The festival’s wellness and music village welcomes traditional heavyweights alongside Máirtín O’Connor, Zoe Conway, Eleanor McEvoy, John Francis Flynn and Denise Chaila, plus a full programme of yoga, sound baths and workshops.
Electric Picnic has announced the music lineup for Croí, the festival’s dedicated space for movement, meditation and mindfulness. Donal Lunny, Máirtín O’Connor and Zoe Conway play together, alongside sets from Eleanor McEvoy, John Francis Flynn, Denise Chaila, Huartan, Kean Kavanagh, Felispeaks, Melina Malone, Shampain, Rory Sweeney, Inni-K and the UCD Gamelan Orchestra, The Leon Stax Equation and more, across a natural amphitheatre built around a green stage constructed from fallen trees. Daytime sets rooted in folk and traditional music give way to more electronic and theatrical performances after dark.
Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland also returns with three days of harpists and harp ensembles in the expanded Serenity Garden, running on its own dedicated daytime stage. The Trad Tent is back too, with Áine O’Brien and The Kilfenora Roadshow leading traditional sessions from 6pm to midnight.
Beyond the music, Croí splits into four dedicated wellness spaces for the weekend. Crescent Earth focuses on movement through dance, yoga and fitness. Realign covers restorative yoga, breathwork, meditation, sound baths and cacao ceremonies. Kinship & Touch runs workshops on connection, relationships and somatic practice. Intinn hosts talks and discussions on psychology, mental health and creativity.
Practitioners across the weekend include Yoga with Maura, Allan Muller and Aligned with Amber Doyle, among others.
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Electric Picnic takes place at Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois, from Friday August 28th to Sunday August 30th 2026, and is sold out.
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