The pre-Christmas festival rush is well and truly in full swing with the surprise announcement of the first 10 acts set to play at Stradbally for Electric Picnic today.
It’s the first time that the festival has revealed acts in the year before the festival, to take place September 1st to September 3rd next year. It normally announces in March.
The acts playing are:
- Billie Eilish
- Lewis Capaldi
- Fred again..
- Niall Horan
- Steve Lacy
- IDLES
- Jamie xx
- Tom Odell
- Rick Astley
- Amyl & The Sniffers
Tickets
The last remaining tickets for next year’s Electric Picnic 70,000 capacity festival will go on sale at 10am on Friday 9th December.
Tickets for Electric Picnic 2023 are now priced at €281 for Weekend Camping, Sunday Day tickets are €106 and Early Entry Passes for Thursday night are priced at €39.05. All ticket prices include booking fee.

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.