Waving an Irish flag, Harrington surprised the crowd by appearing on stage near the end of the trad band’s set. The group of lads who arrived dressed up as Father Ted characters. Source: Social media site X More than 75,000 revellers have been relishing in a sun-soaked Electric Picnic festival over the weekend, with one final night left to go in Stradbally, Co Laois.
The Wolfe Tones traded the Electric Arena for the main stage, following a record attendance at their set last year and Australian pop star Kylie Minogue will close out the festival tonight. Let’s take a look back at some of the noteworthy and quirky moments that have captured attendees attention over the last two days. Double Olympic champion Kellie Harrington joined the Wolfe Tones on the main stage this afternoon.
Waving an Irish flag, Harrington surprised the crowd by appearing on stage near the end of the trad band’s set. The Olympic champion embraced singer Brian Warfield in a hug and received a loud round of applause from the crowd. Warfield said: “What a girl, what a girl.
You know something, I’m going to invite her to come down to the 3Arena and sing with the Wolfe Tones for the last shows down there in October.” Meanwhile, Belfast trio Kneecap, who have been hitting headlines with the release of their Irish language movie named after their band, had crowds chanting “Free Palestine” as they sent out a strong political message. Thousands of people chanting Free Palestine at Kneecap at Elect.