{"id":169310,"date":"2025-12-01T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/169310\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:07:07","slug":"electric-picnic-confirms-first-nine-acts-for-2026-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/169310\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Picnic confirms first nine acts for 2026 festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first nine acts performing at Electric Picnic next summer have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Making their debut at EP, Gorillaz will play in the top slot on the Saturday, with Irish act Fontaines D.C. taking the prestigious closing spot on the Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Joining them over the weekend will be\u00a0CMAT,\u00a0Sombr,\u00a0Zara Larsson,\u00a0Skepta,\u00a0Wunderhorse,\u00a0Role Model, and Geese.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4880544_7_articleinlinemobile_CMAT-by-Sarah-Doyle.jpg\" alt=\"CMAT is among Electric Picnic's 2026 lineup. Picture: Sarah Doyle\" title=\"CMAT is among Electric Picnic's 2026 lineup. Picture: Sarah Doyle\" class=\"card-img\"\/>CMAT is among Electric Picnic&#8217;s 2026 lineup. Picture: Sarah Doyle<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The music and arts festival will take place from August 28\u00a0to 30, 2026, at Stradbally Estate, Co Laois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 2025 festival saw acts including Kneecap, Hozier, Chappell Roan, and Fatboy Slim perform for 80,000 people amid an eclectic mix of weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tickets for 2026 went on sale in August and sold out quickly, and ticket prices and venue capacity remain the same as 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first nine acts performing at Electric Picnic next summer have been announced. Making their debut at EP,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5658,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-169310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}