electric picnic 2006

[ItsTheEtalking]

Pod Concerts & Aiken Promotions Ltd

THE ELECTRIC PICNIC � The Boutique Musical Festival
Stradbally Hall, Co Laois � 1st, 2nd , 3rd September 2006

�The Picnic is such a breath of fresh air for concert goers. The huge success of this year�s event (2005) has changed the lie of the land. A brilliant festival is not just about the bands or the location or the chip-free food stalls or the atmosphere or the Body and Soul area or the attention to detail. It�s about quality of the whole event (the boutique festival) .Its about mutual respect�. The Irish Times 2005

The inimitable Electric Picnic � Ireland�s only boutique musical festival � is back for its third year. Voted by music fans as �The Love of 2005� as voted for by Hot Press readers, the Electric Picnic returns as a three day festival on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd September, with camping all three nights in the idyllic and picturesque setting of Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois - less than an hour from Dublin.

Last year all 25,000 tickets sold out, this year festival organisers have increased the capacity by five thousand but promise to keep the intimate nature of the festival that concert-goers have come to expect.

In keeping with the eclectic nature and music mix served at the Electric Picnic this year proves no exception with its seven stage line up of:

Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Anthony and the Johnsons, DJ Shadow, Damien Rice, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright (solo), Bloc Party, Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Saul Williams, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, David Kitt, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, Deus, The Boy Least Likely To, The Rags, The Dublin Gospel Choir, topped off with that friend of all things Electric � Gary Numan. And it doesn�t end here, the legendary Blue Nile - this is their only performance in the world this year.

The BODYTONIC TENT of course also returns with it's line-up of cutting edge dance acts - yet to be announced.

The BODY & SOUL VILLAGE will be enlarged this year, once again located off the beaten track in it�s leafy natural amphitheatre. The self contained village of Indian tipis, hammocks, small domes and Moroccan style dwellings will again be housing organic cafes & juice bars and a range of therapists who offer alternative therapies & workshops from Reiki, Reflexology and Shiatsu to Indian Head Massages, Yoga & Dance Workshops and Tarot Readings.

The festival are also delighted to introduce a brand new area - THE BIG TREE - which is a new nature foundation being set up by Damien Rice and will feature a carbon neutral oasis of music, arts and organic food.

The FOGGY NOTIONS STAGE - a new stage being added this year. Foggy Notions are programming a line-up of exciting and exotic sounds from all over the world at this year�s festival. Expect the freshest dance-floor party music, the finest grade heartbreak pop, mind-bending art-rock, ethnic mysticism and the occasional pop icon.

A large theatre area will encompass LOST VAGUENESS who return again to present their very unique and flamboyant brand of burlesque theatre and cabaret� Once again we can expect The Ballroom & The Laundrettas Laundromat of Love and they will also have their Changing Rooms at the festival. In this lavishly decorated boudoir of Madame Mishka guests take part in a magical transformation of identities, from everyday to extraordinary. Lost Vagueness stylists will help you feel fabulous with a wide selection of apparel, including feathers-boas and ball-gowns, corsets and petticoats, dinner-jackets and tuxedos, trilbies and top hats. The PUSSY PARLURE housed in a beautiful 1920�s style wooden Spiegal Tent, will lure you into a positively Purrrrrfect party experience. With a full bar and entertainment, standby also for the delights (or horrors!) of a �Stars in Your Eyes�-style karaoke, pop quiz�s, dance classes, giant floor games and groovy DJ�s playing Soul, Latin, Salsa, R&B, Reggae & World. More Pussy Parlure attractions to be announced. And CIRQUE IDYLLIC - a colourful plethora of artists from seasoned international performers to capricious variety artistes, slick aerialists, clever clowns and magicians. Groundbreakers, icebreakers, edge cutters, jaw droppers, side splitters and butt clenchers are all cocooned amid the sublime, feelgood D.J�s who keep the space alive, highly charged and harmonious. Be wowed by the stars of the cabaret renaissance.

The Electric Picnic also promises the return of its hugely popular INTERNATIONAL COMEDY CLUB STAGE hosted once again by Des Bishop. Line-up yet to be announced.

HOT PRESS CHAT ROOM is back again - a unique opportunity to catch Face-to-Face interviews with the stars of the show, conducted by the Hot Press team, including assistant editor Stuart Clark, Peter Murphy and John Walshe.

The SILENT DISCO, CINEMA and the boutique on-site accommodation of BEACH HUTS, PODPADS & TIPIS will also be there.

And the Electric Picnic�s quirky healthy organic food policy continues together with a wider selection of bars providing a wider variety of drinks plus cocktail bars, including the Bacardi B-Bar and the Southern Comfort Crawdaddy Stage.

Female urinals are just one of the many new facilities that will be provided at the festival this year, P-Mates will be provided for female concert goers which will enable them to pee while standing upright! No queues, no waiting around for your turn, no fuss!

Ireland�s only boutique festival, which has grown quickly from an alternative day-out to a 3 day festival is now a major fixture and must for those of eclectic taste.

The Electric Picnic, Ireland�s boutique music festival with seven stages, 3 days of camping takes place 1st 2nd and 3rd September 2006.

Tickets for the three day festival are priced �175, including camping. Phone & internet bookings subject to �5.95 service charge. Agents �2 per ticket handling charge. Avail from www.ticketmaster.ie / 0818 719300.

JJ Kavanagh�s will provide a nationwide bus service again. Bus info Ph. 01- 6791549/ Tickets for The Electric Picnic go on sale at Ticketmaster from 9am Friday and all major ticket outlets throughout the country.

www.electricpicnic.ie - be there or be ........

[travisootdiggo]

sounds good, hope the djs and dance music dont attract tinkers though.

[ItsTheEtalking]

[ItsTheEtalking]

heres another 1 on the same weekend

Castlepalooza!


The festival promises to transform castle grounds into a tented village with a wide range of all the arts.

Castlepalooza, which takes place on August 5 and 6, encapsulates all the makings of an independent summer festival. The bash will be located in the refined estate of the Charleville Castle in Tullamore and bizarrely features cancan dancers, snake charmers and 40s swing as well as a full bill of rising Irish bands.

Acts confirmed so far are Springbreak, Bill Coleman & Band, Spool, Captain Moonlight, Katell Kleinig, Cousin Eliahs, Crayonsmith, Neosupervital, Darragh & Saucy Monky & Exit 15.

Those who plan to carry the night's energy into the wee hours can continue with DJs playing electronic, dance, trip hop and soul until late.

Tickets will go on sale on May 1 and though the price isn't confirmed as yet, the organisers promise they'll be "very reasonably priced to ensure goodwill at Castlepalooza".

[farrelly]

"The festival promises to transform castle grounds into a tented village with a wide range of all the arts."

ha ha! u can't beat a good old tented village!

[ItsTheEtalking]

heres all ya need to kno about the HI:FI festival,



HI:FI Ireland

Global Gathering Present: HI:FI IRELAND

“It’s About The Music”

August Bank Holiday Weekend

Early Bird Weekend Tickets including Camping Only €130. Offer Ends 1 June Weekend Tickets including Camping €150 After 1 June

Tickets On Sale Friday 21 April at 8am

Hi:Fi Ireland explodes in jaw dropping style with the announcement that The Prodigy, The Streets, DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Ian Brown, Razorlight, Mylo, Deep Dish, Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Sasha & Digweed, Audio Bullys, Cagedbaby, Tiga, Vitalic plus many more are set to headline a new style of festival on 5 & 6 August Bank Holiday weekend 2006 at the crossroads of Ireland at Belvedere House, Mullingar, Westmeath subject to licence. Strictly over 18’s. ID required.

Hi:Fi Ireland is a sister festival to the UK’s breakthrough Hi:Fi North and South festivals which take place on the weekend of 27 and 28 May in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Winchester near London, embracing the new movement of style and taste whereby the audience is more concerned with listening to quality music than being pigeon holed and being told what to listen to. Hi:Fi Irelands line up reflects the diversity and tastes of the iPod generation.

The marriage of Hi:Fi’s musical talent with the spectacular setting of Belvedere House’s landscaped gardens and lakeside setting is going to mean a very special weekend for 25,000 people!

The HI:FI Line UpJoining The Prodigy, The Streets, DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Ian Brown, Razorlight, Mylo, Deep Dish, Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Sasha & Digweed, Audio Bullys, Cagedbaby, Tiga, Vitalic are bands including Sh*t Disco, Art Brut, The Presets, My Robot Friend, Infadels, New Young Pony Club, Mainline, Channel One and Porn Trauma. Plus Superstar DJ’s Judge Jules, Armin Van Burrin, Ferry Corsten, James Zabiela, Steve Lawler, Alecko, Infadels, Above and Beyond, Marco V, Danny Howells, James Lavelle, Col Hamilton, MYNC Project, Eddie Halliwell, Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters, Nic Fancuilli. Plus much more to be announced!

LIVE!

Last November THE PRODIGY performed to 20,000 fans at their sold out shows at the Point, Millstreet and Belfast so fans who missed out can catch them live at Hi:Fi Ireland. Their greatest hits album “Their Law – The Singles 1990 – 2005” topped the UK charts and sold over 50,000 copies alone in Ireland. Voted one of the most exciting live acts ever, The Prodigy’s live show is simply unmissable!

DJ!

He’s the biggest DJ in the world, he produced and played the opening of the Olympics and now DJ TIESTO is coming to Hi:Fi Ireland! Tiesto scooped the international poll for Best International DJ for the second time last year! Currently on his “In Search of Sunrise 5, North American Tour”, tickets for his sold out Vancouver shows were snapped up within three hours of going on sale! Catch some new tunes from Tiesto this summer!

LIVE!

Hi:Fi brings THE STREETS to Ireland for their first and only festival appearance of the summer! With new album “The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living”, Mike Skinner, continues his rise to superstardom! His debut album “Original Pirate Material” won the Mercury Prize, his second album“A Grand Don’t Come For Free” sold in excess of 3 million copies and delivered a number One album and single “Dry Your Eyes”.

DJ!

The remixer and tour DJ for U2 and Madonna, PAUL OAKENFOLD held the title of world’s biggest DJ for over 10 years. Currently living in Los Angeles this will be his first trip to Ireland since his show stopping appearance at Global Gathering last summer!

LIVE!

IAN BROWN has just been crowned with the NME Godlike Genius Award for his huge influence on British rock music so it’s a great honour that he will be performing at Hi:Fi Ireland in its first year. The former Stone Roses front man has made the change to a pre-eminent solo career with ease and his live performances never fail to impress. Lucky fans, who missed out on tickets to see him live at his sold out concert in Dublin Castle, can now catch him at Hi:Fi Ireland!

DJ!

Since the release of his staggering debut ‘Destroy Rock and Roll’, MYLO and his band have gone on to take the electronic world by storm! He’s the biggest thing in dance music for the last 5 years and has found worldwide fame, international kudos and invitations to Elton John’s parties! Prepare for a ground shaking DJ headline slot at this year’s Hi:Fi Ireland Festival.

LIVE!

RAZORLIGHT will be performing exclusively at one Irish festival this year – Hi:Fi Ireland! Their intimate show at the Olympia Theatre is totally sold out so the Irish festival performance is great news for fans! One of the best live acts last year, the band’s performance at Hi:Fi will make it one of the essential festivals of the summer. Don’t miss the chance to hear tracks from their second album released this summer and “Up All Night.

DJ!

As American leaders in the international dance music arena, Grammy-Award winners DEEP DISH have become one of the most revered names in the genre. They play hundreds of DJ gigs a year from Los Angeles to Lebanon and are the remixers of choice for The Rolling Stones, Madonna, P Diddy, and Justin Timberlake, just to name a few!

LIVE!

Daft Punk’s favourire act, VITALIC has been heralded as the new Vangelis or Georgio Moroder and as well as producing amazing soundscapes himself he remixes for Royksopp, Daft Punk and Bjork! Don’t miss the enigmatic Frenchman in action at Hi:Fi Ireland!

DJ!

TIGA - the hottest act in the world officially! TIGA recently remixed Depeche Mode’s “Suffer Well” and he’s the man behind some of the most distinctive dance floor hits in recent years including the cover of Nelly’s “Hot in Herre”, the public enemy’s homage “Louder Than A Bomb” and “You Gonna Want Me” featuring Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears!

LIVE!

Audio Bullys have lifted Nancy Sinatra's original song Bang Bang (my baby shot me down), from the Kill Bill Vol 1 soundtrack, and have used its fearsome atmosphere to play host to one of their most unashamedly dancefloor friendly cuts to date, creating undoubtedly one of the finest-crafted bootlegs to have emerged in the past few years.

DJ!

One of the greatest DJ’s in the world, CARL COX has rocked dance floors the world over and has conquered corners of the globe previously left untouched. Maintaining a constant tour schedule, playing throughout the UK and Europe, he recently mesmerized thousands in Israel, South Africa, Japan and Australia. Cox appeared at the legendary Love Parade (one of the world's largest raves) in Berlin playing to over 80,000 people. He is the featured DJ this year at T In The Park, and continues to play the UK's biggest clubs including Slam, Cream, Lakota and Minstry Of Sound.

LIVE!

Heralded as the next big thing, CAGEDBABY’s playful mix of seductive electro pop, techno rhythms, laidback party music and snippets of 80’s power are irresistible to eager dancefloor pleasure seekers! Cagedbaby’s remixes for The Presets and Sugababes have stormed the pop charts, and their remix of Armand Van Helden’s “My My My” is played in every club in the world every night and is the stuff of legend!

DJ!

Irish music fans are familiar with ROGER SANCHEZ through both his dates in Sprit and his legendary Pascha Ibiza residency on a Monday night to 5000 people which sells out everytime!

The HI:FI SettingThe site itself, Belvedere House, was built in 1740 by German-born Architect Richard Castle, as a hunting and fishing lodge for Lord Belfield - Robert Rochfort - who later became the First Earl of Belvedere. Located on high ground at the heart of the magnificent 160 acre estate, the house enjoys spectacular views of Lough Ennell and its islands and the largest collection of follies in Ireland including a secret garden and a gothic arch! The festival site is situated on Georgian landscaped gardens which give a ‘rolling’ effect and make the site a series of natural amphitheatres. It is also the site of the Walt Disney Licensed “ Narnia World” for the movie of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , which should give you some idea of how special the site is.

The HI:FI ExperienceHi:Fi Ireland is an incredible, new music festival and Ireland's first ever to boast a line up of both block-rocking bands and super star DJ’s. Featuring 5 arenas set in a series of natural amphitheatres including an Outdoor live Stage and 4 massive arenas armed with a mighty sound systems. The new festival will have a limited capacity of 25,000 music lovers for the most unforgettable weekend of their lives on the Bank holiday weekend. Get ready for Hi:Fi Ireland and enjoy the Bank Holiday Weekend with spectacular sounds and style!

Hi:Fi Ireland will feature a quality bill of non-musical entertainment! Go back in time and take a journey with the ghosts of Belvedere past or visit the modern day exhibition by Irelands finest graffiti artists!

The HI:FI Festival Innovator Brian Spollen, festival promoter for Hi:Fi Ireland and the UK’s Hi:Fi North and Hi:Fi South says, “Hi:Fi is the festival for the iPod generation. It’s all about the music – breaking new acts and bringing super-cool talent to Ireland! Young people aren’t interested in being pigeon holed into one genre any longer so the line up reads like a playlist where a little bit of everything is good for the soul! The event will offer something for everyone musically by bridging the gap between out and out dance and live shows. We want to give our guests the opportunity to see their indie and dance heroes performing side by side for the first time. This is something that we believe will suit the more eclectic music tastes of the 21st century perfectly.”

Hi:FI Ireland is brought to you by Mean Fiddler, Live Nation and Angel Music.

Early Bird Ticket Offer Early bird ticket offer: Full Weekend tickets including camping can be bought for only 130 euro (including booking fee) for a limited time only. Offer ends 1 June. Weekend tickets including camping 150 euro (including booking fee) after 1 June.

Tickets go on sale Friday 21 April at 8am from the following outlets: In person: from 99 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide 24hr hotlines: Tel: (ROI) 0818 719 300 (NI) 0870 243 4455 Buy online: www.ticketmaster.ie

Free On Site Car Parking Free on site car parking for the weekend will be provided for Hi:Fi ticket holders. The car parking site will be clearly signposted and opens Friday 4 August at 12 noon.

TransportLocated at the crossroads of Ireland, the festival is easily accessible and serviced by train, bus routes and motorway. Additional train and bus services will run across the weekend to cater for the festival goers.

There are regular train and Bus Eireann coach services to Mullingar. Belvedere is 4 miles from Mullingar on the N52 Mullingar to Tullamore road. Traffic from Dublin and North use M50 to N4 / M4 to Mullingar then N52 Traffic from west use N6 to N52 site is 6 miles from froim N6 / N52 junction. Traffic from south use N8 to Portlaoise then N80 to Tullamore N52 to site.

Camping Campsite opens: Bank holiday Friday 4 August at 12 noon.

[Led]

Thats some line up, and it takes place about 10 miles from my gaff, weird. Fucking hell. Savage.
God i´ve grown to hate The Streets, used to think they were ok at best but they have so many shit songs, and they new one is BBBBBrutal, that black guy with the little bit of talent must have left.
By the way theres a psy-trance fest on in june, if anyones interested E-mail me

[Led]

Pity ticket master the ticket bastards got all the rights to the big uns, scabby fuckers.

[Jay]

Ill be there, but this time ill be saying no to the two acid on the first morning. That didnt go exactly to plan at Oxygen or TEP this year, I swore I'd see the bands last year and yet again, i didn't see didly squat!

Any thoughts of returning home for the picnic Led ??

[NitNit]

Ye can all stay in my gaff for the weekend!! Mammy TinTin will make us all a cup of scald and some kimberlys!!

[ItsTheEtalking]

here is ANOTHER festival going on this summer in ireland

http://www.life-festival.com/

[Jay]

Two more festivals in Ireland..

The Garden Party
Click here for more information.

[Led]

Yeah the Life Fest is that psy-trance fest i was talking about, please keep on the QT, i know the organisers they´re spanish guys who do the psy gigs in the Temple Bar music Centre (Neutronx) and there´re fucking shitting it about scrawbags arriving. They´ve been keeping the gig very low key, please do the same. Chairs Boss

[Disko]

theres so much other stuff going this summer i think that the knackers would'nt be too bothered about this sort of thing, careful now.

[farrelly]

up 4 life!! sounds cool as fuck, i reckon i'll be attending. tickets not too expensive either, fair play life!