“It’ll be jumper on, jumper off kind of weather”, says the Carlow Weatherman Alan O’Reilly.

FlineBoxes will be available throughout the weekend in the campervan, red, and yellow car parks, and remain open into Monday morning to support those driving home.

Test your knowledge on the country's biggest arts and music festival

Test your knowledge on the country's biggest arts and music festival

The issue of performers' sound being cut off on stage while making political statements while performing has been brought to the forefront after The Mary Wallopers claimed they were "cut off" during their performance at the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth for displaying a Palestinian flag on stage.

If you're lucky enough to be making the trek to Co Laois this weekend, keep reading to find out everything you need to know before the festival

Once you have chosen a campsite to settle in, the next objective is where exactly to pitch your tent.

The back-of-house testing can be carried out on drugs connected with a person brought to a medical tent and on drugs placed in "surrender bins".

There will be mock elections and voting competitions.

This will not be Kneecap's first performance at Electric Picnic. The group played at the 2024 festival.

Melvyn Benn dismissed claims that Electric Picnic is ‘anti-competitive’.

Hozier, Chappell Roan, Sam Fender, Fatboy Slim and Kings of Leon have been announced as headliners for the festival, which takes place from August 29th-31st in Stradbally, Co Laois.

In a surprise announcement by the festival on Friday, the first five headline acts were announced. 

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The festival will return to its more traditional summer slot between Friday, August 29th and Sunday, August 31st 2025.

No FOMO here......

Will the last one to leave Kildare turn the lights off?

Whether you are headed there or not, take our quiz to test your knowledge of Ireland's biggest music festival.

Two Drugs.ie tents are open from 11am to 9pm Friday through Sunday, providing 30 hours of harm reduction support onsite delivered by trained volunteers.

Loyalty scheme and general admission tickets will be available, along with family camping, campervan and caravan tickets. 

Festival-goers will be encouraged to donate their empty bottles and cans for charity at Electric Picnic

From The Wolfe Tones and The Mary Wallopers, to Kylie and CMAT, the festival has something for everybody this year, and hopefully not too many clashes.

Take our Quiz to find out just how well you know Electric Picnic's Sunday night headliner

Russell Howard will headline on the Saturday, while Katherine Ryan will headline the Sunday night

This year's festival will take place on August 16th to 18th

The grid power will ultimately reduce carbon emissions associated with powering the main stage of the festival in 2024 and reduce the need to use temporary generators.