex Twin also used the system at his show at the Barbican in London in 2001."

they used it at this festival i was at in holland earlier in the year. its bloody amazing - all these people dancing around off their bins and the whole room is silent except for the sound of farts

 

[ernesto]

from http://www.trustmeimathief.com/news/04_04_05.html

:: Rednecks Confirmed For Electric Picnic
The Redneck Manifesto have been confirmed to play at this years Electric Picnic Festival.

havent seen them since they released i am brazil. lookin forward to this

 

[nEiLo]

kraftwerk... i'm going