{"id":609189,"date":"2026-08-30T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609189\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:46:22","slug":"gallery-electric-picnic-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609189\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Electric Picnic Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated \/ Sunday, 30 Aug 2026
\n 12:01<\/p>\n

\"Lola<\/p>\n

Getty<\/p>\n

Lola Young makes a surprise appearance on the Main Stage, after being added to Saturday’s line-up at short notice \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

Lola Young made a surprise appearance on the Main Stage as Electric Picnic moved into its second day at Stradbally, while CMAT returned for of Saturday’s most anticipated sets.<\/p>\n

Rain and increasingly muddy conditions were part of the picture on Saturday, but festival-goers were out in force across the Co Laois site as another packed day of music got under way.<\/p>\n

One of the day’s biggest surprises came from Lola Young, who was added to the Main Stage line-up for an afternoon set and drew a rain-soaked crowd for a performance which included her hit Messy.<\/p>\n

Later, CMAT returned to the festival after cancelling a performance in France the previous night because of illness. She opened her Main Stage set with Jolene in tribute to Dolly Parton before delivering a high-energy homecoming performance.<\/p>\n

Across the rest of the site, Damien Dempsey, The Undertones, Jessie Murph, The Stunning, Kyla Cobbler, Audrey Hobert, Oklou, The Scratch, Eleanor McEvoy and FeliSpeaks were among the many artists performing throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Gorillaz brought Saturday\u2019s Main Stage programme to a close as Electric Picnic headed into its final day.<\/p>\n

From the stages to the increasingly muddy fields, see some of the best pictures from day two of Electric Picnic in our gallery.<\/p>\n

\"CMAT<\/p>\n

CMAT makes her Electric Picnic return – she opened her set with Jolene in tribute to Dolly Parton \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"General<\/p>\n

Festival-goers enjoy day two of Electric Picnic in Stradbally \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Laura<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 2FM presenter Laura Fox \/ Image Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

The Stunning make their return to Electric Picnic, 18 years after their last appearance in 2008 \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/p>\n

Danielle McFadden, Niamh Walsh, Clodagh Henderson, Cathair Curran and Tony Smith pictured at the Three Charge & Chill area at Electric Picnic 2026 \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Jessie<\/p>\n

US singer Jessie Murph gets Saturday underway in the Electric Arena \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Conor<\/p>\n

The Scratch bring their distinctive collision of folk and heavy rock to Rankin Wood \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Clodagh<\/p>\n

Clodagh Henderson \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Kyla<\/p>\n

Cork comedian Kyla Cobbler takes her stand-up to the Electric Arena, after being added to the EP bill in the final line-up announcement \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"General<\/p>\n

Festival-goers take in the atmosphere at the Electric Picnic on Saturday \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Eimear<\/p>\n

Eimear Glennon, Muireann Smith and Olivia King, from Co Cavan \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Audrey<\/p>\n

Audrey Hobert performs in the Electric Arena after being bumped up from her originally scheduled Rankin’s Wood slot \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

The Undertones hit the Electric Arena, having been among the final additions to this year’s Electric Picnic line-up \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Oklou<\/p>\n

Oklou takes over Rankin’s Wood on Saturday evening \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Emer<\/p>\n

Emer Ruane and Colin Ruane, from Castlebar, Co Mayo \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Damien<\/p>\n

Damien Dempsey draws a crowd to the Electric Arena on Saturday evening \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"General<\/p>\n

Rain fails to dampen spirits on day two of Electric Picnic \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"FeliSpeaks<\/p>\n

Poet and performer FeliSpeaks takes to the stage at Cro\u00ed, part of a Saturday programme celebrating Irish music, poetry and storytelling \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Eleanor<\/p>\n

Elanor McEvoy performs at Cro\u00ed \/ Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\"Cathair<\/p>\n

Cathair Curran \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/p>\n

Danielle McFadden \/ Image: Brian McEvouy<\/p>\n

\"Keith<\/p>\n

Keith Barry and Martin Power \/ Image: Brian McEvou<\/p>\n

\"Andrea<\/p>\n

Andrea Gilligan \/ Image: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated \/ Sunday, 30 Aug 2026 12:01 Getty Lola Young makes a surprise appearance on the Main Stage,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-609189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609189","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=609189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}