The eclectic arts and music stage announces a stacked bill of Irish talent for this year’s festival, from indie rock to house and techno.
Artlot has announced its lineup for Electric Picnic, and it’s another sprawling showcase of Irish talent across genres, alongside the stage’s usual mix of visual art, workshops and its Seomra Boíl room.
A few names worth circling from the bill:
Child Of Prague bring an Irish take on American Midwest emo, mixing trad, chamber pop and math-rock influences into their sound, drawing on Irish trad, jazz and math-rock alongside artists like Lisa Hannigan.
Lemonade Shoelace, the Belfast bedroom producer also known as Ruairí Richman, deals in sunshine psych-pop with a widescreen, breezy indie feel that’s made him a regular at showcases from SXSW to The Great Escape.
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And, He The Fool are the Dublin/London-based seven-piece who specialise in theatrical art-rock and psychedelic pop, tinting their sound with melancholic harmonies and contemporary soul moving to a new wave-informed groove.
Sharpson brings his signature style of Dublin-accented vocals over rave tracks to the stage, the Choki Biki Records boss and London-based producer also known for his party trick of DJing backwards.
Rathaus round out the electronic contingent with their dark, gothic and dramatic dance sound, a fixture on Dublin’s club night circuit.
They’re joined by a huge supporting cast including Modeā, Croíthe, Smithereens, Some One’s Sons, Jamie Ennis, Curfew, Kapayja, The Wu, The Blow In’s, The Voodoo Kitchen, The Gladstone Band, Mykology, The Wires, Mac Steady, People_Like_Us, Ember, Claudia O, Adzyob, A/K, Budly, DJ Beks, Lucas Ogma, Phil Kenny, Flora, Bevel & Embody, The Vagabond Queen, Floody, Jordo Byrne, BarryB, Seanem, Adam Kelly and Kay.
Housed in an abandoned shipping container, Seomra Boil is a celebration of Irish club culture and features: Michelle McCormack, Eskay, Bláthnaid O’Toole, Jessica Maciel, Tuáthla, Leon Carter, Jack Madden, Luke Grogan, Dirty Disco, Aaron L, Paulo and Disco Box Collective.
ArtLot is home to Granny’s House, an immersive installation decorated head to toe in retro kitsch that transports visitors back to their nanny’s gaff circa 1985. Visitors can create their own masterpieces at the Groove & Palette painting studio, hang out with the Beat poets at Amy’s Wine House, or visit Snug PhotoBooth, the immersive installation that will print your not-so-safe-for-work festival portraits.
ArtLot is curated by John Kenny and Alan Mulhall of the Dublin-based art collective The GlowDepot, with production support from Fluttertone. It is proudly supported by the Electric Picnic festival.
Electric Picnic takes place this August.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
