Fans watch Conan Gray at the Electric Picnic festival at Stradbally in Co Laois. Photo: PA
Aoife Rooney and Saoirse Hanley
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This is Electric Picnic’s biggest year yet, with 80,000 people having descended onto a field in Laois. It’s an approximate increase of 5,000 people compared to 2024 and an increase of ten thousand in 2023.
If the number of picnickers has grown, has the space stretched to accommodate them all? This year saw the reshaping of existing campsites on the map, and the introduction of new ones that required you to book in advance. Previously, only the eco-friendly zone had this stipulation.