Electric Picnic — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

27–29 Aug 2027 (3 days)

Location

Stradbally Hall, Laois, Ireland

Sound

Electronic

Tickets

€200 · 1 tier tracked

The story

Electric Picnic is a music festival held at Stradbally Hall in Laois, Ireland. This festival takes place over three days from August 27 to August 29, 2027. Although the specific line-up has not been announced yet, it is recognized as a notable outdoor event in the region. Attendees can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster.

Electric Picnic is a 3-day electronic festival at Stradbally Hall in Laois, Ireland. The August 2027 edition runs 27–29 Aug 2027.

Everything happens at Stradbally Hall, in Laois. Laois is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Electric Picnic keeps the same calendar slot each year: August 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It is a high-summer date, which is peak season for both travel and accommodation across the region. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Laois are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Electric Picnic works out at roughly €1,739 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 12% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 18h 10m each way, at €1,269 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Electric Picnic are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Electric Picnic on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2026

  27–29 Aug 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  27–29 Aug 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  27–29 Aug 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Stradbally Hall, in Laois.
• Book a bed in Laois early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air18h 10m · €1,269