Sharon Shannon among acts for Electric Picnic

CLARE’S very own Sharon Shannon and Limerick’s The Rubber Bandits will be among the acts set to perform at this year’s Electric Picnic. Tickets for the music and arts festival ,which this year will run from September 2 to 4 at Stradbally, went on sale on March 11.
As well as Sharon Shannon, the line-up for this year’s festival includes Arcade Fire, Pulp, The Chemical Brothers, Interpol, PJ Harvey, Death in Vegas and The Charlatans.
As well as fine music, festival-goers can also immerse themselves in everything else that’s going on outside the reverberating music arenas. Body & Soul will be back with a new stage for 2011 inspired by the ‘Earth Ships’ of Arizona – made from recycled electrical waste, bottles, tyres and cob walls. You can expect a fantastic line-up of up-and-coming performers and artists on both the Body & Soul Stage and the Love Letter Stage. Memorably described as “the Sunday papers on stage”, the Mindfield spoken word area is back with a programme guaranteed to spark the imagination, provoke debate, enthral, inspire and entertain. The flagship Leviathan political cabaret events hosted by David McWilliams with special guest, Jon Snow, form the centre of a festival-within-a-festival with interactive conversation, debate, poetry, literature, music, science, history, architecture and much more.
The Global Green returns as the place at the Electric Picnic to slow down and celebrate the potential for cultural transformation, bringing together a wide community of cultural creatives, artists and civil society organisations to blend the themes of hope and opportunity with community and collaboration.
Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie and usual outlets.