Electric Picnic sells out a year in advance

Tickets for the 2025 edition of Ireland’s biggest music festival have sold out more than a year in advance, without a single act being announced.

Electric Picnic will be held at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, County Laois, from 29-31 August next year, reverting to its traditional late summer date.

General admission tickets, priced €290, went on sale at 9am yesterday and were snapped up within hours. The festival also operates a loyalty scheme, offering discounted passes for previous attendees.

Promoted by Festival Republic, the event was staged last weekend (16-18 August) with headliners Noah Kahan, Calvin Harris and Kylie Minogue.

The festival, which also featured acts Gerry Cinnamon, Kodaline, Raye, CMAT, Faithless, J Hus, Kasabian, Nas, Peggy Gou, Teddy Swims and Tom Grennan, went ahead at an increased capacity of 75,000 – 5,000 more than last year.

“I’ll certainly talk to the council about whether there’s room for a bit more if there’s demand”

Speaking to local media, Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn said he was “quite happy with where we are right now”, but would explore the possibility of a further increase with Laois County Council.

“I’ll certainly talk to the council about whether there’s room for a bit more if there’s demand,” he said. “I think there will be demand. I think the people that are here will have enjoyed it and not many people won’t be back next year.”

In a groundbreaking move, the main stage of this year’s Electric Picnic was connected to the grid and powered by renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions as well as the need to use temporary generators.

“The installation of our first grid connection is a key contributor to our goal of reducing carbon emissions associated with the festival by 50% by 2030 in line with our Green Nation Charter,” said Benn previously.

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