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Festival No. 0000105 · Est. 2004

Electric Picnic 2016

Electric Picnic 2016

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Stradbally Hall - Stradbally, Ireland
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Stradbally, Ireland

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  • Animal Collective
    Animal Collective formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2000. Plays avant-folk, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental, freak folk, neo-psychedelia, noise.
  • AURORA
    AURORA formed in 2001.
  • Bat For Lashes
    Bat For Lashes was born on 25 October 1979. Plays alternative pop, ambient pop, art pop, dream pop, folktronica, indie rock, indietronica, pop.
  • Bell X1
    Bell X1 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. Plays indie rock.
  • Blossoms
    Blossoms formed in Stockport, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock.
  • Broken Social Scene
    Broken Social Scene formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1999. Plays art rock, baroque pop, experimental, indie rock, post-rock, rock.
  • Catfish and the Bottlemen
    Catfish and the Bottlemen plays alternative rock, garage punk, indie rock, post-punk revival.
  • Chemical Brothers
    Chemical Brothers formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, neo-psychedelia, progressive house, techno.
  • Daniel Avery
    Daniel Avery was born on 30 September 1986. Plays acid house, ambient, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, downtempo, drum and bass.
  • Dirty Dubsters
  • DJ Ez
    DJ Ez plays uk garage.
  • Editors
    Editors formed in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
  • Ezra Furman
    Ezra Furman was born in Evanston, United States, on 5 September 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter.
  • Frankie Cosmos
    Frankie Cosmos formed in New York, United States, in 2009. Plays blues, indie pop, lo-fi, pop, rock, singer-songwriter.
  • Gavin James
    Gavin James was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 6 July 1991. Plays pop, singer-songwriter.
  • Girls Names
    Girls Names formed in Belfast, United Kingdom, on 30 January 2009, and split up in January 2019, after 9 years. Plays c86.
  • Glass Animals
    Glass Animals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, on 1 January 2010. Plays electronic, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, pop, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
  • Hare Squead
  • Heathers
    Heathers formed in 2007.
  • Hilary Woods
    Hilary Woods plays ambient pop, dark ambient, drone, neoclassical dark wave, post-industrial.
  • Jack Garratt
    Jack Garratt was born on 11 October 1991. Plays alternative r&b, electronica, indie pop, singer-songwriter, trip hop.
  • Jalen N'Gonda
    Jalen N'Gonda plays alternative r&b, r&b, soul.
  • Jessy Lanza
    Jessy Lanza was born in Hamilton, Canada, in 1985.
  • Joey Bada$$
    Joey Bada$$ was born in Flatbush, United States, on 20 January 1995. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
  • John Talabot
    John Talabot was born on 8 January 1982. Plays tech house.
  • Kevin Morby
    Kevin Morby was born in Lubbock, United States, on 2 April 1988. Plays folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
  • Lana Del Rey
    Lana Del Rey was born in Manhattan, United States, on 21 June 1985. Plays alternative pop, americana, art pop, ballad, chamber pop, dream pop, electronic, indie pop.
  • LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
  • Lemaitre
    Lemaitre formed in Oslo, Norway, on 20 July 2010. Plays electro house, electronic rock, electronica, french house, indietronica.
  • Little Simz
    Little Simz was born in Islington, United Kingdom, on 23 February 1994. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
  • Meilyr Jones
  • Mount Kimbie
    Mount Kimbie formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays dubstep, electronic, minimal techno, post-dubstep.
  • Mura Masa
    Mura Masa was born in Guernsey, United Kingdom, on 5 April 1996. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, dance, downtempo, electronic, future bass, hip hop, hyperpop.
  • NAO
    NAO was born in Noda, Japan, on 26 January 1985.
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
  • New Order
    New Order formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in 1980. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance, dance-rock, electronic, electropop, house, new wave.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, baroque pop, britpop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, post-britpop.
  • Pantha du Prince
    Pantha du Prince was born in Bad Wildungen, Germany, on 15 January 1975. Plays dark ambient, electronic, microhouse, minimal techno.
  • Pumarosa
    Pumarosa formed in 2014. Plays electronic rock, indie rock.
  • Relish
  • Savages
    Savages formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 2011. Plays art punk, gothic rock, noise rock, post-punk, rock.
  • Shit Robot
    Shit Robot was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1971.
  • StoneBridge
    StoneBridge was born in 1961.
  • Super Furry Animals
    Super Furry Animals formed in Cardiff, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, britpop, disco, electronic, experimental rock, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia.
  • The Avett Brothers
    The Avett Brothers formed in Concord, United States, in 2000. Plays americana, bluegrass, folk, folk rock, indie folk.
  • The Shins
    The Shins formed in Albuquerque, United States, in 1997. Plays folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, psychedelic pop, rock.
  • Todd Terje
    Todd Terje was born in Buskerud, Norway, on 11 May 1981. Plays disco, electronic, electronica, house, synthwave.
  • Toots & The Maytals
    Toots & The Maytals formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963. Plays jamaican ska, reggae, reggae-pop, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soul.
  • Walking on Cars
    Walking on Cars formed in 2011, and split up on 21 August 2020, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, pop rock, rock.
  • Whitney
    Whitney formed in 2015. Plays indie rock.
  • Wild Beasts
    Wild Beasts formed in Kendal, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2018, after 16 years. Plays art pop, cabaret, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, progressive pop, synth-pop.
  • Wolf Alice
    Wolf Alice formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop.
  • Áine
    Áine was born in County Cavan, Ireland, on 16 August 1994.