The festival’s cult-favourite roaming trolley gets its own dedicated forest stage, built from upcycled festival plastics and centred on Irish club culture, rap and underground music.
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Electric Picnic has announced the lineup for GlowDepot, a new stage built out of one of the festival’s longest-running pieces of folklore. For years, the GlowDepot was the chaotic upcycled shopping trolley, topped with a glowing LED umbrella, that rolled through the main arena after dark handing out glowsticks to unsuspecting punters. Fifteen years on, that same crew now has its own dedicated stage in the woods.
The main stage was designed by Forja Works, styled after a retro petrol station canopy and built over the summer using upcycled plastics collected from festivals around Ireland. Art-rave collective Sacred Stone flank it with a sprawling urban cityscape, pulling on 90s graffiti and crumbling concrete for the set design.
By day, the stage runs a lineup of emerging and established acts: Sugabooo, Avenue 68, Lil Skag, Outstraight Records, Fortune Igiebor, Jeorge II, Saibhin, Empty Internet, Smokey, Salamay, Mount Pyrus, Together As One, Danzi and Phallout. Underground rap collective Catacombs also curate an afternoon set featuring Omen, Survival, Ruka, Beddyminaj, Nos, Jugo Yyung, Babyfacee and Desires.
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After dark, GlowDepot becomes a late-night club space built around Irish club culture, with sets from Ev Wilde, NewEra, Sloucho, JenTen, Jessica Maciel, Mo Cultivation, Asylum Residents, Boss Events, Manwelli, Mills, Vasuki Red and RNL. King Kong Company launch the stage with a special DJ set for early arrivals on Thursday night.
A basketball-themed side stage, Courtside, runs alongside the main stage, powered by Super Average DJs, with a rotating Courtside Caravan lineup including Aneta Moran Sax, SX2, DJ Chartini, Kiki D, Mick G, Mookie, Fergal D’Arcy, Bren Curtis, Thxtti, Nancy Wilde, Nia Byrd, DJ Ozz G and DJ Bongani.
Dirty Circus run pop-up performances and roaming theatre across the site throughout the weekend, closing with a Dirty Breakfast show on Sunday morning featuring DJ Betzy Nina.
Main stage:
- Newera
- Sugabooo
- Avenue 68
- Lil Skag
- King Kong Company (DJ set)
- Ev Wilde
- Sloucho (DJ set)
- Jenten
- Outstraight
- Jessica Maciel
- Fortune Igiebor
- Jeorge II
- Saibhin
- Danzi
- Salamay
- Mo Cultivation
- Vasuki Red
- Smokey
- Empty Internet
- Survival
- Ruka
- Beddyminaj
- Nos
- Jugo Yyung
- Babyfacee
- Omen
- Desires
- Betzy Nina
- Manwelli
- RNL
- Phallout
- Asylum
- Mills
- Shiloh Grey
- Abbey Blu
- Angel Rose
- Mount Pyrus
- Together As One
- Mister Kyb
- Nuclearmaso
Courtside Stage:
- Super Average DJs
- Aneta Moran & Guest
- SX2
- DJ Chartini
- Kiki D
- Mick G
- Mookie
- Fergal D’Arcy
- Bren Curtis
- Thxtti
- Nancy Wilde
- Nia Byrd
- DJ Ozz G
- DJ Bongani
Also featuring:
- Dirty Circus
- Mambo Caravan
- Sacred Stone
- Catacombs
- Emorah Collective
- Boss Events
- Vicegrips
- Heavyweights
GlowDepot is curated by Alan Mulhall and John Kenny, with music and production support from Fluttertone.
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.
