Electric Picnic 2026 puts Irish talent in the spotlight
Eva Osborne
Electric Picnic announced more acts in the past few days, with Irish acts making up a big share of the line-up.
The Mary Wallopers, The Saw Doctors, Madra Salach, Florence Road, Gurriers, The Scratch, The Stunning, Bleech 9:3, Cliffords, and Jamie McIntyre will all play in Stradbally in August.
Irish headliners CMAT and Fontaines D.C. will be in good company.
The Mary Wallopers
The Dundalk-based folk group are no strangers to Electric Picnic, having played on the main stage at the Co Laois festival in 2024.
They are best known for their covers of Cod Liver Oil & The Orange Juice and Eileen Óg, which have amassed over 18 million streams between them on Spotify.
Their most recent single, The Juice, came out in August 2025.
The Saw Doctors
An act that needs no introduction, The Saw Doctors will return to Stradbally in 2026.
The folk-rock band, formed in Galway in the 1980s, have played at Electric Picnic many times over the last few years, including on the main stage in 2025.
Their biggest hits include I Useta Lover, N17, and Green and Red of Mayo.
Madra Salach
The six-piece folk band from Dublin have gone from strength to strength over the last year.
It was announced in November that they would be supporting Kneecap, alongside The Mary Wallopers and Gurriers, at Crystal Palace Park in June.
They also just completed an Ireland/UK tour, and recently announced that they would be back in the UK for another tour later this year.
The group said playing Electric Picnic is "so exciting".
Gurriers
The Irish post-punk group released their debut album, Come and See, in 2024, having been releasing singles since 2021.
The themes of their music range from disenfranchised youth of Dublin to the rise of the far right and desensitisation to violence.
They will also perform at Waterford festival All Together Now over the August bank holiday weekend.
They will perform across Europe and the UK in the months leading up to their festival performances.
Florence Road
The Irish rock band, formed in Co Wicklow, consists of lead singer and guitarist Lily Aron, guitarist Emma Brandon, bassist Ailbhe Barry, and drummer Hannah Kelly.
In March 2025, the band released their single 'Heavy', co-written with Marshall Vore and John Hill.
The band supported Olivia Rodrigo during selected dates of her Guts World Tour, including performances at Marlay Park, and toured briefly with Electric Picnic headliner Sombr.
They supported The Last Dinner Party on their North American tour this year.
The Scratch
The Scratch, an Irish band based in Dublin, blend Irish traditional music and heavy metal.
Founded in Perrystown in 2016, they released their first album, Couldn't Give a Rats, in 2020, and their second, Mind Yourself, in 2023.
The Scratch will embark on a UK tour later this month and European tour later this year, having just completed an Australian tour on April 12th.
The Stunning
Formed in the late 1980s in Galway, Irish rock band The Stunning are best known for their singles Brewing Up a Storm, Romeo's on Fire, Half Past Two, and Heads Are Gonna Roll.
The Stunning will play Momentum Festival in Galway on May 1st and at King John's Castle in Limerick on May 30th.
The group said they were "delighted to be playing the Electric Picnic for the first time since 2008!"
Bleech 9:3
Bleech 9:3 consists of songwriters/guitarists Barry Quinlan and Sam Duffy, James Quinlan (bass), and Luke O’Neill (drums).
2025 saw the Irish alt-grunge group open up for Keo and Shame as well as booking sold-out headline shows.
They rounded out the year with a three-night residency at London's Blue Basement.
Cliffords
Hailing from Cork, Cliffords burst onto the Irish indie scene in 2024 with their single Sleeping with Ghosts.
Their debut album Salt of the Lee came out in October in 2025 after the release of a few EPs beforehand.
Cliffords will open for Florence and the Machine in Milan in July.
Jamie McIntyre
Galway-born Jamie McIntyre will play at Electric Picnic for the second time in three years this year.
His biggest hits include Over Galway Town, Melbourne, and Outside the City.
On his Electric Picnic appearance, McIntyre said: "It’s a privilege to be able to bring my music to you in such a wonderful place. My second time playing EP in three years. But this time it’s different.
"This one’s gonna be special. See ye in Stradbally."
