Boomtown Rats, Villagers, Le Galaxie, Legend, & more for Ireland's Electric Picnic

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 12th Aug 2015

Electric Picnic 2015 - Boomtown Rats
Photo credit: Jason Richardson

Electric Picnic 2015

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2015
Stradbally Hall Estate, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland
229.50 euros - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 32,500

Boomtown Rats, Villagers, Le Galaxie, Legend, Parquet Courts, Mano le Tough, Son Lux, Jape, and Girlpool are among the latest acts announced for Electric Picnic back to celebrate it's 12th year, and held from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September at Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois - less than an hour from Dublin.

Also confirmed are Little Hours, The Lost Brothers, Here We Go Magic, Thomston, Declan McKenna, Tom Misch, Bry, Yurodny, The Dublin Gospel Choir, East India Youth, The Staves, Stornoway, Heartless Bastards, Cristobal and the Sea, Ala.ni, Gavin James, Ham SandwicH, Sultans Of Ping, Fight Like Apes, The Frank & Walters, R.S.A.G., Mick Flannery, Maud In Cahoots, The Eskies, The Clameens, O Emperor, Musici Ireland, Slap and Tickle, Veda, Ajo Arkestra, North Strand Kontra Band, The Kilo 1977, Silke Cropp, Foxy P Cox, The Pony Girls, LA Priest, Hundred Waters, Natalie Prass, Shamir, Ho99o9, Tanya Tagaq, Vaudou Game, Puts Marie, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Mother DJs, The Pale, Donal Dineen, Young Wonder, Meltybrains?, Embrz, Hare Squead, DJ Mek, Aindrias De Staic and The Latchikos, Everything Shook, Formidable Vegetable Soundsystem, DJ Neil Flynn, Rosie Carney, Wigwam DJs, Clu, Hayes and Leslie, The Hard Ground, Plutonic Dust, Giro, Buffalo Woman, Daithi, My Tribe Your Tribe, The Rolling Tav Reveu, Big Jelly, My Fellow Sponges, 5th Element, Subplots, Aoife Underwater, The Amazing Apples, PTHM, The Witch Trials, Bitch Falcon, Simi Crowns, I'm Your Vinyl, Mulljoy, Mal Webb, New Valley Wolves, Joe Fury and The Hayride, Mutefish, Noelie McDonnell and Band, Dear Desert, Silences, Iron Mountain, The Louisiana 6, Anti-One, Mongrel State, Shookrah, Staring At Lakes, Frankenstein Bolts, Clandestinos, Jupe, Stomptown Brass, Berrill Family, Daire Kelly, The Whileaways, Paul Woolford, Todd Terry, Krystal Klear, New Jackson, Space Dimension Controller, Lerosa, Lunar Disko, TR-One, Daire Carolan, Wino Boys, Mad Dog Mcrea, Ben Khan, Benjamin Clementine, Birgitta Curtin, Boss Sound Manifesto, Boys and Girls, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Colonial FX, Columbia Mills, Cronin, Curtis Harding, Danette Milne, Dave Barry, David J, Dirty Dubsters, DJ Floydacide, DJ Roots Soulijah, Dub Investigation, Dublin Old School, Dubtrash, Explosion Soundsystem, Fyah Red, Gangs, Girl Band, Ignite, Jahmonk, Jerry Fish, John Wilson, Johnny Pulse and The Storm Troopers of Love, King Kong Company, MS MR, Pat Whelan, Pilgrim, The Pressure Drop Sound, Quincey Fennelly, Raggaman Bob, Ras Tinny, Reggae Ritchie, Revelation Soundsystem, Spliff Richard, Steppa Style, Synergy, Tuath, Tucan, Viet Cong, and Will Softly.

Plus comedians including David O'Doherty, Adam Hills, Aidan Bishop, Abandoman, Des Bishop, The Rubberbandits, Terry Alderton, Stephen Frost's Improv Allstars, Deirdre O'Kane, Al Porter, David McSavage, Daniel Sloss, Joe Rooney, Colm O Regan, Kevin McGahern, Foil Arms And Hog, Jarlath Regan, Barry Murphy, Gearoid Farrelly, Patrick McDonnell, Kai Humphries, Mark Nelson, Grainne McKeever, Danny Ryan, Edwin Sammon, and Andrew Stanley.

They join Florence + The Machine, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, Belle & Sebastian, The War on Drugs, George Ezra, Roisín Murphy, Jon Hopkins, Tame Impala, Hot Chip, Future Islands, Jurassic 5, Chvrches, Ride, Battles, My Morning Jacket, Jessie Ware, Django Django, Low, Pond, Tourist, Metz, Girl Band, Kwabs, Lapsley, Alvvays, Marika Hackman, Jack Garratt, Wvyern Lingo, Circa Waves, Hinds, Shura, Ben Khan, Curtis Harding, Aquilo, and Little May.

Plus Trenchtown line-up acts - Steppa Style Brother Culture, Braintheft, Dirty Dubsters, Revelation Soundsystem, After The Ibis, Interskalactic, World Bass Culture, Karma Parking, Will Softly, Dub Investigation, Outlaw Soundsystem, Fyah Red, Jah Lex Mr Upfull, Johnny Pluse & The Storm Troopers Of Love, Miss Scotty, One World Sounds, The Clandestinos, Synergy, Jaheire, Explosion Soundsystem, Colonial Fx Bass Nation, Ruff Chuff, Murray Man, Ras Tinny, The Dub Doctor, Warren Roots, Tom Beary, Riddim Tin, Arubdub, K.I.N.T, Dj Floydacide, Chonkie, The Dodgy Few, Dj Romeo, Jahmonk, The Little Jackets, Ska’s Good Gravy, Pressure Drop Soundsystem, Inda Minyaaz, Bevin Rimson, Jigzsaw, Lambdancer, Dave Barry, Alan Madigan, Dubtrash, Lionpaw, Nigel Woods, Aunty Shimmy, Irie Live, Dj Roots Souljah, Ali Kearns, Waggamuffins, Slick Normal, Reggae Ritchie, Irieland Allstars, Oi Oi Soundsystem, Riddim Skribbler, The Service, Raggaman Bob, Life's A Beach, Milis, and Ciaran Clandestino.

Tickets sold out in June. Weekend tickets were priced at 229.50 euros.



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