Electric Picnic: 70,000 revellers enjoy festival in sunny StradballyJames CoxThe sun shone for a third day on the rolling 600 acres of Stradbally Estate as 70,000 Electric Picnic revellers took in an array of acts on Sunday from Glória LGBT+ Choir and Rick Astley to The Saw Doctors and The Killers. The weather for this year’s festival has been glorious with cloudless skies and high temperatures of 26 degrees. Festival director Melvin Benn said: “I’ve literally been at every one and I have never known it to be this hot.”Next year 2024 will see Electric Picnic celebrate 20 years in Stradbally, and Mr Benn outlined how the town will always be home for the festival. Taking time to immerse himself in festival is important to Mr Benn, he said it helps him decide how to evolve Electric Picnic, walking around the site, enjoying acts and meeting festival-goers of all ages. I think it’s the festival goers of the picnic that make it particularly special.

Source: Irish Independent September 04, 2023 04:22 UTC