Electric Picnic Announce Lineup For MindField

Festival go-ers can experience interviews, debate, talks, poetry, podcasts and more.

The line-up for Electric Picnic’s MindField spoken word arena has just been announced.

Festival go-ers can experience interviews, debate, talks, poetry, podcasts and more.

The Leviathan tent will include speed debating with Salon du Chat and Miriam O’Callaghan hosting her annual Sunday Brunch with special guests.

The Leviathan Political Cabaret is hosted by CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan and analyses 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement through debate and performance.

Paddy Cullivan presents The Murder of Wolfe Tone and History Ireland Hedge School.

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr talks about her investigative journalism, The Rodfather brings football manager, Roddy Collins into conversation with author Paul Howard and The Culchie Show presented by Barry Murphy and friends takes on the cosmopolitan elites.

Cabaret rounds off each evening at Leviathan with Tebi Rex and the Word Up Collective, Miss Kate and Friends and The Camembert Quartet.

The Manifesto stage is curated by author and editor Sinéad Gleeson.

There’ll be conversations from Dylan Brennan and Khanyisile Mbukwane, Maija Sofia, Venus Patel and Amanda Coogan.

Aisling book series authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen will take to the stage.

Ireland’s trad and folk renaissance is discussed by Brían Mac Gloinn (of Ye Vagabonds), Niamh Bury and Joe Potter (The Night Before Larry Was Stretched).

Louise Kennedy will have a panel on surviving the arts with writer Carl Austin, Grace Dyas and Patrick Barrett (Arrivalists).

Sally Hayden and Bulelani Mfaco will be in conversation about migration.

Nell Mescal talks about her music while Oscar-nominated director of An Cailín Ciúin Colm Bairéid talks to producer Katie Holly.

Aisling Bea will be in conversation with Tara Flynn; as well as singer Clara Tracey and writer Patrick Freyne.

Ah, Hear! the podcast stage will cover history, politics, sport, lifestyle, culture and comedy including performances from:

The Blindboy Podcast.
Hold My Drink with Charleen and Ellie.
Three Castles Burning with Donal Fallon.
The Group Chat with Gavan Reilly.
Zara King and Richard Chambers of Virgin Media News.
Inside Politics from The Irish Times.
Talking Bollox with Terence Power and Calvin O'Brien.
RTÉ Ulysses podcast with cartoonist and poet Tom Mathews.
Aldi’s Mamia and Me podcast with Amy Huberman.
Louise Cooney's Open Book.
The Black and Irish podcast.
I'm Grand Mam.
Unveiled with Niamh Cullen and Nessa Morrissey.
Left on Read with Julie Haynes and Brenda Dennehy.
Off The Ball.
Tony Cantwell’s Hit Show. 
Orgasm with Jenny Keane.
Stall It with Darren Conway and Joe McGucken.
Magnified with Matt Cooper.
Three Castles Burning with Donal Fallon with artist Jim Fitzpatrick.

An Puball Gaeilge runs to midnight gach oíche with talks, theatre, podcasts and music, all as Gaeilge.

On Friday they open with male voice quartet Cór Cheathréad Mharlborough.

Féile Nasc presents a choice of some of Dublin's up-and-coming tradsters Bonneymen agus Cairde, Feart, Burnchurch and Ócadún  and more.

Ushmush take to the stage afterwards.

Saturday will start with a theatre show for kids by High Rock Productions.

This will be followed by talks from the Imbolc festival and then Uair an Ghlóir Úir.

GaeilGáirí will host some comedians plying their trade as Gaeilge including Aideen McQueen, Hugh Carr, Louisa Ní Éideáin and Eoin Ó Murchú.  

Féile na Gealaí will feature music from Seo Linn, Emma Ní Fhíoruisce, SuperCéilí and then DJs during the Ceirneoirí na hOíche slot.

On Sunday the stage will feature Krea, Big Sleep and Stonemasons.

The Word stage is orchestrated and hosted by Marty Mulligan from Mullingar.

On Friday, there are words from Jack Gaudet, Audible Chocolate, Adore and Oscar Dunbarr, and music from JaVille, Big Love, Bobby & the Blunts, The Love Buzz and The Lost Messiahs.

Saturday’s words come from Wish I Was A Warrior with Caoimhe Weakliam, Daniel Breslin and Kenan Flannery.

Stan Notte, Lauren McNamara and A Part of Everything;

The Poetry Kiln with Annie Peter.
Anna D.
David Hynes.
Seamus Bradley.
Juan Genovese.
Mike Garry.
Shaunna Lee Lynch.
Jim Crickard.
Daniel Galvin.
Cathal Holden.
Sionnachai.
Sick Sisters.
Under Starling.
The Ballyboyz and Scally.
Guud Grief.
Marty Mulligan.
Skamm.
Back Road Smokers Club.
Rowan.
Sunday will feature:

Smithfield Creatives / Circle Sessions with Sheila Ryder.
Carla Beattie.
Helen Hastings.
shelovescalpol.
A-musing with Liam McCabe.
Joe Carroll.
Rude Jules.
David Hynes.
Cormac Mac Gearailt.
Leon Dunne.
Leanne and James William Dillon.
Frank Rafferty and Mel Bradley.
Rachel Lally and The Poet Geoff.
Shaskeen.
George Murphy and The Rising Sons.
Bog Bodies.
Billow Wood.
Ruaile Buaile.