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Electric Picnic 2025 in pictures: The party kicks off at summer’s largest music festival

Campsites are a hive of activity as thousands of festivalgoers arriving today join the 40,000 who pitched their tents on Thursday

Electric Picnic 2025: Ciara Tyrell from Rush arriving to get the party started. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Ciara Tyrell from Rush arriving to get the party started. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Campers arrive at the Stradbally site for the weekend festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Campers arrive at the Stradbally site for the weekend festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Jodie Sheehan and Ella Keating from Dublin arriving at the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Jodie Sheehan and Ella Keating from Dublin arriving at the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Michael Guiry, Eoghan Goggin, Billy O’Sullivan and Kevin O’Connell from Cork on their way into the festival with 'Mattress Mick'. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Michael Guiry, Eoghan Goggin, Billy O’Sullivan and Kevin O’Connell from Cork on their way into the festival with 'Mattress Mick'. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Sarah Flaherty from Dublin, and Sarah Byrne and Caoimhe Byrne from Carlow, set up a gazebo. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Sarah Flaherty from Dublin, and Sarah Byrne and Caoimhe Byrne from Carlow, set up a gazebo. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Friends and former Maynooth College students get into the the party mood on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Friends and former Maynooth College students get into the the party mood on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Ellie Diamond, Aoife Dolan and Ruth McCormack from Belfast, Mayo and Kildare set up their tent. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Ellie Diamond, Aoife Dolan and Ruth McCormack from Belfast, Mayo and Kildare set up their tent. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Sam Hayes, Noah Walsh, Ross Gormley and Oisín Marry at the festival on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Sam Hayes, Noah Walsh, Ross Gormley and Oisín Marry at the festival on Friday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Friends and family from Meath and Louth carry their gear into the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Friends and family from Meath and Louth carry their gear into the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: A festivalgoer checks her phone amid a sea of pink tents all set up at the Silver campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: A festivalgoer checks her phone amid a sea of pink tents all set up at the Silver campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Anna Murphy, Fiona O’Reilly, and Jen Maguire from Dublin on their way into the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Anna Murphy, Fiona O’Reilly, and Jen Maguire from Dublin on their way into the festival. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Early access revellers get the party started on Thursday night as DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew perform on the Terminus stage. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Early access revellers get the party started on Thursday night as DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew perform on the Terminus stage. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: The crowd enjoy DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew at Terminus. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: The crowd enjoy DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew at Terminus. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: The action kicks off on Thursday at the late-night Terminus stage with DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: The action kicks off on Thursday at the late-night Terminus stage with DJ Dave Caffrey and the EP Banter Crew. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Ross Gormley at the Stradbally festival, with friends Sam Hayes, Noah Walsh and Oisín Marry reflected in his glasses. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Ross Gormley at the Stradbally festival, with friends Sam Hayes, Noah Walsh and Oisín Marry reflected in his glasses. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Campers carry their supplies by trolley into the festival site. Photograph: Alan Betson
Electric Picnic 2025: Campers carry their supplies by trolley into the festival site. Photograph: Alan Betson